There’s been a great disturbance in the Force. Irvin Kershner, director of the penultimate film in the original Star Wars trilogy, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back has passed away at the age of 87. Kershner is survived by two sons, David Kershner and Dana Kershner.
Most of us know Kershner’s work from the aforementioned pinnacle of Star Wars films, of course that was not the only project that the director helmed in his career. Kershner manned the director’s chair on the James Bond film, Never Say Never Again starring Sean Connery, RoboCop 2 starring Peter Weller, among others. His final directorial gig was on a 1993 episode of SeaQuest 2032 entitled, To Be or Not to Be. Kershner more recently taught screenwriting at the University of Southern California while continuing to produce, write and create still photographs.
Creator of the Star Wars universe, George Lucas reacted...
Most of us know Kershner’s work from the aforementioned pinnacle of Star Wars films, of course that was not the only project that the director helmed in his career. Kershner manned the director’s chair on the James Bond film, Never Say Never Again starring Sean Connery, RoboCop 2 starring Peter Weller, among others. His final directorial gig was on a 1993 episode of SeaQuest 2032 entitled, To Be or Not to Be. Kershner more recently taught screenwriting at the University of Southern California while continuing to produce, write and create still photographs.
Creator of the Star Wars universe, George Lucas reacted...
- 11/30/2010
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
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