A sequel of a beloved film could either tarnish or elevate the original movie's legacy. The publication Colliderrecently spotlighted some of the latter by releasing a ranking of "the 10 most important movie sequels of all time."
The films featured on the July 13 list included 1986'sAliens, Mad Max: Fury Roadfrom 2015, 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and The Dark Knight, released in 2008. According to the publication, the "most important" sequel ever released is the 1980's Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, which was released three years after the first Star Wars film, 1977's Episode IV – A New Hope.
Irvin Kershner, Who Directed 'The Empire Strikes Back,' Discussed the Appeal of 'Star Wars' in 2017
While the creator of Star Wars, George Lucas, directed A New Hope, filmmaker Irvin Kershner was chosen to be the Empire Strikes Back director. During an interview at the 2007 Star Wars Celebration, Kershner, who died in 2010 at the age of 87, said that he immediately understood the allure of Star Wars upon seeing A New Hope.
"When I saw the film together, I realized it had an appeal, that is quite subterranean, it went beyond the superficial. It was like a western. It was certainly not a sci-fi picture, it was a fairy tale. And this was the vision that he had. It was a fairy tale sometime in the future," said Kershner.
Kershner went on to say that "George really created something marvelous" with A New Hope and he "had to build on top of that" while making The Empire Strikes Back.
Kershner also shared that he wasn't interested in directing The Empire Strikes Back.
"I had turned it down originally. I turned it down for a month," said Kershner.
He then confided that he felt a decent amount of pressure to ensure the sequel's success as Lucas was "financing the film."
"To take on that responsibility, where we didn't know whether the second one would work, and he's putting every cent he had into the film, that was a little too much. But I got over it and I said, 'What the hell, it's only money. His money,'" said Kershner during the 2007 interview.
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