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Behind the Mask

Craig Miller

Overview
2019-09-24T00:57:23-07:00

Craig was Lucasfilm's first head of fan relations. (Steve Sansweet would later hold that position.)

In an interview in May 2016 with Jordan Zakarin, Senior Entertainment Editor of Inverse, Craig shared the following:

"Originally Boba Fett was set up in Empire as a character, and the third movie's plot was going to be more about Boba Fett rescuing Han Solo and all of that," Miller revealed. "Boba was gonna be the main villain... That was set up, why he was taking Han Solo away, why there was a thing with him in the Christmas special.

"When George decided not to make a third trilogy, he completely jettisoned that story line, which is why in the first ten minutes, Boba Fett gets bumped into and falls into the mouth of a giant monster," Miller added. "So he took what was planned for the third trilogy, which was the confrontation between Luke and Darth Vader, and the battle with the Emperor, and that got squished down from three movies to one movie. And that became the plot of Jedi."

Links

  • "Return of the Jedi" Was To Include More Boba Fett, Says Former Lucasfilm Fan Rep Boba Fett Fan Club (May 5, 2016)

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