As I'm sure most of you know, when George Lucas was pitching his script for Star Wars during the mid 1970s to movie studios, he was repeatedly knocked back and rejected until he was finally accepted by 20th Century Fox (and even then a lot of execs had their doubts).
So I stumbled across these today - they're letters of rejection for Star Wars!
Rejection letter from United Artists
Rejection letter from Universal Studios
Man... I bet the people who made those decisions must've been kicking themselves for the last 33 years!
"There seems to be too much cost involved for this kind of juvenile story......A risky project — one I would not do." - United Artists (1975)
"The question, in the end, is how much faith we have in Mr Lucas’s ability to pull it all off." - Universal Studios (1975)