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(sounds like George Lucas being interviewed)

... is only an example of things that cannot be avoided. But my feelings on this, whatever it is, are rather moderate. I started to worry a bit during the last few weeks. I had a draft that I was starting to rework. At the same time, I worked with Jonathan to get a third version. Then I combined all three. And the problem was to finish all three before filming started. A lot of people don't finish their script before they start filming. For the first Star Wars, production started three weeks before the script was done. For the others, I had more or less finished before. But it's not uncommon to start a film without having finalised the script. In all cases, I had everything that mattered, everyone knew more or less what needed to be done and it didn't affect our work too much.

Some people said that Anakin is lost because of his goodness, of his qualities. Is that the correct way to see it?

I wouldn't say so. He's condemned because of weaknesses and problems that all humans must confront. It's a vast subject.

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