Oscar-Winning 'Star Wars' Editor Marcia Lucas Has Died
Marcia Lucas, who edited ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Return of the Jedi,’ has died at 80.
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Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar for editing the very first Star Wars film, has died at 80 years old from cancer. Lucas was the former wife of Star Wars creator George Lucas and helped shape the first two films in the franchise. She also edited Return of the 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 significant role in the direction her former husband took for Star Wars and Return of the Jediand would critique the films' characters and scenes for him. "Marcia was always critical of Star Wars, but she was one of the few people Lucas listened to carefully, knowing she had...
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