After The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ended, Josh spent a lot of time live casting on social media. Those of us lucky enough to catch those broadcasts were occasionally treated to a discussion of film making.. especially as it related to the Star Wars films... And horror movies. He was absolutely the perfect guy to feature in this series. Hopefully, more people will check out his work. Talent deserving wider recognition right over here, folks!
JRT is a genius comedic improviser, impersonator and living Star Wars encyclopedia. I've followed him and been a big fan the past 12 years and will continue.
I actually don't understand why people hated the prequels so much. I absolutely loved them xD the phantom menace came out around the same time as the first harry potter movie and I was around 12 or so at the time. So I was privileged to get to basically grow up with these incredible, visionary, MAGICAL movies that whisked me off to a whole new reality. When I was a kid, I would watch Return of the Jedi SO MUCH that the window in the emperors throne room had burned a permanent shape into my TV. You could say that oh people hated it cos of BINKS, or cos of the POLITICS, but see, I don't GET IT. I don't understand why they hated it! Jar Jar was a really silly, funny character, but I loved him, the way he devoted himself to doing the right thing, to the other main characters. The way he made silly jokes and wagged his tongue about even when the situation was grave. The way he appeared to be bumbling and moronic but was actually very capable. And years later checking out his really mysterious scenes like when the droid freaks out trying to target him because he's moving so fast, after reading that Darth Jar Jar theory... He was also a black sheep, outcast by his people and I relate to that heavily. I am a firm believer that Jar Jar was actually force sensitive, and that's what Obi Wan was referring to on the ship when he says he can feel something elsewhere.... elusive..... Jar Jar is elsewhere!! Jar Jar is elusive!!! People who hate him need to try to imagine what the Phantom Menace would have been without him. It would feel like a piece is missing. It'd be kind of bland in my opinion! I would have loved it if George went this direction wit hthe character and made him the ultimate Sith Lord!! It's not bizarre at all to have an evil Sith Lord that looks like a freaky silly alien. Plagueis looks like he has a dildo for a head, and his predecessor, Darth Tenebrous, looks like a remaster of Jeff Goldblum in the Fly... Then there are the politics, which were in my mind necessary, to acclimatise us to the world that Palpatine inhabits. We needed to get stuck in with that or we wouldn't have been comfortably led up to understanding what it was Sidious was doing, how we was doing it and why.
I saw this before Disney's fanfiction ended and here I am now amazed by how much George won in the end. The prequels have never been more loved than now. Also Josh doing George deepfake is the best thing that's ever happened. I freaking love this video.
The Prequels were actually great, Lucas wanted the franchisees to make more sense than an ordinary commercial movie. It was a story about Anakin's philosophical dilemmas,about politics. But that was more than a normal fan could understand and that's why the prequels are hated.
It actually makes me wonder what kind of world we live in where awesome films like the prequels get trashed, while bland and unoriginal things like The Force Awakens or The Mandalorian get praised universally. Really sad to see. And the saddest part: We will never have Star Wars this good ever again :(
I think people forget that Star Wars was always meant more for kids than adults and is why its so popular now because those kids who saw it when it first came out are now adults. I mean why else would they hire Frank Oz and give him free range to create? All their puppets and cgi characters are kiddish. I normally avoid adults commenting on 1, 2 and 3 because they are so boring pretending they know how to critique a movie. Its nice to see someone can see the movie more for what it is and just enjoy them
It does not matter if it was made for kids or not. Star Wars had an impact on many people from all ages. The prequels were still solid films but people probably expected too much from them, and the time between those two series was so long that everyone had expectations stacked so high, noone could have ever satisfied those.
People said the same about his De Niro impression. He really becomes the character, the facial expressions and mannerisms, and obviously the voice is always spot-on. His Morgan Freeman is phenomenal.
maybe something not noticed about the prequels is the insane, perfect casting. i mean obi wan is perfect. anakin is perfect, and then there is the emperor. and..samuel l jackson. i mean come on. an then eyen cristopher lee and natalie portman! wooooooowww. and how it all explaned the later story in episode 4-6. its simply genius what they pulled of there.
I love all six films, but if I had to decide between the two trilogies I would probably pick the prequels, too! Incidentally, I consider ROTJ to be the weakest of the original six.. but it´s still pretty awesome, of course!
