What Happened to George Lucas?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มี.ค. 2023
- George Lucas is arguably the most influential filmmaker of our era. While some would point at Martin Scorsese or Steven Spielberg and have a point, Star Wars changed the movie business in a way no other film did before or since. Spielberg and Scorsese have more impressive filmographies, but Star Wars is still the blockbuster all others are measured against.
In this episode of What Happened to this Celebrity, which is written (with Brad Hamerly), narrated, edited and produced by Taylor James Johnson, we dig into Lucas’ rich but sometimes divisive legacy. We tackle his early days, with him having a notable flop in THX-1138 that perhaps pivoted him away from the esoteric, and his eventual arrival onto the Hollywood A-list with his classic American Graffiti. From there, we explain how Star Wars got made, why he opted not to direct the sequels, and how, in the nineties, he decided to not only direct his long-hyped prequel trilogy but also change the original trilogy to mesh with his new perspective. We also dig into how his company, ILM, changed what people thought was possible in terms of movie magic and perhaps had an even bigger impact on the modern blockbuster than even his signature trilogy.
Since the end of the prequel trilogy, Lucas also mentioned returning to the lower-budget, experimental roots of THX-1138, but nothing has surfaced from Lucas in many years, with him selling Lucasfilm to Disney. The last movies he seemed to really be involved in here his passion project Red Tails, and the much-maligned Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, with him stepping aside for the upcoming Dial of Destiny. What happened? We’ll dig into it in this new episode!
What’s your favorite George Lucas movie? Let us know in the comments!
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George Lucas is my favorite filmmaker for one reason. He wanted to make the movies HE wanted to make. Not what others wanted. He was able to see his vision come to life with little compromise. Wether or not it was the right decision he made it was his and that’s really admirable.
I’d much rather not admire him for that and gotten a fantastic prequel trilogy. “He wanted to make the films HE wanted to make” why should I admire a man who wanted to make shitty movies. That’s only admirable if they were great. It’s like a waiter bringing me a plate of dog shit. Should I admire him for serving me what he wanted to serve me?
@Evan Belisle In that same vein, for, all of his glory, Jerry Bruckheimer, also, launched, the career of Michael Bay, and, audiences needed nearly three decades to realize that he, was, basically, Paul W.S. Anderson, with, better luck, professionally, and, maritally, tragic.
Yeah, but then he sold his baby and the baby didn't grow up like he wanted. Baby was a boy and grew up not knowing his gender or roots or his soul.
There was no "vision" for Star Wars. The story and characters were constantly changing. Practically nothing in the original script survived until the final film. Lucas' only "vision" was that he wanted to make a Flash Gordon type movie, that's it.
@@white-dragon4424 blatantly untrue, but carry on.
In the Wolf Man Jack book, he wrote that he was paid a couple of thousand dollars for his part. When American Graffiti was a hit and George Lucas felt he made the movie. George Lucas gave Wolf Man Jack a percentage of the profits. Classy move and kept Wolf Man Jack from going broke.
Good ol' George is enjoying his retirement. Leave him be, he's earned it.
No, he is public domain, as soon as someone becomes a "celebrity" they become public property so to speak, they are the publics property to do with how we please, we can make or break them at a whim.
They are merely playthings.
@@nnaheim. wtf ru on about, fix ur life.
@@nnaheim. Tf?
@@nnaheim. Uhhhhhhhhhh....Ratio?
@@nnaheim. He's a human being not a property
Star Wars died with it's sale. Rest in peace. Enjoy your old memories.
I haven’t liked all of the decisions he has made. But the man created a modern day mythology that changed the world. He also fundamentally changed the film industry as well. Love him or hate him he’s done a lot for the art of cinema. I’m also grateful for so many of the characters, world, and philosophies he has presented an explored through his stories.
Whether people like it or not, he is a visionary.
The same people most likely take the technology used to produce movies nowadays for granted.
Not realizing modern movies (mostly blockbusters) wouldn't exist as they do, for better or worse, because of Lucas.
A lot of them probably are MCU fans and even though Phase 4 dropped the ball and Phase 5 didn't start that well, none of it would probably exist without him.
It's because of him and ILM that Iron Man looked that good. Because they had their trial and errors prior to it with the Prequels and other movies.
Anyways, I'll end it here before I go into too much ranting.
