![]() ![]() Lawrence Kasdan, late of Raiders of the Lost Ark, was brought in for the third draft. His version took into account his plans for a trilogy and excised elements of Brackett's. On a tight deadline and with nowhere else to turn, Lucas jumped in to make rewrites. Brackett tragically died of cancer in 1978, only a few weeks after sending in her first draft. Elements of her take on the sequel to Star Wars made it to the screen, but much of it didn't. ![]() Though unfairly lesser-known today, Brackett was popularly known as the "Queen of Space Operas" for her catalog of novels and short stories. The first draft of Empire was penned by sci-fi author Leigh Brackett. ![]()
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