Studio executives: "How come you get 100% profits off of Empire Strikes Back?" George Lucas: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."
@@mmm-mmm I'm sure he'd agree with you. The only difference is that he's his own boss. You can't fault him for not wanting other people who had nothing to do with his movies making large amounts of money off of them.
@@tomnorton4277 More like: Disney: "You underestimate the fandom! They want more!" George: "Don't try it." Disney: "We'll give you $4 billion." George: "Well, okay."
@@haydeng3316 to his defence hes getting very old and im sure his next of kin wouldn't have the ability to sustain his company and franchise he created and it would eventually crumble. So I mean if I was in his shoes I would sell my baby I created for 5 billion and consider it a hard earned retirement bonus. Even though im a big starwars fan and dont agree with what disneys been doing to it.
@@issurxozo Exactly. And honestly, I think he gave away Star Wars because he was just tired of all of it. The guy is an independent artist who probably never even thought of achieving the magnitude of mainstream success that he did
Think of this trajectory: Star Wars was supposed to flop, limited budget, unknown actors= most iconic and beloved movie franchise in history. Disney Sequels= unlimited budget, all resources in Hollywood, hyped to the Max= no soul, no interesting characters we love, forgettable flops. George knows
@@vincenthribernik the “flop” is in the numbers. Notice the decrease of revenue as the series progressed? Of course the first film grossed the highest- it already had a passionate pre-existing fan base spanning multiple generations! Of course they’d spend the money. It couldn’t fail… oh but it did. Besides, box office sales aren’t necessarily an indicator of a great film… Titanic, for example
What destroyed Hollywood was the constant interference from government. The old Hollywood as in golden era was gone by the 1960s and what came out after that was a shadow of Hollywood. Most of the post 1960s production studios were in decline. Now there was still great films after that but it slowly sank to nothing.
@@bighands69 thats completely disregarding the "New Hollywood" era betweens the 60's-80's. During that period directors had unprecedented levels of control over their movies, we had films like easy rider, apocalypse now. Films you'd struggle to get made today. it's when Directors like Francis Coppola Ford, Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski (man's a nonce but he knows how to shoot a film) burst onto the scene and made some of their best work. of course along with that Era came Lucas and Spielberg. In 1975 Spielberg put out a little film that would change the course of film history, Jaws. Jaws changed the game for studios, it was the advent of the modern blockbuster. they realised that they didn't have to take risks any more on edgy directors that appeal to the youth, instead big tentpole films that appeal to the masses, of course they didn't catch on straight away, as Lucas said people/studio execs expected star wars to bomb, when instead it blew up huge at the box office Hollywood as a whole started to notice that rather than hedge their bets across a number of medium budget films, why not just shoot a few high budget spectacle movies a year. This rolled on to what we have now, where that mid range budget film doesnt exist any more, every film is either a 300 million dollar mega franchise film or a 10 million dollar indie film. Spielberg and Lucas never meant to kill New Hollywood... but they kinda did by accident.
@@bighands69 What interference happened in this time frame? If anything old Hollywood had some of the most government regulation with the Hay's code. The New Hollywood era is widely acclaimed, I'm not quite sure what dimension you're in.
I came to realize how much the force explains everything in the movies and i didn't even noticed. In episode 4 when the red droid got destroyed it was the will of the force because R2-D2 was meant to deliver the message that saved the galaxy, then when Han Solo speaks about never finding a reason to believe in any kind of magic and Kenobi smiles not because he is a jedi or a force user, but because so far all the events had played out according to the will of the force and Han can't realize it, you see a group of unlikely people, an old hermit, a farm boy, a smuggler with his Wookiee companion, and two droids, everyone of them played an important role to change the fate of an entire galaxy all of them, yeah that is the force allright. Even episode 1 is the same, all the conflict lead Qui-Gon to Anakin the chosen one in the most unlikely planet, the very only Tatooine, a planet that proved to be the center of the galaxy as everything starts in it. Other thing i didn't understood until recently is the scene with Qui-Gon and Watto when they put a bet on Shmi and Anakin, i always though that Qui-Gon did used the force to manipulate the dice in order to get Anakin but now i realize that wouldn't have proved anything, if Anakin was the chosen one then it was the will of the force to have Qui-Gon the most unlikely jedi to found him so the thing is the Dice was gonna pick Anakin anyway because it was meant to that. So that is how the force works guys, i can't think of another example as i haven't watched the films in a while, just episode 4 recently. Now all of this matters cause the force is a thing, call it God or whatever but it is there, it binds us it penetrates us and unite the universe together. The force will be with you all, always.
I just rewatched The Phantom Menace after years, I'm not gonna lie,it's really not that bad.Jake Lloyd's performance was pretty good, the CGI for a 1999 movie isn't that bad.I didn't care much for Jar Jar, but I didn't hate him, some of his scenes could have been removed, the Podracing thing is cool ig.I don't really understand the hate, people need to have an open mind, not everything will be as they expect.
I heard from a guy, who wrote his own script and won a bunch of contests with. He was invited by studios agents from hollywood to see their bosses to convince them to invest into the movie. He said he had never met more ignorant and small-minded people in his life not before, not after. He said that he had to explain every single concept that was described by a word with more than 2 syllables. And the more you have to explain them the less likely they will give you money.
I don't know this for a fact, but apparently he was working on the scripts of the sequels before Disney bought him out. The sequels would have focused on the force and go in serious depth on it. If someone can find them, I would love to read them.
+RMG Productions I'll never understand why people shit on Lucas so much as a director! "THX 1138" rivals anything Kubrick ever did and "American Graffiti" is loved by everyone!
George Lucas is a true creative genious, is a shame all the backslash he had to take over the prequels, wich were an experimental endeavour of him. So inderapreciated, specially by SW fanboys. Hope he keeps making films and writing storys, we need true creative work.
+juan esmit For me the prequal are better for character dev and story dev and less about making the best movie (whit x min of fight x min of chat x min of charater dev x min etc.) No it not made to be THE BEST MOVIE, it made to be a better story and a better charater dev. PPL that don't think the Prequal are good don't onderstand that. SORRY FOR THE BAD ENGLISH. BTW Episode 3 is the best probably.
+RMG Productions Because most people don't get the traditional romance and tragedy he uses in his films like Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Die-hard fans were expecting Anakin and Padmé's relationship to be more of a love-hate one like with Han and Leia. They also didn't expect Anakin's fall to be out of a misguided love. All of it just went over their heads, so they didn't like it. When I watched The West Side Story in a college class, a lot of people laughed during the "Maria" song. You can't expect people with a low mentality to give a movie with a high mentality a good rating. A lot of those people would give a movie like The Ridiculous 6 a good rating. Most of the comments I've seen on TH-cam about that movie were positive, which I just couldn't believe or understand.
Spitfire Mark1A Well the story is alot more original than just hey those are bad people we need to destroy that and win... The story in the "Original" is not a bad one it just not a original one to my liking (the original are like i said good MOVIE not good art...) Yah i agreed it not for every one but ppl that can watch it will get alot more than just the bad ppl kill the, end type of story. SORRY FOR THE BAD ENGLISH... But perso i pref the Prequal because it a better movie to find out more about the universe of start wars ... also really the jedi in the Prequal are much more interesting (Luke was really not that good)
I think George is a nice guy. I understand if you don't like the prequels, anyway that's no reason to hate on him or insult him. He really is a risk taker, he was a risk taker when he made the OT. He put his heart into his creations with help from other visionary and passionate people. He was a risk taker when he later made the prequels. Didn't turn out to be as good but man, I think people should respect him a lot more because of what he has achieved.
Actually Jared. He wanted Luke to die and come back as a robot or some retarded shit so no dude... A lot of people who do know how to write a better script lol.
Exactly just wanna be fans who think it is cool to hate the prequels are like that. Sure I grew up on the OT but I love all of George's creations none the less. It is all Star Wars too me.
Denzel Mendoza the OT was better because he didn't really direct the final two. Kershner did TESB. There was more input from multiple sources to enhance the story. George was kind of a monopoly with the prequels.
No one has balls like this in Hollywood anymore. Just a bunch of corporate stooges and puppets doing what the board of directors tell them to (hi J.J Abrams)
Kaagh178 except for the fans who grew up with them and understood that there were way worse stories. The difference between sequel fans and prequel fans is that prequel fans like to make fun of the mistake, sequel fans turn into crybabies who can’t take valid criticism.
The sheeple who submit to them and even bring other independent people down in their behalf is a bigger problem. If more people had the standards and balls as Lucas, the fools on the top would simply starve.
Yeah just look at the people that make it into Hollywood, lots of them say stupid and frankly evil stuff like how a kid being chased by an armed child rapist should be locked up for defending himself.
You know, George lucas is the epitome of the American dream. Self made, entrepreneur, against the establishment. You know what set him on this unique path? Execs being incompetent and dismissing his "stupid space movie", which allowed him to produce toys and get the IP of his own movie. Later movies.
Thing is, Hollywood didn't think Star Wars would be a success and most of the major studios passed on "Star Wars" until Lucas ended up at 20th Century Fox. Thing is, George Lucas was a genius doing what he did and the success he built up from Star Wars is evidence of his genius. Lucas was prepared to make a final trilogy of films but decided not to produce them because of the hate from fans over his handling of these Star Wars movies that he funded, produced, directed and created.
Yes, but at the same time, even Lucas didn't believe the first Star Wars would succeed, he was sure it was going to flop which is why he even skipped his own premier to go to Hawaii with Steven Spielberg instead.
Lucas doesn't care really, He isn't the kind of director who does movies for a general public. His ideas were initially executed into film for him and his friends. He's an experimental director hence why he doesn't always make the best content, nevertheless the ideas he has are pretty good and Hollywood would definitely appreciate his mind with them. Ironically his biggest creation Starwars fell into what Lucas try to differ it from. The idea was original both OT and Prequels, but along comes the sequel and Force Awakens and is turned into a copy of what was once Lucas' original idea. Which is why Lucas is superior to Hollywood, they need to copy his idea to make it good again. Hollywood hates Lucas because Lucas doesn't need them to make the movies he wants.
Aldair Reynoso Lucas said himself the three trilogies should run parallel as well running sequentially. There are meant to be similarities and there is meant to be symmetry.
Yes! But I don't think people realize how much of Star Wars was his idea his wife's and that one producer who was fired after Empire. And how much came to be because of spur of the moment chance and necessity
Walt Disney was a huge fan of Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin, in turn, became a fan of the Mickey Mouse shorts that Disney was producing. Early in Walt's career, he got the chance to meet and have lunch with Chaplin at Republic Studios, which Chaplin was part owner of. Walt, then in his late twenties, asked the much older Chaplin if he had any advice for a guy trying to make it in the movie business. Chaplin said, 'Own everything you make. Don't give the bastards an inch.' Walt took that advice to heart. He changed the name of his studio from The Disney Brothers Studio to The Walt Disney Studio and became the sole producer of everything his studio made. Lucas was of the same spirit as Chaplin and Disney with his independent nature. It's ironic that years later, Lucas would sell his company to Disney, which had become the very thing both Chaplin and Walt himself hated.
