Nevertheless, she rejected the misapprehension that it was she who supplied the movie’s heart, or even, as some claimed, that she was “the woman who saved Star Wars”.
“Marcia respected Marty above all other directors, and didn’t believe in Star Wars terribly much,” Hirsch told Biskind.
Marcia did minor uncredited work on the next Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and co-edited Return of the Jedi (1983), though her contributions to blockbuster cinema were not restricted to the Star Wars franchise.
Like George, Marcia was born in Modesto, California.
“When we were finishing [Return of the Jedi], George told me he thought I was a pretty good editor.