Do you know that the Star Wars movies (except for Last Jedi) are in reverse order from when the characters appear to how they behave? Also, the locations and consequences reverse order per episode. I realized this when Anakin arrived at 32 minutes of an indoor location in Episode 1 and I said to myself "Didn't Luke arrive at 16 minutes at an outdoor location in Episode 4?" 16X2= 32. Then I realized all the characters and scenarios were in reverse order which is why Jabba the Hut was in the directors cut of New Hope so he can arrive in Episode 1 and the creatures in the bleachers of the pod race are mostly the ones in the bars Obi-Wan and Luke go to in Episode 4. Darth Maul's death reverses Obi-Wan since he was killed by Darth Vader. I watched Episode 4 and realized I was right all along and the opening scene in Episode 1 reverses Episode 4. This is why Obi-Wan appears early in Episode 1 because he was late in 4. Vice versa with C-3PO. Han Solo has the first line of dialogue in Episode V because he was so late in the other two. Notice we hear his voice before seeing his face in V because the opposite happened in the other two. The inside of Darth Vader's spaceship doesn't open Episode V so the other two episodes bookend the trilogy. This is also why V ends inside a spaceship with the characters backs at the audience because the other two end in joy on a planet. The opening of Episode 4 starts with Storm Troopers blasting characters with guns leading to an explosion of black smoke in which the smoke contrasts the white interior of the spaceship and Darth Vader emerges from the smoke. C-3PO appears in the scene. Leia gives a message for help to Obi-Wan. Later, C-3PO and R2-D2 leave the spaceship. Episode 1 opens with four characters approaching the spaceship (including Obi-Wan) where a female version of C-3PO greets them. An explosion occurs where white smoke from another room emerges contrasting the dark interiors of the spaceship. The Jedi's emerge from the smoke and do battle with robots. Queen Amidala gives a message for help. Yoda is a reverse of Obi-Wan since he's also a mentor to Luke, but Yoda's short, non-human and talks backwards. Obi-Wan is tall, human and talks forwards. Notice that the ghost of Obi-Wan appears just after Yoda dies in Episode 6. Obi-Wan has a final lightsaber duel in Episode 4, but not 5 and 6 and Yoda has final lightsaber duels in 2 and 3, but not 1. The two lightsaber duels in Episode 3 towards the end symbolize one episode ends and another begins. Also, they are stalemates for being the middle of the series. The lightsaber duels in 2 and 5 are stalemates for being the middle of each trilogy. There are other layers: Luke is first seen at an outdoor location wearing white clothes in Episode 4, then leaving a cave and entering daylight wearing grey in Episode 5, then inside a cave wearing black in Episode 6. Episode 1 has the Gungan culture where the creatures are hairless tall, thin and speak English. The Wookies in Episode 3 are tall, muscular, hairy and don't speak English. The Ewoks in Episode VI are short, fat, furry and don't speak English either. This symbolizes a beginning, middle and end structure of the creatures in relevance to the 1st, 3rd and 6th Episodes in the series. Leia and Vader have the ability to sense things. They were also discovered by R2-D2 in different ways. R2-D2 shows Luke a hologram of Princess Leia which sends him from Tatooine to free Princess Leia on a spaceship, but brings a spaceship to Tatooine where Anakin appears when he saves the crew. Also, Leia is trying to escape her father Darth Vader without knowing they're related while Anakin is taken away from his mom. Anakin is a successful inventor who created C-3PO which mirrors what he will become: a talking robot. Yet, Luke is first seen trying to fix a robot that is still broken. His aunt and uncle did say after lunch, "He has a lot of his father in him." Anakin's father is mentioned after lunch, too. Anakin losing a dream to free the slaves after being separated from his mom reverses when Luke gained a dream of being a Jedi after his aunt and uncle died. Luke starts out unsure of the direction in his life, but gets better and more focused later on. Anakin has hopes, dreams and focus at first, but loses his way later on. Anakin accidentally blowing up the space console ending the war is a reverse of how Luke destroys the Death Star in Episode IV. Luke was trained and in control of his actions, but Anakin isn't. I discovered all these character reversals on my own and there's many more.
Nathan Cox yes! In a little character piece, the themes of the whole Saga are touched upon. Including the themes of technology versus Humanity. Brilliant.
Nathan Cox I loved the prequels, and I grew up with the originals being nearly 50 years old as I am. They just have a good vibe, they have color, and inspiration as you put it. Episode 7 and 8 feel like they are made by committees, because they were.
Nathan Cox rant on, Nathan, haha... I have mixed feelings about the sequels. I really want to enjoy them, but I feel like the heart is missing from them. I did like the Last Jedi better than the force awakens.
Nathan Cox I felt I was watching Harry Potter when that happened. A boy with a broom didn't help. I fully expected him to hop on the broom and fly away.
