*Image from Starlog #18
In the early 1970’s, he suggested to George Lucas that a religion should be the backbone of Lucas’s STAR WARS story.
There is often so much work on a large scale major motion picture, that one person cannot ‘direct’ all that traffic alone. Studios always place such productions on a time crunch, so everything doesn’t spiral out of control and result in cost overruns. On Superman: The Movie, multiple individuals directed approximately half of what is seen on screen. On Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and Dark Crystal, it was often Gary Kurtz.
Gary passed into Legend yesterday (Saturday, the 23th of September) due to a recent Cancer diagnosis. May movie fans and film history never, ever forget his contributions to the movies and the business of film.
Gary Kurtz: creator of ‘The Force.’
May he rest well and in peace, in a Galaxy far, far away …
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