Just think. That little office was a meme factory.

@Dakotaisawesome69

4 жыл бұрын

That meme factory released a trilogy ten times better than our current Disney "sequel" trilogy

@bigjoe1695

4 жыл бұрын

Your meme factory is very Impressive, you must be very proud

@chile_en_nogada2090

4 жыл бұрын

Memes for days

@Enkarashaddam

4 жыл бұрын

I AM THE SENATE

@jakedubs

4 жыл бұрын

@BrEMHel Boomers should not have access to the internet

Jar Jar was conceived in that room.

@TheMrPeteChannel

7 жыл бұрын

Those people running on the train was Jar Jar's inspiration.

@loganstanfa837

6 жыл бұрын

Mother of God .....you're right

@MrParkerman6

5 жыл бұрын

So was Darth Maul and Samuel L. Jackson.

@warlockofwordsreturnsrb4358

5 жыл бұрын

Don't spoil the atmos.

@darkman4747

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrParkerman6 lol poor Samuel Was conceived in a room

The part where Lucas is watching the silent film and goes “How did they do that?” Is really funny to me for some reason.

@RaptorRoll

4 жыл бұрын

Lol same, it's so random.

@timpriest593

4 жыл бұрын

There's a bluff innocence to him, almost like a little kid. Sweet but kind of goofy.

@therexbellator

4 жыл бұрын

I can't help think that scene inspired the Jar Jar scene fumbling around on the Trade Federation tanks.

@maxeisenhardt8800

4 жыл бұрын

I've always found that moment funny because it looks kinda scripted, but in a good sense, as if the cameraman wanted to record Lucas in his most pure creative form.

@Pieceoreece

3 жыл бұрын

It's seems like almost a play on classical procrastination. He spends what seems like 10 minutes working and then cut to him wacking a video in the vcr and sitting back.

I love how personal this is in contrast to the emotionless and corporate behind the scenes found in the Force Awakens bts.

@AlexYBITW

4 жыл бұрын

George is a visionary. Disney is only full of corporate suits.

@fansofst.maximustheconfess8226

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlexYBITW Exactly!

@Khorzho

4 жыл бұрын

My mother-in-law still thinks I'm a hardcore Star Wars fan, not knowing how I've turned away from Disney's BS Wars. She bought me the People Magazine TRoS issue as a stocking-stuffer this Christmas. So I flipped through it. The final pages of the rag had full page write ups on Disney's execs tied into the purchase of Lucasfilm. Does that tell you anything about how they think of themselves in the Star Wars universe? Egotistical ideologues to the max.

@aidancarney6315

4 жыл бұрын

Stimulator7 thats essentially what George had turned into by the time the prequels rolled around. But obviously the prequel BTS are still much more honest and raw than the sequel stuff- a bunch of staged interviews and calculated editing is so frustratingly fake, but ironically just as revealing about the glossy Disney approach to Star Wars.

@jeremyholbrook7294

4 жыл бұрын

Have you guys seen the last jedi bts? I think it feels a lot like the prequels bts. Very personal, a lot of doubt. Especially from Mark Hamill obviously haha.

At the end of the day I would prefer one man sitting in front a desk working his ass off the create something genuine than a team of writers at the Disney offices playing it waaaay too safe.

@powerbeam08

8 ай бұрын

Same. 🥲

@Onmysheet

2 ай бұрын

Problem here though, George cannot write.

@CrookedStepsHardHeaded

Ай бұрын

Specially when you have a board talking about specific ideas such as Inclusion, Feminism, Equality, Genders, etc.

He looks so happy:( Every interview since 2005 he look's miserable.

@gibberish1014

4 жыл бұрын

And what pisses me off even more, Those people growing up defending George Lucas are now lashing out at Rian Johnson and JJ Abrams, They have been the very thing they swore to destroy.

@TheMrPeteChannel

4 жыл бұрын

@@gibberish1014 it's like poetry......

@CarlMarxPunk

4 жыл бұрын

He is just old. But tbf I have not been happy since 2005 too. So what do I know.

@bluesummers5051

4 жыл бұрын

Got no one to blame but himself

@predatoreusfilms9992

4 жыл бұрын

JM Studios Rian Johnson deserves it for butchering my childhood hero

We may rag on Lucas a bit, but this is honestly heartwarming. There’s something so pure about seeing him with his yellow sheets, fresh pencils, and not an idea in the world, as compared to the glossy exterior presented in the Disney “behind the scenes” features. I cannot wait for the three hour documentary to come out in 20 years which discusses what really happened in them. The honesty of the prequel documentaries really makes you understand that film production is a mess and it just fascinates to see how things are done.

@sirmount2636

4 жыл бұрын

It was more than ragging. He was insulted & insulted & told he was a terrible director, a terrible writer. So-called fans were saying Lucas “ruined their childhood” & Jar Jar Binks was literally worse than the Holocaust. It was disgusting.

@edwardelric603

4 жыл бұрын

I hate prequel haters and want to punch them all in the face...i hope they are happy with their new goddess Rey...who is the REAL chosen one and founder of the new Jedi order!!! Screw luke and Anakin!

@flyte707

4 жыл бұрын

Sir Mount “is disgusting” i have family that think this still today

@theportfolio1571

3 жыл бұрын

It’s because they are terrible...

@HueyTheDoctor

3 жыл бұрын

The guy is a talentless hack. That's not a subjective opinion, that's a verifiable and objective fact supported by huge amounts of empirical evidence. I'm half-kidding. Just because somebody did something cool one time doesn't mean they're going to be capable of continuing to do cool things for the rest of their life. That sort of inductive inference is fundamentally flaky logic. The amount of idolatry in the world is totally disproportionate to the number of worthy idols.

Look, the man created his own universe. Not many could say the same haha. Huge respect for that

@tahunuva4254

4 жыл бұрын

Er, yes, they could. It's not as rare as you'd think.

@no-lh5sc

4 жыл бұрын

@@tahunuva4254 then you do it, what is your universe

@jay_chappie2026

4 жыл бұрын

@Fred Fredson yeah it was all luck, a great production team, brilliant actors and an amazing script had nothing to do with star was taking of in 1975, just.. Luck (btw there's no such thing as luck, you make your own way in this world)

@rayzas4885

4 жыл бұрын

Fred Fredson Luck doesn’t exist

@Xion999

4 жыл бұрын

It was great-until Disney crapped on it

I feel very sorry for Lucas - I think he became invested in universe building, by the prequels, which is why they've convoluted plots and weak characters, but he still had genuine enthusiasm and love for what he was doing, and he seems like a nice guy. People shouldn't level so much hate at him.