To be fair I understand why he would sell, since he is getting up in age. But had he seen what Disney was going to do with the franchise then he might not have sold it
I've never agreed with someone on Star Wars more...I NEVER understood the blind hatred for the prequels...They introduced so much new LORE in the form of new planets, the jedi council, intergalactic politics, more alien races, etc. And meanwhile like you said the imagery was very iconic: the planet of Kamino, the imagery of the clones marching and attacking on Geonosis, the battle between obi wan and anakin on mustafar, the darth maul fight in episode 1, etc. I agree even the villains are great. General Grevious is a genius design for a villain, and he's appropriately menacing and does cool stuff. Darth Maul was mysterious but amazingly deadly in his lightsaber moves. Palpatine is arguably the best villain of all time due to his plot to take over the entire GALAXY by controlling BOTH sides of the war, both the republic and the separatists, and then execute the jedi and destroy the separatists and establish the clones as imperial soldiers. I agree...really its only hipsters and middle-aged star wars fans who would have a reason to be so HATEFUL towards the prequels. The prequels had some issues, but they were at the least decent movies and at best really unique, enjoyable, and meaningful films for the Star Wars franchise. The bandwagon hate for the prequels is by far the most infuriating and stupid bandwagon trend I've ever witnessed in entertainment.
retrofraction That’s just your opinion but you are wrong the prequel’s had 100% laziness and the movies were too long, completely boring, with a bad script, bad dialogue, and bad acting and they completely contradict the original trilogy the last Jedi had way more heart and the force awakens had twice as much heart as any of the prequel‘s did fuck those movies and fuck George Lucas
God its SO easy to figure out they hate him because they can't CONTROL HIM. Just for THE RECORD I AM A CHRISTIAN! I SERVE A LIVING SAVIOR. GOD SAID! ALL WHO PRAISE OH ISREAL I WILL PRAISE! AND ALL WHO CURSE OH ISREAL I WILL CURSE! AMEN!
Not just that. THEY also have a very different political agenda from him. They are satanists, and they want to extinguish the European people, culture and society.
They hate him because he's a better storyteller than most directors and writers in Hollywood. He wrote a 6 film masterpiece that is beloved by people the world over even nearly 50 years later.
Yes.. but...... oh are we setting the bar low Just look at the recent "writers" guild of America strike... Chatgpt could do a better job then thoes already absurdly overpaid "writters" The funniest part is that you can literally ask chatgpt to write you better slogans and protest signs then the crap they used Incompetence is 1 thing But insainly overpriced Incompetence with demands of higher pay is absolutely absurd and funny
i'm starting to like Lucas the more I listen to him and am willing to give his prequels another chance. At least he puts his heart and soul into a project. Cant fault him for that.
That's true. At least the prequels went in a new direction and felt completely different from the original trilogy. TFA was good but it was way too derivative and safe. It just felt like constant fan pandering. I thought it was a better movie than the prequels, but at least he tried something new damn it!
Srikanth Boddapati TFA was fan pandering and set out to do one thing - to make as much money as possible. Lucas went on a limb with his prequels and didn't give a damn whether you liked it or not. And they still made a billion dollars whether you liked it or not. I respect him for that.
mousehead2000 Lol don't act like the inclusion of all the kiddie bullshit like the pod racing, jar jar, young aniken, and as many things that could be made into toys wasn't about money. Lucas is a better businessman than he is a filmmaker.
Srikanth Boddapati yes. you are correct. for all his 'heart and soul', the prequels was all about money which is why they sucked major ass! The originals were best because they were made by a guy who believed in what he did when no-one else did. As a result they were pure movie magic. TFA was a nice copy but that is all it was - a nice copy.
I think Lucas has been unfairly hammered by the fanbase. Me, I saw Star Wars (not "A New Hope") at the age of 11 when it first came out, and it was life changing. Sci-fi had never looked like this before. The thrill of the assault on the Death Star simply can't be explained to somebody young today who grew up with routinely fabulous special effects. By Jedi we'd all grown up and the thing was running out of steam, I think like most people I saw it for completeness. The 11 year old was now on the verge of adulthood. And then kind of moved on. So I have never been a "Star Wars fan" as such, they're just some great movies from my youth. I don't think the prequels are the greatest movies ever made (I don't like prequels period, for a start) but the torrent of abuse regarding them seems out of all proportion. Obviously Lucas offended those who consider themselves "fans" for some reason; I suspect it's because he previous to that had monkeyed around with the originals, recutting and adding CGI, and that triggered some kind of "you're raping my childhood" kind of response. I enjoyed the Plinkett deconstructions of them but honestly, no movie could survive that kind of critique. You could destroy Citizen Kane by the same approach. It's particularly odd therefore to me that the RedLetterMedia guys didn't savage The Force Awakens; quite the opposite in fact, when that movie is an astonishingly derivative, shallow and empty rehash of Star Wars (or "A New Hope". Whatever). Fandom is strange.
George Lucas and Mark Hamill are both idiots who have no idea about story-telling. Care about fans? Okay. Hard workers? Okay. But they are idiots as far as story-telling and so is anyone who thinks otherwise.
“You don’t want to be oppressed by people who are not as smart as you, and I’m dumb.” He can spark a revolution he literally discovered the burn/self burn I did not think it could be executed so well!
As a kid I was an ardent prequel defender. As I got older I started to notice that they weren't all that great films. I began to dislike them. But in completely finally accepting that I hated them as movies, I started to like them again. Yeah, they're not the best films, but I fell in love with the idea behind them. Now when I watch them, I see how deeply personal and important they are to its creator. They were made because the creator loves movies and wanted to see his ideas on the big screen. Yes, obviously money was involved too, but you can't deny that the prequels were exactly what GL wanted to make. That, in my opinion, trumps any need to 'live up' to the Original Trilogy. They made their creator happy and that's what makes them great.
They weren't exactly what Lucas wanted to make though - Well maybe you could say that about Phantom Menace but sorry Lucas caved in to the backlash and Boba Fett was never supposed to be in AotC! He got added at the last minute completely ret-conning the character in the process. I'll actually still watch Phantom Menace from time to time because I never felt it was that bad a movie in the first place just not the masterpiece the original trilogy was {let's face it it was never going to be!}. But Clones, Sith and TFA I will never watch again because all three are a DISGRACE! Rogue One's great though!
Sir Knight Errant because the prequels are bad except for parts of revenge of the sith. I think it’s more about acknowledging your own mistakes instead of feeling attacked by the fans who made him a billionaire. But he went and sold his movies to the biggest company in the world just to make a point. That’s childish
Over the years I've had mixed feelings about George Lucas, primarily in my misguided younger days, but these days I think he's a total legend. I can appreciate the prequels a lot more now, and look at them with admiration. Lucas is a titan of world building and mythology, and the prequels pioneered new techniques which are only just coming to fruition now. He laid the foundation for the likes of the Mandalorian for instance, which now benefit from techniques that started with the prequels. The prequel world that Lucas created is in full bloom now, with things like Bad Batch. And Lucas lead that charge. I can't help but admire everything he's done, and now I view Star Wars as the most expensive indie movies ever made, and framed that way, they're much easier to love.
Although I'll agree that the prequels look at lot better compared to the sequels, they still kinda clash with a lot of stuff in Ep4. Think of the old Imperial commanders/admirals or whatever who refer to the Force as an "ancient religion" and seem to think it's all a myth. But after the prequels we learn that the Jedi were numerous and well-known just 20 years ago. It would be like someone 50 years old today claiming that phone booths are a myth. It's very jarring. And the Clone Wars were way lamer than what I imagined.
I appreciate the prequels a lot more knowing that he was looking everywhere for help with them, but got turned down by everyone, and still produced movies that are far better than the ST. They definitely have problems, big ones, but they are still SW to the core, and still contain the sense of wonder that's supposed to mean.
@@crusherven I actually think they did a good job of showing how much propaganda works when eradicating a race of people. 20 years is a long time when you consider how much the world has changed in 20 years in the real world. Imagine being in a fascist regime for 20 years where anyone who didn't believe the party line or change their thinking was also eradicated like the Jedi. Imagine the amount of brainwashing that something like The Empire would force on its people, like North Korea or something. The Nazis were masters at self deception too, and we see that self deception and gaslighting all the time in current politics. I still think 20 years is enough time to make everyone 'unbelieve' in the Jedi. You only have to look at how our own 'empires' have taken their political allies and turned them into their enemies and wiped them out, with the average person not even that aware of what really happened. I used to think the 20 year period was also too short until I really thought about it, and it's actually not very far fetched at all when you look at how effective political brainwashing can be over a span of just 5 or 10 years. The Empire would have been repeating this lie for 20 years, with people like Tarkin being one of the worst for it. Tarkin spent that movie denying reality, he sounded like a Soviet Officer at times, completely sure of everything, until his Death Star blew up. He exaggerated almost everything he said in a grandiose manner, so his proclamation about the Jedi religion being ancient does sound right for a political gasbag like him. I think that's very intentional. The Empire is supposed to be run by bigots and political snakes at that point who have internalised every lie The Emperor has told them.
@@MrMisanthrope84 But that's just it--Tarkin doesn't "disbelieve," he just calls it "ancient." Unlike you, I find the Imperial Navy being ignorant about the Force/Jedi extra unbelievable considering their senior officers almost certainly served at a time when they were led by Jedi. Young adults in their 30s would remember the Jedi being wiped out on Coruscant--it wasn't done in a corner; this was basically a regime change. And as far as I remember, we don't see any evidence of propaganda like you describe, even if it could have worked. But it's not just Tarkin or people who were part of the Empire. Ordinary people on Tatooine don't believe. This is a frontier planet where Jedi were recognized on sight just 35 some years before, and some random junk dealer even knows whatshisname is trying to influence his mind with the force. This is on a planet about as far from the Jedi seat of power as you can get. It makes about as much sense as someone my age being unfamiliar with corded phones. Yeah, I'd be surprised to see one in use, but I wouldn't be like "what is this mythical artifact." Even people who didn't grow up with them will certainly have seen them in media. It's not like they don't have books/movies or whatever in SW.
@@crusherven But then the „problem“ was already in ep4 because of lukes and leias age while they re vader‘s kids or how should he got kids after he had his suit and the end of the clone wars is the Fall of anakin/ rise of vader
Jared Ellis Whose idea was Star Wars? Indiana Jones? American Graffiti? Lol get a grip. He may not be an amazing director, but as far as world building, storytelling and creative vision goes he is on par with people like J.R.R. Tolkien.
You do know that if it wasn't for Hollywood (aka Alan Ladd of 20th Century Fox studios), there probably wouldn't have been a Star Wars at all. The other two was where the FU came in. Merchandising and the fact he bankrolled Empire and Jedi himself.
George's inspirations for Star Wars: Flash Gordon series, samurai movies, westerns, mythological themes, WW2 documentaries Disney's inspiration for Star Wars: Star Wars (OT) Says a lot.
@@panama2468 hollywood does not give pro america propaganda they give modern america is racist and sexist or homophobic propaganda But either way hollywood sucks and have sucks in the past and present and we all agree they are very bad
Hollywood is the most shallow, political, bureaucratic, ridiculous, greedy, tacky, elitist, degenerate, hypocritical, close minded institution on the planet. It stopped being good by the time the 1970's rolled out, not saying the movies themselves are bad, just the institution itself, stick with the more honest independent films if you want true creativity. Lucas is a great filmmaker, wish he directed more than just 6 films.