Cheers from France! 🍻
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Without a doubt. And the legacy of Lucasfilm continues in that spirit. But that isn’t the issue. Who really denies what you said? I think the tragedy of George Lucas is that while he was doing a lot for the art of cinema, he was systematically and pointlessly revising, reworking, replacing and displacing _Star Wars,_ his one unequivocal success. And he ruined it. He _actually_ ruined it. George Lucas took _Star Wars_ back from all of us and has been slowly transforming it into something else ever since. Why? Because he can? “Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to.” And that’s what Lucas did: he has erased the past. Because, I guess, he had to.
I agree with what you said but at the same time you could say the way he changed the film industry lead to all the remakes sequels and franchises that push out other indie filmmakers from doing original stuff. And no george is definitely not SOLEY responsible for that but its kind of an indirect consequence
George Lucas didn't make The Star Wars Christmas Special. He handed it off. Steve Binder and David Acomba directed it and Rod Warren, Bruce Vilanch, Pat Proft, Leonard Ripps, and Mitzie Welch wrote it.
We'll never get a THX-1138: Holiday Special.
@@captlazer5509 ... or will we?
@@RoverIAC good point, does Disney own everything GL ever made? Student films too?
@@captlazer5509 hopefully not
@@captlazer5509 , not sure i know Warner Bros owns THX 1138, and Universal American Graffiti. Universal also owns Howard the Duck the film but not the rights to the character which reside with Disney. I think Disney got the rights back from Paramount for Indiana Jones for the 5th movie. I wonder if they keep the rights to the first 4. Fox owned Star Wars 77, but Disney bought Fox. The Student films are property of the University of Southern California. George outright owned Empire and Jedi but he sold them to Disney.
He retired. He was attacked for his last two films, Red tails and Strange Magic. And relentlessly savaged and attacked for the prequel and special edition of Star Wars, he sold to Disney.
i didnt get the hate for Strange Magic. it is beatifull movie with great music. it is warm and funny, great family movie i can recommend to everybody
@@BorisHorvath , Disney didn't support it at all there isn't even a Blu-Ray.
@@matthewgaudet4064 yep, i know, but i dont understand it. for me, it is great movie i can recommend to everybody. i can watch it anytime
He's done more positive for Hollywood, culture and the world of art then anybody else in the past 40+ years.
Mr. Rogers would like to disagree.
@@Lobsterwithinternet
Who is that?
Mr who ?
George Lucas is known around the planet.
@@mysticmarble94 Mr. Rogers ran one of the longest-running children’s television shows on earth that started back in 1968 and lasted until 2001.
For generations of children, he was their childhood and a national icon who help explain tough issues to young children from racism and the Cold War to the assassination of JFK and 9/11.
The man literally is the reason the US still has public television.
I'd suggest you look him up.
@@Lobsterwithinternet yea... but he ate that one little kid. kinda fucks his legacy up lmao
Helping out Kurosawa and Coppola is a great move from George.
Since George copied kurosawa
@@pa.encema2821 No he didn't copy, he took inspiration from him.
@@GreenFalcon926 that's what its called 🙄
Did you seriously just say that George created the holiday special, I hope that was a joke
Yeah, this crap pisses me off. TH-camrs with tons of views making videos that contain easily fact checked errors.
I mean he made up the stuff about George wanting to tell stories after his accident. George wanted to be a photographer and still to this day doesn't care much for story or plot. He decided on cinema at USC. But this guy needs his romantic retelling to be engaging.
I think he said he was interested in moving on after selling Lucasfilm to Disney, since he has that museum he wants to make. The last time he was seen was that Light & Magic series
I miss his him doing Star Wars.
Hrs writing a new trilogy uts happening dont worry he'll fix post ep 6
"American Graffiti" is still his best movie. A classic teen movie that was very popular in the 70s but now not many remember it, its a very underrated movie with a ton of young famous actors and great performances. Also great script by Lucas
I love how subversive his first two films are. But if we had gotten his version of Apocalypse Now in 74 Star Wars never would have happened and i truly believe it would have been his last movie.
Showing my age, but I remember it. Hehe.
Like you say, fantastic movie in every way. And still one of the best soundtracks to any movie ever! 😃👍
The script wasn't all his. It was co-written by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, as was ANH.
@@white-dragon4424 , all the characters were based on him or people he knew except for Steve and Laurie. Those came from his co-writers.
@@matthewgaudet4064 In what way does any of that have anything to do with him having major help in writing the script for ANH?
I kinda feel bad for him. He sold star wars on good faith they'd consider his ideas...but they didn't...and he regrets selling iirc.
