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The Force is with the producers of "Lost." At Thursday's (May 13) "Lost Live: The Final Celebration," ABC Studios executive Barry Jossen read a letter from George Lucas to executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. No, he wasn't demanding royalties for all the "Star Wars" references that have littered "Lost" over the past six seasons. He was merely congratulating the show on its run and offering some words of support.
Here's the text of the letter:
Congratulations on pulling off an amazing show. Don't tell anyone ... but when 'Star Wars' first came out, I didn't know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you've planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories -- let's call them homages -- and you've got a series.
In six seasons, you've managed to span both time and space, and I don't think I'm alone in saying that I never saw what was around the corner. Now that it's all coming to an end, it's impressive to see how much was planned out in advance and how neatly you've wrapped up everything. You've created something really special. I'm sad that the series is ending, but I look forward to seeing what you two are going to do next.
Afterward Lindelof said, "I just want to apologize to Mr. George Lucas for everything I said about the prequels ..." -- drawing one of many big laughs from the hugely appreciative crowd at UCLA's Royce Hall.
Other notes from "Lost Live":
- Malcolm David Kelley, who played Walt in the show's first couple seasons, admits that his teenage growth spurt knocked him out of a regular role: "It messed me up a little bit. I wish it could have waited a couple years." Kelley, who turned 18 last week, is a good eight to 10 inches taller than he was when the series began.
- A crowd of UCLA students gathered across the street from the red carpet to wave at and cheer for the actors as they arrived. We heard one girl yell "Daniel, you're my constant!" at Jeremy Davies, and as he made his way up the carpet, Jorge Garcia heard chants of "Jorge, Jorge!"
- Hearing pieces of Michael Giacchino's score played live was kind of magical. Giacchino final selection from the show was "Parting Words," the music that accompanied the raft launch in the Season 1 finale "Exodus." The scene was shown on a big screen above the orchestra as they played, and let's just say that the room got rather dusty right around then, and some of it got in our eyes.
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That was really sweet of him to write that letter.
I've always liked George Lucas. I like him even more now that I've read the letter he wrote to 'Darlton'. Totally cool!
George Lucas is an *** and Star Wars went from great to good to bad to worse.
How electric and gratifying that moment must have been for them. Congrats to the creators of Lost. I cannot believe this amazing series is coming to an end next week.
It's obvious Lucas had no clue. Star Wars took us by storm. Thankfully, Lucas let Kershner direct Empire, which I consider the best of the 6. After that, it was all downhill with his take on Episode 6 being a complete joke. I don't expect Lost to answer all questions, but if Ewoks show up in the finale, I'll throw my shoe at the TV.
"Don't tell anyone... " and the head of the studio somehow gets a hand on the note and then reads it to a packed house at UCLA. Well, that's the last time George will be speaking with Lindelof and Cuse.
Celestino Chando is an *** and his mother went from great to good to bad to worse.
This is actually a lie. Read up on the bloggers who were there. Some describe the event extensively and to a level of detail zap2it doest and no such letter was read.
DON'T CRY WOLF.
Can't anyone stand up for this nonsense? When pseudo-reporters start making things up we're pretty doomed.
I had a seat inside the event, and Barry Jossen did, in fact, read the letter to the audience. I didn't get the full text down in my notes, so I asked ABC to e-mail it to me, which is how I was able to reproduce it. Not making anything up there.
Lost is an abysmally poor show with a shallow concept, made even worse by the way it ended. Purgatory was a convenient and incredibly clichéd way of ending the series, due to the fact that it's writers, had no clue how to structure the story arc from the get go. Aptly titled - Lost; at least they got that part right!