Did Leigh Brackett Ghostwrite Star Wars? - A Theory

[@pirate4460]

This is an amazing video and it deserves to be promoted way more. You put so much effort into this video!!!!

[@doughardman]

You've convinced me. But I'm an easy target. I grew up in Kinsman, OH in the 1970s and my mother cared for Leigh's sister. My mother was a a string writer for the Youngstown Vindicator at the time and she thought that my mom should have Leigh's typewriter. So my mom used it for years and wrote many stories. I now have that typewriter in my basement, knowing that it was used to write many fascinating stories by both Leigh and my mother.

[@TheStarkillerVideos]

That's amazing, thank you for sharing!

[@donsutton3463]

I am from Kinsman. There is a science fiction museum coming to Warren. I plan on donating my Ed & Leigh collection to it. Adeline was my high school English teacher. Don Sutton

[@ptssllc]

When you go back to Kinsman go and say hello! Leigh Brackett is in the towns cemetery!

[@doughardman]

@@ptssllcBeen there a few times to visit her over the years. Town gets smaller every time I go back.

[@MuhammadBey21]

I have been beating my head on the wall for years trying to write an original work of space opera fiction, worried all along that i might willfully or accidentally commit plagiarism, after listening to this i will worry about that possibility less and focus on getting the damned story written...excellent video, thanks very much!!

[@xar3244]

Fantastic job! I wasn't familiar with Brackett & Hamilton's sci-fi work but there seem to be way too many "coincidences" considering Lucas was never interested in science fiction. Your theory explains to me why the writing was so much stronger than everything that came after Brackett's passing. Thank you for this wonderful work!

[@danieltarczynski6559]

Lucas was very interested in science fiction, Lucas wanted to license Flash Gordon instead of an original IP before he pivoted to doing Star Wars.

[@xar3244]

@@danieltarczynski6559 Lucas now claims he was never a big fan of science fiction. I think this is revisionist history. Lucas had a lot of details in Star Wars that showed he was a fan of sci-fi, but for whatever reason he has distanced himself from it.

[@Carfalog]

I ended up here after watching The Long Goodbye and going down the Leigh Brackett rabbit hole. This is absolutely fascinating and I hope this theory receives more attention at some point. Some of the scenes you described in the SW first draft just don’t make sense for Lucas to write, and that’s when I felt like it was more than just mere coincidence/homage.

[@mohawktooldie6182]

I've watched interviews and Star Wars documentaries for decades and Lucas changes details and "original" story intentions constantly. I thought he was revising his own memory but I think he can't keep up his story and isn't being honest because he didn't write most of the final story treatment

[@larniieplayz6285]

Oh?

[@aresdesiderata8959]

This is blowing my mind right now. Just read "Outlaw Of Mars" and it was great! Some seriously overlooked stuff here. Respect for Leigh Brackett. Her characters and storytelling are some of my favourite from the pulp era. Quick, fun reads. She has interesting female characters like Ciaran. Gonna read Ginger Star next.

[@SeagullsGather]

I loved Ginger Star! Read it last year.

[@williamalderman7021]

Wow, just watched Rio Lobo -- about 40 minutes into it is a scene you might have missed that is literally and figuratively a smoking gun piece of evidence for your theory-- one of the female characters, a sort of anti-heroine, shoots a bad guy with a gun she is holding underneath the table-- she shoots first and, wait for it-- it happens in a saloon.

[@TheStarkillerVideos]

I just reviewed that scene, and yes, it is quite like Han shooting first, and under the table. And Rio Lobo was released in 1970, not too long before Star Wars, so perhaps that scene was still fresh in Brackett's mind.

[@eveconstance6189]

This video has changed my life - which sounds like hyperbole, but I am not even really kidding. I’m a different person after seeing this! I feel like Dorothy who sees the wizard behind the curtain…. and then realizes her own power because of it. I’m not even mad about it the duplicitous nature of the current narrative - but being able to see the truth feels like a powerful gift. Thank you for your video. Truly.

