![]() ![]() ![]() Joseph Campbell said that all the great myths, the primitive myths, the great stories, have to be regenerated if they’re going to have any impact, and that you have done that with “Star Wars.” Are you conscious of doing that? Are you saying, ‘I am trying to cre - recreate the myths of old? Or are you saying, ‘I just want to make a good action movie?’ Over the course of an afternoon, we talked about myths and movies, fathers and sons, fantasy and imagination. After a 22-year hiatus, George Lucas is back in the director’s chair with a new episode in his “Star Wars” epic, “The Phantom Menace.” I wanted to know why he thought the “Star Wars” saga had grasped such a hold on our collective imaginations. Twelve years later I came back, this time to interview the protégé. ![]() I first came here to interview Joseph Campbell, a friend and mentor to George Lucas. BILL MOYERS: Nestled into a rolling hillside north of San Francisco, Skywalker Ranch is the command center of George Lucas’ filmmaking empire. ![]()
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