{"id":7575,"date":"2016-05-05T12:02:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T20:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=7575"},"modified":"2016-05-06T10:33:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T18:33:11","slug":"was-splinters-of-the-minds-eye-originally-written-as-a-cheap-film-sequel-to-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2016\/05\/05\/was-splinters-of-the-minds-eye-originally-written-as-a-cheap-film-sequel-to-star-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Splinter of the Mind’s Eye Originally Written as a Cheap Film Sequel to Star Wars?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the Movie urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MOVIE URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye<\/em> was originally written as a film sequel to Star Wars<\/em>. <\/p>\n

One of the things that has been made clear in past legends about the early days of Star Wars<\/em> (like whether Darth Vader was always supposed to be Luke’s father<\/a> or whether Luke and Leia were always supposed to be siblings<\/a>) is that George Lucas was often playing things by ear at the start of his epic film franchise. This makes sense, of course, as there was no way for Lucas to know that his first Star Wars<\/em> film would become such a sensation, so how could he spend much time planning for future films when he wasn’t even positive that he would get a second<\/b> film, let alone a franchise of films and related tie-in materials? <\/p>\n

This uncertainty led to the intriguing origin of the first full length novel based on the world of Star Wars<\/em>, Alan Dean Foster’s acclaimed Splinter of the Mind’s Eye<\/em>. <\/p>\n

\"Splinter-of-the-Minds-Eye\"<\/a>