What makes this really great is its not like a normal interview, its really just two good friends talking about life etc. Its great to see what George Lucas' life is like and what kind of guy he is outside of what we normally see.
I probably learned more about George Lucas in this interview, then I have in all the years before this combined! Carrie Fisher asked all the right questions, and was very at ease in this interview with her longtime friend George Lucas. This is probably my favorite, and by far most educational interview I have ever seen of these two Iconic figures! R.I.P. Carrie Fisher.
thanks for this rare interview, I was too young to see this as a kid, no kid wants to watch oxygen...or even heard of it. haha. great interview. RIP carrie.
So funny that you mention that. I never felt attracted to Leia or Carrie Fisher because Princess Leia was always in my childhood since before I can remember, so she has always been an aunt figure to me in a galaxy far, far away. I know Leia is super sexy but I can't feel attraction because she's always been my Star Wars auntie that my brain just can't do it. I was born in 1994 so Padme and Natalie Portman are in the same category... But goddammit I'd be lying if I said Rey and Daisy Ridley don't make me feel the rise of a certain Force in my jimmies LMAO
@@AlmostaFlipinSkaterbro i was born in 94 too and i would absolutely do unspeakable, primal things to princess leia. Especially episode 6 leia 😅 padme was never really on that level except for the arena scene in 2. Rey? Are you joking? She has ABSOLUTELY nothing on early 80s coked out carrie fisher 😂
I’m bipolar/manic depressive like she was. We are often very UNCOMFORTABLE in our own skin. I’m a huge fan of Carrie and one of the many things I love about her is that she often talked about how very insecure she was, as I often feel the same.
Once again, George has demonstrated that he was ahead of his time. In 2002, he was already looking towards television as an innovative media. His idea for a series set in Ancient Rome sounds like the many prestige television series that came out later, like the HBO series Rome.
@@Rock-n-Rolla369 Same with pioneering digital editing with creating the EditDroid and getting cinemas to convert to digital projection. He really changed the industry as a whole.
This is fantastic! It’s great to see Carrie Fisher ask George Lucas questions for an hour about Star Wars and life in general. Twice she mentioned she’d like to be buried on his Skywalker Ranch estate. It does look tranquil and pleasant but I find it strange now looking back at this interview that she mentions this. RIP Carrie Fisher
Well, she did joke that he owned her likeness and that every time she looked in the mirror, she owed him a couple of bucks. Lol. Maybe she just figured since he already owned her likeness… lol
It's sad that because she was honest about her addictions and illness that many have made comments that are pretty far off. Her life from the minute she was born was public. She took responsibility for her actions and was still graceful in many ways considering even sticking up her middle finger, she made it look like the new peace sign.
She never made excuses. She was so real and honest. I love her for that. We need more people in the world like that. I wonder what she would be saying about the state of our nation and world right now.
What a great interview, my respect for George Lucas went up so high, (not that it was low before). It confirmed so many wonderful things I’d wondered about his character! 💕
I loved seeing this interview. Obviously, the two were very relaxed compared to other interviews. They are clearly close and presumably friends. I enjoyed learning about Lucas's background as someone interested in society yet not a hippie. Someone who didn't seem to grow up with a pathology making him unbalanced yet clearly a very passionate guy based on his love for film-making, Star Wars, and flowery language in general. His appreciation for music very much so comes out in his movies. I remember one quote of his saying 'music is half the movie.' I love his appreciation of history and how universal his movies are across time. I hope to see what he does next in his next chapter in life.
He and Carrie were very close friends. He's currently doing a lot of work with his educational foundation he's had since the early 90's, philanthropy like donating with his wife Mellody Hobson to NYU to start up the Martin Scorsese Institute of Global Cinematic Arts - he and Marty are lifelong friends, restoring classic films such as Accattone by Pier Paolo Pasolini, is starting an art museum set to open next year, and is raising his daughter who was born in 2013. One of the main reasons he retired from Star Wars is because he wanted to focus on her like when he slowed down in the 80's to raise his first born daughters. There's countless other things I could mention. He's a noble and great man who is always looking to help those in need to better society. I'm forever grateful to him as he's taught me so much over the years.
He mentioned so many times he wanted to make small movies and how he had all kinds of projects in his mind but looking at imdb I don't see any production that's not SW related...what happened?
@@FlorisDVijfde I think he eventually decided to do his Rome idea but again through the lens of Star Wars so that it would be more commercial. That's what Star Wars Underworld, his unproduced live action TV series, was basically going to be. It took place between Episodes III and IV and dealt partially with the political situation in the Empire. I think he also put some of those ideas into the Clone Wars animated series that got into a lot of the politics of the Republic. I think he just wasn't able to get anything else off the ground because of the commercial situation. It has to be remembered that while Lucas was very rich (but not as rich as he is now after the Disney sale), he was just one guy with his own independent company, and he always financed everything himself. He didn't have the resources of a major studio, and he had no interest in giving up control to a major studio in exchange for financing. So he had to make commercial concessions, and in a lot of cases that meant translating some of his more avant-garde ideas to something like Star Wars that could actually sell. That was the whole reason the Young Indiana Jones series was about Indiana Jones. It was actually more of an educational historical series and didn't have that much to do with the Indiana Jones movies, but making Indiana Jones the main character and putting him in the title made it more commercial. So it allowed Lucas to indulge his passion for historical drama while hopefully getting people to actually watch it. Unfortunately that strategy didn't work out for Young Indy even though it was actually a really good show that was ahead of its time in a lot of ways.
