And a further note--there were actually THREE Lucas SW made-for-tv movies--the classic Star Wars Christmas Special (about Chewbacca's family) aired years and years before those silly Ewoks. Or I may even be mixing my TV specials--the Chewbacca show was the same as the Christmas show, wasn't it? Can anybody help here? Stephanie Coon On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, Chris Andersen wrote: > Katherine: > > Methinks that you may be slightly mistaken in your attributions as far as > Indiana Jones and Star Wars go. While both series starred Harrison Ford, > we don't have Steven Spielberg to thank. George Lucas actually discovered > Ford and employed him first in "American Graffiti", I believe. Lucas then > brought him to the Star Wars series, which Spielberg had nothing to do > with. Lucas and Spielberg finally got together and collaborated on the > Indiana Jones movies, once again using Ford. I believe (though I may be > mistaken) that Spielberg took over the direction duties for the Young > Indiana Jones series of TV shows and movies while Lucas produced several > made for TV Star Wars FX specials and two Star Wars-based TV movies in the > "Ewok Adventure" series. Lucas is the one who's been talking about going > back and making a Star Wars "prequel" trilogy. > > > Chris J.-Andersen ([log in to unmask]) >