David Lynch Was Considered To Direct "Return of the Jedi"

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09 Oct 2017, 5:57 pm

No, not a joke and apparently {according to other articles}, George Lucas considered not only David Lynch, but also Steven Spielberg and David Cronenberg.

http://movieweb.com/return-of-the-jedi-david-lynch-director-twin-peaks/

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09 Oct 2017, 10:41 pm

Steven Spielberg makes sense since him and George Lucas are good friends and have worked together on projects.

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19 Oct 2017, 9:10 am

David Lynch? That would have changed it big time.

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19 Oct 2017, 10:58 am

Oh NO no no no no no no no no no no .... aggh NO NO NO .... what he did to Dune .... gaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

and in some parallel universe, it happened.

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19 Oct 2017, 11:17 am

AnonymousAnonymous wrote:

That's a bit of old news really. Lynch always tells the whole story in detail whenever asked about it highlighting a terrible headache in a hot sunny day, "a thing called a Wookie whatever that was" and lunch at a vegetarian restaurant he hated.

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19 Oct 2017, 12:23 pm

I don't think Lynch would have been a great choice overall.

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19 Oct 2017, 9:59 pm

I think Lynch would have taken the Star Wars saga in a whole different direction, with a much more spiritual approach to the Jedi and the Force. Lynch is to be sure the true film making auteur, but I think the simple joyful and humorous angles the movies have would have been lost.

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20 Oct 2017, 11:44 am

I think Lynch did right in turning that down for not being "his thing", in his own words.

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