Irvin Kershner, best known as a director of “Empire Strikes Back,” died in Los Angeles after struggling with lung cancer, Saturday. He was 87.
He was also the only person to have directed both a Star Wars movie and a James Bond movie.
Kershner leaves two sons. Funeral arrangements were not announced yet.
If you read the link, it’s not only possible he was kidding, it’s absolutely 100% definite he was kidding. He was giving an award to the publicist who worked on Empire Strikes Back, and he joked about how the only reason people think the movie was good is because the publicist did such a good job, Obviously he doesn’t think the publicist has magic powers that can convince people to like sucky movies, he was making a joke.