{"id":215735,"date":"2021-03-14T23:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T23:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/star-wars-george-lucas-warner-bros-stole\/"},"modified":"2021-03-14T23:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T23:00:06","slug":"star-wars-george-lucas-stole-film-so-warner-bros-couldnt-change-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/14\/star-wars-george-lucas-stole-film-so-warner-bros-couldnt-change-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars’ George Lucas Stole Film So Warner Bros. Couldn’t Change It"},"content":{"rendered":"

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These days, George Lucas is best known as the\u00a0mind behind the original\u00a0Star Wars<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>films, a franchise that has gone on to be\u00a0one of the most popular IPs in human history. Lucas is also famous, or perhaps infamous, for his constant tweaking and alterations of the original films, going back years after the fact to add new special effects, small editing changes, and even entire CGI characters to the original films.<\/p>\n

While many have bemoaned Lucas’ habit of changing his Star Wars<\/em> films<\/a> and locking away the original versions, the director has always had a very strong belief in realizing his original vision without compromise. In fact, Lucas once believed so strongly in preserving his authorial intent, he went so far as to steal a\u00a0workprint from Warner Bros. in order to prevent studio meddling.<\/p>\n

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The film is one of his more obscure works now, but back in 1971, Lucas was working on\u00a0THX 1138,\u00a0<\/em>a science fiction film that would be his directorial debut. Unfortunately for the up-and-coming Lucas, Warner Bros. wasn’t happy with how the project was shaping up and asked for a series of changes that Lucas immediately rejected. The creative differences between the two parties become so heated, that Lucas was afraid that Warner Bros. might try to take the film<\/a> from him and give it to an editor without his blessing. So, the director formulated a plan with his friend Matthew\u00a0Robbins in order to keep the film safe. The team waited for another Executive screening of the film, which they expected to go poorly and put their plan into action.<\/p>\n

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Sending someone up to impersonate an editor, they waited until the screening was done and then smuggled the workprint of THX 1138<\/em> out of the projection booth and into a nearby car, driving away with Lucas’ original cut of the film. THX 1138<\/em> was later released to impressive reviews but an underwhelming box office performance<\/a>. Lucas himself never fully got over the experience, telling friends he felt “cruelly used” by the studio.<\/p>\n

Still,\u00a0THX 1138<\/em> went on to help boost his reputation as a solid director with real vision, and much of the work that went into\u00a0THX 1138<\/em> later went on to influence the creation of\u00a0Star Wars<\/em><\/a>. The incident also reportedly gave Lucas his strong inclinations toward perfecting his editing free of\u00a0outside interference, which has doubtlessly been one of his defining attributes as a creator ever since.<\/p>\n

The Star Wars<\/strong><\/em> saga is now available on Disney Plus.<\/p>\n

MORE: Star Wars: Duel of the Fates Would Have Been Better Than Rise of Skywalker<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Inverse<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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