George Lucas made many of his dreams come true. But there was one dream that never came true- George Lucas wanted to make a feature length version of Flash Gordon.
George Lucas had grown up with Flash Gordon and envisioned a state of the art special effects extravaganza. Unfortunately for him, he wasn’t a big enough name at the time to get the funding needed to buy the rights. Film producer Dino De Laurentiis swooped in and snagged the rights, leaving George Lucas to his own devices. And what amazing devices he was left to!
George Lucas actually beat Dino De Laurentiis to the punch, creating his own mega franchise. Dino’s film, with its campy soundtrack and visuals, looked like the tired copy.