This is just incredible! You've got two fascinating people, who already know each other, just talking. Not only do you find out what they're like as people, you get a very interesting insight to the dynamics of their relationship.
Still cant believe carrie is gone. Such a talented smart funny lady. The youngest of the 3 leads in star wars is gone. Unbelievable the next day her mom legend debbie Reynolds died. Proof that u could die of a broken heart. On a joint interview with oprah , debbie said shed never want to live without carrie bc she wouldnt know if shed be ok. So sad. And right when fisher was back in the limelight.
I love watching them talk. Two people who think and are sharp and are very comfortable with each other and find each other fascinating. I started thinking of them as a couple a few minutes in.
You can tell they both have a great deal of respect for one another. People in the comments are saying George has a crush on Carrie but... have you seen the way she looks at him? She loves smart, creative people. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if there is at least SOME sort of attraction on her part
LRC42 have you seen young george and carrie? i think they slept together. also in HOOK, there's two poeple kissing on the balcony annd alot of peole are saying it was them
Nowadays, it is so rare to listen to two such intelligent people having an interesting conversation. And this interview proves that George Lucas is passionate about his creation Star wars. Something that is terribly missing in the new trilogy that somehow Disney has succeed to "fail".
I like that I could hang out with George Lucas and have something in common. Not drinking, smoking or doing drugs. He didn't need any of that to get where he is. I am curious though why marriage was not a success for him.
He was a workaholic and it consumed him. By his own account it was his children that offered him redemption. He found his now wife Mellody in 2006 and is a parent again to a young girl.
10:52 They're talking about the guy who directed some little indie gangster movies - with the second one costing $2 million more than the original Star Wars -, and some artsy war flick that cost as much a Empire Strikes Back. Can't remember his name, but he also did some pretentious crime movie with Richard Gere that nobody remembers (not even joking there) and cost $10-20 million more than Return of the Fucking Jedi a year after the latters release, and that wasn't his only flop. (This is what makes Carrie's "independent director" jab so badass)
Fun Fact: Terri Nunn actually auditioned for the Leia role as an Actress. She was a much better singer and had success singing Take My Breath Away from the Top Gun film.
He should have completed his masterpiece. He could have hired some brilliant young directors to implement his vision with the freshness that only young people can bring, but it still would have been his vision. Instead we got a corporate disney imitation. But oh well, maybe its better this way, the myth of what could have been is perhaps his final, lasting artistic creation
6:21, is Carrie is talking about 9/11? Did George answer back immediately as if she was talking about Star Wars and before she could respond he changed the subject?
He didn't change the subject, he said something like "we are hearing the same things about fear and vengeance now" tying the prequels into then-current events.
hmm.. I’m thinking about dropping a new sound file into my mother’s iCloud folder and change her text msg “tone” on her iPhone to something Carrie Fisher inspired.
Jared Wignall I saw a Figgis Q&A in London and I like Mike Figgis he’s made some good films but obviously had bad experiences in Hollywood and during the Q&A he called Spielberg a nazi in a tongue and cheek kind of way, I have the audio it’ll never see the light of day, he then realised the slip and took it back, not many people there maybe 40 but it was definitely out of line and he almost wasn’t thinking it was a stream of consciousness he said some stuff about John Williams too probably for a split second forgot about Spielberg’s heritage, this was at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden maybe 6 years ago. Weirdly Figgis is one of the First guys to really embrace digital filmmaking he’s shot on digital HDV, DV over the years and DSLR maybe it was green screen and effects he’s against. Great Jazz musician and like to see him making more films and move on from Hollywood.
Chris B yeah, he might not be fond of the special effects type films that Lucas and Spielberg sort of pioneered in the 70s and 80s that became increasingly popular. I just remember reading somewhere that he wasn’t fond of digital filmmaking, which is odd as you say he was one of the first to embrace making films on digital. He may not have been quite clear in his speaking, which may not be surprising when it seems as if he sort of goes off the rails when talking about Lucas and Spielberg.
10:53 they’re talking about Mike Figgis, who’s not a big fan of Lucas or Spielberg as they made big films that not only were blockbusters, but used quite a bit of special effects in their films. I remember reading somewhere and criticized it as “digital filmmaking”, which is odd when it came to his phrasing of his comment as he embraced filming digitally over actual film pretty early on. Guess when he gets talking about Lucas or Spielberg, he just gets quite irritated with them and may not phrase things very well.