Maybe, but he can brood all the way to the bank! Likely the in the richest 500 people in the world
If you sell off your life's work for 5 billion dollars, you don't rely on "good faith". He knew what he was doing, and shouldn't whine afterwards. If he'd really wanted to have influence on the new stuff he should've added a little clause to the contract. Even though Disney's output has been a bit hit and miss, it's been mostly hit.
His ideas were sort of interesting, would really have to have had them fully worked out in a screenplay. What i wasn't sold on was Maul as the new big bad. Would like to have seen Han as a leader in the new republic government with Leia as Chancellor and Luke teaching the next generation of Jedi. Han and Leia's children as the new main leads. Disney Star Wars is awful.
I don’t really think he sold it to them and they had a handshake agreement that he would do what he wanted them to do. I mean yeah he can make suggestions but he flat out said he never wanted to make any more Star Wars movies. We’re Disney drop. The ball was thinking it was a good idea to shuffle movie directors, and tell them just to make up a script as they went. I think the force awakens was awesome, but because nobody really knew where these characters came from or where they were going when they made the second movie Rian Johnson didn’t have any direction on where to take anyone, so he just killed off the main good guy in the main bad guy and I don’t care if George Lucas and Steven Spielberg teamed up to do the rise of Skywalker they were screwed from the beginning because they were starting over from scratch.
As far is why George Lucas sold Star Wars you don’t have to look any further than the most toxic Fanbase in the world. I love Star Wars, but I don’t love every movie so the only time I watch attack of the clones is when we are doing a Star Wars marathon other than that I never watch that movie. It’s so bad it’s cringe at places. But I’ve never accused George Lucas of inappropriately doing something to my childhood or harassed actors online. Nope I just don’t watch the movie. Problem solved. When you look at everything, George Lucas went through, both actors that played Anakin in the prequels went through, the actor that played jar jar and everything he went through. I don’t blame him. The man created one of the most beloved franchises in the world, and for the next 20 years, the fans would not leave him alone about how bad they thought the prequels were so then he sells it and then everyone sitting around with their mouth open going “ well why did George sandwich this is it right?”
It’s kind of like how the Zack Snyder fans never supported Zack Snyder when he was working for Warner Bros. but then the minute they showed him the door because the fans didn’t like his movies they decided he was the god of directors and only he could make the right DC movies they wanted. Bottom line the fans in the world of geek culture. Have a favorite past time of complaining and getting online and harassing people, and some people would rather just walk away then deal with the basement dwellers.
@@bdr113080 I remember all the hate Lucas got for the prequels years ago when on social media.
He made 3 great Prequels, fans who were in their late 30s to 40s when they released took to the internet when it launched to complain and write childish songs like, George Lucas R*ped our childhood, the outrageous behavior from these entitled fans caused Lucas to eventually sell the franchise to a soulless monopoly resulting in films worse then the Prequel films those fans hated.
So true. Those people who bashed Lucas are lowlife scumbags. Bet they all feel like crap now.
To be fair he also refused to release the original films in any hd format which is pretty shitty to the fans of the originals.
@@toothbrushfromnisemonogatari From what I heard the reason Lucas can't release the "original originals" because his ex is mentioned in the credits and that he needs permission from her to release them again
@@toothbrushfromnisemonogatari a minor offense compared to rise of the skywalker
Don't be bloody stupid 🤦🏽♂️
Made some great films, then got so tired of the hate from fans that he got out of the game.
And well deserved hate, all of us fans just wanted one thing, release the original star wars on dvd, but he said FU, now look under disney its fully destroyed. In the end that was not too much to ask to have the original on dvd.
@@markcab2055 It is on DVD. It was a single release bonus disc.
I will forever be greatful to Geore Lucas for giving us Star Wars. I was 5 and I'm now 49, I still remember sitting in the Cinema, with the first two notes played at the beginning I was hooked. I also liked his remastered versions, and I have no issue with JarJar Binks. A lot of people forgett it was made for Kids, not only us. My daughter 9 years old liked JarJar. The casting was poor, however we got what we wanted, the Rise of Darth Vader. I can also understand that he sold everything, it was his baby and he can do with it what he wanted. That Disney is messing it up and went down the Woke Lane could no one expect. Infact the first Movie (Rouge One), is my favorite from all the Disney Star Wars. I like it because everyone is dead at the end, which is fully in line with the very first movie (many people gave theire lives to get these plans to us).
Me too!!! I'm very grateful to Mr. Lucas!!! He gave me the greatest cinematic experience EVER. I went crazy when I saw Star Wars at the movie theater!!! I couldn't believe that someone would make such a BEAUTIFUL and AMZING FILM--thanks to George Lucas!!
