pbguy1211 Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 Ep. VI - 16yrs- Ep. I.... why? I may have at one time known the answer to this but I don't now. So could someone please tell me why there was a 16 year gap between the release of Episode VI and I? I heard it was something with a divorce or a liscensing thing or something. Anyone with any solid proof or reason? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaNothing Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 I don't know the reason, but I think Lucas went thru a divorce after episode IV and it was only in the 90s that he actually decided to go ahead with the new trilogy, even though it was planned much earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Monk Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 The way Lucas tells it, he didn't think he could make the Prequels as he wanted until he saw what ILM was doing in Jurassic Park. From there, he released the Special Editions to test out the technology and also test the waters to make sure that the Star Wars franchise would still be well-received by the movie-going public, and then he began work on the Prequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheat Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 that makes sense, he released the special editions to make sure he would make lots of money, and he made lots of money when he released the special editions and more lots of money when he did the prequels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbguy1211 Posted July 17, 2003 Author Share Posted July 17, 2003 i dunno... i heard about the divorce thinggy like 10 years ago. something along the lines of he had to wait a certain amount of time in order to not pay alimony based on profits from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another_trooper Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I think he originally didnt want to do any prequels. He wanted to leave the trilogy as it was, but ppl pressured him and stuff and finally he agreed to do them. Theres probably more to it than that but I think thats part of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesia Daoke Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 he was waiting cuz he didnt have the technolgy to do the stuff that are in Ep.1, 2, and 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheat Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 yeah i think i heard somewhere that he didnt want to do the first three first because a lot of the things he would have wanted to do would have been impossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 I just think he didnt think them up, and decided to them now. He said his movies were incomplete, or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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