Those materials, to put it bluntly, were discarded.
“They weren’t that keen to have me involved anyway.
Because they’re not going to do what I want them to do.
Credit: Grant Lamos IV/Getty Images for the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival; Lucasfilm
And I don’t have the control to do that anymore.
All I would do is muck everything up.
It’s all about generations, and issues of fathers and sons and grandfathers.
It’s a family soap opera.”
Then he brought up the break-up analogy to explain why he’s not involved inThe Force Awakensat all.
“When you break up with somebody, the first rule is no phone calls.
Kathleen Kennedy, the powerhouse producer ofE.T.
“I can’t say that the first thing I asked him had to do with business.
The first question, or questions, were much more personal,” she tells EW.
But young George was preoccupied with racing cars and making movies in Hollywood.
He defied his father, refused to join him and rule the office supply galaxy.
“At one point, I did say, ‘Well, is any of this written down?
Can I find this?’
Abrams does, too.
“I don’t know why it isn’t on the poster, but it’s a valid point.
I’m sure that that will be a credit in the film,” the director says.
“We are standing on the shoulders of Episodes I through VI.”
The entire CBS interview with Lucas will air in December.
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