From: roy@watson.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Red/green lightsabers
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:58:09 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.16 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
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In <TuH5wB5w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> sasha@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (David A. Tumarkin) writes:
>darkstar@ravel.udel.edu (Jerry Of The Jungle) writes:
>
>> In article <1993Jan3.184910.24601@midway.uchicago.edu> wag5@midway.uchicago.e
>> >Actually, the shift in the color of Vader's saber
>> >is probably related to some old experiments in
>> >which organisms were trained to be blind to
>> >certain factors-such as color. By shifting the
>> >color on the sabre betwen red and green the
>> >people in the audience, after watching unnoticed
>> >for a number of times as most fans did, would
>> >eventually be incpable of discerning red from green.
>> >Thus, Star Wars fans would not be able to competently
>> >react to stop lights resulting in huge numbers of traffic
>> >fatalities and accidents. Since large cars, usually
>> >American, are better protection for drivers in accidents
>> >than small cars, the demand for American big-cars would
>> >increase. Thus we learn that Lucas was bribed by a
>> >coalition of GM, Ford and Chrysler to try to stop the
>> >erosion of the market for the American car by mass-
>> >brainwashing techniques.  In that sense, Lucas could
>> >be called both a patriot, for his protection of the American
>> >industry, and also a pioneer in psycho-engineering. Viva
>> >Lucas!
>> >
>> >                    John
>> 
>> 
>> Hey, but then if Lucas was being paid by the big three, then why did he
>> ever make Tucker--The Man And His Dream?
>
>He didn't.  Francis Ford Coppola did (damn good movie BTW).
>
>
>                                                - Sasha
>
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It was a LucasFilm.  Maybe Coppolo directed it (I don't know) but it
was a LucasFilm.  George Lucas produced the movie.  It was talked about
quite a bit prior to its release in the LucasFilm Newsletter (Bantha
Tracks).

So, Lucas did 'make' the film as the original post states.

Regards,
Tom Rogers
roy@trigger.watson.ibm.com
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