@Physwe

9 жыл бұрын

ThoseTolerableNoobs I doubt he gives a fuck about the whining rabble, really

@noisyrobot

9 жыл бұрын

ThoseTolerableNoobs I agree with you.

@mushimi_

8 жыл бұрын

+Physwe He does, he's a pretty sensitive guy.

@DickRileyTheConquistador

8 жыл бұрын

Everytime a new format was invented, (vhs, laserdisc, dvd, bluray, 3D), he'd rerelease the saga and make a billion more dollars. I remember him releasing The Phantom Menace on vhs ONLY and waiting a couple yrs to release it on dvd, knowing very well that everyone that bought the vhs would also later buy the dvd versions. Lucas is a money hungry sow and he's NOT a nice guy and the latest rumor is that he's attacking Disney, probably cuz of Episode 8s success.

@DickRileyTheConquistador

8 жыл бұрын

+John Smith Yea with all hes made off of the toyline based off the actors likenesses and he utterly destroyed Jake Loyd. Loyd was doing like 50-60 interviews a day as a child for Epidode 1 and hes now a certified schitsophrenic .

I love that one of the books on his desk is titled "Your Child's Self Esteem" it really shows how much he really cares about the kids man

This video shows a very different George Lucas than I'm used too. This one, he seems excited and optimistic about the three films he was about to write. He seemed interested and engaged. Footage of Lucas after 2005 seemed different. He seemed depressed and alone. It feels like something terrible has happened to him. Well, something did. The fans treated him like garbage to the point where he didn't even feel interested or engaged into Star Wars like he once was.

@boscopappas234

2 жыл бұрын

@@bilbobaggins9451 Rogue One is a better film than any of the prequels. The Mandalorian is also better.

@robrorry2841

2 жыл бұрын

@@boscopappas234 You are absolutely delusional. Rogue One is a great film, yes, yet it still doesn't nearly match ROTS. It also is the only good Star Wars film Disney has thus far put out. And the Mandalorian? Severely overrated. Watch the Clone Wars series and you'll realize how much was stolen.

@boscopappas234

2 жыл бұрын

@@robrorry2841 ROTS ?! Are you kidding me? “I have the high ground” The most powerful Sith Lord is defeated because of his positioning? The prequels are pretty to look at but the dialogue and acting is atrocious. The Mandalorian is a bit overrated, but in all honesty, so is the entirety of the Star Wars franchise.

@robrorry2841

2 жыл бұрын

@@boscopappas234 You don't seem to understand the narrative being established in that scene; it really has nothing to do with "positioning". In TPM, Obi-Wan does the move you are referencing to defeat Darth Maul and goes on to teach Anakin that move as well. In ROTS, Anakin, overcome with pride and arrogance at the time he is on Mustafar, foolishly decides to use that same move against Obi-Wan when they are fighting. It's a classic example of using your master's trick against him, but as it usually works elsewhere, here it backfires tremendously. And perhaps more so, it is a beautiful use of parallelism to showcase Anakin's fall. That fight isn't just a fight - otherwise Anakin, as you point out, would win it handily.

@boscopappas234

2 жыл бұрын

@@robrorry2841 Obi-Wan never taught Anakin that move. Not on screen at least. The placement of the dialogue during that point in the duel was ridiculous. If some fans prefer Lucas’ trilogy, that’s their preference. I don’t think anything in the prequels makes them better than the Disney sequels. All six films are immensely flawed. Rogue One didn’t have to further the Skywalker narrative and it’s all the better for it.

I love his office, but clearly he also spent some time writing at the beach and hated it since sand got into everything.

@Mrenderboyo

2 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there

@muhammadHassan-kj1jy

2 жыл бұрын

😂😭

"The hole I hibernate in, the cave I hide in" *beautiful panoramic shot of a spacious interior, complete with library, computers, massive several-thousand dollar desk set up against a panoramic view of his manicured estate*

@TheBrainn

2 жыл бұрын

honestly we can't even tell if he was saying it out of irony or was serious

@Emidretrauqe

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBrainn Much like the prequels themselves...

@akumaten

2 жыл бұрын

Better than being around a bunch of college made commies with chips on their shoulders and an axe to grind.

@CrookedStepsHardHeaded

Ай бұрын

It is still a cave, you're just paying too much attention to luxury stuff.

I don’t know why, but whenever I watch this, it makes me want to sit down and write down ideas for stories I want to tell.

@Hero_Of_Old

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@BillyOnYouTube

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Me too. I'm not even a writer

@greenkidd529

2 жыл бұрын

Do it! maybe you'll have the next big idea! Look at George he isn't the greatest writer or director not even top 50. But he created the biggest franchise of all time!! Don't let your doubts weigh down a potential hit!

@edwardchira9499

2 жыл бұрын

@@greenkidd529 thanks

That video quality is freaking remarkable for 1994.

@INSANEWitG18S

7 жыл бұрын

connorsoldvideos nikka is a billionaire

@drewwhitney1322

7 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing about Hoop Dreams!

@TechnologicallyTechnical

5 жыл бұрын

This is pretty typical video quality for 1994. There were HD cameras in 1993.

@ATthemusician

5 жыл бұрын

What an ignorant comment holy fuck

@MrParkerman6

5 жыл бұрын

Video quality was already great by the 90s, why do so many people act.like it was so long ago, like its ancient history! News flash! We had tv's and bathrooms and cars and music too!!!!

And he gave us so much. There are no ways to thank him enough for it.

I like his house. His office area is awesome, that would be very conducive to story telling, for me anyway. In fact, his office is better than my entire house xD.

@itiswhatitisbitch

4 жыл бұрын

Also it's surprisingly modest for a billionaire

@MrMarsFargo

4 жыл бұрын

@@itiswhatitisbitch That's because he's a member of the Giving Pledge; It's a pledge certain billionaires are members of to give the vast majority of their wealth to charities or people in need, and only keep what they need to survive.

@erentheca

4 жыл бұрын

That room is the opposite of a creative space. It's way too comfortable and ordinary.

@zangeejoe

4 жыл бұрын

U live in a bin so that don’t surprise me oscar

When I purchased the Episode 1 DVD in late 99/early 00, I looked through all the bonus features of the disc. This clip was the one I watched the most. Being a writer myself, it's a fascinating insight into the craft of writing Luca goes through, however brief it is. And it's also very reaffirming to be reminded that everything that's ever been created on a large scale, starts with a person sitting alone in a room, with a notepad and their imagination.