[@TheStarkillerVideos]

Thanks for watching!

[@jnnx]

It ain’t dat deep, MA’AM. . .

[@anthonyoh9629]

Excellent video, thanks for making and posting!

[@J3335]

Interesting. A few years ago I was watching a John Wayne western and the romantic dialogue was so similar in beats to Han&Leia in Empire I realised... Leigh Brackett wrote this! At that point I also realised much more of her personality, if not script, remained in Empire than I had been led to believe. (I then read her draft for Empire online... And now wonder if JJ's screenwriter just nicked her idea of the map in swordhilt for Rise of Skywalker-which I've never seen) You make a compelling argument at least for Lucas having been heavily influenced by her and her husband, which also explains why he then went to her for Empire. If that's the case, a woman has been shaping Star Wars from the very beginning.

[@thesithempire1348]

Also, Hamilton's Interstellar Patrol--which pretty much kickstarted the Space Opera genre--has subsequent stories repeat themselves in the same way: "Crashing Suns" has a rogue sun (controlled by aliens) hurtling towards Earth's sun that the heroes go on a mission to stop. Then, "The Star-Stealers" makes it a dead sun (controlled by aliens) hurtling towards the sun. "Within the Nebula" makes it an entire nebula (controlled by aliens). There are a lot of forerunners in their combined work. "Return to the Stars," for example, sees two protagonists don enemy outfits and pretend to bring their friend, a large hulking man, in as a prisoner so they can infiltrate their base. I may have additional evidence from a journalist, but I'm waiting to see if she can find the published article to confirm the date.

[@dornravlin]

I really enjoyed your analysis of Brackets writing style. I wouldn’t be surprised if you hit the nail in the head because Star Wars is a past of everything that Lucas likes so I want a piece surprise if he took a little of this a little that. When you talked about how Leigh Bracket handled violence it reminded me of a scene in Robert Altmans Long Good By were a gangster smashed a bottle on his girlfriends face and the ending when Phillip Marlow blows Terry Lennox away in the end had to be Brackets touch

[@Redtailedhawk99]

Hey StarKiller, did you ever listen to Gustav Holst “Planets Suites?” I meant to ask this a long time ago and forgot. Especially Mars suite.

[@drewwn]

First, thank you for this video, and I wish that I had seen it when you first uploaded it to youtube. I would like to add another forgotten author though, that I believe Lucas also swiped from , his name is Otis Adelbert Kline. In his book, Maza of the Moon, written in 1930, he basically describes a Light Saber. Here is a quote from his book, which can be found for free download at Project Gutenberg: "...as he saw the girl standing at bay with her red ray projector in her hand before a short, round-bodied individual clad in yellow fur and wearing a glass and copper helmet shaped, at the top, like a pagoda. "The two were fencing, but not with blades of steel. They fenced with something infinitely more destructive, for as the girl sought to reach her antagonist with the red ray he warded it off with a green ray from a small projector which he held in his hand, and in turn, menaced her with his weapon while she parried with the red ray."

[@TheStarkillerVideos]

Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton were actually friends with Otis Adelbert Kline. Interestingly, there is a passage in Kline's "Maza of the Moon" which bears a striking resemblance to Vader's speech to Luke in "The Empire Strikes Back," just before the "I am you father" revelation. Basically, the villain P'an-ku unsuccessfully attempts to convert Maza to his side, in Chapter 20. I hope to explore Otis Adelbert Kline's connection to Leigh Brackett in a future follow-up video.

[@babynieve9612]

George killed her and stole her work

[@Scotty_Russell_Music]

This is good. It should have more views!