Obi-Wan Cannoli WELL, It has a bit off ep IV remake so UNNESSESARY but some pretty GOOD ideas tough. maybe it IS cleaning the way for a WAY DIFFERENT type of sw path since ep VIII and IX
He shouldn’t have sold Lucas film ltd and Lucas Arts ltd to Disney. Disney made a terrible mistake to believe, they can make anything and fans are still going to buy it.
I for one was raised with the prequels and I know that creates a different perspective because I didn’t see the contrast of the two trilogies until later. But because of this I have a great respect for this man “creative vision” he was an amazingly imaginative creator that envisioned a world adored by millions. Perhaps the most known movie franchises of all time. And for that I have undying respect
+Darksnovia The late 70s early 80s were a special time in Hollywood were young filmmakers were making great movies. There are still original movies being made but not for mass consumption. Lucas like many of the great filmmakers of that time had a short time of success and was never able to duplicate it.
+Darksnovia Tragic but true, creativity is dead in hollywood, it has been reduced to a pitifull formula: www.storymastery.com/story/screenplay-structure-five-key-turning-points-successful-scripts/ Thanks to this, all we get is the fast food version of films, a shame.
+Darksnovia yeah, the prequels were not flawless by any means necessary... i prefer return of the jedi over revenge of the sith, myself....but atleast the prequels were bold and audacious and came from a creative spark.
George Lucas wanted to tell a story of tragedy and redemption. He didn't have a specific audience in mind so anyone could enjoy his films. Today, film makers have target audiences that often alienate other people and usually tend to fail. For an example, Hollywood makes a film with all women cast with strong feminist tones and it flops hard. Then they pin the blame on a whole demographic people that the film wasn't even for. George is right, Hollywood is stupid.
Star Wars was amazing because it was created out genuine love and passion for the art of amazing sci/fi-fantasy storytelling. Despite the filmmaking resources, this franchise was one of the few that stood out from the likes of Hollywood, but once it was bought into the hands of Hollywood, that’s when things went down the dumpster. Really sad to think about.
Most Hollywood executives only think of movies as investment vehicles. They don't care about artistic merit or entertainment value beyond how it impacts the bottom line.
+Brian You say that... but Lawrence Kasden (screenwriter for most Star Wars films) wanted all kinds of crappy things to happen.... Luke killing Vader, then wearing the suit to trick the Emperor and then killing him, amongst some other stuff which has slipped my mind right now... but rest assured, George Lucas is 90% of why Star Wars is so great, the actors, screenwriter, "directors" (those who George basically directed the directing of), and John Williams' incredible scores at the rest of the equation. But without George Lucas it would be nothing, people seem intent on trying to take credit away from him nowadays.
The film industry owes Lucas a immeasurably debt for what he did with teaching them merchandising something rarely done with films before Star Wars with rare exception like Disney Films, Planet of the Apes, and James Bond. Also his contributions to special effects, picture quality, and sound to film changed the medium. With that all said as a director or film maker IMO Lucas benefited when he still had people who would tell him no or your wrong.
+Dream Well he said in a interview once that people tend to overuse new technology in the film industry when it's available. I think he knows he made a mistake when the Prequels were 90% CGI, but it doesn't make them bad movies.
I can remember as a 15 year old kid seeing a small blurb in Time or Newsweek around February of 1977 about a weird space sci-fi movie that would be out in a few months. Being a hardcore sci-fi fan, tinstant I saw that I turned to my best friend and said "We've got to mark our calendars for the end of May and go see this new movie the day it comes out". We didn't actually make it on the Friday premiere but the next day we went for the matinee at 11:00 AM and didn't leave the theater until 1:00 AM that night. We watched the movie 5 times that day. It was a glorious teenage memory.
As a human being George seems like a genuinely swell person. His writing may be flawed and I've only heard he can be kind of an ass, but he doesn't put up with the system and that deserves some real respect.
@@cameronbleecker9072 I guess when you have been dealing with people who always want a photo or a "fan moment" from you since the '70s, you might be grumpy after a while too. Not that I'm defending his attitude, but it does sound tiring after a while.
Well I heard that he was so nice to his staff during the be Production of the prequels that they didn't have the heart to till him to tone certain aspects down or change iffy dialogue.
@@Bosscheesemo We've been oppressed by stupid people since the beginning of human history, since the first fish crawled out of the ocean. If we looked up to and respected the people telling us what to think, it wouldn't be oppression would it. We'd call those people smart instead of stupid and go along with whatever bullshit they pull out of their arse, like good little boys. Whatever, think for yourself.
@@CantRead1 You're right. I think the OP was aiming at the rise of extreme left and right, and culture/social wars that have been greatly amplified in the recent decade.
@@richardkocksworthy8423 This is Naked Ambition and the nature of Fear/Evil explored in that film, which is what makes it Great to me. The concepts are very REAL WORLD for anyone in the business!
joeyxl3456 its the nature of life mate. You shouldnt blame humanity, because there is no happy end for it. In near future we will destroy ourselves, thats obvious af.
He also had editors. If it weren't for them, Han Solo would have been some frog-thing and the movie may have really bombed like he was expecting all along. As for Empire, with as good as it is, it was the one where Lucas was involved the least. The more you know.
What a boss. More people should see this and know the crap he went through to get most of his early movies made. I just went through his biography. My god that man has my respect regardless of the special editions and the prequels.
At least if you hated the prequels you knew George actually cares to tell a story. With Disney and the sequels you know that they are bad and that Disney doesn’t care unless it affects how much money they milk off the franchise.
Disney wasn't always like that though. When they first got big, they put a lot of time, effort, and money into their movies and they became classics as a result. They were determined, ambitious, and weren't afraid to try new things. Nowadays it's the complete opposite.
Every interview I see with this man makes me respect him more. I don’t care that the prequels could get really, really bad-the man has a brilliant mind and a genuine integrity. Hell, he only sold Star Wars so he could watch his daughter grow up and spent a ton of that money saving the history of film itself. If he weren’t retired I’d tell him to use his fame and influence to fuck over Hollywood as much as possible.
I remember back before 2015 when I thought the prequels were the worst thing to come out of the Star Wars saga. Nowadays after experiencing the utter garbage they spat out with the sequel trilogy, it has made me appreciate the prequels so much more
@@gamer-px5cu In terms of special effects and sets, yeah it is miles ahead. But in terms of the story, the characters, and just the way they took the story it was far worse. Don’t get me wrong, the original trilogy and prequels aren’t perfect, but the sequel trilogy is just abysmal.
And then Hollywood tightened their grip so hard on every single film that came after it. Now there won't be another George Lucas. The closest person to reach Georges success is Peter Jackson, but Peter didn't created Middle Earth like George had with Star Wars. George Lucas will always be an inspiration to all filmmakers forever. Even though his films are actually pretty disappointing, he's still a legend.
Christopher Nolan has made some great films, has a good amount of independence from the studio, as they let him do his thing and they release it, as well as being influenced by Lucas. He's said Star Wars is one of his favorite films and it helped influence Inception and Interstellar.
Interesting that you make the Star Wars - LOTR comparison. You're right that Peter Jackson's the only one to have come close to what Lucas has achieved, but like you said - it was an adaptation. I'd argue Lucas is more like Tolkien. I can't think of another filmic world-builder, especially for sci-fi/fantasy, as innovative as Lucas. The originals, the prequels, AND The Clone Wars (and I suppose the EU) established an incredibly diverse galaxy no dissimilar from Middle-Earth. At least by the time of TCW, Lucas remembered that his strength was in the creative force, the consultant/exec-producer, leaving others to write and direct the tv series.
Exactly! He may not be the absolute best movie director. I cant think of anyone that comes close in the movie business that has a mind to build a whole world like Tolkien did with fantasy/middle earth. The scope of the world he built is enormous and so many stories and movies can live in that world. Im not having alot of faith in Disney. I think the Star Wars Movies are kind of losing their spirit with Lucas out of it. I hate how the new characters in these films lack so much. You dont know shit about this Rey main character and she is just able to accomplish everything with minimal effort. Im not seeing a very intresting character arc for her. I dont know if people will really care about her character like Luke Skywalker in 20 years.
It's happening right now. A few years ago people online used to post all kinds of anti-Prequel stuff like blogs and videos, but now hardly anyone does that. Many Prequel haters are now retracting their statements and Prequel-era material is becoming real popular now. In the far future, the Star Wars Prequels will be remembered as an unjustly hated trilogy of amazing movies, while the Sequels will be remembered as shallow leftist cash grabs that tarnished the series.
Hoggar Krababbel,ReonMagnum-the Star Wars Prequels look like live action video games. they have cool moments but ultimately suck. who but Disney would you rather see own Lucas film? PepsiCo? Coca Cola? GM, Sony?
I bet the exact same thing said people about the prequels. The generation that grows up with the ST will make it live on just like every other generation for every other trilogy. I'm a Star Wars fan and I love every Star Wars movie.
@@i-deni-i5138 the reason the prequels succeeded in the long run is because they continue the story. The hate came from the objectively bad writing of dialogue and because it dove into in-universe politics and was executed in a boring way for many people. In other words, the prequels didnt RUIN the story, they were just flawed and the flaws were magnified because it was the only new star wars in almost 20 years. The sequels destroy characters. That's unrecoverable. I know that people said that about Yoda, but they're wrong. He was changed by the war and that makes sense because it was probably the biggest thing in his 900+ year life. Luke however, was DRASTICALLY changed. He went from seeing good in Vader and using holding on to it even when his life and the rebellion were on the line, to seeing darkness inside of his nephew and attempting to murder him.
@@boggless2771 that is not a drastical change dude. Luke is 30 fucking years older than we last saw him. Also don’t you think he’s affected by the war too and therefore has a reason to be scared that it might not happen again??? Learn to understand human beings. Oh and another thing. It baffles me how much people like you can ignore the fact that Luke literally instinctively wanted to save everyone he loves by ending his Nephews life. INSTINCTIVELY is the key word there that is literally said by him in the movie. That means unconsciously. Do.....you.......understand???
The prequels are among the best movies ever made in the sci-fi and fantasy genres. They propelled the art of filmmaking as the originals did but most importantly they tell the story of how democracy can slide into dictatorship while everyone happily claps and cheers. There is no more important message for any democratic country.
That's the truth! The prequels tells about corruption of a government and how one government or cult or council can be effected badly if doing deals with the wrong people. About oneself being corrupted, witnessing hypocrisy, realization, love, and many more subjects is what the prequels were pretty much meant. The originals as much as they're good, they're just an adventure...
+Yves Heinrich Yes, yes, yes!! The prequels has so many subjects and many complex themes. Who would have thought when Padme said "So this is how Democracy ends..." Are we living in some form of Clone Wars now? That is what's happening in America now...so mind boggling. Those movies makes me reflect about real life.
This guy is a genius. All 6 Star Wars he made was fantastic. Yes ALL. Force Awaken was a soulless corporate high budget fan fiction, a re-shoot of New Hope. However, I have to give it to Disney, Rogue One was not bad. It could have been a classic though. There is a lot of missed opportunities with Rouge One.
The prequels were far from perfect, but still respectable. I feel bad for ever knocking Lucas in light of what Hollywood and now Disney has put us through with the rest of the Star Wars franchise
@@chup-5947 sorry dude, Mando might be a good show. But it doesn't make up for ruining the character development and story arcs of the original series. And certtainly cannot make up for ending your lightheared space fantasy by making the villain win and the heroes all dead and or forgotten.