@MrParkerman6

5 жыл бұрын

Not true! Lots of people collab. But I see what you are saying!

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

_The Secret History of Star Wars_ said he had 7-8 pages for the prequel trilogy. People talk about him being a world creator, but he didn't have a full story, or even back-story tales like Tolkien's _The Silmarillion._ He could have been adding bits or ideas to it over the years whenever the mood struck him, but didn't. So now he sits down and says, "I need an idea"?!

where my childhood was written

@scottm4969

4 жыл бұрын

Letix if your childhood was the prequels, I’m sorry. I was blessed to have the Original Trilogy for my childhood

@felipecosta-kv2fx

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottm4969 -_- "I was blessed with the original trilogy"? You're threating the prequels as if they didn't had any redeming quality, and the original trilogy as flawless

@scottm4969

4 жыл бұрын

The prequels were a hot mess. Terrible dialog. Only thing really good about them were the lightsaber battles, Sam Jackson and Ewan. Neither Jake Lloyd and Christianson could act. Zero chemistry between Padme and Anakin. Midichlorians. Exciting discussions about trade embargos and senate procedure. A mess.

@jakearmitage7811

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottm4969 The original trilogy was overrated and at times dull and outright boring the effects are very dated and the most of the dialog was pretty lame(don't even get me started on the hairdos) the only reason it's held in high regard by old fucks like you is because you wish you could go back to your shitty childhood and not be old and stupid anymore.

@TheRubberStudiosASMR

4 жыл бұрын

And where many childhoods were subsequently raped

This clip has resonated with me for years. Whenever I'm stuck writing I say in George's voice "all I need is an idea" XD

I love you George Lucas. You truly gave the breath of life to Star Wars. I wish i could give you a hug and say how much you impacted my life. Star Wars will never be the same without you

@SN2903

4 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%

@BabysitterSky

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it got good again.

@VinVonVoom

3 жыл бұрын

This, especially with hugging him. I dunno how to describe it but just hugging George Lucas would make my life.

@spank9898

2 жыл бұрын

@@BabysitterSky *bad

@BabysitterSky

2 жыл бұрын

@@spank9898 No no no, it was bad. The Prequels were terrible movies. They made them better.

I really feel bad for George, so many people talk about Star Wars as if they know more about it than it's creator. This video is so wholesome.

@MrParkerman6

4 жыл бұрын

Just like Human Life.

@V_V8838

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder why people do that.

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

I was surprised to hear a book author say he hadn't read his own book in years, so didn't know the details. Meanwhile I'm pulling it off the shelf and reading it every 4 years, and he hasn't read it or remembered what he wrote in much longer? So, yeah if the author hasn't done anything with it in years, then the reader might know more about it.

@n00bearthwalker15

10 ай бұрын

I disagree. Readers often focus on minor details which they think matter. It's like the knowledge that wins you a trivia quiz. The author would know a lot more, because the author knows the background of characters and their inner workings, a lot of stuff that isn't even mentioned in the books. So the author would know things that the reader cannot even know. Also, many readers have opinions and interpretations, which the author may prove incorrect. When readers and viewers care about something, they often like to think that they know what is happening. It is often a lot of guesswork though.@@sandal_thong8631

@ComeAlongKay

9 ай бұрын

@@sandal_thong8631it definitely doesn’t work like that with something like this. Many fans are just arrogant and ungrateful. They’ll trash anything that slightly changes what they are use to. Lucas had to work for years on writing and directing and producing the films and is constantly talking about it in interviews. That’s not the same as one out of many books an author may have written years ago also the author still has insight you wouldn’t have. Fans rarely know more than the creator they just attack their life meaning to it and act like they do.

I like George Lucas. Star Wars will never be the same without his touch, imagination and direction. Say what you want about his writing skills, but without Lucas, Star Wars would've never been what it was. Disney's Star Wars will try to emulate Lucas's Star Wars but it just won't be the same.

@killatedddybear

9 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I agree

@nickcapone

9 жыл бұрын

Isaac Plascencia noeproductions That's what I'm afraid of. Especially since Disney had Lucas's ideas for 7-9 and just disregarded them. We'll see how it goes. It won't have come from George's head though, which to me doesn't make it Star Wars

@B1ueD3vi1

8 жыл бұрын

You may be 100% correct... But don't judge it before you see it.

@topraksen7111

8 жыл бұрын

+John Smith Whattt??! It was shit

@eddy621

8 жыл бұрын

+Toprak Şen I would love to know what his ideas were compared to what they did in episode 7.

11-01-94. Never forget.

@anomalyinc3239

5 жыл бұрын

Two years later i find you here

@fridaynightnicktoons6885

5 жыл бұрын

Great date. We got so much great music and lore and everything from this trilogy

@TS-qq7vr

4 жыл бұрын

JarJar Binks's birthday?

@TheMrPeteChannel

4 жыл бұрын

@@anomalyinc3239 hello friend!

@TheMrPeteChannel

4 жыл бұрын

@@TS-qq7vr Possibly.

It's fascinating watching this Star Wars Episode 1 webisode again after all these years. Crazy to think that only 11 years passed between Return of the Jedi and Lucas beginning the writing process on Phantom Menace. And look at how young he looks! It's also crazy to think that this was 22 years ago!!!

@billboardman5114

4 жыл бұрын

@Fred Fredson I think you spelled "sequels" wrong

@LTC366

4 жыл бұрын

@Fred Fredson whats objectively good about the sequels?

@natedoggg2002

4 жыл бұрын

25 years now. I'm late 🤷🏾‍♂️

@histatimaniples

4 жыл бұрын

@Fred Fredson you're the god damn man baby who is a mouseketeer with the low IQ to tolerate the moronic sequels

@ihavenokeyboardandimustqua4805

4 жыл бұрын

@Fred Fredson you can like the new ones... if you are incapable of forming a coherent critical thought. The old ones were cheesy as fuck and Hayden Christensen as Anakin was the worst casting ever, but at least Lucas had passion and a plan, he really really tried to do something interesting and new.

You have to admire his skill in coming up with unique ideas

@MrParkerman6

4 жыл бұрын

How about this? Ketchup and mustard in the same bottle?

The black and white film he was watching reminded me of the sequence in Attack of the Clones with C3PO and R2D2 in the factory.

