George Lucas is a genius. I could listen to him talk all day.

@MaheshWalatara

8 жыл бұрын

+Darkslayer Try 'God'.

@08prema

7 жыл бұрын

Yes the Force Is With Him.

@nyranstanton203

6 жыл бұрын

Darkslayer yep. Fck Kanye West and all the rappers and actors. This guy is the man. Guys like this, is why actors and directors have jobs.

@RyanInLA

6 жыл бұрын

of course he's a genius he made Howard The Duck and put a bunch of people out of work, surely that was his intention.

@vincevirtua

5 жыл бұрын

I wish he could have seen his true Jar Jar vision through and the true science behind the Force : Midichlorians.

I think the best thing George ever did was not listen to anybody except himself.

@yesterdaze114

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the best and worst thing

@anthonygarcia8749

2 жыл бұрын

@@yesterdaze114 shut up

@SpFlash1523

Жыл бұрын

"Brilliant, but lazy." - Doctor Octopus

@knownpleasures

Жыл бұрын

That applies to every man on earth

@mosesmartinez4364

Жыл бұрын

1000% Correct

Very encouraging to the young struggling artist, thank you

Wow, this is one of the best interviews I have ever seen. George Lucas really is wise.

@D.D.-ud9zt

7 күн бұрын

Yoda was modeled after himself.

I like what he says about school and life in general.its very inspiring. Despite how we feel about his movies, this man has a drive and a great outlook

Moral of the story: Set your own goals & be persistent 😃👍

19:10 predicting Rian Johnson

@cheepygames1041

3 жыл бұрын

Id go as far as to say the Disney sequels as a whole

@williamjameslehy1341

3 жыл бұрын

Damn, spot on.

@topdog5252

3 жыл бұрын

I feel inclined to agree but after watching swt video the other day interviewing sequel lovers, I realise I need to watch rise of Skywalker and rewatch tfa and tlj.

@nubworthycigars6682

2 жыл бұрын

Ya know, I’m meh on that film. There is at least a decent film in TLJ if you cut an hour out of it and maybe even the arguably entertaining ending (I literally started to stand before they went to hoth 2.0 but it’s salt this time thinking the film was about to end).. now JarJar Abrams? He made the most entertaining remake of Star Wars beyond what I thought would be possible.. it’s a remake. TRS tho? Omg, I can’t make a single positive comment.. no that’s not true Oscar Isaac and maybe a couple other actors weren’t offensive to all five of my senses and even the sixth sense somehow.. dumpster fire doesn’t begin to describe that film.. it’s like someone was like “what’s the biggest, most grand adventure that spans a galaxy?.. now imagine it’s all 💩 and then you somehow eat all that and 💩 it out. Rinse and repeat 5x then light it all on fire making sure to breath in all the fumes, and now make it a movie.” And that retelling, imo, is a more comprehensive story with more well rounded characters than The Last Skywalker..

@fundhund62

2 жыл бұрын

Rian Johnson wasn't the problem. Of all the people responsible for the trainwreck known as the sequel trilogy, we can safely say he had nothing to do with throwing out Lucas' storylines. He also didn't make it rebels versus empire again, and he didn't turn Luke into a coward who left his friends to their fate. JJ Abrams did. Lucas DID predict Mike Stoklasa, though 21:55 😂

Star Wars was a revolutionary thing at the time. There really was nothing quite like it. George Lucas was blessed with great people working with him too. The effects, music and sound design were brilliant in Star Wars.

I live in Modena. It’s very cold and wet in the winter. Every Friday evening, coming back home, in the dark, I listen to a George Lucas interview. His voice and content lead me for the half an hour’s walk, enlighten me and enrich me. I love him. He’s one of a kind, a gentleman of another age of Hollywood and a modest person.

@knownpleasures

Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget though, he did make Howard the Duck

@zoetropeguardian

7 ай бұрын

Well said, friend. However he's not Hollywood. He became independent to get away from their toxic film culture. He's an independent Bay Area filmmaker.

