Samuel L. Jackson on how he became involved in Star Wars

Samuel L. Jackson to Starlog Magazine, issue #262 (1999):I didn’t call George Lucas and make it known that I wanted to do Star Wars, but I might as well have. I was doing a talk show to promote something and one of the questions I got asked was, ‘If you could work with any director you haven’t worked with, who would it be?’ Usually I say, ‘The directors tend to come with the film, and I usually choose my jobs based on the film.’ But suddenly I realized that George was about to do a new Star Wars trilogy…I love the genre. I wanted to be in a Star Wars movie. So, the next time I was asked, I said, ‘Well, I would love to work with George Lucas. I would love to be in the next Star Wars movie.’I said it often, and apparently I said it on some British talk show while George was in pre-production on the first film. Somebody in his office heard it and told him what I said. They called me and asked me if it was true, and I said it was. While I was shooting Sphere, George was back at his ranch. They invited me to the ranch, and I went to talk with him. He said ‘Sam, I don’t know what to do. I haven’t written the script yet. I’m not quite sure what the story is. I’ve seen some of your work and you’re a very good actor, but you could wind up yelling, “Look out! Go this way! Run that way!”’ I said, ‘I don’t care. I just want to be in a Star Wars movie.’ Sure enough, he found something for me. via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/3tfTDfn