I actually really like TPM looking at Anakin as his own character and not quite getting Palps role in this looking at it now I really like how George set things up here. Now Clones is my issue prequel movie. A lot of things the fans have said that's bad about all 3 is in this one movie for me. Sith is my favorate of the original 6. Of all the movies really. The issue with the Prequels is inconsistent quality. The originals for the most part are all really well told from the eyes of the characters story lines. Here with the prequels we get this is the universe we're playing in its this big sweeping story told in broad strokes.
I remember the first time that I saw the prequels and how hard I had to try to pretend to like the prequels. . . .and then I just had to be honest . . . and admit that I just simply hated the prequels.
Sorry you had that experience. In spite of being a big fan of the original trilogy I went into The Phantom Menace at the age of 19 ready to take it to the woodshed and wanted to hate it, because I didnt want prequels and I got sick and tired of the hype and marketing . But when I saw it I just couldnt hate it. I had to admit I loved it.
After The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ended, Josh spent a lot of time live casting on social media. Those of us lucky enough to catch those broadcasts were occasionally treated to a discussion of film making.. especially as it related to the Star Wars films... And horror movies. He was absolutely the perfect guy to feature in this series. Hopefully, more people will check out his work. Talent deserving wider recognition right over here, folks!
He's a good guy, we definitely would like to work with him more on other things.
Ministry Of Cinema please do it! Make a movie or something with him playing all characters! Or just a few 😊
The original trilogy was highly experimental as well. We're so used to it we forgot that fact.
We definitely agree on this. George is a very experimental fellow.
I always loved the prequels since I grew up with them, but I started to appreciate them even more after listening to Josh's insights about them.
The prequels strikes back.... Awww man, Just what i needed👌 Long live for the prequels and george !
That awkward pause after "It's too bad I'm gonna eat it later." makes that entire video.
Brilliant! Now give me the 3 hour version of this!
+TiagoRib93 Thanks! We hope to post more from the interviews soon.
Yes!!
JRT is a genius comedic improviser, impersonator and living Star Wars encyclopedia.
I've followed him and been a big fan the past 12 years and will continue.
I couldn't agree with Josh more on EVERYTHING. Awesome interview.
Oh my God, Josh nailed this. He's a genius.
I actually don't understand why people hated the prequels so much. I absolutely loved them xD the phantom menace came out around the same time as the first harry potter movie and I was around 12 or so at the time. So I was privileged to get to basically grow up with these incredible, visionary, MAGICAL movies that whisked me off to a whole new reality. When I was a kid, I would watch Return of the Jedi SO MUCH that the window in the emperors throne room had burned a permanent shape into my TV. You could say that oh people hated it cos of BINKS, or cos of the POLITICS, but see, I don't GET IT. I don't understand why they hated it! Jar Jar was a really silly, funny character, but I loved him, the way he devoted himself to doing the right thing, to the other main characters. The way he made silly jokes and wagged his tongue about even when the situation was grave. The way he appeared to be bumbling and moronic but was actually very capable. And years later checking out his really mysterious scenes like when the droid freaks out trying to target him because he's moving so fast, after reading that Darth Jar Jar theory... He was also a black sheep, outcast by his people and I relate to that heavily. I am a firm believer that Jar Jar was actually force sensitive, and that's what Obi Wan was referring to on the ship when he says he can feel something elsewhere.... elusive..... Jar Jar is elsewhere!! Jar Jar is elusive!!! People who hate him need to try to imagine what the Phantom Menace would have been without him. It would feel like a piece is missing. It'd be kind of bland in my opinion! I would have loved it if George went this direction wit hthe character and made him the ultimate Sith Lord!! It's not bizarre at all to have an evil Sith Lord that looks like a freaky silly alien. Plagueis looks like he has a dildo for a head, and his predecessor, Darth Tenebrous, looks like a remaster of Jeff Goldblum in the Fly...
Then there are the politics, which were in my mind necessary, to acclimatise us to the world that Palpatine inhabits. We needed to get stuck in with that or we wouldn't have been comfortably led up to understanding what it was Sidious was doing, how we was doing it and why.
Great interview and I'm glad to see these episodes are still on TH-cam.
+Christopher Moonlight Thanks! The more people who like and share, the easier it is for is to keep posting to TH-cam!😁
I saw this before Disney's fanfiction ended and here I am now amazed by how much George won in the end. The prequels have never been more loved than now. Also Josh doing George deepfake is the best thing that's ever happened. I freaking love this video.
I love this so much
3:28 Brilliant edit LOL "Hey, how ya doing there? I'm George Lucas."