[@jonathanswift2251]

This could indicate that Lucas was INSPIRED by Brackett's material for his first script, either consciously or unconsciously, and then enlisted her directly to write the sequel

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

47:35 In the Mr. Plinkett reviews of the prequels, he relies heavily on the documentary footage, which is included on the Episode 1 DVD. When the descision to include this footage, as a bonus feature on the DVD were made, think about the public perception of Lucas. Especially what the fans, like myself thought. We looked at him as a God of cinema, imagination and writing. I had already read his biography, the year it came out. I beleive the later, or mid 80's. I was 10 or 11. Back to the Phantom Menace documentary. There are numerous moments, featuring Lucas and his 'battle with the writing process.' Footage from 94, as he sits down at his desk and utters, 'now all I need is an idea'. I'm possibly paraphrasing but this is the same man who has claimed he had everything set from the begining! Naturally changes are always made along the way but the moment he exits his office, with a first draft and in an embarrassing manner says, 'there's a lot of, then they fight.' As viewers, we aren't sure if he's being serious but it turned out to be true! Near the end, we get the infamous first viewing of the assembled film and the internet, ( or is it Mr. Plinkett's) favorite Line from George. 'I may have gone a bit far in a couple of places.' lol You think? I said aloud when I first viewed it. I noticed in the theatre. I think it was my 2nd viewing. I realised what this filmaking maven, turned maniac was doing! At first I thought I was imagining it but I was in my first year of film studies and we were advised to always see an 'important' film twice. Anyhow. I saw what they were trying to get away with and the main reason, many of us left the theatre, with a headache! In the first film made. There was 1 climax to watch and fully invest in. In Empire, he had two climaxes. Luke and Vader, then the chase for Han. In Blue Harvest, they tried for 3 climaxes! The space battle, the shield generator and Luke Vs. Vader 2. It was a bit jarring but I was 7 and there were many, in the 5 to 12 range. I'm lying. The whole world went at some point. Lol FF to the 4th film and my 2nd viewing. As my shinglesque migraine settled in, lightning hit my clock tower. ThecBastards were GOING to try 4 climaxes, intercut and expect people to not get I'll. But I did and in the documentary. This is where Lucas has an epiphany. He's not as much of a master, as the even he thought. What a sad, funny, hysterical story this is. It's like that kids book, the Emperor 's new clothes and he's looking good, to me. How about you, fellow fans? Do you see the Summer of George a little different after this brilliant video essay!?!! I do! You have done an amazing job and I just have a question. Why is your numbers so low? I need to know. Also, have any other tubers, promoting the game changing revelation. Please let me know some time. I'd love to hear more. Cheers from Montreal Quebec Canada

[@Dagenspear]

You shouldn't have looked at Lucas as a false idol. He's only human. There's Only One God always and He is YHWH Jehovah. PLEASE, you, and EVERYONE, if you haven't already, embrace the One True God, One and Only Jesus Christ His Only Begotten Son and Lord and Savior of our souls and the One and Only Holy Spirit. God is good. God is love. Jesus is Lord. Jesus IS coming. Your soul depends on it! I have seen God act in my life. He saved my soul, changed my heart, changed my mind, helped people through me, took care of people in my life, people I hurt before I found God. God is the only reason I was able to reconcile with my dad before he died. God worked through Jesus Christ to save our souls. Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins. Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins, and that God raised Him from the dead, repent of your sins, accept God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit into your heart and you will be saved. Be baptized in The Holy Spirit, and if He wills, water as well. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, that all who believe on Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Jesus Christ is The Way, The Truth and The Life. No one comes to the Father Jehovah God but through Him. Not long after I got saved I prayed to God for help understanding the Holy Bible, and that same day someone knocked on my door asking me if I wanted to understand the Bible. The Holy Bible says, "love thy enemy", "turn the other cheek", "If your enemy is hungry, feed him", "if he is thirsty, give him a drink", "pray for those who persecute you", "do not repay evil for evil". LORD willing, all humans may commit sin of almost every kind (gay, straight), and that's wrong, and all humans sin, as God tells us through the The Holy Bible, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." The Holy Bible also says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."

[@LosBerkos]

Hey Starkiller, interesting upload. Do you think you might do a condensed edit at some point?

[@LosBerkos]

Couldn't help but hear it all in one go after all. Fantastic stuff! Maybe a shorter edit could serve to bring more viewers, though? Only 300 views in 6 months is a few hundred thousand less than deserved.