I finally found what you were talking about and it seemed like he was missing a lot of context with making quite a few assumptions as it looks like a lot of people did at the time about digital cinema, including Paul Thomas Anderson. Mike Figgis was also critical of George for making films for children in the interview. I also found a conversation between Paul and Mike where they both didn't seem to fully grasp what was going on with George and digital sound in cinemas for example. So it seems like a lot of his issues with George and probably Steven are from assumptions. However I wonder if George and Mike have buried the hatchet as latter had very nice things to say about the former when he interviewed him for the documentary about Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis. I'd like to think so. Especially now that we can all see George was proven right and what Disney has done to Star Wars.
8:30 Reader 12:1513:13 20:00 ditched Carrie for playboy mansions moment 26:50 normal 36:45 sci-fi as means to discussing issues 41:17 acknwoledges/admits rather Luke S.
Impressed with Lucas predicting the "Golden Age of TV" with his Roman history series concept. You can see Carrie doesn't believe for a second this would work, but multi-threaded political dramas have been immensely succesful in the past decade. Whatever we think about the prequels, the guy stayed ahead of his time.
His series Young Indiana Jones really shows the early groundwork of what TV has become. It really is feature length films for the small screen. You can see it even more clearly when watching the Adventures version. It also paved the way for the Prequels in many ways. Not to mention The Clone Wars did many things that weren't common for an animated medium show at the time. It has so many qualities of feature films with the camera work and how much it experiments. He really was ahead of the curve time and time again. Including with the Prequels. I will always love them and all of his work.
@@zoetropeguardian The prequels had tremendous potential and Lucas had some amazing, fresh ideas for them (I will always appreciate that he didn't shy from trying to weave in political commentary into the series). I think the problem was the dramatic execution - his weaknesses as a writer and director, combined with a less collaborative approach than during the making of the OT, resulted in bad films. But he remained an ambitious visionary and always tried to do something new.
@@ImVeryOriginal I personally don't have any issues with the Prequels. I think they're great just the way they are as I think all six have their share of flaws but that's not a problem for me that they do. I can look pass them and love them for what they are instead of what I think they should be. I find a very profound story at its core about family and redemption designed for the eight year old that is inside each of us. I think it's often difficult for us as adults to switch off the sensibilities we've acquired with age. He actually also was just as collaborative on the Prequels as he was the Originals. Jonathan Rinzler said so multiple times in interviews before he passed away. He wrote the Making of Revenge of the Sith book and was around working at Lucasfilm from 2001 through 2016. He would know. I think it's sad the internet created misinformation he was not willing to listen to others when the Prequels came along. The truth is much different.
@@zoetropeguardian A guy hired by LucasFilm to write promotional books saying everything was peachy doesn't mean too much to me tbh. I know Lucas tried to get other people to direct, but everyone refused. Whatever went on in his head, fact is that nobody could really treat him as an equal and push back against his worst tendencies. And it's not about being an adult, there's lots of children's movies that are made with such artistry that adults can easily enjoy and find meaning in them. That argument is moot anyway - you can't convince me that a story detailing the fall of democracy through political machinations, culminating in the main character murdering children and getting hideously mutilated, should be judged solely as children's entertainment, sorry. It was clearly meant as adult adventure drama to a large extent. If you believe the prequels were just fine as movies and simply met with unfair expectations - great, glad you enjoyed them! But I see an impassable chasm in narrative quality and artistic merit between the original movies and the prequels. It might be hard to find common ground here, as it's a very subjective judgement.
@@ImVeryOriginal Jonathan Rinzler was a very honest and professional man. We spoke a few times. He also detailed a lot of things in his blog Disney had him delete. Some of what he said about the Prequels was very honest in how they were received at Lucasfilm at the time but he never left doubt in how people respected George and how open he was to others and their ideas. Other people involved also said George was a generous collaborator like Ahmed Best, John Knoll, and Hayden Christensen. Key people with the art department discussed things in Paul Duncan's Star Wars: Archives 1999-2005 as well. I feel they'd know better than the internet. I much prefer to believe those involved instead of internet belief rooted in a dislike for something by him they don't like. It feels counterproductive to believe internet rumours instead of people there on the ground in my book. Sometimes stories for children have difficult themes. All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Lion King, and Harry Potter to name three. Fairytales also were very grim once upon a time. Stories for kids used to be unafraid to cover difficult subject matters. As a society we've started sterilising more and more what we find acceptable to show children. I was a young child when I saw these and the Prequels I saw them as they came out when I was 4, 6, and 8 as my birthday is after the original May releases. I never had a problem with anything in them to the point I was unable to accept them. In fact they helped me grow the sensibilities I have carried into adulthood and continue to help me grow like all of his stories do when I need to forget being an adult for awhile and remember the journey that got me there. Not everything is going to be pleasant all of the time but it can be told and conveyed in a way that's accessible to children. I think his six Star Wars films do that as good as any story out there. Absolutely. I was about to say the same. It might be hard for us to find common ground but I do appreciate you taking the time to respond to me. It's always good to get a different prospective even if we don't always agree with someone. It would be a pretty boring world if we agreed on everything. :)
Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, Midnight Cowboy, 2001 A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange to name a few Iconic movies of the late 60's-70's. Art wasn't dead in those years.