May the force bless this man.
Josh is the best.
The Prequels were actually great, Lucas wanted the franchisees to make more sense than an ordinary commercial movie. It was a story about Anakin's philosophical dilemmas,about politics. But that was more than a normal fan could understand and that's why the prequels are hated.
It actually makes me wonder what kind of world we live in where awesome films like the prequels get trashed, while bland and unoriginal things like The Force Awakens or The Mandalorian get praised universally.
Really sad to see.
And the saddest part: We will never have Star Wars this good ever again :(
No they weren’t. They are still a horrible acted (directed) mess with awful dialogue and nonsensical plots. And yes, jarjar
@@squattingheads it's treason then...
I'm looking forward to to more prequel loving documentaries like this 👍❤️❤️
I think people forget that Star Wars was always meant more for kids than adults and is why its so popular now because those kids who saw it when it first came out are now adults. I mean why else would they hire Frank Oz and give him free range to create? All their puppets and cgi characters are kiddish.
I normally avoid adults commenting on 1, 2 and 3 because they are so boring pretending they know how to critique a movie. Its nice to see someone can see the movie more for what it is and just enjoy them
It does not matter if it was made for kids or not. Star Wars had an impact on many people from all ages. The prequels were still solid films but people probably expected too much from them, and the time between those two series was so long that everyone had expectations stacked so high, noone could have ever satisfied those.
He also kinda looks enough like Lucas that when he puts on the make-up and does the impression the transformation is AMAZING! :)
People said the same about his De Niro impression. He really becomes the character, the facial expressions and mannerisms, and obviously the voice is always spot-on. His Morgan Freeman is phenomenal.
@@CapitalJJ He's brilliant! (Where's his De Niro impression video? THAT I gotta see!)
@@GeoD007 There's a few on youtube, here's one: th-cam.com/video/41SJLIi1_Jc/w-d-xo.html
I LOVE THE PREQUELS.
i love the prequels. The Revenge of the Sith rocks.
I too love Attack Of The Clones!!! :)
It´s my favorite, too (alongside Empire)! And dare I say it.. my favorite part of it is actually the romance between Padme and Anakin!
maybe something not noticed about the prequels is the insane, perfect casting. i mean obi wan is perfect. anakin is perfect, and then there is the emperor. and..samuel l jackson. i mean come on. an then eyen cristopher lee and natalie portman! wooooooowww. and how it all explaned the later story in episode 4-6. its simply genius what they pulled of there.
Awesome! New subscriber here thanks to JRT :-)
We're glad to have you here! JRT is the man!!!
And I also share a secret, I prefer the Prequels to the Originals. The Prequels are amazing!
Even though the originals are more solid movies I end up watching the prequels more. They have so much stuff jam-packed in them.
Mandeep Singh prequels are better imo
I love all six films, but if I had to decide between the two trilogies I would probably pick the prequels, too!
Incidentally, I consider ROTJ to be the weakest of the original six.. but it´s still pretty awesome, of course!
Do you know that the Star Wars movies (except for Last Jedi) are in reverse order from when the characters appear to how they behave? Also, the locations and consequences reverse order per episode.
I realized this when Anakin arrived at 32 minutes of an indoor location in Episode 1 and I said to myself "Didn't Luke arrive at 16 minutes at an outdoor location in Episode 4?" 16X2= 32. Then I realized all the characters and scenarios were in reverse order which is why Jabba the Hut was in the directors cut of New Hope so he can arrive in Episode 1 and the creatures in the bleachers of the pod race are mostly the ones in the bars Obi-Wan and Luke go to in Episode 4. Darth Maul's death reverses Obi-Wan since he was killed by Darth Vader. I watched Episode 4 and realized I was right all along and the opening scene in Episode 1 reverses Episode 4. This is why Obi-Wan appears early in Episode 1 because he was late in 4. Vice versa with C-3PO. Han Solo has the first line of dialogue in Episode V because he was so late in the other two. Notice we hear his voice before seeing his face in V because the opposite happened in the other two. The inside of Darth Vader's spaceship doesn't open Episode V so the other two episodes bookend the trilogy. This is also why V ends inside a spaceship with the characters backs at the audience because the other two end in joy on a planet.
The opening of Episode 4 starts with Storm Troopers blasting characters with guns leading to an explosion of black smoke in which the smoke contrasts the white interior of the spaceship and Darth Vader emerges from the smoke. C-3PO appears in the scene. Leia gives a message for help to Obi-Wan. Later, C-3PO and R2-D2 leave the spaceship. Episode 1 opens with four characters approaching the spaceship (including Obi-Wan) where a female version of C-3PO greets them. An explosion occurs where white smoke from another room emerges contrasting the dark interiors of the spaceship. The Jedi's emerge from the smoke and do battle with robots. Queen Amidala gives a message for help.
