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Directing "A New Hope" was a horrible experience for George Lucas, so when "The Empire Strikes Back" went into production, he hired another director – what is his name?

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Interesting fact:

Star Wars was heavily influenced by "Flash Gordon". George Lucas had originally intended to reboot this 1936 film serial but couldn’t acquire the rights – so he had to make up his own space epic. The flying paragraphs in the Star Wars opening titles are adopted directly from "Flash Gordon".

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