Comments on: Major Empire Spoiler Actually Dropped in 1977

By: The Greys - Cloud City

The Greys - Cloud City — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:00:44 +0000

[...] we’re hardly the first people to have dropped this particular [...]

By: WMM

WMM — Sat, 21 May 2011 01:26:20 +0000

This has to be put into perspective. Back then the public weren’t so inundated with information, nor were they so obsessed with such stuff. The public (mostly kids my age 12 or so) were happy with our action figures and could care less about plot points to a movie being released two years in the future. So, dropping a major plot point would have gone undetected for decades as is the case here.

ALSO, the thing that folks seem TO FORGET is that when Vader uttered that line, NOBODY believed it. Let me make myself perfectly clear here – when Darth Vader told Luke that he was his father, NOBODY believed it. Everybody was confused and the general consensus was that Vader was tricking Luke to join him in the dark side. Not TIME magazine, not Newsweek magazine, not Starlog magazine believed it for a second. These were the major sources of information at the time and all sorts of conspiracies floated around for three years until “Jedi” confirmed that Vader was indeed Luke’s father.

By: Bounty hunter Kevin

Bounty hunter Kevin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:12:13 +0000

Well Dave Stolte, i’m sorry to say this but. In every movie they do all of the acting early before it goes in movie theaters and George Lucas could of been discussing what they should do for the sequel.

By: Bounty hunter Kevin

Bounty hunter Kevin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:12:12 +0000

By: Margie

Margie — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:35:10 +0000

Spoilers are awful no matter what decade they occur in!

By: Paul Dann

Paul Dann — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:03:15 +0000

I attended a convention some years ago where Dave Prowse told audiences that shooting the Return Of the Jedi was one of the worst experiences of his life. George Lucas apparentlt believed that Prowse had leaked the information and didn’t speak to him during the entire production!

By: Garrett

Garrett — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:30:33 +0000

Well, considering that until 1978 when George Lucas wrote the SECOND DRAFT of The Empire Strikes Back Darth Vader was not Luke’s father, and in fact Father Skywalker appeared as a separate character (in fhost form) in the First Draft, no this is not a legit spoiler. It was a guess by Prowse that happened to come true.

Sorry to burst the bubble people, but George Lucas did not have the entire story worked out in 1977 or even in 1999 for that matter. If you really did Star Wars, check out the book “The Secret History of Star Wars”. It is a major revelation.

http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/

By: Jeff Stringer

Jeff Stringer — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 05:19:09 +0000

Like it matters now.

By: jackson jedi

jackson jedi — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:38:55 +0000

all of what was said was true but a random guess or fact can always start gossip. Darth Vader was Luke’s father but it wasnt until Revenge of The Sith everyone knew how that came to be, Anikan Skywalker (i spelled his name wrong) and Padame or Queen Almadala did serectly get married as it is know to all of you and had to kids but during that time Anakin was under the control of the Chancellor( Emperor Palpatine) and he was dubbed Darth Vader apprentice to the Chancellor. but this wasnt known to thw sw fans until the second star wars came out . now how he knew his information i still ponder on but what he said is true

By: GalvoMan

GalvoMan — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:59:25 +0000

In 1978-9 I read an article by a Mr Eisenstein? in “Fantastic Films” magazine. The subject was marketing tie-ins & he casually pointed out the continuity problems if Darth Vader turned out to be Luke’s father in the comic books & someone else in a later film. It had already occurred to me & I think others as an interesting possibility, but I don’t recall hearing anything as definite as this interview.

I saw Ep 5 at the 2nd public preview screening in Australia & didn’t KNOW but wondered if Darth would be revealed as Dad. (Film critics had seen it days earlier but didn’t spill the beans).
I regret missing the shock some people describe!