[@TheStarkillerVideos]

@@LosBerkos I hadn't really thought about a shorter edit, but I might revisit that in the future. Thanks for watching!

[@katblack]

@@TheStarkillerVideos A one-minute shareable teaser would be great to bring people here for the full analysis. Ideally square for Insta and FB. How about for May Fourth, that's the time it could go viral :)

[@Jelperman]

But... but... I thought Star Wars was cribbed from Dune! 🤪

[@sebastianfischer2082]

Star wars was cribbed from a lot of things, Frank Hubert would like to think Dune had a lot more influence than it really did

[@roddungan560]

Interesting. Makes me want to go read one of her novels. Nicely done.

[@ShogunOrta]

Also Bracket transferring a lot of the names/places from her pulp to Star Wars to me doesn't seem lazy. If you know its getting made into a movie but you can't publicaly be known to have been the OG creator, putting chalk fulls of your stuff in the thing is basically graffittying the real author's name all over the thing. So whoever sees the finished movie, if you know you know.

[@scottclark3139]

Ghostwriter or script doctor? Pretty sure George Lucas would have mentioned it after he sold the company

[@kensuke0]

Lucas is known to have many different influences when creating Star Wars, so reading Leigh Brackett’s and Ed Hamilton’s material is among them. That’s literally not surprising at all given the examples in this video. He was clearly influenced by their work which lead to him hiring Brackett for Empire in the first place (and her script is really bad too).

[@texasokiedokie]

i knew Leigh Brackett did the 1st draft for "Empire" but ghost wrote star wars??!!! i believe it now. this is an awesome video! Plus ive had the thought before of how THX-1138 and American Graffitti are completely different the Star Wars: a space opera

[@J3335]

THX-1138 is supposed to be similar to the science fiction short story, The Machine Stops.

[@texasokiedokie]

ah cool. thx

[@thx1106]

Who else co-wrote Star Wars? Martia Lucas? Akira Kurosawa? Flash Gordon’ creators? Alan Dean Foster? Frank Herbert? Harlan Ellison? - this video is absolute bullshit with its conclusion.

[@Trey_v3.3]

Really making quite the reach when getting into the use of the term "force". Only about 10% of those examples were worth considering

[@katblack]

Too many examples to just be coincidence for sure, but it could have been due to plagiarism rather than ghostwriting. Maybe not by Lucas himself - he clearly wasn't interested in actually writing as you demonstrated with the many times he said that. It certainly seems more like a Brackett universe than, say, an Alan Dean Foster one (ghostwriter of the novel). Would love to see this get some traction while both Lucas and Foster are still alive to see if they have another explanation, although I think it's unlikely they'd ever even comment after so many decades and so many $. I do wish Brackett had lived to see the Space Opera genre finally become so widely loved through the Star Wars franchise, whether or not she'd got any personal credit. It was sad to hear that it was considered a derogatory term when she was alive.

[@TheStarkillerVideos]

Speaking of Alan Dean Foster: both he and Leigh Brackett were published by Ballantine in the 1970s. In 1976, Ballantine had a radio program called the "Ballantine Science Fiction Hour," where Alan Dean Foster, Leigh Brackett and Larry Niven appeared on a panel together to discuss science fiction. So interestingly, Foster and Brackett had actually met in person, a year prior to the release of Star Wars. I might go into this further one day, in a follow up video. There is actually quite a bit more evidence that I couldn't fit into this video, as it is already quite long.

[@thesithempire1348]

@@TheStarkillerVideos Please do!! Also, if you can, comment on the Lucas introduction to The Reavers of Skaith, published by Planet Stories in 2009. Also, let's not forget to add that Leigh was supposed to write a Leia EU novel for Del Rey! I've spoken to the estate, but they've never turned up anything, so it's likely she died prior to getting started on it.

[@cneejr]

It's quite possible that Leigh Brackett ghost wrote Star Wars but there is another possibility. Maybe Lucas just ripped off her stories when when he couldn't get the rights to Flash Gordon. If I were in Brackett's shoes I would have threatened to expose him, which might have lead to an offer to let her write the sequels. Her untimely death would have allowed Lucas to go back to the same source again and again.

