The beginning
George Lucas was born on May 14 , 1944 in Modesto, CA. He grew up in the suburbs which influence his 1973 film American Graffiti. He had grown a passion for cinematography and went off to make a short Sci-Fi film called THX-1138. The movie flopped with fans and Lucas knew he had to get back on to his feet. Little did he know was that he was at the edge of making the biggest game changer in movie making history . He had this idea to make a movie that was part fairy tale part Flash Gordon and complete fantasy and adventure that took place in outer space. He sooner named this film "Star Wars" and it came out May 25, 1977 making 460 million here in U.S which was a lot at the time.
His movie consisited of a smuggler, a farmboy, and a princess. Originally Kurt Russel was going to take on the role of Han Solo but Harrison Ford showed them what he was made of and got the role. Another option for Luke Skywalker was Richard Dreyfus since he originally worked with George on American Graffiti. But the role went to the all so talented Mark Hamill. Terri nunn was looked at for princess leia but did not get it due to Carrie Fisher killing the performance. The cast also had Anthony daniels as C3-PO, Kenny baker as r2d2 , Peter mayhew as chebacca, Frank oz as yoda, Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian and Sir Alec Guinnes as obi wan kenobi with James Earl Jones vocing darth vader.