Fuddland
Confirmed by this capture of a fleeting shot in the documentary which accompanies the recently-purchased Star Wars Trilogy box-set DVD, it has come to light that the real brains behind the sci-fi phenomena was not George Lucas at all, but mono-browed purveyor of ultimate filth, Chris de Burgh.
He originally intended to star alongside the other key actors — as we see in this scene, eventually cut from the final release, where de Burgh draws enemy lasers away from his friends with an impromptu concert — but came to blows with Lucas over disagreements about Leia’s costume. De Burgh wanted her to be always wearing red, so he could release his recently-penned “classic” song in a tie-in merchandising deal, whereas Lucas insisted he re-titled the song “Lady with Buns on the Side of Her Head”. “It still rhymes!” Lucas reasoned, but de Burgh wouldn’t listen to his rhyming reason.
Comments
Jann | 2004 / 09 / 27 – 11:41
Why did Chris deBurgh cross the road?
To get to the middle…
Brown | 2004 / 09 / 27 – 14:08
Looks more like Rolf Harris to me ;)
meesh | 2004 / 09 / 27 – 16:08
it’s a boy thing isn’t it? this star wars thing?
David | 2004 / 09 / 27 – 19:54
Re #2: Yes, perhaps I should have been more explicit — that’s Mr Lucas on the left there. Although now that you mention it, I seem to remember there being breaks in the filming of Rolf’s Cartoon Time at exactly the same times as the three Star Wars films were being made…
Re #3: On the contrary, my ex-housemate is a woman and a Star Wars fan, and not necessarily in that order either.
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