Yoda is a reverse of Obi-Wan since he's also a mentor to Luke, but Yoda's short, non-human and talks backwards. Obi-Wan is tall, human and talks forwards. Notice that the ghost of Obi-Wan appears just after Yoda dies in Episode 6. Obi-Wan has a final lightsaber duel in Episode 4, but not 5 and 6 and Yoda has final lightsaber duels in 2 and 3, but not 1. The two lightsaber duels in Episode 3 towards the end symbolize one episode ends and another begins. Also, they are stalemates for being the middle of the series. The lightsaber duels in 2 and 5 are stalemates for being the middle of each trilogy.
There are other layers: Luke is first seen at an outdoor location wearing white clothes in Episode 4, then leaving a cave and entering daylight wearing grey in Episode 5, then inside a cave wearing black in Episode 6. Episode 1 has the Gungan culture where the creatures are hairless tall, thin and speak English. The Wookies in Episode 3 are tall, muscular, hairy and don't speak English. The Ewoks in Episode VI are short, fat, furry and don't speak English either. This symbolizes a beginning, middle and end structure of the creatures in relevance to the 1st, 3rd and 6th Episodes in the series.
Leia and Vader have the ability to sense things. They were also discovered by R2-D2 in different ways. R2-D2 shows Luke a hologram of Princess Leia which sends him from Tatooine to free Princess Leia on a spaceship, but brings a spaceship to Tatooine where Anakin appears when he saves the crew. Also, Leia is trying to escape her father Darth Vader without knowing they're related while Anakin is taken away from his mom.
Anakin is a successful inventor who created C-3PO which mirrors what he will become: a talking robot. Yet, Luke is first seen trying to fix a robot that is still broken. His aunt and uncle did say after lunch, "He has a lot of his father in him." Anakin's father is mentioned after lunch, too. Anakin losing a dream to free the slaves after being separated from his mom reverses when Luke gained a dream of being a Jedi after his aunt and uncle died. Luke starts out unsure of the direction in his life, but gets better and more focused later on. Anakin has hopes, dreams and focus at first, but loses his way later on. Anakin accidentally blowing up the space console ending the war is a reverse of how Luke destroys the Death Star in Episode IV. Luke was trained and in control of his actions, but Anakin isn't. I discovered all these character reversals on my own and there's many more.
Dex's Diner is my favorite scene in the prequels, maybe the whole series.
Nathan Cox yes! In a little character piece, the themes of the whole Saga are touched upon. Including the themes of technology versus Humanity. Brilliant.
Nathan Cox I loved the prequels, and I grew up with the originals being nearly 50 years old as I am. They just have a good vibe, they have color, and inspiration as you put it. Episode 7 and 8 feel like they are made by committees, because they were.
Nathan Cox rant on, Nathan, haha... I have mixed feelings about the sequels. I really want to enjoy them, but I feel like the heart is missing from them. I did like the Last Jedi better than the force awakens.
Dex's Diner is how you do an Earth-like environment but still add GFFA feel to it (aliens, robots, etc.). Take a note, Rian Johnson.
Nathan Cox I felt I was watching Harry Potter when that happened. A boy with a broom didn't help. I fully expected him to hop on the broom and fly away.
Aotc is 2nd fav star wars film so i love it too
Careful Icarus . . .
i watched the prequels
He reminds me of de Niro for some reason.
I actually really like TPM looking at Anakin as his own character and not quite getting Palps role in this looking at it now I really like how George set things up here. Now Clones is my issue prequel movie. A lot of things the fans have said that's bad about all 3 is in this one movie for me. Sith is my favorate of the original 6. Of all the movies really. The issue with the Prequels is inconsistent quality. The originals for the most part are all really well told from the eyes of the characters story lines. Here with the prequels we get this is the universe we're playing in its this big sweeping story told in broad strokes.
I remember the first time that I saw the prequels and how hard I had to try to pretend to like the prequels. . . .and then I just had to be honest . . . and admit that I just simply hated the prequels.
Sorry you had that experience. In spite of being a big fan of the original trilogy I went into The Phantom Menace at the age of 19 ready to take it to the woodshed and wanted to hate it, because I didnt want prequels and I got sick and tired of the hype and marketing . But when I saw it I just couldnt hate it. I had to admit I loved it.