@rczeien

4 жыл бұрын

It's a Buster Keton film. They are really awesome.

@IgurFourrure

3 жыл бұрын

@@rczeien By any chance do you know the name of the one movie showed in this video? I've watched some of his movies I never found this scene.

@christophzeit6282

3 жыл бұрын

That's not so far fetched, Lucas and Spielberg draw a lot of inspiration from these movies and especially the stunts, which were pretty amazing for their time.

@hermos3602

3 жыл бұрын

It's obvious that he took inspiration from old films and used them as ideas for his films. It's a shame some people never understood that and just played it off as Lucas being a bad filmmaker.

@REDDAWNproject

3 жыл бұрын

@@christophzeit6282 jar jar's whole character is based on the General, one of Buster's more famous movies.

He is one of my biggest filmmaking inspirations. I love how he knows that a good story comes from people heart not from company strategy

"My first day of writing the new Star Wars series..." "...I got no sleep whatsoever." :0

@sirmount2636

4 жыл бұрын

& he still ended up creating three more masterpieces. Wow.

@iconic2310

4 жыл бұрын

Now that i think about it how did George come up with the names for episode 1? Like Darth maul,gungans. And my favorite Plo koon.

@raph2954

4 жыл бұрын

@@iconic2310 I actually found out last night that 'gungan' was what George's son called the toy trucks he played with. I guess while writing the script the name stuck.

@iconic2310

4 жыл бұрын

@@raph2954 oh nice

@ShamanMcLamie

4 жыл бұрын

@@iconic2310 Inspiration comes from all sorts of places. George was with someone driving one night and they hit something and the passenger said they must have hit a wookie. Didn't know what it meant, but liked the name. During production of American Graffiti he requested a piece of film that was labeled R2-D2 and it sounded catchy and he wrote it down in his note book.

I was two years old when George started writing the prequels. I was six when I saw episode one in the theatre.

He had a vision and no matter how many people complained about it he stuck to it, for that I respect him.

@MrParkerman6

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, most people in his actual life and circle encouraged him and told him to direct the prequels himself, it's some of the original trilogy fans that complain about them.

@sirmount2636

4 жыл бұрын

MrParkerman6 “Fans”.

In light of recent contributions to the SW universe, i respect George Lucas more and more. I always did, though.

@sirmount2636

4 жыл бұрын

He’s a visionary. & the problem with visionaries is that they aren’t always immediately appreciated.

@BabysitterSky

4 жыл бұрын

I now feel he was a hack that got lucky and made one good movie.

@BabysitterSky

3 жыл бұрын

@@firehazzard8497 ?

@BabysitterSky

3 жыл бұрын

@@firehazzard8497 well he didn't make 7....he made 4....and I'd argue 3 were bad.

@BabysitterSky

3 жыл бұрын

@@firehazzard8497 2.1? He had nothing to do with 7 and didnt direct 5 and 6 so....

November 1st, George puts himself in a man cave for the rest of NNN so he will not be tempted by the dark side.

@mr.sand7899

4 жыл бұрын

Within that time he writes the first draft to what will be known as the Phantom Menace.

@chinesecabbagefarmer

4 жыл бұрын

See, that's very funny

I miss those days,, back when STAR WARS was great

@RevoltOfAges

4 жыл бұрын

Back before the prequels were released? Yup, I agree completely, wish we could go back!

@CloneShockTrooper

4 жыл бұрын

@@RevoltOfAges No before the shit released by Disney!

@hanburgundy4317

4 жыл бұрын

@@RevoltOfAges The prequels were amazing. "But CGI!" boards.theforce.net/threads/practical-effects-in-the-prequels-sets-pictures-models-etc.50017310/ What CGI?

@elijahblechman8633

4 жыл бұрын

Still is. Just on the small screen.

@VinVonVoom

3 жыл бұрын

@@elijahblechman8633 tbh Mandalorian is just okay. I'd rather watch a lot of different non-Star Wars shows than it.

I really love his office setup!

I love hearing him talk about his idea processes and about his Star Wars mythology. I could listen all day.

It's so dense. Every single frame has so much going on.

@OldCyrilTheGamingGrandpa

6 жыл бұрын

Lol oh no you di'nt!

@BabysitterSky

4 жыл бұрын

@odeerg I am happy! Competent films are being made. George is a terrible film maker.

@christianschmidt8476

4 жыл бұрын

@@BabysitterSky Last Jedi and rise of skywalker are awful. But still not as bad as Attack of the clones or phantom menace

@BabysitterSky

4 жыл бұрын

@@christianschmidt8476 I've actually grown to really like last Jedi, though I can 100% see why people wouldn't like it. I'm not sure where I'd rank rise of skywalker....

@2ndairborneguy790

4 жыл бұрын

@@BabysitterSky 8 and 9 are horrible films by an objective standpoint, regardless of how you feel

Lucas is a genius, but he needs someone to rein in his ideas. That was why the OG trilogy was good: the editors took his footage and made it coherent for an audience. The biggest pitfall of the prequels is that no one told Lucus "No". His word was God and no one wanted to tell him "ya know, maybe that's not a good idea"

@Megrez-Alberich

2 жыл бұрын

ANH was re-edited from scratch by Lucas himself after the piss-poor job done by John Jympson, the first editor. But there was so much to do in too little time that his wife Marcia came to the rescue, and then Richard Chew and Paul Hirsch were also hired to help finish the work on time. And the 3 of them edited the film exactly the way George asked them to. Marcia did make some changes in the pacing and she made some scenes flow more naturally, but Lucas still had the final say. In fact, he rejected some suggestions made by Marcia, who insisted the scene with Luke hanging around with Biggs and his friends on Tatooine at the beginning of the film should be kept. But George thought it would slow down the pacing and he believed Luke should be introduced later on in the story. Same thing with TESB and ROTS. He supervised everything and had the final say. Regarding the prequel movies, Lucas constantly sought for advice, especially from his good friends Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg, who didn't hesitate to tell him "no, George, this won't work. You should do it this way instead". Same thing with the actors. Christopher Lee is on record for flat out refusing to have his character beg for mercy, as he thought Dooku would rather die with dignity than beg for his life. Lucas initially didn't want to give Samuel L. Jackson a purple lightsaber because "well, lightsabers are green or blue for the Jedi, and red for the Sith. That's just how it is". But Jackson insisted, saying that Mace Windu was the highest ranking Jedi among the Order just after Yoda, so his lightsaber _should_ be a different color to reflect this status. Besides, purple being the result of mixing blue and red together, Jackson thought it would show that Mace Windu was a special kind of Jedi with some traits reminiscent of the Sith. And George admitted it actually made sense and he eventually relented and gave Jackson a purple lightsaber.

