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A bit of context: Leigh Brackett was a sci-fi author and screenwriter that George Lucas hired to write the first draft of The Empire Strikes Back in 1977. She w
by cocacola1 3y ago
A bit of context: Leigh Brackett was a sci-fi author and screenwriter that George Lucas hired to write the first draft of The Empire Strikes Back in 1977. She wrote it based on a story conference the two had but unfortunately passed away from cancer a month after submitting it in 1978. Lucas then wrote a few drafts himself but wasn't satisfied. Eventually, he brought on Lawrence Kasdan, who would also write Raiders of the Lost Ark and Return of the Jedi. This draft is a lot different from the movie that would eventually get made but you can still see hints of it in the final film. Both Kasdan and Brackett got a screenwriting credit for the film.
- hef19898 3y agoGiving Leigh Brackett wroter credits is a nice touch, didn't know that! Stuff like that is why HN is still a great place in today's online world.
- staticman2 3y ago"Giving Leigh Brackett writer credits is a nice touch, didn't know that!" If things worked back then the way they do today, there are writer's guild rules that would have presumably required credit.
- gumby 3y agoShe was an underappreciated prodigy who wrote an enormous number of screenplays. My understanding is that Kurtz and Fox hired her, Kasdan, and Kershner, not Lucas, resulting in the best film of the corpus. It's such a standout compared to the ones written by Lucas.