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There was a show on E or some other network a while back that showed Tom Sellick reading for the part of Han and Cindy Williams reading for Leia, This show also mentioned that some backers wanted to put pants on Chewbacca and also wanted a disco soundtrack.

I freely give you that many of the pioneers of disco were competent musical innovators, but so much crap had been put out that by 1979 there was a rebellion against disco. Star Wars workek well in part due to John Williams' symphonic score. But what if things had gone differently?

Suppose Lucas decites to go totally out to left field and hires Brian Eno and Robert Fripp to compose the soundtrack? Perhaps they hook up with Louis and Bebe Barron who composed the frst all-electronic movie score for Forbidden Planet?

The trench run with a guitar solo even more evil than the "Baby's On Fire" solo would be awesomeness incarnate.
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