[@williamlarochelle3160]

Willard Huyuck and his wife Gloria Katz did an uncredited polish on Star Wars, and have claimed Leigh Brackett style was an inspiration.

[@Redtailedhawk99]

Nice video Starkiller! Tell me, what do you know of the Composer Gustav Holst and his piece called “The Planets Suite?” Or the creatures from a rare book called the “Voynich Manuscript?” The Russian Prototype aircraft from 1972 called the “Bartini Beriev VVA-14?” Or Terry McGovern who starred in “THX-1138?” Rare opportunities come once in a lifetime and the key is to know it when you see it. Which sometimes require we remove mistaken ideologies that can blind us from seeing them when they arise. Take Care!

[@miragewizard]

Great video! There are just too many coincidences for it not to be true.

[@SektorSieben]

Great work, Starkiller! - Is this your own voice? I'm flashed about your theory and what you found out.

[@TheStarkillerVideos]

Yes, it is my voice -- thanks for watching!

[@banderasz1185]

Wow, this video blew my mind! I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to watch Star Wars the same way from now on...

[@onelove2230]

Great video hopefully women like Leigh can start getting the credit they deserve ❤

[@gedbyrne8482]

I wonder if Brackett ever wrote anything like the Wills.

[@thesithempire1348]

Craig Miller confirmed to me recently that Leigh and George did not meet until 1978. He was there when it happened. That said, he didn't rule out the idea that Lucas heavily borrowed things from Brackett and Hamilton. Lucas knew her not from her Hollywood screenplays but from her space opera books (and was surprised to discover she'd done big Hollywood movies).

[@HeroJournalism]

Borrowed "heavily"? That seems to be a charitable description!

[@stefangonzo]

This is all so interesting. I wonder if they correspondence before 1978. Or if "their people" got together they met to facilitate some ghost-writing on a New Hope. Even if not, Lucas drew inspiration from so many sources. Why not Leigh Brackett and her husband?

[@kensuke0]

@@HeroJournalismLucas borrowed from a lot of things. Star Wars is an amalgamation of many things in pop culture.

[@kensuke0]

Also she died on March 1978 so that’s a really quick turnover time to write and turn in a first draft after meeting Lucas. Meeting in late 1977 makes more sense.

[@HeroJournalism]

@@stefangonzo its a common Hollywood tactic to rectify a potential issue with a writer dispute to buy them off by ordering a new script from them. Stanley Kubrick did it to Jim Thompson, after he screwed him out of a co-writing credit on The Killing. To placate him, they hired him to write another script. So I could def see that if she expressed concern about how much of her/their material he "borrowed", he could have her write ESB to kind of pay her back without giving up any credit on ANH. Or maybe she didn't and he just felt guilty or that he owed her something, or wanted to pay her that homage.

[@Atomkind]

In Summary: Brackett and Hamilton did it first

[@googalacticgoo]

Princess Leigh

[@johnreid9959]

This story / Script Leigh Brackett mentioned in A interview just before she died was it ever found

[@TheStarkillerVideos]

As far as I know, the science fiction film script that Brackett mentioned writing was never found or reprinted.

[@johnreid9959]

@@TheStarkillerVideos that’s a shame wonder what it was about

[@MCCreativeLegends]

Im not sure if the interview was done before or after star wars but it could be the new hope script. Lucas said the script was rejected by most studios and took a while to get going.

[@josiahcmiller]

Wow

[@Redtailedhawk99]

Starkiller. Bet you can’t find a manuscript prior to April of 1974 that says Jedi Knight in it. If one exists they altered the date.

[@danieltarczynski6559]

Lucas never hid his love of old science fiction pulp novels, Buck Rodgers, and Flash Gordon all had similar concepts to Star Wars. Lucas has even admitted that Star Wars is basically an amalgamation of a bunch of old science fiction from the 30's to 70's. That's in addition to the anthropological themes heavily borrowed.

