Icons Unearthed: Star Wars — Season 1, Episode 3: The Empire Strikes Back
Documentary • 46 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
Attempting to break away from the studio system, George Lucas risked it all by self-funding Empire Strikes Back. With Lucas focused on the business, a new director took the reins.
About Icons Unearthed: Star Wars
Marcia Lucas, Oscar-winning film editor and ex-wife of George Lucas, sits down for her first-ever on-camera interview and provides unique insight into the rise of LucasFilm — including her 14-year marriage to and eventual divorce from George Lucas — the editing of the original Star Wars trilogy, the origin of the idea that Darth Vader would be Luke’s father and if there were really originally plans for nine movies.