@zoetropeguardian

7 ай бұрын

​@@knownpleasuresHoward the Duck is a cult classic. It has an audience. So it may not have been successful at box office it has since found a good sized audience.

George Lucas is a genius. I really hope he has a couple of movies or fantastic ideas left in him and re-blossoms on his older days!

@FragMeAndTagMe

10 жыл бұрын

Nope, he retired

@mikejandrews

9 жыл бұрын

***** Not his brain, though. He could just as easily write a great movie and decide he'll just be an old fashioned director again.

@mikejandrews

8 жыл бұрын

***** I saw an interview where he said he's interested in getting back into experimental films.

@kmasonsos

6 жыл бұрын

David Norman lol you don't know him, he could do anything he wanted

@Jared_Wignall

5 жыл бұрын

David Norman he’s still making films, but they’re small, artistic independent films. He’s retired from making big budget films, not making films in general.

Say what you will about the prequels - I can't deny their flawed, but I think most of the issues people have with them really come down to the choices he made simply not clicking with people. He chose to go in directions people didn't like, but I find them to be unique, fascinating and incredibly well-crafted pieces of cinema.

@rickvalentino6920

8 жыл бұрын

+Ethan Moore Lucas has always been an experimental film maker. When making thx-1138, he wanted it to look bizarre, like foreign to us or a foreign film. But the idea was to put you in an environment that was odd but real in a way. Phantom Menace to me is so originally different and odd. And it reminds me how Lucas does like to very much experiment. I like how he expanded this universe even if other people don't like it or get it.

@steevrawjers

8 жыл бұрын

+Ethan Moore who keeps saying the prequels are flawed ? How are they flawed . ? The prequels are just as good as the sequels . They are just as original . Just as exciting . Just as committed to the mythology . Lucas is the man . Great post thanks

@steevrawjers

8 жыл бұрын

+rick valentino yes agreed amen . Phantom menace is one of my favorite star wars movies

@rickvalentino6920

8 жыл бұрын

Steev Rawjers I am also a fan of the animated series the clone wars. Many of the people who worked on that expanded much more of the Star Wars universe in a cool way expanding on the movies. Getting deeper into the stories I still have not seen all the episodes but I'm currently watching them to catch up so I can get to the Rebels episodes. Ahsoka is one of my favorite characters. And George Lucas had a say in many of the episodes and details. It kind of takes you back. Now that Star Wars has gone in a new direction. I will say Rogue one looks awesome. Star Wars I think is In good hands. But some of Lucas's magic will be missed at least by me. You will never see stuff quite like what he did. Even though there are people out there that try to take the credit from George, there wouldn't be a Star Wars if it wasn't for him.

@steevrawjers

8 жыл бұрын

rick valentino true

The stubborn non-hollywood filmmaker. All the respect to this man.

He's a lot deeper and more interesting than a lot of people realize. I consider him to be a great artist.

This man is amazing

this talk should be in TED talks. brilliant

@Eliel20117

8 жыл бұрын

+Can Ozan TED talks are garbage

@skellzzed8255

6 жыл бұрын

Phreaker1997 Exactly what I was gonna say. TED talks are the shittiest most useless brain garbage made to waste people's time.

@Pablo123456x

4 жыл бұрын

This is deep and meaningful. It doesn't belong to Tedx.

Sounds like the best approach to success in the film industry is make what you want to make and continue to put your work in front of people.

Truly inspiring, any creative individual should listen to him just talk. Sometimes I feel bad for the way we treated him after the prequels. Then I think about the blu-ray collection....

@zoetropeguardian

7 ай бұрын

It's his art. He can do what he wants with it. No artist is under any obligation to please you.

