“The
first fifth of the script – a great deal of the emotional basis for the film
takes place in the first fifth. There
are three or four important scenes where the characters are all together. You have to establish the dynamics of the
romance that follows and the drama that follows. In fact, you’re not going to have many
opportunities later in the film to bring the people together again and have
them talk. So, you have to figure out how these people feel about each other
now on the planet Hoth; what is implied about what happened since we last saw
them at the awards ceremony.”
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- - Lawrence
Kasdan discusses the writing of The Empire Strikes Back (1980). (Blake Mitchell and
James Ferguson, “Man of Many Words,” Fantastic Films, Volume 3, Number 2, July
1980, page 10.)
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