Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Sir Not Appearing In This Film

The things you like best about the best Star Wars movie probably came from Leigh Brackett, the "Queen of Space Opera". The original forms of Lando, Bespin, and Yoda all originated (albeit under different names) in her original rough screenplay.

The Luke/Leia/Han love triangle was in there, too, and rather spicier than it was in the final form onscreen in The Empire Strikes Back.

What I love most about the first two movies is how much obvious retconning Lucas had to do to beat them into the eventual Skywalker canon. We all saw that kiss on the Death Star, George.

Remember, Han didn’t just shoot first, Han shot only.

Greedo got burned down without even getting a shot off.