I would love to know how she passed away her Wikipedia page says cause of death due to sleep apnea but she was on a airplane when she had the heart attack
@@mudge843 Thank you for your answer, but I think George and Carrie would not talk of Martin Scorsese with such abstract and mercyless words (Scorsese and Spielberg and Lucas and De Palma and Coppola were good friends in the seventies and still are I think for most of them). By the way, I know Scorsese was a drug addict a long time ago, but I never heard of him as a "drunk"... (sorry for my english, I do what I can I guess but it's not my language and I know it's far from perfect !!)
@@StephenDedalus74 I agree, I think Lucas considered "Marty" as one the gang along with Spielberg, Coppola and De Palma. I read in comments below that it could have also been Tarantino, makes more sense, given his public persona, but it's all completely speculative. Either way, I LOVE this interview. It's the only one I've seen that truly treats Lucas like the human artist he is, albeit with the necessary dose of Carrie's brilliant irreverence.
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That was wonderful. i have not seen it before. A personal interview.Thanks for the share.
What makes this really great is its not like a normal interview, its really just two good friends talking about life etc. Its great to see what George Lucas' life is like and what kind of guy he is outside of what we normally see.
Carrie: “your not a revenge guy, you were a return guy!”
That had me on the floor 😂
i just now got the joke hahaa
That was good.
Lol
I probably learned more about George Lucas in this interview, then I have in all the years before this combined! Carrie Fisher asked all the right questions, and was very at ease in this interview with her longtime friend George Lucas. This is probably my favorite, and by far most educational interview I have ever seen of these two Iconic figures! R.I.P. Carrie Fisher.
thanks for this rare interview, I was too young to see this as a kid, no kid wants to watch oxygen...or even heard of it. haha. great interview. RIP carrie.
Carrie was like the ultimate cool aunt.
So funny that you mention that. I never felt attracted to Leia or Carrie Fisher because Princess Leia was always in my childhood since before I can remember, so she has always been an aunt figure to me in a galaxy far, far away. I know Leia is super sexy but I can't feel attraction because she's always been my Star Wars auntie that my brain just can't do it. I was born in 1994 so Padme and Natalie Portman are in the same category... But goddammit I'd be lying if I said Rey and Daisy Ridley don't make me feel the rise of a certain Force in my jimmies LMAO
I understand what you mean, but at the same time, if I had been there, I would have wanted to go off somewhere and make out. And I'm 32.
@@AlmostaFlipinSkaterbro i was born in 94 too and i would absolutely do unspeakable, primal things to princess leia. Especially episode 6 leia 😅 padme was never really on that level except for the arena scene in 2. Rey? Are you joking? She has ABSOLUTELY nothing on early 80s coked out carrie fisher 😂
My aunt looks like that but is actually cool! Not just famous and lackluster
She's definitely got coke in her purse
I always admired Carrie's level of comfort in her own skin...such a complete person. She will be missed for decades to come.
R.I.P.
I doubt she was that comfortable.
StarKiller 5iveOh That's why she got to move on.
I LOVE her, but if she was that comfortable, she wouldn't have needed to take all those drugs,.... for decades nonetheless
I’m bipolar/manic depressive like she was. We are often very UNCOMFORTABLE in our own skin. I’m a huge fan of Carrie and one of the many things I love about her is that she often talked about how very insecure she was, as I often feel the same.
Carrie seemed sober at this point in her life. So sad that she had so many relapses. It still hurts not having her here.
Christopher M. George is my drug. I fall asleep to his interviews and films.
Sobriety is often not linear :(
the sequels killed here
I love her for immediately roasting his writing from the start of the interview
She was the better writer… she had a point. Lol. But you have to give it up for his vision. No one can deny that.
Dude called the TV revolution with niche programming years before anyone else
He was also part of it with Young Indiana Jones in the early 90's.
Once again, George has demonstrated that he was ahead of his time. In 2002, he was already looking towards television as an innovative media. His idea for a series set in Ancient Rome sounds like the many prestige television series that came out later, like the HBO series Rome.
Like the show Rome on HBO 😂
He did even before 2002. In 1991 he created Young Indiana Jones for television. It really is the precursor to everything we see now.
He also helped pioneer the first digital camera with Sony for use in filmmaking. All the studios use it now.
@@Rock-n-Rolla369 Same with pioneering digital editing with creating the EditDroid and getting cinemas to convert to digital projection. He really changed the industry as a whole.
what he says about Ancient Rome here definitely found it's way into Clone Wars a few years later. how a democracy becomes a dictatorship.
"I wasn't a hippie--I was a film nerd!" Me too.
This is fantastic! It’s great to see Carrie Fisher ask George Lucas questions for an hour about Star Wars and life in general.
Twice she mentioned she’d like to be buried on his Skywalker Ranch estate. It does look tranquil and pleasant but I find it strange now looking back at this interview that she mentions this.
RIP Carrie Fisher
Dyn Jarren you find it strange that she talked about her death and then eventually died? Everybody dies lol
Well, she did joke that he owned her likeness and that every time she looked in the mirror, she owed him a couple of bucks. Lol. Maybe she just figured since he already owned her likeness… lol
I wanna see more of that giant library room.