They never liked Lucas because he didn't want his movies to be financed and controlled by Hollywood. Lucas funded the prequel trilogy with his own studio budget and while they certainly aren't masterpieces they got a bunch of hate from "reviewers" who were Hollywood shills because Lucas didn't follow Hollywood's agenda and trends that make movies successful. Yet, those same reviewers love the sequel trilogy for it's woke politics.
He did the right move, the fans were pressuring him too much to work on star wars he said fuck it Im giving it to Disney you can bitch to them now, and it worked because eventhough whatever Disney does that will never be close to the original 6, clearly fans are dumb enough to pay for it so clearly Disney is happy to pour out crap and bleed out the series
@@boggless2771 Truthfully, he should have been smart enough to just let it be. He should have known that he could never recapture that original magic. Fans should have realised that as well, and tempered their expectations. But that didnt happen. It was never going to be what everyone hoped it would. And now, Disney is just hammering it into the ground.....
George Lucas is a true film maker. Disney was good back when Walt Disney was alive. now it's just a leeching machine wf no soul using the same existing formula.
The man gets a lot of shit, but dammit I love George Lucas and I’m so thankful not only for the worlds he’s created but how he’s completely changed the entertainment industry time and time again by being himself. He is a true Rebel through and through.
George Lucas is an incredible film maker; now I respect him even more for his candid & raw honesty about Hollyweird. Star Wars is an AMAZING..I love it to this day from seeing it when I was a little girl with my Dad!✌🏻👍🏻☺️❤️
It is truly devastating to put 2-5 years of your heart and soul into something as a Writer/Director, to lead a carefully curated team of artists, craftsmen and expert professionals through hell and back, to deliver a fantastic movie for the audience, only for the Executives to finally show their face at the eleventh hour and ruin everybody's hard work, out of ego and ego alone.
It baffles me how he had such an amazing imagination especially in the late 70s. So much awesome story telling. How do you think a world up like star wars? That's creativity at its finest. It's amazing actually.
The OT is not anti-war. Its pro-war. Its literally a revolution that overthrows the empire. The prequels are anti-war 100% and couldn't possibly be clearer.
George Lucas is a bloody genius, and I do not use that term lightly. But I believe he is a genuinely brilliant man. Not only his creativity and imagination, but he is just a smart, smart man. High society does not like smart people.
You're right. Most people who hate the prequels are idiots, including Mike Stoklassa. Here's proof if you need any. thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/FILES%2F2014%2F09%2FRed-Letter-Media-Episode-I-Review-A-Study-in-Fanboy-Stupidity.pdf.axdx
The humble farmer who feeds the entire kingdom knows what season to plant the seeds, when they are ready for harvest, how to raise livestock, how to work out the prices for his harvest and how to repair a shack. All the king knows is what type of wine he should have in each given part of the day.
This is what I've always admired about Lucas, and what I strive to accomplish: getting the story I want to tell out there for all to enjoy, thr way I INTENDED it, Hollywood be damned.
Studio executives: "How come you get 100% profits off of Empire Strikes Back?"
George Lucas: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."
Most clever comment in this comment section
Studio executives: "This deal is getting worse all the time!"
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAD IN AGREEMENT!
@@marca8368 George: "here is a unicycle! you will ride it wherever you go"
“I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further”
“Studio executives aren’t exactly the most sophisticated people in the world”
That burnt more than the fires of Mustafar
@@akaizn Don’t worry, its safe
@@akaizn he already saved it years ago, whats happened happened.
@@emiliodelbozo3155 Ives will still come for him if he does not keep his part of the deal.
And if you happened to have got caught in Weinstein's office you probably got a pearl necklace !
@@mmm-mmm I'm sure he'd agree with you. The only difference is that he's his own boss. You can't fault him for not wanting other people who had nothing to do with his movies making large amounts of money off of them.
"It's over Hollywood! I have the high ground!" - George Lucas
"You underestimate my power!" - Hollywood
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More like:
Disney: "You underestimate the fandom! They want more!"
George: "Don't try it."
Disney: "We'll give you $4 billion."
George: "Well, okay."
Cal Cugedhion lol
Yeah, then Di$ney showed up.
This deserves so many more upvotes 😀😀😀
The studios- “The financier will decide your fate”
George- “I AM the financier!”
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Excellent comment
lol...George doesn't need Hollywood.
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He's really underappreciated for his constant middle finger to the Hollwood system
George Lucas is braver that most. I have huge respect for him although I know he's not perfect.
...until handing star wars over to disney you mean?
Hopefully he can come back and do the same thing.
@@haydeng3316 to his defence hes getting very old and im sure his next of kin wouldn't have the ability to sustain his company and franchise he created and it would eventually crumble. So I mean if I was in his shoes I would sell my baby I created for 5 billion and consider it a hard earned retirement bonus. Even though im a big starwars fan and dont agree with what disneys been doing to it.
@@issurxozo Exactly. And honestly, I think he gave away Star Wars because he was just tired of all of it. The guy is an independent artist who probably never even thought of achieving the magnitude of mainstream success that he did
"I hate Hollywood, it's coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere." - George Lucas
Yes
Hollywood gets everywhere
Sounds like sand.
XD XD XD - well done.
I'm thinking of sand right now.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggghhhhhh
Think of this trajectory: Star Wars was supposed to flop, limited budget, unknown actors= most iconic and beloved movie franchise in history.
Disney Sequels= unlimited budget, all resources in Hollywood, hyped to the Max= no soul, no interesting characters we love, forgettable flops.
George knows
not one single line is quotable from those three movies 🤣 let’s be honest
@@DiscoverObjay What do you mean, we have, "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!"
@@vincenthribernik the “flop” is in the numbers. Notice the decrease of revenue as the series progressed? Of course the first film grossed the highest- it already had a passionate pre-existing fan base spanning multiple generations! Of course they’d spend the money. It couldn’t fail… oh but it did. Besides, box office sales aren’t necessarily an indicator of a great film… Titanic, for example
@George Snylogos “all” good movies?? I don’t think so
@@vincenthribernik It's all about quality, not quantity.
The older i get, the more i appreciate Lucas for stopping making movies because of Hollywood executives stupidity.
What destroyed Hollywood was the constant interference from government. The old Hollywood as in golden era was gone by the 1960s and what came out after that was a shadow of Hollywood. Most of the post 1960s production studios were in decline. Now there was still great films after that but it slowly sank to nothing.
Strongly agree.
@@bighands69 thats completely disregarding the "New Hollywood" era betweens the 60's-80's. During that period directors had unprecedented levels of control over their movies, we had films like easy rider, apocalypse now. Films you'd struggle to get made today. it's when Directors like Francis Coppola Ford, Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski (man's a nonce but he knows how to shoot a film) burst onto the scene and made some of their best work. of course along with that Era came Lucas and Spielberg. In 1975 Spielberg put out a little film that would change the course of film history, Jaws. Jaws changed the game for studios, it was the advent of the modern blockbuster. they realised that they didn't have to take risks any more on edgy directors that appeal to the youth, instead big tentpole films that appeal to the masses, of course they didn't catch on straight away, as Lucas said people/studio execs expected star wars to bomb, when instead it blew up huge at the box office Hollywood as a whole started to notice that rather than hedge their bets across a number of medium budget films, why not just shoot a few high budget spectacle movies a year. This rolled on to what we have now, where that mid range budget film doesnt exist any more, every film is either a 300 million dollar mega franchise film or a 10 million dollar indie film.
Spielberg and Lucas never meant to kill New Hollywood... but they kinda did by accident.
@@bighands69 What interference happened in this time frame? If anything old Hollywood had some of the most government regulation with the Hay's code. The New Hollywood era is widely acclaimed, I'm not quite sure what dimension you're in.
@@demondude15 You know your movies.
Hollywood: "We won't make your movie."
George: "I am The Senate."
A direct hit!
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I have the Power!!
@@mmm-mmm I would and just have done many times.
Its treason them
I already didn't mind the prequels, but the sequel trilogy made me appreciate the prequel trilogy a HUGE amount more.
Because the prequels are Not Bad at all
The prequels are actually quite good at building the overall story that leads to episodes IV - VI.
I came to realize how much the force explains everything in the movies and i didn't even noticed. In episode 4 when the red droid got destroyed it was the will of the force because R2-D2 was meant to deliver the message that saved the galaxy, then when Han Solo speaks about never finding a reason to believe in any kind of magic and Kenobi smiles not because he is a jedi or a force user, but because so far all the events had played out according to the will of the force and Han can't realize it, you see a group of unlikely people, an old hermit, a farm boy, a smuggler with his Wookiee companion, and two droids, everyone of them played an important role to change the fate of an entire galaxy all of them, yeah that is the force allright.
Even episode 1 is the same, all the conflict lead Qui-Gon to Anakin the chosen one in the most unlikely planet, the very only Tatooine, a planet that proved to be the center of the galaxy as everything starts in it. Other thing i didn't understood until recently is the scene with Qui-Gon and Watto when they put a bet on Shmi and Anakin, i always though that Qui-Gon did used the force to manipulate the dice in order to get Anakin but now i realize that wouldn't have proved anything, if Anakin was the chosen one then it was the will of the force to have Qui-Gon the most unlikely jedi to found him so the thing is the Dice was gonna pick Anakin anyway because it was meant to that. So that is how the force works guys, i can't think of another example as i haven't watched the films in a while, just episode 4 recently. Now all of this matters cause the force is a thing, call it God or whatever but it is there, it binds us it penetrates us and unite the universe together. The force will be with you all, always.
I just rewatched The Phantom Menace after years, I'm not gonna lie,it's really not that bad.Jake Lloyd's performance was pretty good, the CGI for a 1999 movie isn't that bad.I didn't care much for Jar Jar, but I didn't hate him, some of his scenes could have been removed, the Podracing thing is cool ig.I don't really understand the hate, people need to have an open mind, not everything will be as they expect.
Original Trilogy: Great story told well.
Prequel Trilogy: Great story told poorly.
Sequel Trilogy: Terrible story told abominably.
I heard from a guy, who wrote his own script and won a bunch of contests with. He was invited by studios agents from hollywood to see their bosses to convince them to invest into the movie. He said he had never met more ignorant and small-minded people in his life not before, not after. He said that he had to explain every single concept that was described by a word with more than 2 syllables. And the more you have to explain them the less likely they will give you money.
They probably have giant egos and ruined brains from all the cocaine they do
@@smileydog5941 capitalism breeds this type of man. Capitalism, a competition economy, creates ultra competitive sociopathic Men. Toxic Men.
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I wouldn't say it creates them. Toxic men will always exist, even in communist countries, even in cavemen times.
@@smileydog5941 how can cocaine shrink the brain but grow the ego?
@@JosedeJezeus in communism is even worse
Imagine if he had done the third trilogy...
Just call them Sequels
I don't know this for a fact, but apparently he was working on the scripts of the sequels before Disney bought him out. The sequels would have focused on the force and go in serious depth on it. If someone can find them, I would love to read them.
I may have heard people say thats not gonna make a good movie but i know real star wars fan will definitely dig in it
Luke Skywalker it would have been fantastic
The Revenge of the Midichlorians! People would still be whining right now, believe me.
