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Marcia Lucas, who edited ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Return of nan Jedi,’ has died astatine 80.
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Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar for editing nan very first Star Wars film, has died astatine 80 years aged from cancer. Lucas was nan erstwhile woman of Star Wars creator George Lucas and helped style nan first two films successful nan franchise. She besides edited Return of nan Jedi, George Lucas's American Graffiti, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award, and Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, which earned her a BAFTA nom.
As Variety has noted, Lucas played a important domiciled successful nan guidance her erstwhile hubby took for Star Wars and Return of nan Jedi and would critique the films' characters and scenes for him. "Marcia was ever captious of Star Wars, but she was 1 of nan fewer group Lucas listened to carefully, knowing she had a accomplishment for carving retired beardown characters," wrote Michael Kaminsky successful his book The Secret History of Star Wars. It was reportedly her thought to have Obi-Wan Kenobi dice aboard the Death Star. Mark Hamill antecedently said she was besides responsible for Luke and Leia's "kiss for luck" erstwhile they were going to conflict successful nan first movie, earlier George Lucas had decided to make them siblings.
"Her activity was known for its affectional intelligence, rhythm, and humanity — a uncommon expertise to find nan truth of a segment and bring heart, momentum, and clarity to nan screen," her family said successful a statement.
