Charles W. 'Chuck' Bryant

Yeah. The guy they hired to direct it initially was a dude named David Acomba, and he had made his name for Welcome to the Fillmore East. It was a concert documentary with Van Morrison and the Byrds in 1971, and he actually was at USC Film School the same time as Lucas, even though they didn't know each other. And he only ended up directing about three segments of the thing.

Yeah, before he walked off. Some say he was actually let go. But we'll get to him in a minute and who replaced him. Okay. As we get along down this gross road.

Yeah, before he walked off. Some say he was actually let go. But we'll get to him in a minute and who replaced him. Okay. As we get along down this gross road.

Yeah, before he walked off. Some say he was actually let go. But we'll get to him in a minute and who replaced him. Okay. As we get along down this gross road.

All right, so we've established most of the main players. We'll get to a few more. We should point out that Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew. They had no grounds to refuse to be on this, basically. Yeah. Pretty much. They were not huge, huge stars yet that could throw their weight around and say, this is terrible and I'm not doing it.

All right, so we've established most of the main players. We'll get to a few more. We should point out that Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew. They had no grounds to refuse to be on this, basically. Yeah. Pretty much. They were not huge, huge stars yet that could throw their weight around and say, this is terrible and I'm not doing it.

All right, so we've established most of the main players. We'll get to a few more. We should point out that Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew. They had no grounds to refuse to be on this, basically. Yeah. Pretty much. They were not huge, huge stars yet that could throw their weight around and say, this is terrible and I'm not doing it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah. In fact, in the opening credit sequence, they're showing the picture, the faces of the people. And you see Harrison Ford as if he's flying the Millennium Falcon. And you can just hear the guy off screen going, now look at the camera and just give a nod. Just look at the camera and give a nod. And he finally, you can tell he's pissed off.

Oh, yeah. In fact, in the opening credit sequence, they're showing the picture, the faces of the people. And you see Harrison Ford as if he's flying the Millennium Falcon. And you can just hear the guy off screen going, now look at the camera and just give a nod. Just look at the camera and give a nod. And he finally, you can tell he's pissed off.

Oh, yeah. In fact, in the opening credit sequence, they're showing the picture, the faces of the people. And you see Harrison Ford as if he's flying the Millennium Falcon. And you can just hear the guy off screen going, now look at the camera and just give a nod. Just look at the camera and give a nod. And he finally, you can tell he's pissed off.

And he looks up at the camera and just sort of smirks.

And he looks up at the camera and just sort of smirks.

And he looks up at the camera and just sort of smirks.

I felt bad for him. So early on, Valanci and others kind of... Did you feel bad for him, though, really?

I felt bad for him. So early on, Valanci and others kind of... Did you feel bad for him, though, really?

I felt bad for him. So early on, Valanci and others kind of... Did you feel bad for him, though, really?

Well, early on, Valanche and others knew that they may be in trouble because they decided not to subtitle any of the Wookie dialogue. Right. And they literally started, after a brief opening scene, setting it up. Here's the basic plot is... Han Solo is trying to get Chewbacca back to Kazook in time for Life Day so he can celebrate with his family. That's the basis of the entire two hours.