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May 4 • 9 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
On #Maythe4th, here is a list of screenwriters who have worked on STAR WARS TV & Film projects:

George Lucas
Leigh Brackett
Lawrence Kasdan
Jonathan Hales
Michael Arndt
JJ Abrams
Rian Johnson
Chris Terrio
Derek Connolly
Colin Trevorrow
Henry Gilroy
Steven Melching
Scott Murphy
Dave Filoni
Chris Weitz
Tony Gilroy
Johny Knoll
Gary Whitta
Jonathan Kasdan
Pat Proft
Leonard Ripps
Bruce Vilanch
Rod Warren
Mitzie Welch
John Korty
Bob Carrau
Jim Wheat
Ken Wheat
Miki Herman
Peter Sauder
Richard Beban
Steven Wright
Joe Johnston
Ben Burtt
Michael Reaves
Gordon Kent
Sharman DiVono
Paul Dini
Linda Woolverton
Michael Dubil
Earl Kress
Stephen Langford
George Krstic
Kevin Campbell
Kevin Rubio
Julie Siege
Katie Lucas
Bill Canterbury
Drew Z. Greenberg
Craig Titley
Brian Larsen
Randy Stradley
Eoghan Mahoney
Melinda Hsu
Andrew Kreisberg
Ben Edlund
Carl Ellsworth
Doug Petrie
Cameron Litvack
Craig Van Sickle
Daniel Arkin
Christian Taylor
Matt Michnovetz
Bonnie Mark
Jose Molina
Brent Friedman
Chris Collins
Charles Murray
Jonathan W. Rinzler
Greg Weisman
Simon Kinberg
Kevin Hopps
Bill Wolkoff
Nicole Dubuc
Christopher Yost
Kiri Hart
Brandon Auman
Kevin Burke
Chris "Doc" Wyatt
Eugene Son
Stephany Folsom
Paul Giacoppo
Brandon Hignight
Gavin Hignight
Mairghread Scott
Sharon Flynn
Sarah Carbiener
Erica Rosbe
Jennifer Corbett
Mark Henry
Gursimran Sandhu
Tamara Becher-Wilkinson
Amanda Rose Muñoz
Gina Lucita Monreal
Ezra Nachman
Damani Johnson
Brooke Roberts
Moisés Zamora
Sabir Pirzada
Takashi Okazaki
Yasumi Atarashi
Hiromi Wakabayashi
Takahito Oonishi
Hitoshi Haga
Kenji Kamiyama
Yuichiro Kido
Masahiko Otsuka
Sayawaka
Yuichiro Kido
Rodrigo Blaas
Will Collins
Jason Tammemägi
Gabriel Osorio
Magdalena Osinsaka
Holly Walsh
Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Chung Se Rang
Julien Chheng
Ishan Shukla
LeAndre Thomas
Nadia Darries
Daniel Clarke
Élan Murray
Michael Olson
Lamont Magee
Julius Harper
Katie Kaniewski
Brian Hall
Mia Resella
Genndy Tartakovsky
Bryan Andrews
Darrick Bachman
Paul Rudish
Tomohiko Ishii
Jon Favreau
Rick Famuyiwa
Noah Kloor
Joby Harold
Hossein Amini
Stuart Beattie
Hannah Friedman
Andrew Stanton
Dan Gilroy
Stephen Schiff
Beau Willamon
Jon Watts
Christopher Ford
Leslye Headland
Charmaine DeGraté
Cameron Squires

Not to mention countless writers working uncredited behind-the-scenes from start to finish of any project over the last 45+ years.

Apologies for any exclusions or typos.

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May 6
In 2017, WGA negotiations with the AMPTP got to a point where a strike authorization vote was called. It was an extremely strong turn-out. We were in the midst of writing the final season of Halt and Catch Fire.
Rogers and I were fully absorbed with ending our dream project of a show, how to complete it just right. Suddenly a strike was looming and it was all in danger of suddenly going away.
We put our heads together as the showrunners. We did the math of a strike happening, determined how to end the season earlier, write faster, tell a complete story on an abbreviated timeline.

This was the wrong move. We realized this when we presented it to our writers room.
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Apr 14
In January 2020, I went to Long Beach Comic-Con, did a panel, sold some Doctor Doom issues and copies of my books She Could Fly and Everything.

Sitting at the small table, a young woman approached me.
She had come all the way down to Long Beach and bought a pass to the Con just to find me and tell me how much Halt and Catch Fire had meant to her, particularly in some more difficult times for her recently, especially when she was transitioning.
She said when she was feeling rough, she could go back to the show and the characters and feel comforted and connected in a way that she was having trouble finding in other ways, and with others.
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Dec 14, 2022
Late payments to the artist effectively killed / paused indeterminately an original 4-issue I co-created with Aftershock. Have had good faith convos w/ EIC Brian but w/ 2 issues done, no movement. If within a year you don’t have art costs to finish 2 issues within your budget…
…then your whole enterprise should be called into question. This statement says all under contract will be paid… but when? No word on that for months now. Zero direct communication. “Late” at a certain point becomes “non” if your income has a giant hole in it for 6+ months…
Artists, colorists, letterers, & writers should not have to be bookkeepers and accountants for imprints with business affairs, accounting, and legal departments.

On the TV / film side, unions have won important contract terms like “timely” and “pay or play.”
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Feb 20, 2021
Okay over the years I’ve managed to collect what I believe to be invaluable screenwriting advice. Take it from me, a top-tier pro (the air up here is JUST fine!), that I’ve got some WISE WORDS. So listen up, here’s my screenwriting school in the form of Tasha Yar pictures:
That first idea phase is the most fun. Have a blast at this stage, but remember, the joy will fade as you get several parsecs out with this “fun thought” you had for a split second. Have gratitude for the joy of the creative process, but know you’re going to need discipline!
You need a plot engine so your story doesn’t lose momentum! This should be grounded in character, emotionally compelling them forward. Let’s root for or at least understand them. I’ve coined this term: “Save the Cat.” If a character saves a cat, this can only help your script.
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Oct 5, 2020
Permit me this geeky tangent, but I’ll make it worth your time. I stumbled upon a seemingly typical moment in Star Trek that I found emotionally resonant and quite profound when contextualized in history.

It has to do with the Apollo Space Program in 1967.
There’s an episode in Season 2 of Star Trek called “Return to Tomorrow,” and it’s otherwise standard stuff: godlike aliens looking to take corporeal form again, asking to use the bodies of Enterprise crew so they can build permanent android bodies yada yada yada. But...
When the senior officers are debating whether or not to help the aliens, Kirk argues with a doubtful McCoy who thinks it’s all too dangerous and not worth the risk.

One line from Kirk caught my ear:

“Do you wish the first Apollo mission hadn’t reached the Moon?”
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Jun 20, 2020
I spent a year in college studying the structure of Jaws. It was film school; I was too stupid and selfish for something like criminal law or medicine. But it breaks down like:

Act I: seq i
Act I: seq ii
Act II: seq i
Act II: seq ii
Act II: seq iii
Act II: seq iv
Act III
In Act I; seq i a challenge is posed to the portagonist(s) and they are forced to make a decision.

For Brody: the girl dies of a shark attack and he decides to close the beaches.
In Act I; seq ii a challenge is made to that decision and the protagonist must double down or give up, but fully commit themselves to the larger problem at hand.

For Brody: the mayor convinces him open the beaches. Alex dies. He closes the beaches. Decides to kill the shark.
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