DGA Attendees: Irvin Kershner WAS Yoda
Via a January 13th entry on the LA Times blog “Hero Complex,” filmmaker Peter Briggs shares snippets from a special celebration of the late director Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back), held Tuesday night at the Directors Guild of America. The event was hosted by Kershner family members and featured the quiet attendance of both George Lucas and Empire screenwriter Lawrance Kasdan.
What’s most intriguing about the article is how many people who worked with Kershner remarked on his resemblance, nay inspiration-for, a certain Star Wars character.
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