It's sad that because she was honest about her addictions and illness that many have made comments that are pretty far off. Her life from the minute she was born was public. She took responsibility for her actions and was still graceful in many ways considering even sticking up her middle finger, she made it look like the new peace sign.
She never made excuses. She was so real and honest. I love her for that. We need more people in the world like that. I wonder what she would be saying about the state of our nation and world right now.
Very interesting. Lucas always goes deep in long form interviews.
What a great interview, my respect for George Lucas went up so high, (not that it was low before). It confirmed so many wonderful things I’d wondered about his character! 💕
She looks so gorgeous here.
I need all season and every little second of this show.
The love, respect and caring in this is so strong. 🥰
I can only imagine what Carrie Fishers party’s were like. RIP
I would love to see that Rome series that George describes.
I loved seeing this interview. Obviously, the two were very relaxed compared to other interviews. They are clearly close and presumably friends. I enjoyed learning about Lucas's background as someone interested in society yet not a hippie. Someone who didn't seem to grow up with a pathology making him unbalanced yet clearly a very passionate guy based on his love for film-making, Star Wars, and flowery language in general.
His appreciation for music very much so comes out in his movies. I remember one quote of his saying 'music is half the movie.' I love his appreciation of history and how universal his movies are across time. I hope to see what he does next in his next chapter in life.
He and Carrie were very close friends. He's currently doing a lot of work with his educational foundation he's had since the early 90's, philanthropy like donating with his wife Mellody Hobson to NYU to start up the Martin Scorsese Institute of Global Cinematic Arts - he and Marty are lifelong friends, restoring classic films such as Accattone by Pier Paolo Pasolini, is starting an art museum set to open next year, and is raising his daughter who was born in 2013. One of the main reasons he retired from Star Wars is because he wanted to focus on her like when he slowed down in the 80's to raise his first born daughters. There's countless other things I could mention. He's a noble and great man who is always looking to help those in need to better society. I'm forever grateful to him as he's taught me so much over the years.
This is a really well framed interview.
True. Specially given the square tv frame
The Fall of Rome by George Lucas. I'd see the hell out of that.
He mentioned so many times he wanted to make small movies and how he had all kinds of projects in his mind but looking at imdb I don't see any production that's not SW related...what happened?
How about the Fall of Western Civilization? No need for Lucas to shoot a film. Just look out your window or watch the news.
@@FlorisDVijfde The 2005 Rome TV happened lol. Stole his idea.
@@FlorisDVijfde I think he eventually decided to do his Rome idea but again through the lens of Star Wars so that it would be more commercial. That's what Star Wars Underworld, his unproduced live action TV series, was basically going to be. It took place between Episodes III and IV and dealt partially with the political situation in the Empire. I think he also put some of those ideas into the Clone Wars animated series that got into a lot of the politics of the Republic.
I think he just wasn't able to get anything else off the ground because of the commercial situation. It has to be remembered that while Lucas was very rich (but not as rich as he is now after the Disney sale), he was just one guy with his own independent company, and he always financed everything himself. He didn't have the resources of a major studio, and he had no interest in giving up control to a major studio in exchange for financing. So he had to make commercial concessions, and in a lot of cases that meant translating some of his more avant-garde ideas to something like Star Wars that could actually sell.
That was the whole reason the Young Indiana Jones series was about Indiana Jones. It was actually more of an educational historical series and didn't have that much to do with the Indiana Jones movies, but making Indiana Jones the main character and putting him in the title made it more commercial. So it allowed Lucas to indulge his passion for historical drama while hopefully getting people to actually watch it. Unfortunately that strategy didn't work out for Young Indy even though it was actually a really good show that was ahead of its time in a lot of ways.
@@FlorisDVijfde he made red tails about the black pilots in ww2 not an amazing film but it’s alright.
I remember seeing this when it came out. My mom called me over to watch it. Thanks for sharing!
5:40 for anyone up in arms about Anakin saying he brought balance to the force in TROS... straight from the man himself
This is amazing. I don't know how I've never seen this interview before, great footage! RIP Carrie
This a great conversation with a good friend. That's why George seems natural and chill talking about his life and artistic work here.
Why does George always seem chill like he's on vacation Lol
Lol comfortable with himself & obviously very financial stable.
Money, wealth buys security, it’s all he’s ever known, parents were wealthy, lucky guy but cool he chose to do something at UCLA
He a smart man
Cuz he’s a Taurus baby 💪🏽👊🏽
He’s rich.
She is absolutely fabulous
This is just incredible! You've got two fascinating people, who already know each other, just talking. Not only do you find out what they're like as people, you get a very interesting insight to the dynamics of their relationship.
Thank you so much for posting this! Love this interview.
Min 9:23 "what happened to my runner up" seen footage of both Terri Nunn and Carrie's auditions...Carrie knocked it outta the park.
George, I hope you get around to your Roman series. It sounds good.
winomaster yes please
This is such a gem. jThank you!!
I’ve never seen this. Love it.
Great seeing this. Interesting seeing the two of them together.
