Since we were talking about David Lynch yesterday, it got me thinking about what his vision for Star Wars: Return of the Jedi might have been. Apparently he was on a short list to direct the third installment of the Star Wars trilogy (before it ultimately went to Richard Marquand) and had even spoken to George Lucas regarding the project. I wonder what kind of film we would've gotten with Lynch at the helm? Would we have seen a movie injected with dream-like Lynchian motifs like bacta tank-induced hallucinations involving anthropomorphic lightsabers or dancing taun-tauns? However, I think the dream sequence in the previous film (the cave duel between Luke and Darth Vader) would've been more up Lynch's dark alley. I guess we could only speculate what might have been. Considering this would have occurred around the same time frame as Lynch's Dune, I'm kind of relieved Jedi didn't end up being the mess that film was. Anyway, here is a YouTube clip featuring Lynch's recollections about Return of the Jedi and meeting with Lucas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJQ4vCu-S0U
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