![]() ![]() ![]() the story was very confusing and the spelling was horrible, since Lucas had never learned proper spelling or punctuation. My original 14-page treatment didn’t bear much relationship to the final production, though.įrom a site on the development of Star Wars: I had been making notes, doing research over the years, but it wasn’t until I finished American Graffiti in ’73 that I actually started writing it. When I made the deal, I had to give it a name. In Lucas' own words in an article from Mediascene Prevue #42, 1980: He eventually produced at least 6 versions of the script (first/rough draft, second draft, third draft, then 3 different versions of the fourth draft), and he had lots of help during the revision process. ![]() Lucas' first draft was a mess: the story was confusing, far too long, and incredibly boring the characters were terrible and bland the dialogue was leaden and stilted etc. Lucas began by writing a synopsis of the story in early 1973, then started working on a rough draft of a script the next year. At the risk of giving an opinion-based answer, your friend is mostly right. ![]()
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