Happy Birthday GEORGE LUCAS! Clint Howard, when interviewed for THESE ARE THE VOYAGES - TOS: Season One, recalled, “Around the time I was 18, I went in for an audition with George Lucas. It may have been for Star Wars. And I was nervous, because I knew who George was -- Ron [Howard] had worked for him in American Graffiti, and I knew he was a big time director. So I went into his office and sitting right off of the main desk was Francis Coppola. And I thought, ‘Gee, wow, Francis!’ It was pretty impressive with Francis Coppola over there, and George Lucas over here, looking me right in the eye. And the first thing George says is, ‘Commander Balok, Corbomite Maneuver!’ And I was stunned. This was just a dozen years after the series, so there hadn’t been any DVDs; there probably hadn’t been any video tapes. I mean, George had probably just seen the episode in reruns about a dozen times. But he knew me; he knew that I played Commander Balok; and he knew the name of the episode. And that just shows you, ultimately, what an impact Star Trek had.” (This story is on pages 149 and 150 of SEASON ONE).
Posted on: Wed, 14 May 2014 14:10:51 +0000
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