In 1980, during the aftermath of Empire, George Lucas was fined by the Writer's Guild and Director's Guild for not putting the credits at the beginning of the film but rather at the end so that the scrolling titles could be rolled up the screen.
He left them afterwards and paid the fines, but apparently this was a big factor in choosing Richard Marquand as the director for Jedi. His front-runner up to that point, it seems...was Steven fucking Spielberg.
So this brings up the question: how cool would a Return of the Jedi have been directed by Steven Spielberg?