{"id":4766,"date":"2009-12-10T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/12\/george-lucas-considered-david-lynch-as-return-of-the-jedi-director.html"},"modified":"2009-12-10T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T15:00:00","slug":"george-lucas-considered-david-lynch-as-return-of-the-jedi-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/12\/george-lucas-considered-david-lynch-as-return-of-the-jedi-director\/","title":{"rendered":"George Lucas considered David Lynch as Return of the Jedi director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/scifiwire.com\/2009\/12\/why-david-lynch-turned-do.php\"><b>Why David Lynch turned down Return of the Jedi! <\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>Sci Fi Wire<\/i><br \/>It is pretty hard to even comprehend <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">David Lynch<\/span> directing <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Return of the Jedi<\/span>, yet <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">George Lucas<\/span> sought him out for it. <\/p>\n<p>If there are any more <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Star Wars Robot Chicken<\/span> episodes, they really need to do some Lynch-ian parodies.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qDB8Q15iUIE&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>H\/T <a href=\"http:\/\/scifiwire.com\/2009\/12\/why-david-lynch-turned-do.php\"><b>The Ewoks Are Not What They Seem<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Official Star Wars Blog<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/DavidLynch\" rel=\"tag\">David Lynch<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/GeorgeLucas\" rel=\"tag\">George Lucas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/StarWars\" rel=\"tag\">Star Wars<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/ReturnoftheJedi\" rel=\"tag\">Return of the Jedi<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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