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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lucas-truly-grateful-to-kershner.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="George Lucas has paid tribute to his 'mentor' Irvin Kershner" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-lucas-truly-grateful-to-kershner.jpg" alt="George Lucas has paid tribute to his 'mentor' Irvin Kershner"/></a></p>
<p>George Lucas has paid tribute to The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner, who has died at the age of 87.</p>
<p>The Star Wars guru, who knew the filmmaker as a teacher, chose Irvin &#8211; whom he called Kersh &#8211; to direct the Star Wars sequel and considered him as a friend, colleague and mentor, reported StarWars.com.</p>
<p>&#8220;The world has lost a great director and one of the most genuine people I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of knowing. Irvin Kershner was a true gentleman in every sense of the word,&#8221; he said. </p>
<p>&#8220;When I think of Kersh, I think of his warmth, his thoughtfulness and his talent. I knew him from USC &#8211; I attended his lectures and he was actually on the festival panel that gave the prize to my [THX 1138] short. I considered him a mentor.&#8221;</p>
<p>He continued: &#8220;Following Star Wars, I knew one thing for sure: I didn&#8217;t want to direct the second movie myself. I needed someone I could trust, someone I really admired and whose work had maturity and humour. That was Kersh all over. </p>
<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want Empire to turn into just another sequel, another episode in a series of space adventures. I was trying to build something, and I knew Kersh was the guy to help me do it. He brought so much to the table. I am truly grateful to him.&#8221;</p>
<p>George added: &#8220;He was a friend as well as a colleague. He will be missed.&#8221;</p>
<p>Irvin died at his home in Los Angeles after a long illness.</p>
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