It’s hard to believe now, but Lucasfilm approached horror director David Cronenberg about possibly directing Return of the Jedi in the early 1980s.
Who knows, the Ewoks could have ended up as something far more dangerous and hideous in Return of the Jedi had Cronenberg helmed the movie.
Back when Lucasfilm called David Cronenberg in the early 1980s, he had already built a cult following with projects like Shivers, Rabid, The Brood, and Scanners.
The director admits that he was young at the time, describing the phone call and the reaction that followed.