Best narrator of the bunch. You need a playlist with only your stuff
Agreed
George Lucas...The Ultimate Filmmaker!
Can you say that even though his resume isn’t saturated like Steven etc….?
@@e.enriquez4589huh??? I wouldn’t even put Spielberg and Lucas in the same league. Spielberg is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. George Lucas made like 2 ok movies over 40 years ago
Not in the slightest. If anything, he's one of the worst, to the point that Gil Taylor, the head cameraman on ANH, had to get Lucas away from the camera on at least one occasion because he could see that Lucas didn't know what he was doing. Lucas' idea of lighting would've also made the film look flat rather than atmospheric as well.
@@JohnnyNiteTrain I think that's what he was saying. The OP says that Lucas is the greatest filmmaker, but Spielberg is clearly a far, far superior filmmaker than Lucas will ever be. A lot of what we see on screen in Spielberg movies is down to his personal dynamism, whereas everything I've seen, heard and read about Lucas' films has been him leaving most of the creative side to other people. As a director he himself has said that he sits quiet and miserable, and needs others to even remind him to say "Action!" and "Cut!". Gil Taylor, the head cameraman on ANH, described Lucas as "elusive", and he was mostly forced to make his own decisions. He found Lucas to be such a bad director that he refused to ever work with him again.
@@white-dragon4424 ahhh I see. I misunderstood. My bad Enriquez
This was great! Id like to see What Happened to David Lynch next!
Excellent video! Explained everything! I loved how you handled when Lucas sold to Disney.
From someone born in 1974 and was literally weened on George Lucas, I absolutely loved this video! Really resonated with me.
Really well made with some excellent clips.
Fantastic!!!
What made the prequels good wasn't George Lucas's genius, but the addition of time and Disney's butchering of the lore with Bad Reboot's mystery boxes left to Ruin Johnson to finish burning it all down.
Yep, by comparison, the prequels are Citizen Cain.
I'm sorry but Leigh Brackett wrote the original screenplay for Episode 5. The empire strikes back. . But passed away from Cancer before production so ... Lawrence Kasden took over.
Just saying....great video and channel.
Cheers.
Not a single word of what Leigh Brackett wrote made it into the final film. Lucas credited her because he liked working with her and he thought she deserved credit after her death
I watched the prequels as an adult and loved them. Not perfect by any means, but still classic Star Wars no matter what!
Many would disagree. In fact more than many would.
@@robmoye7373 Less than 50% though at this point, I think
Oh yes. The naysayers don't have 10 good arguments against them
@@robmoye7373only literal NPCs would
The prequels are fantastic. The world building and action scenes are some of the greatest things I have still ever seen in anything. I don't understand the hate for them. I'm sorry there are some politics in a movie franchise about wars. Was not a deal breaker at all for me.
I really can't take people seriously who actually hate George Lucas or even think he's untalented. It doesn't matter if you like his work or not - but if you have even one bit of creative sense you simply know what a great creator Lucas is. And I think he's also a very cool dude.
Greetings from Germany :)
Lucas made a decision after that car crash to make his life meaningful and productive. He achieved that intention. Like all of us Lucas has his flaws, limitations and blind spots. He will though be able to look back on his life and ultimately say he did his very best.
I don't hate the guy, but crapping on his creations with a bunch of CGI sillyness, and then refusing to release the orignal theatrical versions is just asinine.
@@robmoye7373 I don't know if he still refuses it. Disney has the rights for over 10 years now.
But is this reason enough to condemn his whole career and treat him like he's the worst guy ever? He's not the first artist in the history of men who doesn't want certain art pieces to be shown anymore. Many painters destroyed some of their own paintings so the public couldn't see them anymore.
With the original SW movies, there's at least the possibility to find them online or on vhs.
But yeah, Disney should just release the movies in some kind of special edition. They would sell like hot cakes.
Greetings from Germany :)
@@moserfugger6363 As I said I dont hate the guy, and I recognize and respect his contributions to cinema. As for the original SW trilogy, at least there is project 4k.
@@robmoye7373 No it isn't
Too bad everyone doesn't know about the 3rd Muskateer....John Millius. A TRUE VISIONARY!!!
Yeah, just look at what happened, when, Conan, stupidly, got handed off to Richard Fleischer, the results spoke, for, themselves.
George only gave the go ahead to the Christmas special. He did not make it.
Yes, but it is strange that Lucas let someone else handle the most high profile early SW spin off. Lucasfilm was probably in flux at that time and Lucas preoccupied with many things. But it still required him, or someone he trusted, to have some oversight.