Lucas is a genius. He's working on a level so much higher than most that he has to dumb it all down for the rest of us. His animated short changed everything about animated shorts & short films in general. Then his first movie THX-1138 (and the short it was based on) demonstrates this. His vision was far beyond what other people were even thinking, let alone creating. No one got it. He then realized he had to dumb everything down, and that's where he made the connection with the audience.

@lukamilas8648

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely perfectly said

This is a really useful and inspiring compilation of interviews with George Lucas. Thank you so much to 'onlineinquirer' for this upload.

Skywalker Ranch is located in San Rafael, California. Sound is done there. Gary Rydstrom is the main sound designer who works there.

People take George for granted. He's given us the greatest film saga of all time, not necessarily handling things perfectly, but hey he's human, but people seem to have no problem attacking him more than any other director. I am thankful for Star Wars. A well-deserved retirement.

@zoetropeguardian

7 ай бұрын

People always attack what they don't understand. It's so easy with George. He's very open but instead they look at him through an emotional response mindset instead of a logical more rational one. If they did they'd see what a true visionary and artist looks like.

Lucas needs to do a JAR JAR BINKS trilogy saga

@EnochSarcophagus

10 жыл бұрын

That could only result in a mass dissemination of Viagra.

@fornitetop10besttimeeverfo58

10 жыл бұрын

he should have a time traveling device so that every time he died he would have to die brutally again and again again.

@wondellwonders4962

10 жыл бұрын

I heard he's writing the script to the new Jar Jar spinoff films. He claims to have created a real life Jar Jar by screwing with the genetics of a kangaroo. Jar Jar park?

@xpgamer56

9 жыл бұрын

Vinny stfu

@debrastelton9096

9 жыл бұрын

VinnyPizzaLover Oh definitely, I can't wait for that day

one of the best interviews I've see of him, I start to understand more what he went through and what is he like as a person

I truly believe that some movie makers, like George Lucas, benefit from being limited in technology and resources, etc... Once they have them, they lose that "something".

@DelusionalJ

9 жыл бұрын

BBS narky I totally agree with you

@NoName-im2fc

9 жыл бұрын

BBS narky Well, he didn't lose anything! Just because it wasn't like how you imagined it doesn't make it any less good!

@mrfrelancekiller

9 жыл бұрын

BBS narky Art From Adversity.

@bbsnarky7098

8 жыл бұрын

***** yes, but the technology still limited him, as to not ruin it.

@BookClubDisaster

8 жыл бұрын

+William J. Cadet American Graffiti did make his career. It was the 3rd highest grossing movie of 1973 and it's what made the studio approve Star Wars.

Like if you'd rather exist in the parallel universe where this video and Nicki Minaj's Anaconda have opposite view counts.

@kyladie

9 жыл бұрын

Archonis The Great Thanks for helping me growing as a person, Archonis!

@junjujinz

8 жыл бұрын

+Hornanvasara God damn you just got ROASTE D

Thank you for uploading this

His words are very inspiring I myself struggle to just get what's inside of me out for the world to see. In some ways i still find myself waiting to be found, and i know i can't wait to be found but i have to break on through by actually stepping outside this dogma thats bestowed upon our everyday lives.To believe and have love for youself and putting that into expression in a way that can truely touch others, all to many times its seems like climbing a ladder to the moon. The force is within us

Does anybody knows where it's the full version of this?

i adore the prequels even more than the sequels, I strongly believe that they where so daring and true to the core of it all, such a true portrait of the two sides of the force.. that was a pop lecture for billions of people. Master Lucas..

jar jar is the key to all this, he's one of the more funnier characters

@Crave88evarC

9 жыл бұрын

Unusual Hammerhead Jar Jar went to far in a few places

@heiATbk201

8 жыл бұрын

+‫[עוג] Alabaster Stone‬‎ meesa thinks you wrong

@Eliel20117

8 жыл бұрын

+‫[עוג] Alabaster Stone‬‎ jar jar collaborated with darth sidious to create the Galactic Empire

@steevrawjers

8 жыл бұрын

+Alabaster Stone jar jar is hilarious

@80MWH

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, like you've never made mistakes, Mister Perfect.

