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Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate
If 'Empire' is accepted far and wide as the THE best film of the franchise while the others( outside of ANH )seem to be lacking and coming up short, what is the one element that we are missing?
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Kasdan didn't create the story for Empire; that was George Lucas, who also created the story to ROTJ. Kasdan wrote the scripts and dialog but didn't create the characters, character arcs, etc.
Kasdan co-wrote
The Force Awakens. While the movie was essentially a beat-for-beat recreation of
A New Hope, the direction, cinematography, casting, acting and dialog was top notch. Unfortunately, the story was unoriginal.
As for
Solo, that's Larry's deal completely. He created the story and wrote the script. He wasn't exactly "down" with Lord & Miller but as the Dailies continued to pour in this past Spring, he all but lost his shit. He, KK and Lord & Miller had several meetings in an attempt to steer the film back on course but L&M continued to do multiple takes and turn a serious gangster film into Ace Ventura.
Kasdan is Star Wars Royalty and no one is going to shit in his playground.
As for your question, I think that it was just a matter of all of the elements coming together. A great story, a great director (hand chosen by Lucas), great cast, excellent dialog and imagery. Films like Empire don't happen because of one person; it's the sum of the parts.
Empire was a magical film that, most likely, will never be surpassed in the Star Wars galaxy of films.