@javiercarrillo2640

24 күн бұрын

@@Megrez-Alberichexactly! George has always had creative control in most of the visual medias of the franchise before he sold Lucasfilm, I get to understand I could be mistaken, that he even had brief argues with Irving and Richard, the directors of Episodes V and VI due to creative decisions, especially with Irving, and in the end he (George) was the one who ended up re-editing the original trilogy for the VHS, DVD and BLU-RAY formats. And what’s funny is how before giving Samuel L. Jackson his purple lightsaber George never intended to give them a meaning to the colours but after that he was practically forced to do it.

I don’t like these movies a whole lot but watching these videos is awesome. Lucas is a really interesting guy.

The world owns him such a big apology to this man... What a horrible people we are.

@hermos3602

3 жыл бұрын

You never know you appreciated something until it's gone.

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not apologizing for shit, when he's not apologizing for the shit he put in the theater. He got my money for the ticket, a couple lightsabers, the soundtrack, and someone thinking it would be funny to buy me a Jar Jar Binks head-on-a-cup.

His Ideas are simply amazing, but his dialogue not so much...

@DanBonRP

6 жыл бұрын

ideas like the holiday special?

@frederikfoss4594

6 жыл бұрын

He did not make that

@coleschubert9868

6 жыл бұрын

dan he didn't write the holiday special. Abc writers did

@histguy101

6 жыл бұрын

In a movie like these, the story is the the steak, and dialogue is the A1 sauce.

@liamholloway-sw7eu

5 жыл бұрын

Like the ot dialogue was anything special lmao

This man is so adorable. I love him

Lucas has so much passion and heart in his creation, disney is just churning out what they know will make a quick buck.

George Lucas is amazing! I love how he said he focused on his family. He managed to do that, as well as become very succesful with my favorite movie series of all time! :)

I got out of the Army 2 days before he filmed this, what a trip! The prequels are an awesome addition to the saga; I love Revenge of the Sith. All 3 movies have the best fight scenes of the 9 movies...

Daughter is sick all night, George gets no sleep whatsoever, begins writing Phantom Menace. Explains a lot.

@MinasTsambanis

4 жыл бұрын

Can you explain then how Disney fucked up Star Wars so bad to the point of becoming almost obsolute?

@YTChannel420

4 жыл бұрын

@@MinasTsambanis they didnt. Shit dick

@sirmount2636

4 жыл бұрын

YT Channel They made Anakin’s sacrifice meaningless. So they did in fact destroy everything that made Star Wars special.

@YTChannel420

4 жыл бұрын

@@sirmount2636 How? Vader still saved luke and betrayed the emperor. How does it make his sacrifice meaningless you whiny toxic crybaby?

@sirmount2636

4 жыл бұрын

YT Channel The Force is not balanced. Anakin dies for nothing. The Emperor still lives & can probably just come back to life. Luke becomes a miserable old man because he sensed his nephew having evil thoughts one day & tried to kill him. Lol

When I am a film maker a want a desk like that.A nice quite place to think and write about.

This is the man who turned blank yellow legal tablets into something that made just over a billion dollars at the box office to date. Look at those blank tablets and then look at the box office for TPM. It's absolutely incredible.

Probably the greatest story teller in cinematic history. One of his generations best directors. And now.... We have disney shitberg writing that couldn't touch Lucas' talent. Sad.

If only he got that night of sleep 😊

@thelittlepasty8360

4 жыл бұрын

850617and As if he wrote it all in one sitting and didn’t take him years to finish the script

@850617and

4 жыл бұрын

@@thelittlepasty8360 ofc.. However based on the finished product of episode one, one sitting sounds about right.

@kevinlanders9908

4 жыл бұрын

Fred Fredson episode 1 shouldn’t exist really. The prequel trilogy would have worked better of episode 1 was scrapped with Attack of the clones being the first film and the 2nd film being a film set during the clone wars before episode 3. That’s the first way anyways to structure it because I feel that episode 1 feels unnecessary and adds little to the story. The only good things about episode 1 is all the OG actors.

@NowhereMan7

4 жыл бұрын

@Fred Fredson phantom menace is enjoyable to watch. Even if it's not needed story-wise I still enjoy it. Certainly has more charm than attack of clones. I can't even watch the new trilogy movies. They aren't real star wars.

@Bandstand

4 жыл бұрын

The Little Pasty Google “sarcasm”

George Lucas had plenty of new ideas. Shame he was not a creditited creative consultant on the Sequel trilogy. Those films could have used some of his imagination.

@Tomn8er

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodefinder his ideas probably weren't in alignment with their feminist SJW agenda. "The Force is female" right

@hanniffydinn6019

4 жыл бұрын

Disney destroyed Star Wars. The prequels were full of great ideas and imagination , they felt like Star Wars.

@BabysitterSky

4 жыл бұрын

Georges ideas for the sequels involved more Midiclorians and giant space whales called Whiles that eat the force and controlled the universe. I'm 100% serious.

@BabysitterSky

4 жыл бұрын

@@hanniffydinn6019 The prequels had a few good ideas that were executed terribly. They were shit. George did more damage to star wars than Disney ever could.

@BabysitterSky

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tomn8er you're an idiot. Please use that quote in the correct context, not to just be a butthurt white dude.

I was 1 year old when this vid was releases

His creativity is such a treat to watch and be told about. I used to watch this documentary when I was writing my own screenplays in my teens. It was so inspiring.

It is absolutely charming how much he cares about what he's doing & the attention to detail he appreciates to make a phenomenon known as Star Wars.

People will complain, even in a perfect world. I love the prequels, I can understand why people don't like them, but I won't hold little things against it, and can instead have an appreciation for them, and end up really loving them anyway. He tends to do things that aren't necessary and do become annoying, but I will always respect the man, and hold him in high regards. He really is an innovative person.

@zazi5305

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, 8 years ago... 2012 or so. To have been brave enough to say positive things about Lucas and the Prequel Star Wars? Much love to you, my friend. I only wish more people had shared your thoughts and given voice to them.

@starwarsrebel2006

2 жыл бұрын

He came up with the idea of creating a movie called Star Wars. Nuff said.

