Mark Hamill says Carrie Fisher’s death “really cast a melancholic air to the sequels for [him]”
“I’m still not completely over that. She had brilliant timing, except in this case.…But we’re still in touch with her daughter Billie and her grandchildren. I just miss her. I mean, if she were here right now, we’d all be laughing.”
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This STAR WARS teaser trailer was screened before ‘King Kong’ in December of 1976.
The special effects weren’t finished, the music is NOT John Williams, and all in all it gives off a very different much darker vibe.
Interesting. https://t.co/KTqzQ9BO1d
Labyrinth (1986) bafflingly underperformed when it came out. Audiences didn’t know what to make of its tone or David Bowie’s goblin king swagger. Home video completely changed its fate. Kids grew up with it, and it quietly became a generational classic.
Irvin Kershner took over The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and gave Star Wars its soul. Darker, quieter, more character driven. Lucas wanted a director who focused on people over spectacle, and that choice changed the franchise forever.