Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.4617
Posted: Tue Apr  2 03:02:06 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 5-Apr-85 03:17:02 EST
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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One of the films shown at the Filmex Fantasy Marathon was "The Empire
Strikes Back", and Irvin Kirshner, the director of that film, appeared
briefly after the film to answer questions.  Most of what he said has
come out before, but he did have a few interesting comments.

1).  He was offerred "Return of the Jedi", but declined, and has no 
intention of doing any other "Star Wars" movies, should Lucas ever get
around to them.  He is hoping to do an unrelated sf/romance film some time
in the future.  It will not be a special effects spectacular, as he said he's
had enough of them for one lifetime.

2).  He was displeased with the way RotJ solved many of the problems set
up in TESB, and practically said that he considered RotJ to be a step
backwards.

3).  He confirmed that the plots of the other six films exist in an almost
complete form, but refused to go into details.  He also had no news on
when and if Lucas intends to continue the series.
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        			Peter Reiher
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