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Q&As About 'Star Wars': Was it Irvin Kershner who came up with the "Vader is Luke's father" plotline in The Empire Strikes Back?

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Was it Irvin Kershner who came up with the "Vader is Luke's father" plotline in The Empire Strikes Back? No. It was George Lucas’s idea. Lawrence Kasdan incorporated Lucas’s concept into his draft of  The Empire Strikes Back’s  screenplay. Irvin Kershner did not have any say into how the screenplay was written. His job as a director was to  interpret  visually what Lucas and Kasdan wrote (in Courier font and proper screenplay format) on paper.

'Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back' (Limited Edition Steelbook) Blu-ray review

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(c) 2015 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment  On November 10, 2015, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment re-released George Lucas’s two “Star Wars” movie trilogies in all-new limited edition steelbook packaging. Coming less than five weeks before the release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” this is Fox’s third re-issue of the popular space-fantasy saga since 2011. (And it probably won’t be the last; the studio holds the distribution rights to five of the seven existing “Star Wars” films until 2020, and it owns “Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope” outright.)  “Star Wars” fans, especially those who clamor for the release of the original 1977-1983 Classic Trilogy in its pre-Special Edition form, will find that Fox’s focus is not on content but rather the packaging. As was the case with the studio’s October re-issue of its’ 9-disc “Star Wars: The Complete Saga” box set, the Blu-ray disc (BD) doesn’t have any new tweaks or cool extras; what’s different is the limited edit...

Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (2004 DVD Edition review)

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With the phenomenal success of Star Wars in 1977, George Lucas realized he could continue the planned trilogy he had been outlining since the early 1970s. His original outline contained the raw material for Episodes IV, V and VI as well as the nebulous backstory that would become the foundation for the current prequels. So in 1978, with Star Wars (which would be rechristened Episode IV: A New Hope) earning hundreds of millions in box office receipts, Lucas, producer Gary Kurtz and the Lucasfilm production team began work on The Empire Strikes Back, the film most Star Wars fans believe is the best in the entire saga. Lucas gave his story to Leigh Brackett, an acclaimed science fiction writer, and hired her to write the screenplay. She passed away soon after finishing the first draft, so Lucas (who would serve as executive producer) handed the project over to up-and-coming writer-director Lawrence Kasdan (Body Heat, Continental Divide, and Raiders of the Lost Ark). Furthermore, h...