Still cant believe carrie is gone. Such a talented smart funny lady. The youngest of the 3 leads in star wars is gone. Unbelievable the next day her mom legend debbie Reynolds died. Proof that u could die of a broken heart. On a joint interview with oprah , debbie said shed never want to live without carrie bc she wouldnt know if shed be ok. So sad. And right when fisher was back in the limelight.
Was hard to watch KYLO and leia die like CARRIE and DEBBIE,,,HOPE IT WASNT MEANT LIKE THAT
Rest In Peace Beautiful
This was wonderful. Thank you for posting this.
The way he talks about TV is exactly how he approached The Clone Wars, except the bit about it not being science fiction of course!
Same with Young Indy a decade before this interview. He's always been ahead of the curve.
Never saw this one.
This is gonna be a fun watch.
thanks for the upload. ;)
I wish I could watch her other interviews
Hes one of the sweetest most decent persons alive - Thank you George
I remember her having a talk show. It was good. I’m trying to find her interview with her father
Woah. Carrie had a talk show? Please elaborate
I love watching them talk. Two people who think and are sharp and are very comfortable with each other and find each other fascinating.
I started thinking of them as a couple a few minutes in.
I love this
Thanks for posting this! (The only other thing from this series I have found are clips of her interviewing Courtney Love on you tube.)
What's great about George is that he's a film nerd, but he's not a cynical asshole critic type film nerd, he's a moral and good hearted film nerd.
I agree.
You can tell they both have a great deal of respect for one another. People in the comments are saying George has a crush on Carrie but... have you seen the way she looks at him? She loves smart, creative people. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if there is at least SOME sort of attraction on her part
LRC42 have you seen young george and carrie? i think they slept together. also in HOOK, there's two poeple kissing on the balcony annd alot of peole are saying it was them
@@flower_girl4983 yes it’s Carrie and George on the bridge
Everyone who ever met Carrie had a crush on her.
I agree, there's a slight flirty undertone to this conversation, especially when they're talking about dating and relationships...
Wow never seen this before...Best Star Wars George /Carrie insight ..so far
Nowadays, it is so rare to listen to two such intelligent people having an interesting conversation. And this interview proves that George Lucas is passionate about his creation Star wars. Something that is terribly missing in the new trilogy that somehow Disney has succeed to "fail".
I was fortunate enough to know another woman as strong and beautiful as Carrie. Her name was Angela Bowie.
Carrie could have been a good talk show host. Dang, RIP
Jonathan Buckwalter instead of ellen
It’s hard to do a talk show 5 days a week. I doubt Carrie would have enjoyed that grueling schedule. It’s not as easy as you think.
YOu can see the trust he has and respect he has towards Carrie compared to all the other shmuck reportes he has come across ;p
This is so good.
I like that I could hang out with George Lucas and have something in common. Not drinking, smoking or doing drugs. He didn't need any of that to get where he is. I am curious though why marriage was not a success for him.
@CB Thats Me
people say he's gay
He was a workaholic and it consumed him. By his own account it was his children that offered him redemption. He found his now wife Mellody in 2006 and is a parent again to a young girl.
netflix should buy his roman empire series without any hesitation - it woudl be awesome
“Well the media is very simplistic.”
This is incredible.
10:52 They're talking about the guy who directed some little indie gangster movies - with the second one costing $2 million more than the original Star Wars -, and some artsy war flick that cost as much a Empire Strikes Back. Can't remember his name, but he also did some pretentious crime movie with Richard Gere that nobody remembers (not even joking there) and cost $10-20 million more than Return of the Fucking Jedi a year after the latters release, and that wasn't his only flop. (This is what makes Carrie's "independent director" jab so badass)
Fun Fact: Terri Nunn actually auditioned for the Leia role as an Actress. She was a much better singer and had success singing Take My Breath Away from the Top Gun film.
❤❤Carrie❤❤
"The time has come...execute Channel 66"
This is Awesomeness! ✊😊👊😆👌👍🍁
I guess the TV show Rome beat George to the punch lol
I can dig it!!!!!!!
He should have completed his masterpiece. He could have hired some brilliant young directors to implement his vision with the freshness that only young people can bring, but it still would have been his vision. Instead we got a corporate disney imitation. But oh well, maybe its better this way, the myth of what could have been is perhaps his final, lasting artistic creation
Doing a Star Wars Dive. This was a great interview Doesn’t young Carrie look like Linda Blair?
They would have made a great couple.
39:52 Holy shit I LOVE that she called him out on this
HE DENIED NOTHING lmfao
"You are not a revenge guy, you are a return guy!" 17:25
6:21, is Carrie is talking about 9/11? Did George answer back immediately as if she was talking about Star Wars and before she could respond he changed the subject?
Yes, she's referring to a poll where 9 out of 10 Americans were in favor of war. He was probably smart to change the subject
Yes this interview was only a few months after 9/11
He didn't change the subject, he said something like "we are hearing the same things about fear and vengeance now" tying the prequels into then-current events.
He is so cute!
Georgie boy?
cruel scientist He was way sexier. watch photos of him from 70s
hmm.. I’m thinking about dropping a new sound file into my mother’s iCloud folder and change her text msg “tone” on her iPhone to something Carrie Fisher inspired.