THIS WHOLE VIDEO IS GEORGE LUCAS SPEAKING PURE FACT!!!
+RMG Productions I'll never understand why people shit on Lucas so much as a director! "THX 1138" rivals anything Kubrick ever did and "American Graffiti" is loved by everyone!
George Lucas is a true creative genious, is a shame all the backslash he had to take over the prequels, wich were an experimental endeavour of him. So inderapreciated, specially by SW fanboys. Hope he keeps making films and writing storys, we need true creative work.
+juan esmit For me the prequal are better for character dev and story dev and less about making the best movie (whit x min of fight x min of chat x min of charater dev x min etc.)
No it not made to be THE BEST MOVIE, it made to be a better story and a better charater dev.
PPL that don't think the Prequal are good don't onderstand that.
SORRY FOR THE BAD ENGLISH.
BTW Episode 3 is the best probably.
+RMG Productions Because most people don't get the traditional romance and tragedy he uses in his films like Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Die-hard fans were expecting Anakin and Padmé's relationship to be more of a love-hate one like with Han and Leia. They also didn't expect Anakin's fall to be out of a misguided love. All of it just went over their heads, so they didn't like it. When I watched The West Side Story in a college class, a lot of people laughed during the "Maria" song. You can't expect people with a low mentality to give a movie with a high mentality a good rating. A lot of those people would give a movie like The Ridiculous 6 a good rating. Most of the comments I've seen on TH-cam about that movie were positive, which I just couldn't believe or understand.
Spitfire Mark1A Well the story is alot more original than just hey those are bad people we need to destroy that and win... The story in the "Original" is not a bad one it just not a original one to my liking (the original are like i said good MOVIE not good art...) Yah i agreed it not for every one but ppl that can watch it will get alot more than just the bad ppl kill the, end type of story.
SORRY FOR THE BAD ENGLISH...
But perso i pref the Prequal because it a better movie to find out more about the universe of start wars ... also really the jedi in the Prequal are much more interesting (Luke was really not that good)
I think George is a nice guy. I understand if you don't like the prequels, anyway that's no reason to hate on him or insult him. He really is a risk taker, he was a risk taker when he made the OT. He put his heart into his creations with help from other visionary and passionate people. He was a risk taker when he later made the prequels. Didn't turn out to be as good but man, I think people should respect him a lot more because of what he has achieved.
Denzel Mendoza plus he gave people Star Wars. He created it and everyone thinks they know it better than him.
Actually Jared. He wanted Luke to die and come back as a robot or some retarded shit so no dude... A lot of people who do know how to write a better script lol.
Exactly just wanna be fans who think it is cool to hate the prequels are like that. Sure I grew up on the OT but I love all of George's creations none the less. It is all Star Wars too me.
ABOVE YOUR PAY GRADE no he didn't. Where did you hear that?
Denzel Mendoza the OT was better because he didn't really direct the final two. Kershner did TESB. There was more input from multiple sources to enhance the story. George was kind of a monopoly with the prequels.
"I am altering the deal, pray I don't alter it any further."
-George
It’s funny because he was talking about Empire Strikes Back in this video
No one has balls like this in Hollywood anymore. Just a bunch of corporate stooges and puppets doing what the board of directors tell them to (hi J.J Abrams)
leftyfourguns, agreed.
Sir, you deserve a beer!
leftyfourguns thats why I'm doing the Indy route . Fuck hollywood
leftyfourguns Abrams didn't make the prequels, bruh.
Kaagh178 except for the fans who grew up with them and understood that there were way worse stories. The difference between sequel fans and prequel fans is that prequel fans like to make fun of the mistake, sequel fans turn into crybabies who can’t take valid criticism.
"Being oppressed by people who are not as smart as you are" probably no 1. problem on earth.
That and the Dunning-Kruger Effect o.0
The sheeple who submit to them and even bring other independent people down in their behalf is a bigger problem. If more people had the standards and balls as Lucas, the fools on the top would simply starve.
Dawson Douglas isn’t IQ
Thats the military 4 u.
@@whade62000 The irony of that sentiment whilst using the word "Sheeple"....
If Hollywood hates you, you're doing something right.
@Anatoli Smorrin based
Amen.
@Anatoli Smorrin It's called disruption, bonehead. They're essentially a monopoly.
@Anatoli Smorrin Ok?
Yeah just look at the people that make it into Hollywood, lots of them say stupid and frankly evil stuff like how a kid being chased by an armed child rapist should be locked up for defending himself.
You know, George lucas is the epitome of the American dream. Self made, entrepreneur, against the establishment.
You know what set him on this unique path? Execs being incompetent and dismissing his "stupid space movie", which allowed him to produce toys and get the IP of his own movie. Later movies.
Nowadays, there are strong gatekeepers that prevent a new George Lucas from ever showing up again.
Yes, and yes.
@@JarJarAbrams and that's exactly how they want it to be. Those in power learn from their mistakes to make sure no one else can beat the system again.
But if you are a woman he would only hire you as an actress if you are a nepo baby
I don't care what the haters & trolls say, George Lucas is a genius. A great film maker as well.
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Thing is, Hollywood didn't think Star Wars would be a success and most of the major studios passed on "Star Wars" until Lucas ended up at 20th Century Fox. Thing is, George Lucas was a genius doing what he did and the success he built up from Star Wars is evidence of his genius. Lucas was prepared to make a final trilogy of films but decided not to produce them because of the hate from fans over his handling of these Star Wars movies that he funded, produced, directed and created.
Matthew Chenault I see you know nothing of robot head Luke or car salesman C3-P0.
Nope, this isn't artwork related. These were his ideas for A New Hope. He used to not have 100% control like most directors. Films are collaborative.
You are thinking of the prequels. He 100% did not have complete control over the original trilogy, especially zepisode IV.
Yes, but at the same time, even Lucas didn't believe the first Star Wars would succeed, he was sure it was going to flop which is why he even skipped his own premier to go to Hawaii with Steven Spielberg instead.
entertainment-knone I loved the prequels
Lucas doesn't care really, He isn't the kind of director who does movies for a general public. His ideas were initially executed into film for him and his friends. He's an experimental director hence why he doesn't always make the best content, nevertheless the ideas he has are pretty good and Hollywood would definitely appreciate his mind with them.
Ironically his biggest creation Starwars fell into what Lucas try to differ it from. The idea was original both OT and Prequels, but along comes the sequel and Force Awakens and is turned into a copy of what was once Lucas' original idea. Which is why Lucas is superior to Hollywood, they need to copy his idea to make it good again.
Hollywood hates Lucas because Lucas doesn't need them to make the movies he wants.
Aldair Reynoso Lucas said himself the three trilogies should run parallel as well running sequentially. There are meant to be similarities and there is meant to be symmetry.
Very well put Sir.
His ideas were initially created by other people. He himself appears to be creatively bankrupt and tone deaf.
Yes! But I don't think people realize how much of Star Wars was his idea his wife's and that one producer who was fired after Empire. And how much came to be because of spur of the moment chance and necessity
Rob Vespa bullshit
Walt Disney was a huge fan of Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin, in turn, became a fan of the Mickey Mouse shorts that Disney was producing. Early in Walt's career, he got the chance to meet and have lunch with Chaplin at Republic Studios, which Chaplin was part owner of. Walt, then in his late twenties, asked the much older Chaplin if he had any advice for a guy trying to make it in the movie business. Chaplin said, 'Own everything you make. Don't give the bastards an inch.'
Walt took that advice to heart. He changed the name of his studio from The Disney Brothers Studio to The Walt Disney Studio and became the sole producer of everything his studio made.
Lucas was of the same spirit as Chaplin and Disney with his independent nature.
It's ironic that years later, Lucas would sell his company to Disney, which had become the very thing both Chaplin and Walt himself hated.
This video has nothing to do with Disney! Disney is evil and satanic and connected to the CIA. Get outta here
To be fair I understand why he would sell, since he is getting up in age. But had he seen what Disney was going to do with the franchise then he might not have sold it
@@kayzeaza Lucas himself doesn't know how to leave his movies alone, see the special editions and the hammy as heck prequals.
At the rate Disney is headed. Lucas might be able to buy everything back on a discount and give us a proper sequel trilogy
The Prequels had 1000x more heart than The Last Jedi
I've never agreed with someone on Star Wars more...I NEVER understood the blind hatred for the prequels...They introduced so much new LORE in the form of new planets, the jedi council, intergalactic politics, more alien races, etc. And meanwhile like you said the imagery was very iconic: the planet of Kamino, the imagery of the clones marching and attacking on Geonosis, the battle between obi wan and anakin on mustafar, the darth maul fight in episode 1, etc. I agree even the villains are great. General Grevious is a genius design for a villain, and he's appropriately menacing and does cool stuff. Darth Maul was mysterious but amazingly deadly in his lightsaber moves. Palpatine is arguably the best villain of all time due to his plot to take over the entire GALAXY by controlling BOTH sides of the war, both the republic and the separatists, and then execute the jedi and destroy the separatists and establish the clones as imperial soldiers. I agree...really its only hipsters and middle-aged star wars fans who would have a reason to be so HATEFUL towards the prequels. The prequels had some issues, but they were at the least decent movies and at best really unique, enjoyable, and meaningful films for the Star Wars franchise. The bandwagon hate for the prequels is by far the most infuriating and stupid bandwagon trend I've ever witnessed in entertainment.
retrofraction That’s just your opinion but you are wrong the prequel’s had 100% laziness and the movies were too long, completely boring, with a bad script, bad dialogue, and bad acting and they completely contradict the original trilogy the last Jedi had way more heart and the force awakens had twice as much heart as any of the prequel‘s did fuck those movies and fuck George Lucas
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Prequels still suck ass no matter what. Nothing will change that.
Disagree. But everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
George Lucas speaks the truth especially when he says that studio execs are stupid.
@ClandestineOstrich Well said!
Studio execs told Tom Hanks Forest Gump did not make any profits. 🤔 Hanks was like; GET THE F$%÷ OUT! 😡
God its SO easy to figure out they hate him because they can't CONTROL HIM.
Just for THE RECORD
I AM A CHRISTIAN!
I SERVE A LIVING SAVIOR.
GOD SAID!
ALL WHO PRAISE OH ISREAL
I WILL PRAISE!
AND ALL WHO CURSE OH ISREAL
I WILL CURSE!
AMEN!
Not just that. THEY also have a very different political agenda from him. They are satanists, and they want to extinguish the European people, culture and society.
@@JhonPittsburg 4chan is full of atheists tho, this guy's only from /pol/
@@JhonPittsburg So are you saying he is wrong or.....?
sounds oddly familiar #MAGA 🤔
@@JhonPittsburg yet you act like one?
They hate him because he's a better storyteller than most directors and writers in Hollywood. He wrote a 6 film masterpiece that is beloved by people the world over even nearly 50 years later.
He’s a better storyteller than all directors and writers in Hollywood.
Yes.. but...... oh are we setting the bar low
Just look at the recent "writers" guild of America strike...
Chatgpt could do a better job then thoes already absurdly overpaid "writters"
The funniest part is that you can literally ask chatgpt to write you better slogans and protest signs then the crap they used
Incompetence is 1 thing
But insainly overpriced Incompetence with demands of higher pay is absolutely absurd and funny
2 and a half masterpieces at best
@@milliondollarmistakeNah all 6
@@Tipsy.42 yeah jar jar is a true work of master crafted fiction lol, same with the ewoks
In other words he didnt put up with their bullshit.
i'm starting to like Lucas the more I listen to him and am willing to give his prequels another chance. At least he puts his heart and soul into a project. Cant fault him for that.
