Comment by djmips
1 month ago
While I generally subscribe to the idea that the editors of A New Hope helped a lot with the final product, it's massively unfair to say that Lucas wasn't a good storyteller, Campbell didn't help directly with a New Hope and it was scripted by Lucas - ie it's his story.
Lucas got a lot of feedback from people over several years as he revised his initial concept. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_Star_Wars_rough_draft The first version was not very Campbellian and did not have "Use the force." He also didn't come up with the "I am your father" story arc until after finishing the first movie.
When I took my son to see Dune, he said it was a major Star Wars rip-off.
Dune (the novel) was published in 1965.
I think that was the joke. It's obvious Star Wars stole a lot of ideas from Dune. But many people think it's the opposite since star wars predates the Dune movies.
Wait till you read "Voyage of the Space Beagle"!
https://www.amazon.com/Voyage-Space-Beagle-van-Vogt/dp/07653...
A New Hope was innovative visually, but it was also the weakest story wise in the initial trilogy. Lucas’s strength is primarily with visuals.