![]() ![]() Originally, Lucas intended the film to open and close with a storybook, The Journal of the Whills, to emphasise that the story came from a book - the same framing device used in Disney’s 1967 adaptation of The Jungle Book. “George always described it to me as a kids’ picture,” Spielberg said, “a little Disney film, that he didn’t think anyone would want to see, but he wanted to see it.” Indeed, Steven Spielberg said this was exactly the way his friend had described his fledgling film to him. “Walt Disney not only had vision, but he was also an extremely adventurous person. “I think Disney would have accepted this movie if Walt Disney were still alive,” Lucas said in 1973. In archival interview transcripts in JW Rinzler’s The Making of Star Wars, Lucas – still looking for a home for Star Wars – discussed the ideal studio for the film. In truth, it started in the early 1970s, before a single frame of footage had been shot. It’s Walt Disney’s 115th birthday! To celebrate the occasion, let’s take a look at how Lucasfilm became part of the Magic Kingdom.Ĭontrary to what some disgruntled fans might have you believe, the ‘Disney-fication’ of Star Wars didn’t start when George Lucas sold Lucasfilm in 2012. ![]()
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