what if...

Back in 1977, when Star Wars came out, I read an interesting tidbit about its genesis in a French-speaking magazine. And it's something I never came across anywhere else since then.

Apparently, Star Wars came to be because Lucas couldn't afford the rights to do Flash Gordon.

It gets better.

That article then went on to say that the owners of Flash Gordon were asking so much because they were really hoping to get Fellini to do that project.

Like I said, that's the only place where I read about that. Still, it makes one wonder what movies would be like today if any of this had happened.