The director they talk about on the cruise at 12 mins complaining to `George that he and Spielberg destroyed the movie industry was Mike Figgis.
Really? The man who directed “Leaving Los Vegas.”? How do you know that?
alphabetaxenonzzzcat he’s made remarks about how George is a Children’s Storyteller and also didn’t seem to be too pleased with digital filmmaking.
Jared Wignall I saw a Figgis Q&A in London and I like Mike Figgis he’s made some good films but obviously had bad experiences in Hollywood and during the Q&A he called Spielberg a nazi in a tongue and cheek kind of way, I have the audio it’ll never see the light of day, he then realised the slip and took it back, not many people there maybe 40 but it was definitely out of line and he almost wasn’t thinking it was a stream of consciousness he said some stuff about John Williams too probably for a split second forgot about Spielberg’s heritage, this was at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden maybe 6 years ago. Weirdly Figgis is one of the First guys to really embrace digital filmmaking he’s shot on digital HDV, DV over the years and DSLR maybe it was green screen and effects he’s against. Great Jazz musician and like to see him making more films and move on from Hollywood.
Chris B yeah, he might not be fond of the special effects type films that Lucas and Spielberg sort of pioneered in the 70s and 80s that became increasingly popular. I just remember reading somewhere that he wasn’t fond of digital filmmaking, which is odd as you say he was one of the first to embrace making films on digital. He may not have been quite clear in his speaking, which may not be surprising when it seems as if he sort of goes off the rails when talking about Lucas and Spielberg.
These people looked like different people back then.
George Hamilton Different definitions of cameras.
@@salvadorprado3175 No, they've just changed and aged.
@Dave Blackmen Not everyone changes that much.
he got a tennis court boiz
dos350 he has whatever he wants
@@pyrobison2002 im glad that he does, george lucas is LIT
10:53 they’re talking about Mike Figgis, who’s not a big fan of Lucas or Spielberg as they made big films that not only were blockbusters, but used quite a bit of special effects in their films. I remember reading somewhere and criticized it as “digital filmmaking”, which is odd when it came to his phrasing of his comment as he embraced filming digitally over actual film pretty early on. Guess when he gets talking about Lucas or Spielberg, he just gets quite irritated with them and may not phrase things very well.
I finally found what you were talking about and it seemed like he was missing a lot of context with making quite a few assumptions as it looks like a lot of people did at the time about digital cinema, including Paul Thomas Anderson. Mike Figgis was also critical of George for making films for children in the interview. I also found a conversation between Paul and Mike where they both didn't seem to fully grasp what was going on with George and digital sound in cinemas for example. So it seems like a lot of his issues with George and probably Steven are from assumptions.
However I wonder if George and Mike have buried the hatchet as latter had very nice things to say about the former when he interviewed him for the documentary about Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis. I'd like to think so. Especially now that we can all see George was proven right and what Disney has done to Star Wars.
Who wouldn t flirt with miss Fisher ?????
8:30 Reader 12:15 13:13
20:00 ditched Carrie for playboy mansions moment
26:50 normal
36:45 sci-fi as means to discussing issues
41:17 acknwoledges/admits rather Luke S.
shs done
When i grow up I want a library like that.
But I'm 52 now. {:-L
Her roasting George and saying shes not AS gay as John Lenon is fucking hilarious 😭 An absolute icon.
Impressed with Lucas predicting the "Golden Age of TV" with his Roman history series concept. You can see Carrie doesn't believe for a second this would work, but multi-threaded political dramas have been immensely succesful in the past decade. Whatever we think about the prequels, the guy stayed ahead of his time.
His series Young Indiana Jones really shows the early groundwork of what TV has become. It really is feature length films for the small screen. You can see it even more clearly when watching the Adventures version. It also paved the way for the Prequels in many ways. Not to mention The Clone Wars did many things that weren't common for an animated medium show at the time. It has so many qualities of feature films with the camera work and how much it experiments. He really was ahead of the curve time and time again. Including with the Prequels. I will always love them and all of his work.
@@zoetropeguardian The prequels had tremendous potential and Lucas had some amazing, fresh ideas for them (I will always appreciate that he didn't shy from trying to weave in political commentary into the series). I think the problem was the dramatic execution - his weaknesses as a writer and director, combined with a less collaborative approach than during the making of the OT, resulted in bad films. But he remained an ambitious visionary and always tried to do something new.
@@ImVeryOriginal I personally don't have any issues with the Prequels. I think they're great just the way they are as I think all six have their share of flaws but that's not a problem for me that they do. I can look pass them and love them for what they are instead of what I think they should be. I find a very profound story at its core about family and redemption designed for the eight year old that is inside each of us. I think it's often difficult for us as adults to switch off the sensibilities we've acquired with age. He actually also was just as collaborative on the Prequels as he was the Originals. Jonathan Rinzler said so multiple times in interviews before he passed away. He wrote the Making of Revenge of the Sith book and was around working at Lucasfilm from 2001 through 2016. He would know. I think it's sad the internet created misinformation he was not willing to listen to others when the Prequels came along. The truth is much different.
