“Making a movie is a terribly painful experience,” said Lucas, shown here on the set of Star Wars with (from left) Peter Cushing, Carrie Fisher, and Dave Prowse, sans his Darth Vader helmet. Star Wars baffled Fox executives, who refused to provide Lucas the money he requested to finish the movie to his liking. Lucas never forgot it, and vowed he wouldn’t go begging for money for one of his own movies again.
