George Lucas

by Brian Jay Jones

Meanwhile, Peter Cushing, playing the cold Grand Moff Tarkin, was such a warmhearted gentleman that Carrie Fisher found it difficult to rail

angrily at him about his “foul stench.” “The man smelled like linen and lavender,” she said.37

Lucas continued to argue that Indy should be a morally ambiguous soldier of fortune who sold artifacts to finance an exotic lifestyle, Last Crusade’s opening sequence at last showed Indy to be a historical activist at heart, committed to preserving relics in a museum, where they belonged. Lucas could only shake his head in quiet objection. The argument was lost for good.

The same year, Hasbro — which had soaked up Kenner years earlier — reactivated its option to produce action figures and issued a new line of Star Wars toys under the imprint “The Power of the Force.” A manager at FAO Schwarz in New York was surprised to see that there were more adults than children buying the new line of toys — a singularity that made the new figures some of the bestselling toys of the year. Marketing directors everywhere would make a note. Toys weren’t just for kids anymore. Especially Star Wars toys.