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

@@starwarsrebel2006 And if he'd died in 1978 we'd say he created the beloved movie of a generation and wondered what else he might have come up with had he lived. Or suppose he got the rights to _Flash Gordon?_ Then we'd have that movie instead of _Star Wars._

I love his desk setup. Its like this one room thats just this 3 sided desk yet he still has this beautiful view out the windows. If i had a setup like that, id get so much work done writing cause id never wana leave the room!

You can tell he’s really scared. He’s so quiet and just kinda sounds frightened at the thought of writing the new movies

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

He needed a collaborator like Spielberg; someone he could listen to and take advice from - a colleague. Watching scenes from the doco about Phantom Menace, only Ben Burtt expresses his frustration, but it's too late in editing. One thing he could have done is take out the line by Obi-Wan that tells us to hate Jar Jar and Anakin. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z2x-2cSKc9HWnaQ.html

Wow, how many filmmakers have been in George Lucas's position? Sitting on a pile of cash, not beholden to the film studio executives, with the luxury of hatching new ideas?

@sirmount2636

4 жыл бұрын

The original Star Wars was successful because he refused to compromise his artistic vision. Quentin Tarantino has had a similar career.

@ManusfilmStudios

4 жыл бұрын

Very few my friend, very few.

@elijahblechman8633

4 жыл бұрын

@Pooh Xi but he also wasn't challenged. Who would a simple effects supervisor or actor be to tell George Lucas how to write.

@VinVonVoom

3 жыл бұрын

@Pooh Xi Except that's not true, all the times Lucas yielded from unleashing his vision it was undone by the final cut.

@starwarsrebel2006

2 жыл бұрын

He was in a very different position in the early 70's. He was definitely not sitting on a pile of cash. He was using film students in his production team for the first Star Wars movie because they would do it for free and get college credit. Apart from the legends of Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness, he used three unknown actors for the lead roles of Luke, Leia, and Han. Again, because he couldn't afford to pay the big name stars (Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, and Al Pacino all auditioned for the role of Han Solo).

I could watch Lucas documentaries all day

@MrParkerman6

2 жыл бұрын

Then do it!

George's books (that I can make out) The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames Your Child's Self Esteem - Dorothy Briggs The Gnostic Gospels - Elaine Pagels Peasant Customs and Savage Myths - Richard Dorson Landscape and Memory - Simon Schama Telling Lies - Paul Ekman Bulfinch's Mythology - Thomas Bulfinch Authority - Richard Sennett The Study of Folklore - Alan Dundeste War - Gwynne Dyer Motif-Index of Folk-Literature - Stith Thompson The Civil War - Julius Caesar The Gallic War - Julius Ceasar 100 Great Operas and their Stories - Henry W. Simon The Moon Maid - Edgar Rice Burroughs The Hounds of Skaith - Leigh Brackett A Jungle of Stars - Jack L. Chalker Inherit the Stars - James P. Hogan Galactic Patrol - E. E. Smith

@zoetropeguardian

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. It's fascinating seeing Elaine Pagels on his bookshelf as I saw a great conversation with his and Bill Moyers awhile back.

When I was in my teens, I rented the prequel DVDs, watched the special featurettes / behind the scenes. So inspired back then. Man, how I desperately wanted to be a filmmaker! Now, I am.

@MrGojira95

4 жыл бұрын

Alan Castaneda Good for you!! Keep living your dreams!! ^_^

@Orangeflava

4 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Where can we see your work?

@leokorn1629

4 жыл бұрын

Now you are and i have not heard about you.

@leokorn1629

4 жыл бұрын

@Litshttam same here

@leokorn1629

4 жыл бұрын

@SonicNights at home

Jar jar was created because he didn’t sleep all night.

@DemonicRemption

4 жыл бұрын

@The Pizza I like Jar Jar and all... But wow... Yeah bad ideas can come from sleep depravity... Being sleep deprived myself and trying to finish a webcomic series... That's a terrifying thought...

@MrParkerman6

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen King's The Shining was written as a result of him having insomnia youse guys!!!!!

@SimonAshworthWood

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

George Lucas is a visionary. & too many so-called fans couldn’t see it.

@Onmysheet

4 жыл бұрын

I'll admit he is a visionary, he's just not a very good writer and director.

@sirmount2636

4 жыл бұрын

Secret Guy I strongly disagree. He’s a great writer & groundbreaking director.

@DEUnknownPLAY3R

4 жыл бұрын

@@sirmount2636 "great writer". HA

@sirmount2636

4 жыл бұрын

DEUnknownPLAY3R Oh yeah. Who else could have come up with a name like Obi-Wan Kenobi? Qui-Gon Jinn? Chewbacca? His beautiful story of fall & redemption. He’s an excellent writer.

@thebacons5943

4 жыл бұрын

Sir Mount I mean three of the four Star Wars movies he directed were horse shit. He’s a great story treatment writer and producer. Wish he’d stuck with that but hey at least the prequels breathed enough life into the franchise that it’s now in a better place

Here sits one of the most creative geniuses of our time and people hate on him so much? What have those people ever done with their lives. George has more talent in his left pinky than the entire hateful fandom combined.

@sleepy3362

4 жыл бұрын

Just because it's george lucas that created something that can't be critiqued. The trilogy was arguably very bad compared to the original trilogy. You don't have to be a complete fanboy that can't think logically.

@MrParkerman6

4 жыл бұрын

Took too long? This is only 12 hears after Jedi and he had to wait for technology to catch up.

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if other people have said it, but "disappointment is a bitch." Waiting 16 years for another Star Wars, maybe he couldn't deliver, or maybe he could have made a Star Wars movie like E.T. where the main character was 10-years old, played by Henry Thomas, who also starred in _Cloak & Dagger,_ another good movie where you care about the kids.

Just goes to show you that love him or hate him, Lucas really did care about his movies. So much so that he puts years of pre-production into them. He effectively started working on it in 1994 and released Episode I in 1999. That's 5 years from start to finish. Then 3 years for the rest of the prequels. Disney turned into it into an assembly line hot potato, with no cohesive vision and throwing the script to any hungry director that had at least 1 bankable movie under their belt. Abrams (decent, though kind of Diet Spielberg), Johnson, Trevorrow (which became Abrams again). Too many cooks spoil the broth, not to mention the 2 year rushjob between films. IMO, there should have been 1 strong vision overseeing the sequel trilogy and less Disney shareholders wanting to induce labor to speed up what they though would be a moneymaking franchise that "dumbass sheep" fans would eat up anyway.

