{"id":2334,"date":"2002-07-10T19:20:07","date_gmt":"2002-07-11T00:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2014-11-06T08:42:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T15:42:19","slug":"say_it_aint_so-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/07\/10\/say_it_aint_so-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Say it ain&#8217;t so, George"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Spielberg mentions to the BBC that <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/hi\/english\/entertainment\/film\/newsid_2110000\/2110630.stm\">George Lucas turned him down<\/a> to direct one of the original Star Wars trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he ought to touch bases with George again &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Spielberg mentions to the BBC that George Lucas turned him down to direct one of the original Star Wars trilogy. 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