That's true. At least the prequels went in a new direction and felt completely different from the original trilogy. TFA was good but it was way too derivative and safe. It just felt like constant fan pandering. I thought it was a better movie than the prequels, but at least he tried something new damn it!
Srikanth Boddapati TFA was fan pandering and set out to do one thing - to make as much money as possible. Lucas went on a limb with his prequels and didn't give a damn whether you liked it or not. And they still made a billion dollars whether you liked it or not. I respect him for that.
mousehead2000 Lol don't act like the inclusion of all the kiddie bullshit like the pod racing, jar jar, young aniken, and as many things that could be made into toys wasn't about money. Lucas is a better businessman than he is a filmmaker.
Srikanth Boddapati yes. you are correct. for all his 'heart and soul', the prequels was all about money which is why they sucked major ass! The originals were best because they were made by a guy who believed in what he did when no-one else did. As a result they were pure movie magic. TFA was a nice copy but that is all it was - a nice copy.
I think Lucas has been unfairly hammered by the fanbase. Me, I saw Star Wars (not "A New Hope") at the age of 11 when it first came out, and it was life changing. Sci-fi had never looked like this before. The thrill of the assault on the Death Star simply can't be explained to somebody young today who grew up with routinely fabulous special effects.
By Jedi we'd all grown up and the thing was running out of steam, I think like most people I saw it for completeness. The 11 year old was now on the verge of adulthood. And then kind of moved on. So I have never been a "Star Wars fan" as such, they're just some great movies from my youth.
I don't think the prequels are the greatest movies ever made (I don't like prequels period, for a start) but the torrent of abuse regarding them seems out of all proportion. Obviously Lucas offended those who consider themselves "fans" for some reason; I suspect it's because he previous to that had monkeyed around with the originals, recutting and adding CGI, and that triggered some kind of "you're raping my childhood" kind of response.
I enjoyed the Plinkett deconstructions of them but honestly, no movie could survive that kind of critique. You could destroy Citizen Kane by the same approach. It's particularly odd therefore to me that the RedLetterMedia guys didn't savage The Force Awakens; quite the opposite in fact, when that movie is an astonishingly derivative, shallow and empty rehash of Star Wars (or "A New Hope". Whatever).
Fandom is strange.
This explains it all. George is one of my favorite humans. He and Mark Hamill.
They're both honest guys who care about their fans.
George Lucas and Mark Hamill are both idiots who have no idea about story-telling. Care about fans? Okay. Hard workers? Okay. But they are idiots as far as story-telling and so is anyone who thinks otherwise.
Everything George and Mark suggested should be in TFA and TLJ would have been better than what we actually got.
except he ruined the prequels
And sand
“You don’t want to be oppressed by people who are not as smart as you, and I’m dumb.” He can spark a revolution he literally discovered the burn/self burn I did not think it could be executed so well!
Least he's willing to insult himself. Most of the Woke community get upset because someone typed the word white in a twitter message
As a kid I was an ardent prequel defender. As I got older I started to notice that they weren't all that great films. I began to dislike them. But in completely finally accepting that I hated them as movies, I started to like them again. Yeah, they're not the best films, but I fell in love with the idea behind them. Now when I watch them, I see how deeply personal and important they are to its creator. They were made because the creator loves movies and wanted to see his ideas on the big screen. Yes, obviously money was involved too, but you can't deny that the prequels were exactly what GL wanted to make. That, in my opinion, trumps any need to 'live up' to the Original Trilogy. They made their creator happy and that's what makes them great.
Obi-Wan Cannoli boring originals hahahahaha hahahaha
They weren't exactly what Lucas wanted to make though - Well maybe you could say that about Phantom Menace but sorry Lucas caved in to the backlash and Boba Fett was never supposed to be in AotC! He got added at the last minute completely ret-conning the character in the process.
I'll actually still watch Phantom Menace from time to time because I never felt it was that bad a movie in the first place just not the masterpiece the original trilogy was {let's face it it was never going to be!}.
But Clones, Sith and TFA I will never watch again because all three are a DISGRACE!
Rogue One's great though!
Francis Wright why the hate for TFA? Great movie.
Francis Wright Bro you're pathetic. Get a Life.
@@franohmsford7548 what? You don't like revenge of the sith?
This man is beyond Hollywood. It would simply constrain him
Truth
yes
Too bad he turned to dark side. His heart and soul are no more.
@@olorin1710 how?
@@crowwithanxiety5459 he sold it to Disney, maybe that's what hes saying
I love how much he hates execs, he must despise Disney. Good.
For good reasons
Sir Knight Errant that’s why I will never understand why he sold Star Wars to Disney. It was almost like a fuck you to the fans
Sir Knight Errant because the prequels are bad except for parts of revenge of the sith. I think it’s more about acknowledging your own mistakes instead of feeling attacked by the fans who made him a billionaire. But he went and sold his movies to the biggest company in the world just to make a point. That’s childish
And yet he sold Star Wars to them. Fuck George Lucas.
@@TheSearchForTruth88 nah he sold it because of the backlash from the prequels and the babies that constantly harass him
Over the years I've had mixed feelings about George Lucas, primarily in my misguided younger days, but these days I think he's a total legend. I can appreciate the prequels a lot more now, and look at them with admiration. Lucas is a titan of world building and mythology, and the prequels pioneered new techniques which are only just coming to fruition now. He laid the foundation for the likes of the Mandalorian for instance, which now benefit from techniques that started with the prequels. The prequel world that Lucas created is in full bloom now, with things like Bad Batch. And Lucas lead that charge. I can't help but admire everything he's done, and now I view Star Wars as the most expensive indie movies ever made, and framed that way, they're much easier to love.
Although I'll agree that the prequels look at lot better compared to the sequels, they still kinda clash with a lot of stuff in Ep4. Think of the old Imperial commanders/admirals or whatever who refer to the Force as an "ancient religion" and seem to think it's all a myth. But after the prequels we learn that the Jedi were numerous and well-known just 20 years ago. It would be like someone 50 years old today claiming that phone booths are a myth. It's very jarring. And the Clone Wars were way lamer than what I imagined.
I appreciate the prequels a lot more knowing that he was looking everywhere for help with them, but got turned down by everyone, and still produced movies that are far better than the ST. They definitely have problems, big ones, but they are still SW to the core, and still contain the sense of wonder that's supposed to mean.
@@crusherven I actually think they did a good job of showing how much propaganda works when eradicating a race of people. 20 years is a long time when you consider how much the world has changed in 20 years in the real world. Imagine being in a fascist regime for 20 years where anyone who didn't believe the party line or change their thinking was also eradicated like the Jedi. Imagine the amount of brainwashing that something like The Empire would force on its people, like North Korea or something. The Nazis were masters at self deception too, and we see that self deception and gaslighting all the time in current politics. I still think 20 years is enough time to make everyone 'unbelieve' in the Jedi. You only have to look at how our own 'empires' have taken their political allies and turned them into their enemies and wiped them out, with the average person not even that aware of what really happened. I used to think the 20 year period was also too short until I really thought about it, and it's actually not very far fetched at all when you look at how effective political brainwashing can be over a span of just 5 or 10 years. The Empire would have been repeating this lie for 20 years, with people like Tarkin being one of the worst for it. Tarkin spent that movie denying reality, he sounded like a Soviet Officer at times, completely sure of everything, until his Death Star blew up. He exaggerated almost everything he said in a grandiose manner, so his proclamation about the Jedi religion being ancient does sound right for a political gasbag like him. I think that's very intentional. The Empire is supposed to be run by bigots and political snakes at that point who have internalised every lie The Emperor has told them.
@@MrMisanthrope84 But that's just it--Tarkin doesn't "disbelieve," he just calls it "ancient." Unlike you, I find the Imperial Navy being ignorant about the Force/Jedi extra unbelievable considering their senior officers almost certainly served at a time when they were led by Jedi. Young adults in their 30s would remember the Jedi being wiped out on Coruscant--it wasn't done in a corner; this was basically a regime change. And as far as I remember, we don't see any evidence of propaganda like you describe, even if it could have worked.
But it's not just Tarkin or people who were part of the Empire. Ordinary people on Tatooine don't believe. This is a frontier planet where Jedi were recognized on sight just 35 some years before, and some random junk dealer even knows whatshisname is trying to influence his mind with the force. This is on a planet about as far from the Jedi seat of power as you can get.
It makes about as much sense as someone my age being unfamiliar with corded phones. Yeah, I'd be surprised to see one in use, but I wouldn't be like "what is this mythical artifact." Even people who didn't grow up with them will certainly have seen them in media. It's not like they don't have books/movies or whatever in SW.
@@crusherven But then the „problem“ was already in ep4 because of lukes and leias age while they re vader‘s kids or how should he got kids after he had his suit and the end of the clone wars is the Fall of anakin/ rise of vader
George Lucas has always been my hero. Amazing clip, amazing story teller, amazing hero
+Dc Kane Amen!
+Dc Kane AMEN!
Dc Kane Amen!
Jared Ellis Whose idea was Star Wars? Indiana Jones? American Graffiti? Lol get a grip. He may not be an amazing director, but as far as world building, storytelling and creative vision goes he is on par with people like J.R.R. Tolkien.
Awful at dialogue though
The Subject of this Video should be "George Lucas Tells the Truth" and in parenthesis (Why Hollywood hates George Lucas)
Yes it's always difficult to find the right title without making it too long or misleading
What do you think about this Jar Jar Abrams? Is star wars 7 still sucks film disney
A New Hope is the biggest "fuck you!" to Hollywood ever! And for that Lucas is a legend!
not really. he is a nothing but a shadow of what he used to be.
Douglas Quaid yeah USED to be 'A New Hope' is what he USED to be so the original posters point is valid 🙄
He's exactly the same as he always was.
"Fans" are just as dumb as Hollywood execs.
You do know that if it wasn't for Hollywood (aka Alan Ladd of 20th Century Fox studios), there probably wouldn't have been a Star Wars at all. The other two was where the FU came in. Merchandising and the fact he bankrolled Empire and Jedi himself.
George's inspirations for Star Wars: Flash Gordon series, samurai movies, westerns, mythological themes, WW2 documentaries
Disney's inspiration for Star Wars: Star Wars (OT)
Says a lot.
And dune!
@@SantiagoHernandez-qx1pe Dani said "inspiration". He outright plagarised Dune.
@@darthkek1953 also the Foundation series.
@@darthkek1953 did u read "dune"? 🤔
Disney inspiration for Star Wars: Twitter 😈
Hollywood hates him because he‘s not in their cult and has good messages in his movies
I mean they are based on Vietnam. Hardly the american propaganda that hollywood spews out now
Golden Dawn is the name..
He's not a jew
@@cashJOHNNYcash17 wtf mate
@@panama2468 hollywood does not give pro america propaganda they give modern america is racist and sexist or homophobic propaganda
But either way hollywood sucks and have sucks in the past and present and we all agree they are very bad
Hollywood is the most shallow, political, bureaucratic, ridiculous, greedy, tacky, elitist, degenerate, hypocritical, close minded institution on the planet. It stopped being good by the time the 1970's rolled out, not saying the movies themselves are bad, just the institution itself, stick with the more honest independent films if you want true creativity. Lucas is a great filmmaker, wish he directed more than just 6 films.
