The premiere of "Star Wars - Return of the Jedi" was unique. Everyone came to the scene wearing Star Wars-themed T-shirts.
There was a queue several kilometers long outside the cinema. Many fans dressed up as characters in the movie. Some wore Darth Vader's black armor or held Lu Zoutian's lightsaber. Some girls combed their hair into
Princess Leia's bun.
When Ronald walked over, there happened to be a TV station interviewing the audience. Some people said that they had already queued here at 6 o'clock in the morning, and they had only reached the second round of queue.
After walking through the queue and at the main entrance of the theater, some lucky people who got invitations to the premiere could see the movie two hours earlier than others.
The security guards of the theater were wearing uniforms to maintain order. Only those with invitations could come in. Ronald took out the invitations and handed them over. Looking back, he saw that the dense crowd stretched to the other side of the road.
America is a nation without history. Its citizens all immigrated to the New World from the Old World, so it has never had its own heroic epics like the various ethnic groups in the Old World.
Lucas's movie trilogy is like a heroic epic to these children. And thanks to the film technology, it is an epic with figures, pictures, and special effects.
Unlike the long-lasting TV series "Star Fleet", "Star Wars" is more personal heroism and more dramatic. Although it was only born six years ago, it has already left a deep mark on a generation of young people in America.
Star Wars' intrusion into American culture is comprehensive.
The SDI missile defense system announced by the Commander-in-Chief this time has been described by many as Star Wars. His previous speech on the Evil Empire was also quoted by members of Congress, comparing the Soviet Union to Darth Vader.
This movie has entered daily language expression in America.
Although the Academy Awards organizing committee and the Directors Guild disliked George Lucas very much and did not give him recognition for Best Director or Best Picture, but only gave him some technical awards. However, this does not hinder the young people across the country in the slightest.
Consider Lucas the greatest visionary.
Ronald is very envious of the fact that he can embed his movie into the language level, making it a more solid and permanent monument than an Oscar. He wonders if he can change the language of America in one or two small ways in the future.
In addition to the invited industry friends, most of the attendees were lucky audience members who wrote letters to Lucas and were eventually selected.
Lucas came to the scene in person to congratulate everyone on the final release of the final part of the trilogy. Soon, the curtain rose and the film was officially screened.
Ronald watched the movie with great interest. After three years in the last "Empire Strikes Back", Darth Vader claimed to be Luke's father, many viewers wanted to know whether this was Vader's lie.
, or the truth.
Princess Leia took off her elegant robe and put on a sexy bikini to dance for the slave owner Jabba, and the entire audience made a loud swallowing sound.
Then Luke appeared. He made a homemade green lightsaber, defeated Jabba, and rescued the carbonized Han Solo. Everyone discovered that the Emperor was developing a second Death Star and wanted to destroy the resistance.
After a series of battles, Luke faced the attacks of the Emperor and Darth Vader alone. In the final battle, Luke cut off Vader's robotic arm. The Emperor tried to lure him into being full of negative emotions and falling to the dark side.
The voices of Obi-Wan and Yoda rang in Luke's ears, and he gave up negative emotions such as anger and fear. He was unwilling to surrender to the dark side of the force, and was shocked by the emperor's force lightning. Darth Vader still couldn't resist it after all.
The love between father and son pushed the emperor off his throne and fell into space. Unfortunately, he died of exhaustion in the end.
The ending was in the tradition of Star Wars again, with everyone standing together and smiling happily. But this time there were three more Force spirits of the Jedi Knights, Yoda, Obi-Wan, and the real body of Darth Vader.
Najin.
The audience began to shout loudly and applaud enthusiastically. After three years of waiting, a complete and wonderful story finally came.
Ten minutes passed before the audience stopped applauding. There were already camera crews from several TV stations waiting to interview the audience at the door.
Ronald has a special car waiting here to pick up some of their guests to celebrate the party. After eight years, George Lucas finally completed the Star Wars trilogy. He is the emperor tonight.
The celebration party was held at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel nearby. There was a mountain of champagne, a big cake, all kinds of delicious food, and T-shirts, which gave it a completely different vibe from ordinary movie parties.
Ronald saw his agent Niceta coming to the scene and greeted him, "Rick, why are you here too? Do you want to sign Chewbacca?"
George Lucas had a falling out with the Directors Guild, so his last two films were directed by directors who did not belong to the union. Several of the leading actors in Star Wars have long been firmly tied by their agents.
As for the two robots, c3po and r2d2, they are not qualified to sign as agents.
So Ronald joked with him that he was going to sign a fluffy Wookiee.
"I came here specifically to remind you not to mention Martha in front of George." Niceta whispered in Ronald's ear.
"What?" Ronald was a little confused.