That idea, off banding together, was also how Impressionist Artis't over came the French Salon...off it's day. Interesting concept off Lucas, others to break Studio ceilings...vs ametour Film school...Did we forget that?? Saw George Lucas at a Kodac Award Dinner, after successful off " The Hobbits" circled by Studio Moguls. Cought his look...away, inside unspoken wished him well.😊🇩🇰🇺🇸🙏 Agree with his concept off arriving.

Thank you for sharing this!

Incredible interview. He is a truly philosophical man. Caring and intelligent. Outstanding information. Wow.

Thanks for posting this very interesting interview.

how have I not seen this before?! thank you, KZread recommendations!

Who the hell edited this? Why is he getting cut off mid-sentence?!?

@fabianrunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Johnnie Torch Judging from what he tried to do with the original trilogy, probably himself lmfao

@TheRivrPrncess

5 жыл бұрын

I think it is a question/ answer interview so the questions are edited out.

@thelastjediknight1

4 жыл бұрын

Johnnie Torch Marcia Lucas

@guillaumefloatin91

3 жыл бұрын

He edited it himself to see the reaction of his friends.

Well spoken advise

im doing a long term project on him at school

Two academic interviews distributed under a Creative Commons (CC) license.

is it oaky if i use the audio bit for a short film ?

George Lucas is the real MVP.

It's his comments at the end that really showcase how he is at his heart. He comes from a time when people DID care about each other beyond grabbing each others' wealth.

@bananian

7 жыл бұрын

S R DHAIN it sucks how the world is now.

20:30and onwards to 21:56 the man says facts

EPISODE 7 YAYAYAYA

20:05 "Success..." 29:14 "I would like to see our #society #mature... become more rational... more #knowledge based... ([than] emotion based)... I'd like to see #education play a larger role in our daily life... And [I'd like to see people] come to a larger understanding a bigger understanding of how we fit into the world and how we fit into the #universe... not necessarily thinking of ourselves but thinking about others..."

I came to this video to post a comment on Lucas donating the money from the sale of Star Wars to Disney to education institutions. I knew someone would have already mentioned it, but I was glad to see it was the very first comment. Lucas may have disappointed with the prequels, but he's always been an decent and honourable man. I'd prefer to remember him for that (and the films he made before 1983).

takes a once in a lifetime person to create the greatest and biggest fictional cinematic universe ever

Imagining being that friend who lent their deadbeat buddy Georgie a few hundred bucks, only for him to become one of the most influential people in cinema

i didnt really mind that change so much

What I've read about Lucas is nearly always positive and he has very many good to admirable characteristics. I think many people are disappointed in his approach to the prequels and personally I have the sense that he's got cut off from people who would have challenged him the right way. I understand the high personal prices he paid during the original 3 SW films and that explains a lot. There's just a sense that he hasn't continued to fulfill his potential as a film-maker.

"The primacy of the creative process is what you live for." "Dance Eat Sleep" took out the primacy spiritual source

what is the source of this interveiw:?

Thank you, George!

Came to GL because of SW, stayed because of the man.

no, he has a wonderful family and a great career...he just can be realistic about things when they dont work out......but he still is very happy.

This man is really intelligent and insightful

29:35 "... a bigger picture understanding of how we fit into the world/ how we fit into the universe..."

When and where were these interviews conducted?

The struggle part. We were so lucky to even see "Star Wars" 1977. Everyone was against George except Allen Ladd Junior. He frightened Fox studios into carrying on with the first film.

God Bless this man.

21:01 - Which would explain "Willow" and "Howard the Duck"... "He made Star Wars, if he wants to make a movie about a talking duck in an alternate universe, let him"

What an amazing man,Revenge of The Sith,Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi are all the more powerful after looking at these events.