@SpencerLemay

2 жыл бұрын

Calling Abrams a diet Spielberg is an insult to Spielberg, and that isn't because I have any strong love of Spielberg! Every single project Abrams has done is half assed and only succeeds at getting butts in seats, not in creating anything you would ever want to watch twice!

@bilbobaggins9451

6 ай бұрын

George is such a fun guy. That's why I don't get the hate for him. Look at him compared to the soyboys behind these new movies.

Great movie. Amazing characters and worlds. Thanks George for all these imagination and creativty. Star Wars 1 to 6 chapters the real Star Wars made by genious.

@MrParkerman6

5 жыл бұрын

Needed more hot chicks with boobs!!!! I mean main characters!!!!

just goes to show how much passion George put into these movies.

Rather him than Disney! Come back, George...

@VadersFist95

4 жыл бұрын

You realise the main reason he sold, was because every cunt back then hated him.

@TheBroz

4 жыл бұрын

Lucas fucked up the prequels and was just about fucking up everything he touched. He’s an ideas guy, but not the guy to direct and be in ultimate creative control, surrounded by yes men.

@AlexYBITW

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBroz George > Disney

@raam726

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBroz disney is not even "ideas guy"

@sirmount2636

4 жыл бұрын

TheBroz The prequels were fantastic. Highly original.

Just think how warm and nostalgic this private insight into his little writing set-up would make us feel, had the movies turned out half as good as the classic movies...

I hope he experiments now. I'm looking forward to his future works.

@tatehildyard5332

8 жыл бұрын

He said he's retired and is putting himself into raising his kids and making art-house movies he doesn't plan to show anyone or release.

@drewwhitney1322

7 жыл бұрын

Great for him. If any of his experiments come to an art-house in Chicago, I will be THRILLED!

@sirmount2636

4 жыл бұрын

Litshttam It’s funny because they were intensely well-received when they came out. I didn’t hear truly negative response until 2008-2009. You can look up audience reactions to TPM from ‘99 & they are universally positive.

*looks at jar* I got it, a funny Jamaican sounding alien called Jar Jar. Everyone will love him!

I loved watching these behind the scenes as a kid and still love them as an adult. Him talking about his writing process always makes me want to write.

Say what you like about Lucas, he's an amazing storyteller.. He just can't write a script

@mathfridge

8 жыл бұрын

+iMaxAL I would say he is a great producer and an average script writer. But he is a horrible director and editor. Better with the big picture, but not character development.

@histguy101

8 жыл бұрын

+mathfridge Did you know he edited a great portion of Jurassic Park?

@ericgenestvideoclips

8 жыл бұрын

+Christus Regnet No i didn't. Did he?

@histguy101

8 жыл бұрын

+Eric Genest Spielberg wanted to do Schindler's List at the same time. After principle photography was finished, he left and Lucas took his place during post production, I believe.

@ericgenestvideoclips

8 жыл бұрын

+Christus Regnet On Wiki, It says that he "supervised the sound effects crew"

We miss you George.... I never hated you about the prequels.... since you gave us the clone wars TV series which is awesome.

@bilbobaggins9451

6 ай бұрын

I'll be honest, I memed on him back in high school, but it was nothing horrendous. If you could hear the nasty words they called George at the time, it'll leave you in shock.

0:48 me procrastinating over my screenplays.

Haha 😂 love the way he was making excuses before he even wrote first word.

@MrParkerman6

4 жыл бұрын

He wasn't, It's called thinking. Something you obviously know very little about.

This vlog is like poetry. It rhymes.

@MrParkerman6

4 жыл бұрын

Not all Poetry Rymnes.

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

I had in my head before the prequels that Darth Vader had experienced something similar to what he put Luke and his friends through on Cloud City. That he had friends and felt their pain across the galaxy, and turned himself in to the Emperor in exchange for their freedom. Once the Emperor got through with him, he embraced the Dark Side, destroyed his previous identity and forgot his friends.

I don’t care what anyone says, George Lucas is a genius.

When I was a kid, being Star Wars obsessed, watched this as a special feature on the DVD and it truly made me want to become a writer. Just to have fun in your office, using your imagination, creating a universe and being passionate about writing a great story, regardless of any outside opinions or influence. It was once a dream..

His camera quality in 94 is better then what most people had until the mid 2010s

The one thing that could have saved everything was CREATIVE COLLABORATION.

@milaanvigraham8664

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Challinoir your ego is so big you think your opinion o the prequels is absolutely correct. If people hated them so much, how did even the last prequel manage to become the year's top grosser? Not that a majority of opinions matter though.

@afonsolucas2219

7 жыл бұрын

Howard the duck was actually a Movie where he didn't had a whole lot of control.

@toffee20

7 жыл бұрын

I too believe the originals where so good because they had to work extra hard to overcome their limitations. The same can be said for the first two alien films. Without a dynamite script, charismatic actors and an innovative production you'll never achieve excellence. The Force Awakens falls into the same pitfalls as Ep1, 2 and 3. Overly reliant on uninspired CG and a hollow script. At least with the prequels George dared to give us something original. But that alone is never enough. Story and character has to be the driving force behind any great film.

@JediKnight207

6 жыл бұрын

PurpleMonkeyDishwasher prequels is also colaboration

@purefoldnz3070

4 жыл бұрын

Gary Kurtz or someone that has the balls to say No George terrible idea. Instead he was surrounded by sycophants.

amazing. he's a freaking genius, i love all his movies and his stories. one of my greatest role models :)

@SCDJMU

7 жыл бұрын

What? Thats not a good role model at all.

@paulatreides6711

7 жыл бұрын

oh really ..he's not born rich dude ..he earned what he got , he made one of the most iconic franchise of all time.influenced the pop culture , created the first special effect company , he was clever about marketing , it's an accomplished business man bla bla bla ...etc etc etc ..so ..if i had 1/10 of his career , i would be happy

I may not like what Disney is doing to it, and I may have grown up to the prequels instead of the originals, but I will be forever be grateful that I exist in a world that has Star Wars. Couldn't imagine my life without it 🥹 May the force be with you, always!

I saw inspiration 4 Jar Jar with those people train surfing in that old silent movie he was watching.

I think this is an amazing video despite what many think about the prequels - it’s amazing to watch his process

Prequels and originals where my childhood

@SN2903

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. I was 18 when episode 3 came out. The end of my childhood.