The video was great, my guy. Totally saving this one on my favorites.
My 2nd cousins were in more American graffiti, but they think they're in the deleted scenes of American graffiti.
How innocent I was when I thought the prequels needed work back in the day. I'd trade every last thing Disney SW ever made or will make for just one more Lucas-helmed SW film.
But definitely needs an editor to make it good if it happens
@@raptorskilltor4554 Lucas started as an editor and is a very good editor.
@@RoverIAC But a terrible script writer.
@@Lobsterwithinternet what you talking about Lobster?... every single line from the prequels makes a great quote. "We don't take republic credits."
@@RoverIAC Yeah, so does Howling 2.
Doesn't make it a good script or a good film.
As someone who grown up in the late 90s and early 2000s, I feel that revenge of the sith is the best star wars movie ever made next too Return of the Jedi
Empire is the best of them all, but rots is definitely the best of the prequels,
There will never be anything more exciting then Darth maul activating the second blade of his duel lightsaber.
It's hard to figure out what happened to George Lucas. His life history keeps getting these special edition treatment.
35:10 Clearly he is transforming into Jabba
@@hagestad he became Palpatine for a while...
Not really. He never really changed much, he's said it himself. His only change was in his perception.
It's not hard at all. When he was making the original trilogy, he was married to Marcia, who would tell him "this is crap, you should rewrite it." They divorced, and we got Howard the Duck and the Phantom Menace. Couldn't be more clear.
@@officialmonarchmusic he searched his feelings instead of trusting them...
a complete lack of research to blame The Holiday Special on Lucas. He only signed off on it being produced but had absolutely no oversight. He was busy with ESB.
Speaking of which, he had a much better career, than, Irvin Kershner.
@@matthewdaley746 Kersh directed 'Stakeout on Dope Street' (1958). I use to have the movie poster on my bedroom door.
@RoverIAC Unfortunately, his last film, was, RoboCop 2, that franchise, was, completely sunk, after, Paul Verhoeven departed.
I rarely felt so entertained on TH-cam. Great content and presentation. 💙
How do you reset playback speed? I think something is wrong with mine. At least the audio 🤷♂️
29:28 OK, I gotta stop you right there, because there is a bit of a misconception regarding this: No, it's not true that people have changed their minds for the positive regarding the prequels. The number of people who has done that is miniscule. The vast, VAST majority of the people who hated the prequels back in the 2000s still hate them today. What has hapened is that most of the people who watched them as kids and loved then grew up and now they voice their opinion.
This is a well known fact among the Star Wars fan community, but I guess it's not as clear for people in the periphery of it, let alone outside of it (not that I blame those people for not engaging. The "Star Wars" fandom has always had a scary toxic element).
Pretty much.
Plus how horrible the Disney Sequel Trilogy turned out made people appreciate the prequels more.
Like choosing between mac n’ cheese and a plate of feces.
He was apart of a group of film makers That were fed up of the old Hollywood. And thank god they made the best movies . What do we get . Now we get corporate Hollywood.
I want to see Disney lose massive amounts of value, dropping to the point that Lucas himself can buy the company, change its name to “Lucas”, destroy all the Star Wars sequels and a huge amount of recent Disney films, and as the capper, put Mickey Mouse into the public domain. The new mascot? Jar Jar of course.
THX 1138 and Kagemusha are such under-rated films. It's nice that George and Francis got to help their hero make his samurai swan song.
George’s last SW film getting the PG-13 rating whose creation he partially inspired does have something kind of poetic about it.
Without having seen this yet, this is surely one that rightfully ends with "he is doing just fine!" 😅
The Lucas museum of modern art will be his next big passion project and I for one can’t wait for him to cement his legacy
As a Star Wars fan I loved your video!👍👍
I loved star wars since 1988. And well....the fanbase is one of the WORST. And I'M a fan!! I don't go online and make a two hour long video about how episode 9 sucked, and how Disney is killing everything! I don't shame anyone who disagrees with me! The OG trilogy wasn't a masterpiece BTW! IT had flaws, but I still love them!
Great take , totally agree! All the movies had flaws, but it seems that fans just want everything to be exactly the same, even though it needs to be fresh to get new fans.
@@timloader Not even close.
I think the reason it's difficult for me to understand the hatred of Return of the Jedi because I grew up with the movies as "The Star Wars Trilogy" back before the Special Editions and the Prequels. For me it seemed like TESB and RotJ were very interconnected.... one movie split in two whereas the real disconnects felt like it was with the first film seeing how standalone the story was.
