The Lost Sequel

[tkdco2]

Splinter of the Mind's Eye, by Alan Dean Foster


www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrzhi24kijo

More information here: (Spoilers)

[geoffrey]

Foster finished writing Splinter of the Mind's Eye before Star Wars's May 25, 1977 release date, though it wasn't published until Feb. 1978.

[saveforhalf]

An interview with Alan Dean Foster regarding Splinter of the Mind's Eye: link

A transcript of the Splinter of the Mind's Eye story meeting between George Lucas and Alan Dean Foster: link

The second link also includes the following summary of the surprises from the story meeting:

Lucas didn’t think Vader was a strong villain;

Leia could run off with a Wookiee, and possibly be killed off, or at least get a gruesome pummeling;

Luke would be tougher and more worldly (they didn’t think they’d get Harrison Ford back);

space is boring(!)

[tkdco2]

Interesting reading!

[geoffrey]

Wow. That transcript on Cinetropolis makes for fascinating reading. It really illustrates how Lucas most certainly did NOT have a grand plan in mind. He was making everything up by the seat of his pants--and there is nothing at all wrong with that.

I like what Lucas said here:

One remaining thing that I want to cope with is putting the whole thing on the scale of a western, making the whole thing work as a western – more of a Sergio Leone western. It can go more into the middle of nowhere where these really slimy creatures live. Essentially, space can be boring. And I would like to get much more into the Seven Voyages Of Sinbad [type of thing]. Now we’ve established the space fantasy, we can move it away from that.

We’re getting down now onto earth and can make it in a different way. It’s getting down to something much more like on Mars, so you’re running around in a strange world.

Much more of a Flash Gordon, swords and planets thing going on there.

[ritt]

Wow.

Very interesting, thanks to all for sharing this.