Josh Clark

So I think he was approached by some TV executives who said, have you considered doing some sort of

TV special.

They're all the rage right now.

We have a graphic that's really awesome that we set aside just for TV specials here at CBS.

Why don't you let us... Let's get together and do a Star Wars special.

That's right.

Producers Gary Smith and Dwight Hemion were working over at CBS, and they said this is a great way to...

Keep the spirit alive while you're making your other movie.

Maybe move some more toys.

Yeah, which George Lucas got a cut of all the toys.

Sure.

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.

Well, the weekend before Thanksgiving, it's like everybody's shopping, sitting around with family, like waiting to actually do stuff.

That's right.

It's the perfect time to broadcast something on TV.

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.

And those are the words that will haunt George Lucas to his grave.