"Splinter of the Mind's Eye-The Star Wars movie sequel..." Topic
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Tango01  | 23 Jul 2016 11:43 a.m. PST |
… we never got to see. "The Empire Strikes Back is considered by many Star Wars fans to be the best film in the franchise. What most people don't know, though, is that The Empire Strikes Back wasn't the first Star Wars sequel planned. That honor goes to Splinter of the Mind's Eye, which was written by sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster and published as a novel in 1978 but never filmed. So why did George Lucas commission a sequel and then decide not to actually make it? Here's a look at the lost Star Wars movie that might have been. Fans can debate George Lucas's merits as a director and a writer for all eternity—and they probably will—but one thing nobody can deny is that the guy is a master businessman. Before Star Wars was even filmed, Lucas developed a master plan for the franchise. So when he hired Foster to write up the novelization of Star Wars, Lucas decided to sign him up for a second book as well. The plan: if Star Wars was a hit, the novel would hold over fans until a film sequel was ready, and if it wasn't a hit, they could use the book as a blueprint for a cheap follow-up film. Thus, Splinter of the Mind's Eye was born…"
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| Vigilant | 24 Jul 2016 9:11 a.m. PST |
Read it when it came out. I thought at the time that it changed Luke's character far too much, and given the later family development the relationship with Leia was just wrong. |
| willlucv | 08 Aug 2016 12:43 p.m. PST |
I liked it. But then I liked the 80s comics too, much more fun and less po faced than most of the 90s EU stuff. |
| Mithmee | 09 Aug 2016 6:37 p.m. PST |
Also read it back when it came out. |
| chromedog | 19 Aug 2016 7:41 p.m. PST |
Written by the same guy who did the novelisation for Star Wars, too (Lucas later had HIS name put there). It was a sequel that could be shot on one lot, on the cheap, in case SW succeeded enough to get a sequel, but not enough to get a big budget. It's got quite a few cringeworthy moments in it – but what SW movie doesn't, if I'm poking that bear … ? |
| mdauben | 23 Aug 2016 11:30 a.m. PST |
I read it when it first came out, too, and thought it did a poor job of capturing the feel and excitement of the original movie. |
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