Trivia / Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

• What Could Have Been: George Lucas wanted the original short to play in front of all prints of A New Hope, both to further the film's nature as a Flash Gordon pastiche and to highlight that it wasn't supposed to be taken seriously, but ultimately legal difficulties prevented that from occurring. Undeterred, Lucas requested a sequel short to play in front of The Empire Strikes Back, which led to the creation of "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½^th Century", but the short was not completed in time to screen with the film.

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