Being the giant Star Wars fan that I am, I’m pretty shocked that I hadn’t heard this story before. I had no idea that David Lynch was in mind to originally direct Return of the Jedi. I think maybe I had heard inklings of it one time but dismissed it as rumor and never bothered to research. But lo and behold I stumble across this interview with Lynch talking about the time he met George Lucas and why he decided not to do it. It has something to do with Wookies, salad and headaches.
“Next door to zero interest. But…”
Dune is not a film I enjoy a whole lot. Even as a kid I remember not thinking too much of it, while loving Jedi. So maybe it’s a good thing Lynch didn’t direct one of my beloved original trilogy pieces? I can just imagine the dialogue on the tone on the Death Star now with slug creatures dripping from the ceiling and naked little girl with an eye patch sitting in the corner eating a pastrami sandwich who never actually says anything, but never takes her eye from the action.