@@zoetropeguardian A guy hired by LucasFilm to write promotional books saying everything was peachy doesn't mean too much to me tbh. I know Lucas tried to get other people to direct, but everyone refused. Whatever went on in his head, fact is that nobody could really treat him as an equal and push back against his worst tendencies.
And it's not about being an adult, there's lots of children's movies that are made with such artistry that adults can easily enjoy and find meaning in them. That argument is moot anyway - you can't convince me that a story detailing the fall of democracy through political machinations, culminating in the main character murdering children and getting hideously mutilated, should be judged solely as children's entertainment, sorry. It was clearly meant as adult adventure drama to a large extent.
If you believe the prequels were just fine as movies and simply met with unfair expectations - great, glad you enjoyed them! But I see an impassable chasm in narrative quality and artistic merit between the original movies and the prequels. It might be hard to find common ground here, as it's a very subjective judgement.
@@ImVeryOriginal Jonathan Rinzler was a very honest and professional man. We spoke a few times. He also detailed a lot of things in his blog Disney had him delete. Some of what he said about the Prequels was very honest in how they were received at Lucasfilm at the time but he never left doubt in how people respected George and how open he was to others and their ideas. Other people involved also said George was a generous collaborator like Ahmed Best, John Knoll, and Hayden Christensen. Key people with the art department discussed things in Paul Duncan's Star Wars: Archives 1999-2005 as well. I feel they'd know better than the internet. I much prefer to believe those involved instead of internet belief rooted in a dislike for something by him they don't like. It feels counterproductive to believe internet rumours instead of people there on the ground in my book.
Sometimes stories for children have difficult themes. All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Lion King, and Harry Potter to name three. Fairytales also were very grim once upon a time. Stories for kids used to be unafraid to cover difficult subject matters. As a society we've started sterilising more and more what we find acceptable to show children. I was a young child when I saw these and the Prequels I saw them as they came out when I was 4, 6, and 8 as my birthday is after the original May releases. I never had a problem with anything in them to the point I was unable to accept them. In fact they helped me grow the sensibilities I have carried into adulthood and continue to help me grow like all of his stories do when I need to forget being an adult for awhile and remember the journey that got me there. Not everything is going to be pleasant all of the time but it can be told and conveyed in a way that's accessible to children. I think his six Star Wars films do that as good as any story out there.
Absolutely. I was about to say the same. It might be hard for us to find common ground but I do appreciate you taking the time to respond to me. It's always good to get a different prospective even if we don't always agree with someone. It would be a pretty boring world if we agreed on everything. :)
that computer though.
Was she ever buried at his ranch? The very end of the clip she says she wants to be buried there
So he wanted to do a Roman Game of Thrones
Nice hair
Carrie is hot shit. such a sassy down to earth firecracker
Good interview. Back on my Georgy boy interviews after all these years.
33:19 Ah yes, cocaine and drugs.
Great interview.
Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, Midnight Cowboy, 2001 A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange to name a few Iconic movies of the late 60's-70's. Art wasn't dead in those years.
GEORGE: “Yep, she’s a rockstar”
CARRIE: “DAMNIT!!!! I always get second best!” 😂😂😂😂
Observation :At 9:25, take the shoe off the floor and you would think Carrie was an amputee
I would love to know how she passed away her Wikipedia page says cause of death due to sleep apnea but she was on a airplane when she had the heart attack
Sleep apnea after the heart attack.
Had shit load of drugs in her system sadly
I love George Lucas.
Does anyone know who is that mean, "independent", "drunk director" Carrie is talking about at 10 : 52 ? I'd really like to know !!
i'd wager a guess that it's Martin Scorsese. That sounds exactly like the same voice as his criticism of Marvel and superhero, amusement park movies.
Mike Figgis.
@@mudge843 Thank you for your answer, but I think George and Carrie would not talk of Martin Scorsese with such abstract and mercyless words (Scorsese and Spielberg and Lucas and De Palma and Coppola were good friends in the seventies and still are I think for most of them). By the way, I know Scorsese was a drug addict a long time ago, but I never heard of him as a "drunk"... (sorry for my english, I do what I can I guess but it's not my language and I know it's far from perfect !!)
@@nothanks3590 Thank you for your answer... :)
@@StephenDedalus74 I agree, I think Lucas considered "Marty" as one the gang along with Spielberg, Coppola and De Palma. I read in comments below that it could have also been Tarantino, makes more sense, given his public persona, but it's all completely speculative. Either way, I LOVE this interview. It's the only one I've seen that truly treats Lucas like the human artist he is, albeit with the necessary dose of Carrie's brilliant irreverence.
Before the dark times... before Disney
LOL @ the S & M thing
IT'S STILL HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT HARRISON FORD SLEPT WITH CARRIE FISHER DURING STAR WARS.
NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED IT.
Why?
You also seem to have this weird condition that makes you only write in block caps.
Mark Hamil hooked up with her too. He talked about it during her tribute at SW celebration
That's got to be one of the least difficult things to imagine.