"Ovitz told me today that George's wife Martha has cheated on her and is going to divorce him. So I'm here to remind you, don't mention Martha's name when you congratulate George."
"Oh, thank you." Ronald thanked Niceta. George Lucas is the most profitable director now, with two major killer series of movies, Star Wars, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. This kind of privacy of others
If something is bad and Lucas knows about it, it is not worth it to cause ill feelings.
"Congratulations, Mr. Lucas. This movie is very good. It finally fulfilled a dream I had when I was a kid watching A New Hope. Luke became a great Jedi warrior. I wonder if you will continue to make it?"
Ronald found an opportunity to go up and congratulate Lucas.
"Oh, hello, Ronald. Not for the time being. I'm too tired. I've paid too much for this Return of the Jedi. I think I'll take a break after that." Lucas told Rona.
De was still impressed and chatted with him briefly.
"It seemed like he was really not in a good mental state. He didn't seem too happy that night when the movie was a hit."
"Hey, you don't know, this incident has a great impact on George." Niceta finally sent Ronald home and told him the whole story in the car.
It turned out that the director of "Return of the Jedi" was originally booked to be Spielberg, but because the Directors Guild prohibited union members from participating in Lucas' project. Lucas went through David Lynch, Dutch director Paul Verhoeven and others
He declined, and finally found a Welshman, Richard Marquand, to be the director.
However, Richard Marquand acted dictatorially on the Pinewood set in London and had great conflicts with the actors who played the three protagonists. In the end, Lucas had to take over halfway and flew to London to pick up the directing job himself.
George Lucas and Martha originally had a big conflict because George was busy with work. One of their adopted daughters was left in a high-end hotel while George went to London and Martha was left to take care of it alone.
Martha Lucas was originally a very powerful editor. She was once Martin Scorsese's regular editor and collaborated on all of Scorsese's best-selling works. But now she is a husband and will not return.
The housewife at home is really intolerable.
Martha later returned to the manor purchased by Lucas and concentrated on renovating her house. She hoped to cover the dome of a library with stained glass from a Renaissance church, which would look very artistic.
Who knew that this glass-firing artist would take advantage of the situation. George Lucas begged and begged, but he could not win back Martha's heart. The two only waited for "Return of the Jedi" to be released before announcing their divorce. The reason why they did not immediately
Divorce is for the final episode of the Star Wars trilogy and not to be disturbed by this gossip.
Martha Lucas herself also won the Oscar for Best Editing for her editing of "Star Wars - A New Hope" and was very passionate about the Star Wars series, so the two agreed to announce their divorce later.
"Oh, how could this happen? Last time I saw them, they looked very affectionate." Ronald sighed in the passenger seat.
"This is inevitable. For a movie, especially a big one like Star Wars, the preparation, shooting, editing, and special effects production often take a year or two. And for a workaholic like George, he might not be able to talk to Martha when he gets home.
A few words, no matter how affectionate you are, there will still be problems."
"Then Martha is miserable. She cheated on her first, so she won't get any property?"
"What does this have to do with cheating? Is it your New York state law? California is a state where assets are equally divided." Niceta looked at Ronald in surprise.
"Huh?" Ronald was surprised, "I didn't know that."
"California law stipulates that no matter who makes the greater contribution to the couple's property after marriage, the property will be divided equally after divorce. In addition, generally the woman will be responsible for child support and will be divided more."
"Oh," Ronald thought, if he gets married in California in the future, it would be better not to get divorced.
The next day, the nation awaited the box office results of "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi." The final result was $6.2 million.
After Ronald learned about this result, he knew that the theaters for "Night of the Comet" would be compressed.
Over the weekend, "Return of the Jedi" grossed US$23 million, becoming the first movie in American history to exceed US$20 million at the box office in its first weekend.
"Night of the Comet" was squeezed into only about 700 theaters. Although the box office of a single theater did not drop much, the total box office dropped below 3 million US dollars to 2.4 million US dollars.
Turn on the TV, and there are all news and talk shows about Star Wars. Turn on a major newspaper like the Los Angeles Times, and all the news about Star Wars is on the front page.
At the end of the "Star Wars" trilogy, the audience frantically bid farewell to the three protagonists and their own youth. They have pushed this modern American epic from the entertainment page to the front page, from NBC Entertainment News to NBC National News
.
English-speaking countries, including Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, are also eagerly looking forward to the early arrival of movie copies. There are also audiences who can't stand it and fly across the ocean to New York to watch it.
Faced with the craze sweeping the world, Ronald's "Valley of Comets" had no choice but to retreat. Fortunately, it has accumulated more than 11 million box office in the first two weeks, plus 240 million in the third weekend.
100,000, which is already close to the box office result of 15 million.