Comment Re:The Defense of I, II & III (Score 1) 455
Luke and Leia would be "siblings". Heh.
But otherwise I have to agree. Lucas had a vague overall story arc in his head that consisted of something like - Vader was a good guy with great potential that fell to the seductive dark side. Luke was always intended to be the one taking the hero's journey that Lucas had learned about from Campbell. Vader survived merely as a hint that Luke's journey wasn't done, but just beginning. Everything else was fleshed in after Star Wars became a blockbuster.
Points of evidence:
- Obi-Wan twice refers to Vader as "Darth", as if that was his first name.
- Star Wars was already in production when Lucas decided to kill Obi-Wan and was scared to tell Alec Guiness.
- During the filming of ESB, Lucas was still debating whether or not to make Vader Luke's father.
But otherwise I have to agree. Lucas had a vague overall story arc in his head that consisted of something like - Vader was a good guy with great potential that fell to the seductive dark side. Luke was always intended to be the one taking the hero's journey that Lucas had learned about from Campbell. Vader survived merely as a hint that Luke's journey wasn't done, but just beginning. Everything else was fleshed in after Star Wars became a blockbuster.
Points of evidence:
- Obi-Wan twice refers to Vader as "Darth", as if that was his first name.
- Star Wars was already in production when Lucas decided to kill Obi-Wan and was scared to tell Alec Guiness.
- During the filming of ESB, Lucas was still debating whether or not to make Vader Luke's father.
