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A Return To Swashbuckling

While directors like Coppola, Altman, Scorsese and Spielberg were breaking new ground in dramatic cinema in the 1970s, Lucas was determined to create a fable for a generation which, he felt, was missing the innocence and wonder of older movie classics, like the Errol Flynn swashbuckler "The Adventures of Robin Hood."

(Photo: Warner Bros)