Birth of Star Wars: George Lucas in Love -Daily Comedy Classic
In the film, George Lucas is a USC college student in 1967, and he's suffering from writer's block as he tries to write a movie about a young space farmer with a bad crop of "space wheat."
It takes only one or two scenes to realize that encounters with classmates and teachers all either resemble or will inspire the creation of characters that have become part of our cultural mythology: Obi Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Jabba the Hutt, or R2-D2.
Young Lucas soon meets his muse, a young girl (with a very unusual "Princess" hairdo) who urges him to "write what you know." His writer's block dissipates and he quickly finishes his masterpiece.
The film was awarded Best Short Film at the 2000 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.
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