With Mark Hamill being one of the most active members of the Star Wars franchise on social media, he often offers anecdotes and insight about the galaxy far, far away, with one of his recent posts confirming that series creator George Lucas had originally wanted the Daffy Duck short Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century to screen ahead of showings of Star Wars: A New Hope to get audiences in the right frame of mind for the adventure. The animated short, which was a riff on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, would bring with it an inherent sense of playfulness to alert audiences that the film they were about to see was meant to embrace that spirit of adventure without being too serious.
George really did want this classic Daffy Duck cartoon shown before every screening of #SW. It would’ve been an icebreaker to let the audience know what was coming was less than dead serious. I was disappointed when we couldn’t get the rights to it & it didn’t happen. #TrueStory https://t.co/5VcGKH1yxf