[@googalacticgoo]

The Joseph Campbell, wizard of Oz, moralilty play elements and George Lucas appreciation for Anthropology are the elements that complimented the groundwork laid by Leigh

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

10:30 Look at the shape, hanging on the right hand wall. Perhaps a clock, or dial but it could be one of the detachable wings, seen on Kenner's toy TIE Fighter, based on the space craft, seen in the film. Very interesting, said Obi-Wan as he stroked his grey haired chin. ;)

[@Concreteowl]

Lucas hired people to design the movie and create the special effects. He had a huge team of editors and contributors. It was always a team effort. Things like Ben Being killed... That's Marcia Lucas channeling Tolkien it's not George. Without Marcia there is no Minch for George to rename Yoda.

[@SBrundle]

No. Next question.

[@ShogunOrta]

Well............... For me its obvious why they'd want to reuse their own ideas. They're wanted to see them in real life, on the big screen...you know...moving!!! (and I suppose giving over the cred to Lucas must have been the one price to pay maybe)

[@googalacticgoo]

The battle for the Stars. Interesting hearing her voice, Leigh Brackett, sounds like the character Princess Leia/ actress Carrie Fisher. There is also a resemblance.

[@carrion_man3700]

Wonderful video. I don't think she ghost wrote Star Wars, but her and Hamilton's work, among others, are obvious and acknowledged influences on Lucas' films. I think Lucas did a great job in acknowledging his influences, including Brackett, Kurosawa, and others.

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

13:00 Hitchcock's 'Frenzy' Featured some of the most realistic, eerie strangulating of any film.

[@anthonyoh9629]

Excellent video!!

[@daniealgriffin9469]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ShogunOrta]

To be fair Asimov wrote of the city of Trantor, which Coruscant is very much like, in 1951's Foundation.

[@WhackWackenhut]

WOW!

[@edwardboyd3660]

Fantastic work. The last 20 minutes including her credit on Empire and interviews during Star Wars are especially telling.

[@heathyipp]

Have you seen RocketJump's video on how Star Wars was supposedly saved in the edit? and if so, what's your impression of it?

[@maik.ol.m]

I’ve been trying to learn about her more I know im related to her great-aunt or cusion I think? (it is my moms madin name) and this taught me a lot about her. I also want to go into si-fi/fantasy comics (as an artist not a writer though) and she’s genuinely a huge inspiration for me

[@WhackWackenhut]

How much did she get paid for her work on Star Wars II?

[@TheStarkillerVideos]

Sorry for the late response -- I have never found any information on how much she was compensated for her work on Star Wars.

[@DarkSitari]

It's on Wikipedia, about 50K

[@aresdesiderata8959]

*"Starkiller punches her in the jaw and knocks her cold"* Hahahaha wow

[@сергейонищенко-р6ц]

Super!!!! Leigh and Edmond my favorites!!!!

[@Redtailedhawk99]

Sorry I should have asked first and I meant to. I used about 1 1/2 minute clip out of this video for my newest video called “The End of Your SciFi God!” Sorry again. I don’t monetize anyway, but I did suggest people to come here and subscribe to your channel and watch this full video.

[@TheStarkillerVideos]

No problem, thanks for watching!

[@Dagenspear]

There's Only One God always and He is YHWH Jehovah. PLEASE, you, and EVERYONE, if you haven't already, embrace the One True God, One and Only Jesus Christ His Only Begotten Son and Lord and Savior of our souls and the One and Only Holy Spirit. God is good. God is love. Jesus is Lord. Jesus IS coming. Your soul depends on it! I have seen God act in my life. He saved my soul, changed my heart, changed my mind, helped people through me, took care of people in my life, people I hurt before I found God. God is the only reason I was able to reconcile with my dad before he died. God worked through Jesus Christ to save our souls. Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins. Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins, and that God raised Him from the dead, repent of your sins, accept God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit into your heart and you will be saved. Be baptized in The Holy Spirit, and if He wills, water as well. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, that all who believe on Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Jesus Christ is The Way, The Truth and The Life. No one comes to the Father Jehovah God but through Him. Not long after I got saved I prayed to God for help understanding the Holy Bible, and that same day someone knocked on my door asking me if I wanted to understand the Bible. The Holy Bible says, "love thy enemy", "turn the other cheek", "If your enemy is hungry, feed him", "if he is thirsty, give him a drink", "pray for those who persecute you", "do not repay evil for evil". LORD willing, all humans may commit sin of almost every kind (gay, straight), and that's wrong, and all humans sin, as God tells us through the The Holy Bible, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." The Holy Bible also says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."

