Who or what from George Lucas’ personal life could have possibly inspired both Indy and Chewie?
George Lucas's first film THX 1138 was released in 1971 to mixed reviews and commercial disappointment. The film was a reaction to the fear of communist rule at a time that also inspired George Orwell's 1984 and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid’s Tale. While THX 1138 was inspiring to some future filmmakers like Frank Darabont, others found the film impenetrable.
In the thirteenth and final issue of Star Wars Galaxy Magazine, before it became Star Wars Galaxy Collector, George Lucas wrote, "I had an Alaskan Malamute when I was writing the film. A very sweet dog, she would always sit next to me when I was writing. And when I’d drive around, she’d sit in the front seat. A Malamute is a very large dog—like a hundred and thirty pounds and bigger than a human being and very long-haired.
In January 1978, Lucas sat down with Spielberg and eventual Empire Strikes Back screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan to develop his idea for Raiders of the Lost Ark. Their recordings have since been transcribed and are available online, and detail exactly how each picture was conceived by the three men. The name Indiana is first mentioned by Lucas who suggests the hero's love interest runs an American bar and hostel in rural Nepal.
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