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Charles W. 'Chuck' Bryant

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So it was right before Thanksgiving, and he said there would be a lot of people watching TV pre-holiday season, or I guess in the holiday season.

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That's right.

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That's right.

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That's right.

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So Lucas says, all right, let's do this. I don't have a ton of time, but how about this? I'll get a story together, and then you can go hire a whiz-bang team of veteran writers and producers and directors. Whatever genre you think is appropriate.

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So Lucas says, all right, let's do this. I don't have a ton of time, but how about this? I'll get a story together, and then you can go hire a whiz-bang team of veteran writers and producers and directors. Whatever genre you think is appropriate.

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So Lucas says, all right, let's do this. I don't have a ton of time, but how about this? I'll get a story together, and then you can go hire a whiz-bang team of veteran writers and producers and directors. Whatever genre you think is appropriate.

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Yeah, so Lucas said, here's my idea. I want it to be based on Wookiees, and I want it to take place on their home planet of Kizuk, or Wookiee Planet C. Is that how you say it, Kizuk? That's how it's pronounced in the holiday special, but it's also pronounced different ways other times. I would have pronounced it K-A-S-H-Y-Y-Y-K.

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Yeah, so Lucas said, here's my idea. I want it to be based on Wookiees, and I want it to take place on their home planet of Kizuk, or Wookiee Planet C. Is that how you say it, Kizuk? That's how it's pronounced in the holiday special, but it's also pronounced different ways other times. I would have pronounced it K-A-S-H-Y-Y-Y-K.

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Yeah, so Lucas said, here's my idea. I want it to be based on Wookiees, and I want it to take place on their home planet of Kizuk, or Wookiee Planet C. Is that how you say it, Kizuk? That's how it's pronounced in the holiday special, but it's also pronounced different ways other times. I would have pronounced it K-A-S-H-Y-Y-Y-K.

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Also called G5623, Wookiee Planet C, or Edeon, is a mid-rim planet.

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Also called G5623, Wookiee Planet C, or Edeon, is a mid-rim planet.

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Also called G5623, Wookiee Planet C, or Edeon, is a mid-rim planet.

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Absolutely. He was burned and had an iron grip after that on everything. So... Here's some of the folks behind it. Bruce Valanche, famous TV writer. You've probably seen him on Hollywood Squares.

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Absolutely. He was burned and had an iron grip after that on everything. So... Here's some of the folks behind it. Bruce Valanche, famous TV writer. You've probably seen him on Hollywood Squares.

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Absolutely. He was burned and had an iron grip after that on everything. So... Here's some of the folks behind it. Bruce Valanche, famous TV writer. You've probably seen him on Hollywood Squares.

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Yeah?

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Yeah?

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Yeah?

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So Valanche was hired as a writer. A guy named... Lenny Ripps was hired as a writer. Who has some great quotes in that Vanity Fair article. He does. His first quote was, we were really excited because this is Star Wars. How could it lose? Famous last words. Who else was hired? There was a husband and wife team.