What happened? Disney bought Star Wars from George Lucas for billions of dollars and began to ruin his vision of it.
Lucas had to have someone else edit Star Wars when he first showed his film to his director buddies as they thought it was crap, the credit should go to those around this ego maniac, he's a hack that takes credit for others ideas (he also wanted aliens in Last Crusade but thank the maker the Spielberg isn't and idiot as he shut that down back in the day)
Not to mention that George wanted Last Crusade to be a hunted house movie and he wanted to have giant ants in Crystal Skull.
Both were also shot down by Spielberg.
No. The version that Lucas's director buddies was AFTER they were edited by those people. If you don't believe me, check out "How 'How Star Wars was saved in the edit' was saved in the edit" for the hard facts
@@officialmonarchmusic wasn't it his wife at the time who saved the edit?
@@Klynch111 Nope. Several people and stories, along with the popular (and false) video "How Star Wars was saved in the edit" suggested it, but the truth is more complicated. The short version is, Lucas saved his own film ALONG with her and several other people. It was not just her. But I prefer the long version.
John Jympsan was the first editor on Star Wars. He was not good for the job so he was fired. The supposed "disastrous" cut was from him. Lucas hired Richard Chew, Marcia Lucas, and Paul Hirsch along with himself (he went uncredited) to create a cut that aligned with his vision. Together, they eventually made a cut good enough to show other people. (By this point Marcia and Richard had left the project) This is the cut that was shown to Lucas's director buddies, named by the OP, and ironically enough, this "terrible" cut (which I believe to be negatively received solely due to the unfinished effects and sound) is proof of why the other editors saved the film, while this was literally edited BY THEM.
In short, Lucas saved his own movie, and the OP has no idea what he is talking about
taylor gets my views. glad to hear the old outro music back!!!!
I am convinced Red Letter Media caused a bandwagon hatred for the prequels.
They suck regardless of what a TH-cam channel says about them
Well, them and people who have ALWAYS hated Star Wars
Michael Angelo, (George) "I thought Adam's finger touching God's was too small, so when was able to, I changed it. Never mind how everyone loved my first (Cistine chapel) painting.
after watching this channel for years the one thing ive taken away is lucas and steven spielberg basically started life as we know it
Man, such great quotes! Thanks JoBlo!
Regards from Tabasco, México [Land of The Olmecs]!
I believe fans of the original trilogy misunderstood the intent of the prequels, thinking it was for them. It was not. He recognised that there was a whole new generation of young film viewers who wouldn't watch the original trilogy because it had become dated. For many fans of star wars, like myself, the prequels were a part of my childhood and an introduction which ushered in a massive wave of new fans. I understand that dialogue wise the films were weak, but for a 11 year old kid watching Yoda flip like 50 times was cool as fuck. I was around 14 when I watched Revenge of the Sith and I absolutely loved it, the films became more serious as I grew up much like the Harry Potter series and allowed me to appreciate themes like tragedy, betrayal and in some respects even mental health.
Empire is the best movie out of all 9
And Lucas didn’t even direct it!
good one. thanks
"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere."
Hey, as long as I have my original cut of the first Star Wars from 1977, I'm happy. Thanks, George.
OT suck up
@@mr.nobody5082 thr fucks your problem?
American Graffiti spawned Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Grease - the whole nostalgic thing
I was watching the Prequels with my nephews & niece and realized my memory is sufficient to remember what I like & contently forget what I don't, so I gave them the Prequel Trilogy to keep.
The lightsaber duels in the prequels were amazing, especially compared to the new trilogy.
Not sure about that - they were entertaining but looked completely choreographed, almost like a set dance. The sequel trilogy were a lot more realistic IMO.
@@timloaderHorrible take yet again
When did he have surgery to pin his ears back? Those were some serious satellite dishes in high school
Regarding the Star Wars Special Editions, while I like some of the changes Lucas made and I get how ANH really didn't match his vision because of the limits of technology, I think his biggest mistake was not allowing fans to make up their own minds what they wanted, had he given fans that choice I'm pretty sure more people would have been a lot more forgiving no matter what changes he made.
Those who are 50+ complaining about the prequels when episode 3 is the strongest and best episode stsrwars has
The Phantom Menace is the most underrated Star Wars Film
Why would you point out Ron Howard directing Solo, which wasn't under Lucas, when Howard directed Willow, which WAS under Lucas?!
And The Empire Strikes Back came out in 1980, not 1981. Did you do ANY research before making this, or were you just completely talking out of your ass?