@Kyle Denny Well said. You, sir, are a scholar and my new hero! Lol! :-)

Despite the prequels (a subject I am more so neutral about) George is a good man.

@gary24fan

5 жыл бұрын

So neutral that you had to mention them. Yeah. Ok.

"we want to make movies like the ones we enjoy"

When was this recorded

Does anyone know when this was recorded?

@NitpickingNerd

5 жыл бұрын

A long time ago

@jeffreyvadahikalem1853

4 жыл бұрын

Igor Flexus a long time ago in a galaxy far far away

Get new friends that share your passions.The ones you have will only bring you down, don't wait around for a chance encounter.

33:04 Yea right.

I never said he was perfect. He's not a god, but I'd rather appreciate him for what he's done to Star Wars, for the fact that he have it to us in the first place, than develop high-blood pressure over all the changes and the prequels. This is the last thing to get worked up about, and personally attacking him and saying horrible stuff about him is too far. Let people be miserable about it, if they so wish. I won't stop them.

I was never a Star Wars fan but there was nothing wrong with any Indiana Jones film, most people love all of them. Not sure I can say the same for the Star Wars Prequels, but still.

If it ain't a George Lucas Star Wars it ain't no Star Wars

If Ed Wood can make movies, you can too! Go for it! =)

I'm not getting any audio. What's up?

You can understand why Lucas made the production decision for the prequels based on his experiences making the first three Star Wars films. Each one was a very serious challenge (health, finances and marriage). It's understandable why he chose very controlled filming environments and relied on CGI, rather than locations/practical effects. I don't think he should have directed the prequels though. He should have been in the role he had on 'Empire', delegating, but in overall control.

@SpFlash1523

8 ай бұрын

He did asked directors if they wanted to direct Episode 2 & 3, but they turned it down, so he had to do it himself.

Episode 3 was amazing. Dont lump it in with the other two. LamaPaj

LIfe is not a "Gift" it's a choice. From this moment, to the next moment choice is a choice, to next choice...and so on. Not any choices...are the gifts.

oops. ment dvd. its the blu-ray that doesnt have the originals. oh well. it still doesnt matter to me cuz its the same story just with different special effects

"Well that someday is today."

" When success comes you need to learn to say no"... Where was that wisdom when they wanted singing heroes on the Star Wars Holiday special?

Pampered and Indulged by everyone around him

Hes awesome :)

So hardworking and intelligent. I'm in shock

🦋

u do know that there are original copies sold with the blu-rays right?

Thank you cool fool 25

31:00 Competition is not the way

Did George edit this?

I went to his high school

@zoetropeguardian

7 ай бұрын

Dewey?

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Really, that was my favorite of the prequels.

suffering, sadness, pain, struggle

You can do it Johnny how is that going for you? Don't give up!

True, but I'd rather not get worked up over films. Of all the things in life to get worked up about, even if it is Star Wars, it's not worth it. Life ,as they say goes on. I'll enjoy it for what it is and was, and let other people do with it what they wish.

Most important 20th century American artist

where does he chat bout howard the duck gotta hear that one

I can't figure out why Willow has such a low aggregate rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Was it really that bad? I thought it was pretty good - a hell of a lot better than Star Wars I-III.

@romanfox5368

8 жыл бұрын

+pushMatrix that really gets me is when there's something I see as being great works of art, and people don't appreciate it, it gets little attention, etc. Like all the gold on KZread, while tons of garbage gets lots of views.

@steevrawjers

8 жыл бұрын

+pushMatrix also on Howard the duck equals totally cool movie . Right up there with Roger rabbit

@romanfox5368

8 жыл бұрын

Steev Rawjers Howard the duck didn't seem too bad when I was a kid.

@DechantMusic

6 жыл бұрын

willow was awesome. i wish that would have been a trilogy.

Lovely xxxxx

17:30

DAMN IT, GAVIN! Now I'll see George Lucas the same!!!!!