Star Wars : income tax return of the Jedi was splendidly shopped around to some well - respected directors before landing in Richard Marquand ’s hand . One of those was David Cronenberg , and recently he shed some more lighter on why , precisely , he did n’t get the business .
spill withEntertainment Weekly , Cronenberg reminisce on the condition that led him to not set out the gig .
“ I still recall getting a phone call , ” Cronenberg said . “ Somebody said that they were from , I gauge it was Lucasfilm , and asked me if I was interested in — at that point it was call Revenge of the Jedi , actually , until somebody pointed out that it was against Jedi doctrine to think in footing of revenge . But , anyway , I was demand if I would be concerned in considering that , and meeting with everybody , and I say , with the arrogance of youth — relative youth , anyway — I aver , ‘ Well , I ’m not used to doing other masses ’s material . ’ And there was like a stunned silence and then ‘ Click’—hang up . Basically , that was as close as I came to that . ”
Cronenberg has lecture about this before , echo thought he offers Entertainment Weekly about not being particularly concerned in directing someone else ’s material . But this is the first time we ’ve heard just how badly that caper interview go . To be fair , Cronenberg does n’t have any rue . But , oof . That ’s a rough phone call .
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