I like the original Star Wars trilogy and the prequels, but the sequels were extremely disappointing. I'm also not a huge fan of Indiana Jones, mainly because I'm scared of snakes even more than him. But I respect George Lucas for his creative abilities, and I respect his desire to retire. After all, if all you got was hate and flack all the time, would you really want to do much anymore?
I don't get how Kershner could make Empire but then also make the biggest Turkey ever, Never Say Never Again. Jedi was just an OK movie. It made one step forward and then went two steps back.
Don't forget the turd RoboCop 2. It just goes to show that the original Star Wars movies' quality wasn't down to one person, but rather it was a team effort. The quality slipped noticeably when Lucas started to take more control over the movies with ROTJ, rather than relying on a collaborative effort that ANH and ESB relied on. ROTJ was when Lucas started to paint his house his way, rather than asking advice from others.
You forgot the Clone Wars 2D animation.
Also, George Lucas himself said that he's using the Disney money to continue making films, but to never release them. They are just passion projects.
Okay...so A New Hope l, aka part 4 ,but the first story to be released .. was released in July. So what was so special that on the same day in March JoBlo puts out a video and FX airs A New Hope and Empire? Very curious what's the occasion.
Steve Binder was director of the Star Wars Christmas Special. Also, Lucas specifically saved the Christmas Special and allowed special screenings of the film over the years. It's horrible, but many of the rumors are blatantly false. You also can't believe what Lucas says. He constantly changed his mind.
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@@truesoulghost2777 Good luck with your gaming videos. I see one with zero views. I see another one with one view. I see one with eight views. I'm sure you'll get there.
Jedi is epic. That intro w/ Luke and the gang… goat
He made a movie and made a bunch of money off of it. Then he proceeded to do that a few more times for good measure then said fuck y’all I’m out. Good for him.
I miss George Lucas. He had so many creative ideas.
Disney has ruined Star Wars.
With, an enormous assist from Kathleen Kennedy, I've heard rumors that Lucasfilm's going to let her go, after, Indiana Jones, that's, seriously, grossly overdue.
@Matthew Daley That rumour has been going round for the last 3/4 years.
@JM Perhaps, but, the severance package, was, announced last December, her failure is complete, and, let's be honest, "Kevin Kennedy," would have been dumped a decade, ago, her time's up, period, just is.
I liked Andor, Roge 1, and Mandalorian better than any Star WARS since Empire Strikes. I think all those were Disney, weren't they?
Disagree - Lucas had already done that with the cheesy prequel trilogy and the original trilogy special editions. While there are definitely some shaky efforts since Disney took over SW, on the whole it remains as entertaining and interesting as it ever was.
Same thing that happened to Yoshiyuki Tomino in my opinion. His success went to his head.
Schweig still, Kamerad!
Perhaps this is a relivant question / comparison- which franchise was hurt most by the ending chapters of the series: Star Wars, or Game of thrones? Both were amazing in the first half, both were "hurt" when other people had more creative control & strayed from the original vision of the IP. What do you think? Are these comparable?
13:38 I still have my original Star Wars flamethrower made by Kenner in 1977.
He and along with his crew/staff/colleagues literally changed the world with a sci-fi fantasy. He's just kicking back these days and I don't blame him
George also took on Filoni to help him out with Star Wars projects. And Filoni has mentioned in the past he does meet up with George to bounce ideas off of him for shows like the Mandalorian.
Idt Mr. Goiter changed at all. He showed his unskilled and unaware side in the prequel trilogy. We just didn't want to believe the little man behind the curtain was a fraud. *Lucas' wife was the genius,* and I say this as an unrepentant misogynist. Once she stopped editing and giving feedback, magically George wasn't worth shite. KK may have been the head coffee maker, (check out those kneepads), but she proved she was a nothing too, destroying LucasFilm all by herself, *with Jorge's blessing!*
Lucas's wife has spoken out about this. She says people are trying to make stuff up
The wide release of Empire Strikes back was May 21, 1980, not 1981
Never understood why people had an issue with aliens in an Indy film. Considering the first involved angels/demons/ghosts and the paranormal. The second a seemingly supernatural cult granted powers by stone and the third a cup that can give everlasting life guarded by a knight from the crusades…yeah aliens totally fit.
Exactly. It's ultimate Indy, and so is the fridge scene.
Those three were religious and magical in nature.
Aliens aren't.
