{"id":7933,"date":"2016-08-30T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=7933"},"modified":"2016-09-09T11:32:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T15:32:32","slug":"did-george-lucas-initially-plan-on-killing-darth-vader-off-in-the-first-star-wars-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2016\/08\/30\/did-george-lucas-initially-plan-on-killing-darth-vader-off-in-the-first-star-wars-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Did George Lucas Initially Plan on Killing Darth Vader off in the First Star Wars Sequel?"},"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>: George Lucas initially planned on killing Darth Vader off in the first sequel to Star Wars. <\/p>\n

A while back, I talked about how in 1976 George Lucas had Alan Dean Foster write a screenplay for possible sequel to the first Star Wars film<\/a>. This was when Lucas wasn’t sure what kind of box office numbers the film would do. There was a chance that the film could bomb, but there was also a chance that the film might do just “okay” business. Good enough to merit a sequel, but not good enough to merit a big budget<\/strong> sequel. So Foster worked out a screenplay for a low-budget sequel to the film. Obviously, the film became a big hit, so Foster’s screenplay was not necessary, and it instead became his Star Wars novel, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye.<\/p>\n

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