When I said 6 films I also meant American Graffiti and THX 1138, he directed those too, before Star Wars.
Obi-Wan Cannoli we gotta ser. Rogue one IS TREMENDOUS. i wish he directed The Force Awakens. fuck you JJ
Obi-Wan Cannoli WELL, It has a bit off ep IV remake so UNNESSESARY but some pretty GOOD ideas tough. maybe it IS cleaning the way for a WAY DIFFERENT type of sw path since ep VIII and IX
It's never been that good lol. Even before the 1970s. What are you talking about?
epicman004 and they don't even try to hide it.
Hollywood hates him...
I love him for all he did.
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He shouldn’t have sold Lucas film ltd and Lucas Arts ltd to Disney. Disney made a terrible mistake to believe, they can make anything and fans are still going to buy it.
If Hollywood hates you then you’re doing something right
@@ohdahngboi_2237 yes
Hollywood Executive: *reads contract* “Hey! It says here you’re getting a *100%* of the profits!”
George Lucas: “Yes, because I’m *FINANCING* it.”
You've used capitalization and bold lettering for the most obvious part of the video. Thank you for your service but you are absolutely redundant!
@@apenneukende did your dad leave you or something?
@@apenneukende Prick.
@@holitinne Missed opportunity of capitalizing "dad"
I for one was raised with the prequels and I know that creates a different perspective because I didn’t see the contrast of the two trilogies until later. But because of this I have a great respect for this man “creative vision” he was an amazingly imaginative creator that envisioned a world adored by millions. Perhaps the most known movie franchises of all time. And for that I have undying respect
we a need another George Lucas and Steven Spielberg because creativity is Dead in Hollywood the force awakens proves my point even further.
Agree 100%
I as well agree
+Darksnovia The late 70s early 80s were a special time in Hollywood were young filmmakers were making great movies. There are still original movies being made but not for mass consumption. Lucas like many of the great filmmakers of that time had a short time of success and was never able to duplicate it.
+Darksnovia
Tragic but true, creativity is dead in hollywood, it has been reduced to a pitifull formula:
www.storymastery.com/story/screenplay-structure-five-key-turning-points-successful-scripts/
Thanks to this, all we get is the fast food version of films, a shame.
+Darksnovia yeah, the prequels were not flawless by any means necessary... i prefer return of the jedi over revenge of the sith, myself....but atleast the prequels were bold and audacious and came from a creative spark.
George Lucas wanted to tell a story of tragedy and redemption. He didn't have a specific audience in mind so anyone could enjoy his films. Today, film makers have target audiences that often alienate other people and usually tend to fail. For an example, Hollywood makes a film with all women cast with strong feminist tones and it flops hard. Then they pin the blame on a whole demographic people that the film wasn't even for. George is right, Hollywood is stupid.
Like Ghostbusters 2016 and Terminator Dark Fate
star wars is for 12 year olds he said it himself
@@terencev when?
BessySwordSaberDark SpankenheimerGloryGreatest idk in some interview
@@terencev he said it was intended for 12 years olds but he understood that the fanbase for his films wasn't just that
Star Wars was amazing because it was created out genuine love and passion for the art of amazing sci/fi-fantasy storytelling. Despite the filmmaking resources, this franchise was one of the few that stood out from the likes of Hollywood, but once it was bought into the hands of Hollywood, that’s when things went down the dumpster. Really sad to think about.
Most Hollywood executives only think of movies as investment vehicles. They don't care about artistic merit or entertainment value beyond how it impacts the bottom line.
It's a just shame that Lucas lost that kind of attitude afterwards.
Dam Hollywood they were against Lucas from the very beginning !
Brian O'Kongkohwer I agree at least Lucas took risks he put in effort while Jar Jar Abrams has lack of creativity and effort as shown in episode 7.
Of course they were.
+Brian You say that... but Lawrence Kasden (screenwriter for most Star Wars films) wanted all kinds of crappy things to happen.... Luke killing Vader, then wearing the suit to trick the Emperor and then killing him, amongst some other stuff which has slipped my mind right now... but rest assured, George Lucas is 90% of why Star Wars is so great, the actors, screenwriter, "directors" (those who George basically directed the directing of), and John Williams' incredible scores at the rest of the equation. But without George Lucas it would be nothing, people seem intent on trying to take credit away from him nowadays.
Bobby Amunra the rebellion has beginning
The film industry owes Lucas a immeasurably debt for what he did with teaching them merchandising something rarely done with films before Star Wars with rare exception like Disney Films, Planet of the Apes, and James Bond. Also his contributions to special effects, picture quality, and sound to film changed the medium. With that all said as a director or film maker IMO Lucas benefited when he still had people who would tell him no or your wrong.
George Lucas is awesome.
+Geekman11 He always was he always will be
+ΝΙΚΟΣ ΝΙΚΟΣ before he lost his talent
+Dream Well he said in a interview once that people tend to overuse new technology in the film industry when it's available. I think he knows he made a mistake when the Prequels were 90% CGI, but it doesn't make them bad movies.
Geekman11
You're right, the CGI doesn't make them bad movies. It is everything else.
I can remember as a 15 year old kid seeing a small blurb in Time or Newsweek around February of 1977 about a weird space sci-fi movie that would be out in a few months. Being a hardcore sci-fi fan, tinstant I saw that I turned to my best friend and said "We've got to mark our calendars for the end of May and go see this new movie the day it comes out". We didn't actually make it on the Friday premiere but the next day we went for the matinee at 11:00 AM and didn't leave the theater until 1:00 AM that night. We watched the movie 5 times that day. It was a glorious teenage memory.
As a star wars fan since the beginning, I refuse to accept the 3rd trilogy as cannon. Disney 100% ruined it.
Yup, Revenge of the Sith is the last and best Star Wars film.
@@loosetube5417 you could say.... Its where the fun begins.
@@ronjeremy9302 nutrek is embarrassing
What 3rd trilogy? Disney? There is no 3rd trilogy.
Disney did ruin it but the people who really did ruin it were the “fans” that couldn’t stop hating on George for the prequel‘s
As a human being George seems like a genuinely swell person. His writing may be flawed and I've only heard he can be kind of an ass, but he doesn't put up with the system and that deserves some real respect.
i actually met him once when i was 16 and he didn’t say a word to me. he only grunted. bit of an asshole, yes, but still a storytelling king
@@cameronbleecker9072 why would he say anything to you? Who the fuck are you, and who the fuck were you when you were 16? Bit of an asshole.
@@ijustmakegamesnow906 You are an ass uneducated bastard.... And I love It
@@cameronbleecker9072 I guess when you have been dealing with people who always want a photo or a "fan moment" from you since the '70s, you might be grumpy after a while too. Not that I'm defending his attitude, but it does sound tiring after a while.
Well I heard that he was so nice to his staff during the be Production of the prequels that they didn't have the heart to till him to tone certain aspects down or change iffy dialogue.
I love hearing George speak the truth. The most intelligent and creative storyteller of our times.
Hahaha
ClandestineOstrich probably consider watching a video about the birth of Star Wars
You obviously don't read books.
He said : You don't want to be oppressed by stupid people.
That really is the reality now.
It's 9 months later and you have absolutely no idea
@@Bosscheesemo We've been oppressed by stupid people since the beginning of human history, since the first fish crawled out of the ocean. If we looked up to and respected the people telling us what to think, it wouldn't be oppression would it. We'd call those people smart instead of stupid and go along with whatever bullshit they pull out of their arse, like good little boys.
Whatever, think for yourself.
That's always been reality lmao.
Why do people say "NoWDAyS" when it was alwa like that
@@CantRead1 You're right. I think the OP was aiming at the rise of extreme left and right, and culture/social wars that have been greatly amplified in the recent decade.
Idc what anyone says, Revenge of the Sith is my favorite Star Wars.
It's a Great film. Super Dark and really good.
Anything with children getting killed is always good viewing. 🤔
@@richardkocksworthy8423 Certainly has impact, but moral shock wanes faster than you think as you mature. Trust!!!
@@richardkocksworthy8423 This is Naked Ambition and the nature of Fear/Evil explored in that film, which is what makes it Great to me. The concepts are very REAL WORLD for anyone in the business!
Revenge of the sith
Empire strikes back
The most dark films of SW
People can say what they want, but he has done something that BILLIONS couldn't never, never, never, ever, ever, ever achieve.
Billions don't get a chance either in this bad world we've created
joeyxl3456 its the nature of life mate. You shouldnt blame humanity, because there is no happy end for it. In near future we will destroy ourselves, thats obvious af.
It's easy when your parents put you in a school where other pre-determined "genius directors" are born! just look into his school chums.
They say the same thing about Ed Gein.
He also had editors. If it weren't for them, Han Solo would have been some frog-thing and the movie may have really bombed like he was expecting all along. As for Empire, with as good as it is, it was the one where Lucas was involved the least. The more you know.
his prequel trilogy is still better than the Disney crap we got recently
The prequels are even better than the OT.
@@dabitz6167 unpopular opinion, which I kinda share
@@dabitz6167 btw this comment is 2 years old 😆
Yes.
The sequels has to be fan films
George: "I'm dumb"
Me: "then what does it make me?"
“Who’s more foolish? The fool or the one who follows him?”
Disney hates George Lucas because WE love him
I love the prequels and hate everything about Disneys trilogy. so much so that i dont recognize it as canon.
aS cAnOn
Headass
@@danielkelly2777 Lol 🧂🧂🧂🧂
Who does? That’s my question 🤣😂
A lot of people said the exact same thing about the prequels when they came out
What a boss. More people should see this and know the crap he went through to get most of his early movies made. I just went through his biography. My god that man has my respect regardless of the special editions and the prequels.
At least if you hated the prequels you knew George actually cares to tell a story. With Disney and the sequels you know that they are bad and that Disney doesn’t care unless it affects how much money they milk off the franchise.
I love the prequels.
@@Tatooinedragracer Me too👍
Disney wasn't always like that though. When they first got big, they put a lot of time, effort, and money into their movies and they became classics as a result. They were determined, ambitious, and weren't afraid to try new things. Nowadays it's the complete opposite.
Hollywood knows that people will pay for eye candy and appeal to that segment the most.
"They hated them because he had the high ground"
Every interview I see with this man makes me respect him more. I don’t care that the prequels could get really, really bad-the man has a brilliant mind and a genuine integrity. Hell, he only sold Star Wars so he could watch his daughter grow up and spent a ton of that money saving the history of film itself. If he weren’t retired I’d tell him to use his fame and influence to fuck over Hollywood as much as possible.
I never hated the prequels. I think it’s amazing how creative george is in making a whole new world. I wish he still own star wars😢😭
Who needs Hollywood when you have George Lucas?
Ikr.
People got it too late...
I remember back before 2015 when I thought the prequels were the worst thing to come out of the Star Wars saga. Nowadays after experiencing the utter garbage they spat out with the sequel trilogy, it has made me appreciate the prequels so much more
Prequels were always good people just didn't realise it. Glad the sequels opened their eyes
@@karma0253 exactly!!!!