Episide 1 was one of the very first DVD's I purchased back in late 99 / early 00. As I worked my way through the barrels of bonus materials on the 2nd DVD, I kept coming back to this short little clip. For me, it explored the journey every writer faces at the start of a new project. It really does all start with an idea, and how much life and work you give that idea depends on how far it goes. Regardless of how the prequels hold up today, I've always admired George Lucas from watching this clip - catching a glimpse at how it all started in his little writing cave with just his imagination and a pen and pencil to get started.

I love George, he's intelligent, hard working, wise, and most importantly doesn't take himself too seriously..... a good sense of humor is so important.... he's always kept himself grounded and I admire that.

I can't thank this man enough for making me a fan of Sci-Fi and for giving me the entirety of Star Wars. It's not just a world that me and many others are in love with, it's an idea and proof that we can create completely realised worlds with their own philosophy, way of life, themes etc, that can actually influence you in real life. For me the Jedi philosophy on life is the one of the best outlooks on life I have ever seen and I try to follow it myself. Non-attachment, unconditional compassion, peace of mind etc. are things we so often overlook or forget which leads to a lot of real anger, fear, hate and suffering in this world. His work also spawned an entire 30 years of expanded universe material with comics, novels and games. Even though I haven't read the novels or comics I have played most of the Star Wars games and they have also brought me immense joy throughout my childhood, like it has done for many others. The Originals gave us an epic universe to love and the Prequels gave us an amazing backstory to the most loved villain of all time. I thank him for all of his 6 movies unequivocally. So instead of whining about his scripts and writing, learn to open your mind and love the worlds he created for us and dive into them with your imagination, if you have any left.

@ValpasKankaristo

8 жыл бұрын

So is what you're trying to say something like this: "It doesn't matter if you don't like the prequels, but you should like them because it's Star Wars."

@milaanvigraham8664

8 жыл бұрын

+Valpas Kankaristo nah, he's saying "screw you if you hate the prequels".

@SciAntGaming

8 жыл бұрын

Milaan Vigraham I'm just telling people to stop being so negative and actually give the Prequels a chance instead and enjoying them for what they are instead of some pre-concieved notion of what they should be.

@ValpasKankaristo

8 жыл бұрын

Sci_Ant People have given them a chance, and the people clearly didn't like them. What's your point?

@milaanvigraham8664

8 жыл бұрын

Valpas Kankaristo I dont get it either. To me, some people are just dumb, that's why they hate it. Take an example of the top of my head. "Wooden acting" lol. They want young Obi to talk like Luke now? Yoda even says, "Adventure, a Jedi does not crave these things". I can only imagine them talking like monks. In a galaxy 1,000 years out of conflict, filled with a political democratic system, in which the biggest exciting expedition for badass law enforcing jedi who've trained their whole lives, is just settling a trade dispute, I can't imagine peoplebeing very likely, especially monks who've taken up celibacy and crave neither excitement nkr adventure. Spot on acting if anything. McGreggor's "wooden" acting is exactly how it's supposed to be. I like realism more than cliche. Wouldn't be able to stamd it if he were like Luke or Han just to please the crowd. I liked that his acting seemed boring. I am capable of enjoying a different kind of movie. Some dumbasses just aren't. So don't try giving them a chance. It's a waste of everyone's time.

2:16 George gaining inspiration for Phantom Menace

Awesome Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Video.

What a genius

You can say all you want about the actual execution of the Prequels but at least he actually had a plan where he was going with the story, unlike a certain trilogy that had all the money in the world and used 0 with planning a goddamn story.

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. He'd changed his couple page outline of Anakin and Obi-Wan fighting in the Clone Wars and Darth Vader killing Anakin, so had to go back and come up with something new.

Watching this today, I realize Disney’s problem. They didn’t have a person creating and driving the story forward, and they rushed the process to meet deadlines. Lucas started thinking about the story of the prequels in 1994 and released the first one 5 years later. (Not including the stuff he thought of in the 1970’s.) Lucas then finished everything in 2005 so a total of 11 years of outlining. Disney started in 2013 and finished everything in 2019. Just not enough time for 3 movies. We needed 3 years between the sequels to get a more developed story.

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

They paid too much for Star Wars and needed to get their money back soon. Unlike the animation company and Marvel, he didn't have anything in the works that would provide pay-back. Their 5 films under-performed and they're pretending all is well and don't want to blame anyone to save face. Kathleen Kennedy got a 3-year extension saying people were criticizing her for being a woman, then gave her another 3 years during the pandemic.

3:00 That's Jett Lucas, who made a cameo in ROTS.

@zoetropeguardian

7 ай бұрын

He's also in AOTC during the Jedi Library scene.

November 1st, 1994. Sheesh! I was only 11 years old, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was the #1 kids show, Bret Hart was the WWF(E) Champion, Super NES and Sega Genesis were battling for console supremacy, and Major League Baseball was coming off of NOT having a World Series due to the infamous MLB strike.

1:12 there’s a book called your child’s self esteem. Really shows that he cares about his kids

@thekidfromiowa

Жыл бұрын

A book by the late Leigh Brackett who wrote the first screenplay for ESB.

I think if Kasdan had agreed to help write or do a second pass on the scripts like George Lucas wanted him to, the prequels would have been considered stronger than they were. George is an unmatched visionary, but he's not a great writer, and he said that himself well before he even wrote the prequels. That being said, I realized that despite their flaws, the prequels really created worlds I was interested in that felt like Star Wars. The sequels...didnt really at all.

@matthewgaudet4064

Жыл бұрын

Kasdan is incredibly overrated. He also wrote the Force Awakens and Solo a Star Wars story. Lucas had better story instincts and he knew the characters. Kasdan was good at drama and dialog. I mean he was. He lost those skills. He hasn't written anything decent in decades.

@zoetropeguardian

7 ай бұрын

Lawrence Kasdan only really polished Empire. George had it nearly all written before he even got involved. It was actually George who wanted Han and Leia's romance as shown in the film. Kasdan was against it. So those who said he can't tell a love story are wrong. Source: Jonathan Rinzler's Making Of Empire book.

I love the prequels. I hate how George felt about their reception. I loved these documentaries as a kid on the DVDs

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

It's too bad kids didn't get their views published on the internet back then, the opinions being entirely by adults, some few who did like the Phantom Menace. The documentary I listened to had a quote saying you can't go back to being 8 years old again at the movies.

It's really cool to see his notes from way back in 75 or so about the back story. It really is incredible everything George came up w/ for a new hope. ImGine creating 100's of people places & things in another galaxy that is totally original & part of our vocabulary.