Marcia Lucas
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Sep 24, 2026
EmHOST
Directing the first film had been a grueling, often miserable experience.
EmHOST
There were fights with Fox, a shoot that went over budget and schedule, editing that nearly broke the film until his then wife, Marcia Lucas, helped rescue it in post.
EmHOST
He didn't want to go through that again.
EmHOST
In fact, he wouldn't until 1999's The Phantom Menace.
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EmHOST
Although some of Brackett's ideas remained, such as Luke's Dagobah training, her dialogue and characterization were removed.
EmHOST
Brackett and Kasdan, but not Lucas, would be credited for the final screenplay.
EmHOST
Brackett was credited in tribute, and just like Marcia Lucas's involvement in Star Wars, there's much discourse online as to how involved Leigh Brackett was, and questioning whether she deserved the credit.
EmHOST
But if you look into it, the story beats are there, and George Lucas wanted her to get the credit, so she got the credit.
CameronHOST
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JackHOST
uh it is uh oh no that's the wrong one i was looking at taxi driver that was marcia lucas
CameronHOST
Oh.
CameronHOST
Who
Haley PiperGUEST
And that the trench run was not planned to be like that.
Haley PiperGUEST
That Marsha Lucas had to come in and save the movie by actually making that really intense.
Haley PiperGUEST
And then John Williams coming in with the music like he always does.
Haley PiperGUEST
And that's just bonkers to me.
RyanPANELIST
Anyway, we
DaveHOST
should say Marsha Lucas passed away recently.
DaveHOST
So R.I.P. to Marsha.
JackiePANELIST
R.I.P. to a titan of industry.
Craig PriceHOST
They need someone to reign them in.
Craig PriceHOST
George Lucas needed Marcia Lucas to reign them in.
Craig PriceHOST
He had a great editor.
Craig PriceHOST
When he was on his own and he did the trilogy, the prequels, too much.
Jeremy PryorHOST
He is the creative father of the whole Star Wars universe, and he was the one who really drove those films into completion.
Jeremy PryorHOST
However, he happened to be married to a woman who was... possibly one of the top, if not the top editor in all of Hollywood at the time, Marsha Lucas.
Jeremy PryorHOST
Marsha Lucas edited American Graffiti, which was George Lucas's other major accomplishment before he got to Star Wars.
Jeremy PryorHOST
That's why he was able to get a studio to sign on to Star Wars.
Jeremy PryorHOST
Marsha Lucas was editing for Martin Scorsese.
Jeremy PryorHOST
She is an extremely talented editor.
Jeremy PryorHOST
And she was spending so much time cutting Star Wars and working and helping with the Empire Strikes Back.
Jeremy PryorHOST
And ultimately, they lost their marriage while the Return of the Jedi was coming out.
Finn J.D. JohnHOST
But that is a pretty familiar story, if you think about it.
Finn J.D. JohnHOST
From Ada Lovelace to Zelda Fitzgerald, from Alma Mahler to Marsha Lucas, and let's not forget Dorothy, Mrs. Luther Cressman, right? Dorothy Locke? History is full of great women who are remembered more for who they married than what they accomplished.
Finn J.D. JohnHOST
So, you know, what's sauce for the goose is always sauce for the gander, am I right? Well, that's all I've got on this one.
Finn J.D. JohnHOST
Key sources included Luther Cressman, Quest for First Peoples, an episode of Oregon Experience produced by Cammie Horton and first aired in 2014.
Chris WinterbauerHOST
So, because she passed away recently, we, we removed them.
Chris WinterbauerHOST
We were gonna maybe present Marsha Lucas and George Lucas.
Chris WinterbauerHOST
Um-
Lizzie BassettHOST
Very interesting relationship
WrightHOST
I think that's right.
WrightHOST
There's a new program with the film editor, Marsha Lucas.
WrightHOST
There's a archival program with Burstyn and Chris Christopherson talking about the production of the film and then a trailer and a leaflet with the critic Stephanie Zacharek's essay at home in the world.
WrightHOST
And
Jenn de la VegaHOST
Actually, the whole production seemed to be cursed.
Jenn de la VegaHOST
I read in Mental Floss Spielberg divorced actress Amy Irving and Lucas, George Lucas, divorced film editor Marsha Lucas around the same time that the movie was being developed.
Jenn de la VegaHOST
And Harrison Ford also aggravated a disc in his spine while riding Elephant while they were shooting in Sri Lanka.
Jenn de la VegaHOST
And then during that assassination scene in the palace room, He slipped and fell on the stuntman and really slipped a disc in his spine.
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