By any technical and acting aspect the new trilogy is a masterpiece compared to prequels.
@@deanjustdean7818 Whatever you say!
@@gamer-px5cu In terms of special effects and sets, yeah it is miles ahead. But in terms of the story, the characters, and just the way they took the story it was far worse. Don’t get me wrong, the original trilogy and prequels aren’t perfect, but the sequel trilogy is just abysmal.
And then Hollywood tightened their grip so hard on every single film that came after it. Now there won't be another George Lucas. The closest person to reach Georges success is Peter Jackson, but Peter didn't created Middle Earth like George had with Star Wars. George Lucas will always be an inspiration to all filmmakers forever. Even though his films are actually pretty disappointing, he's still a legend.
Christopher Nolan has made some great films, has a good amount of independence from the studio, as they let him do his thing and they release it, as well as being influenced by Lucas. He's said Star Wars is one of his favorite films and it helped influence Inception and Interstellar.
Blazer Hell I disagree but to each his own.
Interesting that you make the Star Wars - LOTR comparison. You're right that Peter Jackson's the only one to have come close to what Lucas has achieved, but like you said - it was an adaptation.
I'd argue Lucas is more like Tolkien. I can't think of another filmic world-builder, especially for sci-fi/fantasy, as innovative as Lucas. The originals, the prequels, AND The Clone Wars (and I suppose the EU) established an incredibly diverse galaxy no dissimilar from Middle-Earth. At least by the time of TCW, Lucas remembered that his strength was in the creative force, the consultant/exec-producer, leaving others to write and direct the tv series.
HalfEatenMedia are you smoking dust? His movies are great
Exactly! He may not be the absolute best movie director. I cant think of anyone that comes close in the movie business that has a mind to build a whole world like Tolkien did with fantasy/middle earth. The scope of the world he built is enormous and so many stories and movies can live in that world.
Im not having alot of faith in Disney. I think the Star Wars Movies are kind of losing their spirit with Lucas out of it. I hate how the new characters in these films lack so much. You dont know shit about this Rey main character and she is just able to accomplish everything with minimal effort. Im not seeing a very intresting character arc for her. I dont know if people will really care about her character like Luke Skywalker in 20 years.
A living legend. May the Force be with George always
I always said that the Prequels will be redeemed and the new Disney episodes will be forgotten.
It's happening right now. A few years ago people online used to post all kinds of anti-Prequel stuff like blogs and videos, but now hardly anyone does that. Many Prequel haters are now retracting their statements and Prequel-era material is becoming real popular now.
In the far future, the Star Wars Prequels will be remembered as an unjustly hated trilogy of amazing movies, while the Sequels will be remembered as shallow leftist cash grabs that tarnished the series.
Hoggar Krababbel,ReonMagnum-the Star Wars Prequels look like live action video games. they have cool moments but ultimately suck. who but Disney would you rather see own Lucas film? PepsiCo? Coca Cola? GM, Sony?
I bet the exact same thing said people about the prequels. The generation that grows up with the ST will make it live on just like every other generation for every other trilogy. I'm a Star Wars fan and I love every Star Wars movie.
@@i-deni-i5138 the reason the prequels succeeded in the long run is because they continue the story. The hate came from the objectively bad writing of dialogue and because it dove into in-universe politics and was executed in a boring way for many people. In other words, the prequels didnt RUIN the story, they were just flawed and the flaws were magnified because it was the only new star wars in almost 20 years.
The sequels destroy characters. That's unrecoverable. I know that people said that about Yoda, but they're wrong. He was changed by the war and that makes sense because it was probably the biggest thing in his 900+ year life. Luke however, was DRASTICALLY changed. He went from seeing good in Vader and using holding on to it even when his life and the rebellion were on the line, to seeing darkness inside of his nephew and attempting to murder him.
@@boggless2771 that is not a drastical change dude. Luke is 30 fucking years older than we last saw him. Also don’t you think he’s affected by the war too and therefore has a reason to be scared that it might not happen again??? Learn to understand human beings.
Oh and another thing. It baffles me how much people like you can ignore the fact that Luke literally instinctively wanted to save everyone he loves by ending his Nephews life. INSTINCTIVELY is the key word there that is literally said by him in the movie. That means unconsciously. Do.....you.......understand???
The prequels are among the best movies ever made in the sci-fi and fantasy genres. They propelled the art of filmmaking as the originals did but most importantly they tell the story of how democracy can slide into dictatorship while everyone happily claps and cheers. There is no more important message for any democratic country.
Canaan Perry finally somebody who freaking gets it!
EXACTLY
That's the truth! The prequels tells about corruption of a government and how one government or cult or council can be effected badly if doing deals with the wrong people. About oneself being corrupted, witnessing hypocrisy, realization, love, and many more subjects is what the prequels were pretty much meant. The originals as much as they're good, they're just an adventure...
+Yves Heinrich Yes, yes, yes!! The prequels has so many subjects and many complex themes. Who would have thought when Padme said "So this is how Democracy ends..." Are we living in some form of Clone Wars now? That is what's happening in America now...so mind boggling. Those movies makes me reflect about real life.
Canaan Perry I Insanely Love the Prequels
This guy is a genius. All 6 Star Wars he made was fantastic. Yes ALL. Force Awaken was a soulless corporate high budget fan fiction, a re-shoot of New Hope. However, I have to give it to Disney, Rogue One was not bad. It could have been a classic though. There is a lot of missed opportunities with Rouge One.
What you say, I wouldn't agree more!
All I heard him say in this interview is “know your worth!”
Lucas was an independent filmmaker who refused to play by Hollywood's rules, fought their corrupt system, and won. That's why they don't like him.
The prequels were far from perfect, but still respectable. I feel bad for ever knocking Lucas in light of what Hollywood and now Disney has put us through with the rest of the Star Wars franchise
My hate for Disney is immeasurable.Episode 6 was the last movie.
You know Disney created mandalorian is that bad no
They never needed to continue the story past 6. Everything wrapped up so nicely. All the arcs were completed.
@@chup-5947 sorry dude, Mando might be a good show. But it doesn't make up for ruining the character development and story arcs of the original series.
And certtainly cannot make up for ending your lightheared space fantasy by making the villain win and the heroes all dead and or forgotten.
@@dd11111 the worst part is that Palpatine won TWICE. He got his empire, then wins AGAIN.
@@LiamNajor STOOOOOPPPPP!
fucking Disney man. they ruin all they touch and yet are now too big to ever fail.
So they don't like him because he wanted to do the movie his way
They never liked Lucas because he didn't want his movies to be financed and controlled by Hollywood.
Lucas funded the prequel trilogy with his own studio budget and while they certainly aren't masterpieces they got a bunch of hate from "reviewers" who were Hollywood shills because Lucas didn't follow Hollywood's agenda and trends that make movies successful.
Yet, those same reviewers love the sequel trilogy for it's woke politics.
Aka lucas knew about the epstein weitein hollywood types and didnt let the largest franchise the cinema history be a vehicle for it until now
@Sono Sung Well, he said they weren't masterpieces, he didn't say they were bad or anything
Edit: Oh wait bro, I read your reply wrong, my bad
@Sono Sung Amen to that
They don't like him because he got the final laugh by getting all the money lol
" Then I said, Screw it! And sold it all to Disney, the most Hollywood of all of the Hollywood corporations."
Tbf, that was the "fans" fault, at least a little bit.
He did the right move, the fans were pressuring him too much to work on star wars he said fuck it Im giving it to Disney you can bitch to them now, and it worked because eventhough whatever Disney does that will never be close to the original 6, clearly fans are dumb enough to pay for it so clearly Disney is happy to pour out crap and bleed out the series
The part Star Wars fans never want to talk about.
@@boggless2771 Truthfully, he should have been smart enough to just let it be. He should have known that he could never recapture that original magic. Fans should have realised that as well, and tempered their expectations. But that didnt happen. It was never going to be what everyone hoped it would. And now, Disney is just hammering it into the ground.....
@Charles Bowers But at what cost?
George Lucas is a true film maker. Disney was good back when Walt Disney was alive. now it's just a leeching machine wf no soul using the same existing formula.
The people seem to like it.
Disney now is everything Walt Disney himself hated.
@@HolyknightVader999 Are they Jewish now?
@@221b-l3t take a wild guess
@@221b-l3t i know it's a joke but, most probably yeah.. right? I mean
He has spent his hole life fighting corporations it’s so heroic. he is a prodigy of movie making.
The man gets a lot of shit, but dammit I love George Lucas and I’m so thankful not only for the worlds he’s created but how he’s completely changed the entertainment industry time and time again by being himself.
He is a true Rebel through and through.
And then Robert came close and whispered: "Hail Hydra"
What a man! Everyone is flawed and makes mistakes, but this guy changed the world.
George Lucas is an incredible film maker; now I respect him even more for his candid & raw honesty about Hollyweird. Star Wars is an AMAZING..I love it to this day from seeing it when I was a little girl with my Dad!✌🏻👍🏻☺️❤️
It is truly devastating to put 2-5 years of your heart and soul into something as a Writer/Director, to lead a carefully curated team of artists, craftsmen and expert professionals through hell and back, to deliver a fantastic movie for the audience, only for the Executives to finally show their face at the eleventh hour and ruin everybody's hard work, out of ego and ego alone.
It baffles me how he had such an amazing imagination especially in the late 70s. So much awesome story telling. How do you think a world up like star wars? That's creativity at its finest. It's amazing actually.
I love the Prequels.
I love the saga.
So do I
I respect a lot of their aspects. Visuals, audio, world-building (sometimes), and even some actors are just great.
*sand*
You're also 12
Hollyweed makes Army recruitment posters through movies. Georgie produces anti-war stuff. Easy to understand why
The OT is not anti-war. Its pro-war. Its literally a revolution that overthrows the empire. The prequels are anti-war 100% and couldn't possibly be clearer.
"you're out lucas"
"out am i?" **throws pumpkin bomb**
Wrong reference
@@vokasimid5330 your mom is a wrong reference
Jar jar the is the key to all of this... if we can get him working...he's a funny character than we've ever had
JJ Abrahms Star Wars sequels makes George Lucas's prequels look like a work of art!
Why Hollywood hates him and why we love him!
George Lucas is a bloody genius, and I do not use that term lightly. But I believe he is a genuinely brilliant man. Not only his creativity and imagination, but he is just a smart, smart man. High society does not like smart people.
Lucas is a genius !!! All people who say the prequels suck are not smart enough to understand the crisis and everything in the movies
Connections etc
You're right. Most people who hate the prequels are idiots, including Mike Stoklassa. Here's proof if you need any.
thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/FILES%2F2014%2F09%2FRed-Letter-Media-Episode-I-Review-A-Study-in-Fanboy-Stupidity.pdf.axdx
This video should be called "Why George Lucas is a godamn genius"
The humble farmer who feeds the entire kingdom knows what season to plant
the seeds, when they are ready for harvest, how to raise livestock, how to work
out the prices for his harvest and how to repair a shack.
All the king knows is what type of wine he should have in each given part of the day.
I liked the prequels. Always have, always will. Revenge Of The Sith is awesome. I'm a Star Wars FAN. Non toxic.
This is what I've always admired about Lucas, and what I strive to accomplish: getting the story I want to tell out there for all to enjoy, thr way I INTENDED it, Hollywood be damned.