Did you notice the number plate of the yellow car in American graffiti was THX138
Watching from Modesto
22:30 when the THX stinger plays. With the background music it sounds like Thomas the Tank Engine 😂
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Can I nominate Taylor James Johnson for the best narration ever award??? 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I'll always be a fan of Lucas as a visionary and groundbreaking Hollywood rebel, but as a filmmaker he lost his touch pretty quickly. The signs were already showing during ROTJ but it became clear with the prequels. Like you said: flat and processed, not "real" and tangible anymore. Interesting story overall, but the execution was severely lacking. The Disney movies improved on that. Not perfect by far, but it felt like Star Wars again.
You don't get to decide what feels like or doesn't feel like Star Wars. If you mean what feels like Episode 4 then that's valid, but you are calling the Star Wars cutoff point ROTJ or ESB. In short, just the films you like. By that definition, ESB doesn't feel like Star Wars. There is also barely any major flaws with the prequel trilogy, at least not more than other movies. They (at the very least TPM) feel very real and tangible. I don't know what you are talking about
@@officialmonarchmusic Sorry, stating "there's barely any major flaws with the prequel trilogy" is just intentionally trolling. My 'cut-off point' isn't ESB per se (and believe me, I've really tried to like/love the prequels, still trying actually), but I do think SW movies need a certain consistent tone, look and feel that got established with the first two movies. ROTJ already slightly broke with that after the first act, and the prequels hardly had any tone or feel of their own to begin with. It was just bland and superficial, slightly improving per movie though. Ep III was almost a great SW movie.
The sequels and 2 stand-alone movies each have their flaws but not to a point where it gets in the way of enjoyable storytelling. And I'm not talking personal preference here, just standard 'rules' for proper filmmaking.
@@Phoenix-xn3sf You going to give any examples of major flaws or I am just going to have to sit here guessing? Every movie has flaws, but I’m classifying “major flaws” as movie breaking level stuff
Disney movies feel like star wars? LMFAO
@@revengeofthesith. Yeah, what is this person talking about?
@24:00, the last crusade wasn't the highest grossing movie of that year (1989) it was Batman.
No it was last crusade look it up
@@j.k.1633 I did...and its Batman.
Worldwide it was The Last Crusade, but in the USA, it was Batman. So you guys are both right.
@@Elora445 That's correct.
I can't argue with that.
I was 10 when the special editions came out so they are the only og Star Wars I ever knew and that's what made me fall in love with Star Wars, the prequels have taken a decade for to come to terms with so maybe in 2033 I'll be finally able to watch the new sequels without losing my mind with anger.
That's not how it works. The prequels are good movies, the sequels are not
OT Suck up
I dare you to sit down and try get through episodes 8 and 9 and enjoy it 😂
Terrible movies
@@Klynch111 could we make it a bet and at least I'd get something out of it
I have many good college memories of meeting up with the anime club in George Lucas' building at SC.
The first movie I saw in the theater was "Bambi." I was 3 years old, and hated it. I was inconsolable after Bambi's mother was shot. The second movie I saw was Star Wars (Episode IV). I had just turned 6 years old. It's the film that made me fall in love with movies. I saw Empire Strikes Back 11 times in the theater. Star Wars fan for life.
I wasn't in line for months but 3 days. That was enough. Small Town theatre but out of Towner's knew that also. I remember standing in line for RotJ.
Its an interesting thought (star wars purity), but for the most part, Disney have done a terrible job at telling new stories. The pressure to make money has clouded their ability to make good stories.
He will forever be Uncle George to me. I love the man, he is family.
bruh just imagine if Mr.Lucas died in that car wreck…… a life without Star Wars… how is that possible?
George Lucas is the owner of the most necessary beard in history.
I hate how much praise he gets, while all the negatively received aspects of his films are transferred to other people. He made Jar Jar, yet the actor received enough death threats to affect his mental health; he wrote the dialogue, yet Hayden and Jake were crucified for their cringy dialogue. Not to mention the visuals he just ripped from other movies (oh sorry, homaged), like the one to one recreation of the trench run from that dam movie, or all the aesthetics of the falcon, the carbonite from the Valerian comics.
Why don't you watch "How to watch Star Wars" by Rick Worley. I don't think you'll see them as plagiarism if you check it out and see why they were made. Also Jar Jar rocks. The actor said he loves the character so much he'd do it all again. Jake Lloyd and ESPECIALLY Hayden Christensen have said similar things. Maybe you should be more mad at the kinds of people who would attack others for things they saw in a movie?
can you do wtf happened to ed helms?
No sane person has watched new willow.
I thought they couldn't do worse than Chris Claremont's trilogy, but then again i underestimated the Kasdan kid who also managed to mess up the Han Solo movie.