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• David Lynch discusses turning down Return of the Jedi

  
  QUICKFLIX BLOG — Authority: 133
  source: cinemablend.com Did you know that David Lynch was offered the opportunity to direct Return of the Jedi ? Yes, that Return of the Jedi. In the following interview, he discusses meeting with George Lucas at Skywalker Ranch and being shown a series of Wookies and Ewoks, which he says gave ...
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• David Lynch talks Star Wars, George Lucas

  
  Dumb Drum — Authority: 125
  I’ve never seen Dune but it does strike me as odd that David Lynch would not take the Star Wars gig and then go and do a movie very similar on his own, writing & directing at that! But who am I to judge and Lynch has said that Dune is his least favorite film [...]
  21 hours ago

• DAVID LYNCH Turned Down Offer By GEORGE LUCAS To Direct ‘RETURN OF THE JEDI’ – Here’s Why

  
  It's A Thrall World — Authority: 127
  DAVID LYNCH Source: FORA.tv THRALL WORLD stumbled across this interesting interview with LOST HIGHWAY and MULHOLLAND DRIVE director DAVID LYNCH who chats about a date he had with Star Wars creator GEORGE LUCAS sometime before the third and final installment of the hugely popular Star Wars franchise; RETURN ...
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• George Lucas considered David Lynch as Return of the Jedi director

  
  William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog — Authority: 432
  Why David Lynch turned down Return of the Jedi! - Sci Fi Wire It is pretty hard to even comprehend David Lynch directing Return of the Jedi , yet George Lucas sought him out for it. If there are any more Star Wars Robot Chicken episodes, they really need to do some Lynch-ian parodies. H/T The Ewoks ...
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• How George Lucas Horrible Restaurant Choice Prevented David Lynch from Directing RotJ

  
  Topless Robot — Authority: 693
  Its a reasonably well-known fact among Star Wars nerds that George Lucas offered Return of the Jed i to renown director/crazy person David Lynch, who turned it down. Lynch, speaking recently with something called Fora TV, finally explained what happened, and it involves Lucas taking him to a shitty restaurant that ...
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• David Lynch Talks About Not Directing Return of the Jedi

  
  /Film — Authority: 783
  Even the most casual Star Wars and/or David Lynch scholar knows that Lynch was offered a gig directing Return of the Jedi and turned it down. Lynch’s features at that point were Eraserhead and The Elephant Man — both incredible examples of storytelling and world building on relatively controlled ...
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• When New Star Wars Movie Talk Emerges, Geek Blood Boils

  
  Film School Rejects — Authority: 661
  As you probably know by now, it doesn’t take much. Here on the movie blogosphere, one tiny little off-hand comment can start a wildfire of rumor and speculation. As is the case with this latest little comment about a new Star Wars movie being in the works. Behold, a tale of interpretation. Last night, an ...
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• What’s This About a New Star Wars Movie?

  
  /Film — Authority: 783
  So… is there really going to be a new Star Wars movie? I wouldn’t bet against it, but I also sure as heck would bet on it. Here’s the story, so you can judge for yourself if we’re just listening to crossed wires shorting out or not. You might just decide that Lucas is about to do the very thing that ...
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• More Confirmation That Our Exclusive Story On A New Star Wars Trilogy Is Happening

  
  MarketSaw - 3D Movies, Gaming and Technology — Authority: 565
  Jim here. Remember in MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL when Tim the wizard informed the knights about the killer rabbit? What was his response when the rabbit started making stew out of them? Well I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• The Ewoks Are Not What They Seem

  
  The Official Star Wars Blog — Authority: 587
  SciFiWire.com gives a heads-up to a video that recently surfaced showing David Lynch (director of Eraserhead , Blue Velvet , Twin Peaks , Mulholland Drive , etc) explaining why he turned down the offer to direct Return of the Jedi . From scifiwire: At a seminar last month at New York’s Russian Tea Room, ...
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• David Lynch talks about meeting George Lucas and turning down a...

  
  Never Mind The Bolex — Authority: 439
  David Lynch talks about meeting George Lucas and turning down a directing job on Return of the Jedi This video/story does two things: 1. Makes me love David Lynch even more 2. Pretty much confirms what you picture George Lucas to be like Vid Via: Joblo
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• Fanboys

  
  WELCOME TO HELL ~ by Glenn Walker — Authority: 123
  Fanboys ~ Four Star Wars fans travel cross-country and have adventures on a quest to see Episode 1 before anyone else – the dream of one of them who’s terminally ill. This is a road picture plain and simple, chockfull of wonderful cameos like Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, William Shatner, Harry Knowles and ...
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• Absolute Power Makes Lame Movies

  
  Overthinking It — Authority: 425
  King of the World. Recently, Fenzel spelled out Five Reasons Why Avatar Will Suck . I want to add one more. Every article that I’ve read about the movie waxes poetic about how Cameron has been given carte blanche to pursue his vision. He’s spent almost four years in production, and more than 300 million ...
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• David Lynch on Turning Down Return of the Jedi

  
  Fanboy.com — Authority: 535
  In this brilliant video David Lynch brings us back to early 80s when he turned a chance to direct Return of the Jedi . Lynch gives us an interesting insight which is that Lucas doesn’t like to direct his own films. Not mentioned in this clip is that Lucas was a huge fan of Eraserhead which came out in 1977. Of ...
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• What, No Flannel?: George Lucas Costume [Cosplay]

  
  Great White Snark — Authority: 598
  This uncanny George Lucas costume spotted at Dragon*Con is why double-takes were invented. Photo Credit: Taps7734 on Flickr Check it out, he’s even mastered the look of disdain Lucas reserves for us, the movie-going consumers. Of course, this isn’t the first time Lucas’s likeness has been captured in ...
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• Has Natalie Portman (Finally) Grown Up?

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 135
  In her review of Brothers , Slates Dana Stevens discloses Here I come up against what Im fully willing to admit may be a personal limitation: I cant stand Natalie Portman. Ive never believed her in a single role. She evokes no emotional response in me beyond, "Oh, theres Natalie Portman." She doesnt overact or ...
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• Two True Freaks! Episode 88 – Star Wars Monthly Monday #14

  
  The Comics Podcast Network — Authority: 144
  This month, The Freaks welcome Shaun “Wampa Jism” Rosado from the DragonCon 2009 STAR WARS ADULT THEMES PANEL , and also the creator of VEAL , who joins them for the entire show! And what a show it is! Besides the usual Star Wars geek talk, we get a voyage under the sea to Orca’s book club, three classic ...
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• Geeks Rejoice for Family Guy Parody

  
  Crenk — Authority: 558
  Family Guy fans the world over are diverse and dedicated. These same fans fought to get the show back on the network and it worked. Since then the show’s creators never looked back. Perhaps ahead of it’s time when it was released the show has now brought in older and newer fans for episodes that hold no punches, ...
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• 12-06 ISTE conference keynote update (including overall vote totals)

  
  Dangerously Irrelevant — Authority: 548
  Here is the current leaderboard for the ISTE conference keynote crowdsourcing project . Chris Lehmann holds his lead over Jeff Piontek. Gary Stager continues to make his move. I’ll try to post an update every day or two between now and December 15. Have you voted yet? FYI, if votes from all categories were ...
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• 12-04 ISTE conference keynote update - Gary Stager is gaining ground!

  
  Dangerously Irrelevant — Authority: 548
  Here is the current leaderboard for the ISTE conference keynote crowdsourcing project . Chris Lehmann holds his lead over Jeff Piontek. Gary Stager continues to climb the charts. I’ll try to post an update every day or two between now and December 15. Have you voted yet?
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