[@HeroJournalism]

This is amazing

[@floatingholmes]

There is no "IF Leigh Brackett contributed to the writing of Star Wars". George Lucas wrote Star Wars years and years before he ever met Leigh Brackett. This is a documented and undisputed fact. There is no evidence in this video or anywhere else on earth that contradicts this. The logical fallacy here is to confuse the influence of Brackett's work on Lucas (he read her work and was undeniably influenced by it). Lucas was moved to hire her to write a draft of the sequel film (which he then discarded). But there is no way to argue that this relationship between Lucas and Brackett stretches backward in time, years before they met, to a project that they co-wrote somehow without ever being together or having any contact. What is the point of this video other than spreading a false premise and (according to the comments here) convincing some people that a factually wrong and logically impossible thing happened? Leigh Brackett is interesting and her influence on Star Wars is under appreciated, but spreading lies is no way to correct that.

[@jonathanswift2251]

I can believe it. George Lucas is incapable of writing a screenplay by himself. American Graffiti was a good film, but it was episodic, relying on Lucas' memories, and also had very talented actors at the beginning of their careers. Everything else was really either badly written or highly dependent on collaborating.

[@googalacticgoo]

Someone had to put it all together and make it happen

[@donseagrave]

wow awesome.

[@gustavomartins007]

TOP

[@bendu8282]

George Lucas grew up with a lot of early sci-fi stories in his life that inspired him to create star wars to me this video trying to say that he ripped off early sci-fi writers is no different than when Dune fans said he ripped off Dune. George Lucas has confirmed many times that he was inspired by a lot of early science fiction and adventure so no he didn't rip anyone off he took his influence and inspirations and he told his story. These claims are tiring. It's clear to me that George & Leigh worked together on one of the best stories in modern myth but from what I've known George was more than a visual director he was a storyteller a man of ideas he may have not been one of the most masterful writers out there but he was the creator of star wars. One issue I have with the narrative from this theory is that if George didn't change anything he wanted or originally conceived then every scene that was compared to those old books that Lucas was probably a fan of in this video were his ideas. Remember George was a big idea man and storyteller but he hired a lot of people to work with him including his wife but even in Empire & Return Lucas was micromanaging everything so Lucas's ideas and stories were based on his inspirations from the fiction he grew up with, what he continued to be a fan of along with his morals and philosophy.

[@larniieplayz6285]

I see

[@savantartists5273]

🎥❤️👈🔥👉❤️🎬

[@spacecatboy2962]

youre crazy, the next thing youre going to tell me is that steven speilberg stole the idea for ET from a guy in asia

[@larniieplayz6285]

What

[@davemustang8173]

No.

[@thx1106]

Lucas wrote the Star Wars script. Plain and simple. Leigh Brackett did not. This video could be interesting exploration of how Lucas was influenced and inspired by Brackett works (among others) and why he chose her to write ESB, but you need to add a cheap “sensationalism” for more views and bullshit conclusions. Bad habit.

[@lukelee7967]

This has not convinced me that Leigh Brackett secretly wrote Star Wars. But what it has further confirmed something I already thought. George Lucas grew up in a world with material conditions. One being Sci-Fi was a thing, and he read, it influenced him. He would go on to write the original Star Wars, which influenced the world around him, changing his material conditions. He would then go through a kinda messy divorce, which would influence his thoughts more. Before he would then write the prequels. OMG, dialectical materialism explains it!