Love George Lucas. Always believed in him as a writer and a director. What people don't seem to understand is that concepts and ideas change all the time and is not in anyway unique to George Lucas or does it mean George Lucas was incompetent. Anyway thanks for this! It is always amazing to be apart of the journey of movie making!
I'd definitely say this is closer in tone to Dune, compared to what we eventually got in Star Wars, I'm definitely glad that Lucas decided to revise and re-write, because *this* would never have become a franchise, merely a B Movie which the actors involved, would've likely felt like Chris Lemmon feels about Thunder in Paradise... 🙈🙈🙈🙈 But, that the cantina music goes back to playing after the lightsaber action, that's just gold 👍👍👍👍
Yeah this version of the story defnitely has more of the sci-fi epic feel akin to Dune or Flash Gordon (which of course inspired the film) - but there's so much going on it's easy to lose the plot. Glad we got the version we did and glad a lot of these ideas worked their way into the larger story of the Saga at some point.
@@danestudios405 I do vaguely remember watching some of the Flash Gordon episodes as a child (I think Buster Crabbe portrayed Flash?) but my only true memory of it, is of a rocketship with what was clearly a sparkler providing the engine effect, so I'm only assuming that I watched more than one episode, so I'm more familiar with the Flash Gordon movie, with Sam Jones, Timothy Dalton, and Peter Wyngarde, and the cartoon Defenders of the Earth (I actually named one of my written characters, a Trill, Jedda Tobin, after Jedda Walker...) But I've read the Original Dune novel, as well as the one (I forget the title) which showed the beginning of the Butlerian Jihad, featuring Vorian Atreides and his friend, Xavier Harkonnen, and I've seen David Lynch's Dune and the Dune mini-series with Alec Newman as Paul, but not the most recent movie (because I don't want to see Jason Momoa being Jason Momoa, rather than someone portraying Duncan Idaho... 🙈🙈🙈🙈) I'd say The Star Wars definite has that epic, sci-fi opera feel, and I think, with the right cast, and the right director, (as well as a ghost-writer to revise the script (my choice would be Alan Dean Foster) I think this could make for a servicable film. You're absolutely right that it's easy to lose the plot, and I think that seeing those shifts in scenes with the visuals, would definitely 'smooth out' those transitions and eliminate that 'getting lost' feeling. That being said, I *do* think you guys did as good a job as possible, with the material itself, and the weaknesses aren't down to yourselves as voice-actors, but the inherent weakness of George Lucas' writing ability. Now, don't get me wrong, American Graffiti and THX 1138, I think are masterpieces, which showed Lucas at his Best. Star Wars, while I can understand why it was popular on release, I don't think was necessarily Lucas at his Best, when compared to those other films. I would have to say that Lucas is a writer who had the 'creative fuel' for some good stories in him (Graffiti, THX, Star Wars) but once he'd made them, that was pretty much the end of his creative talent, and since then, he's been 'running on the fumes' of that initial creative fuel... 🙈🙈🙈🙈 I'd have to say that Lucas is a good 'ideas man', but, he's not the strongest writer (and an even worse director) and he needs to be part of a team which can refine his raw idea, polish off the rough edges, and then make that result, work. But when he's surrounded by Yes-Men, like Rick McCallum, there's no one to 'reign him in' and polish that initial concept, and I think that's why Episodes I-III were the way they were... I don't want to say they were 'bad', per se, because I enjoyed them thoroughly (My best friend and I watched Revenge of the Sith upon release, came out of the theatre, then immediately bought tickets to go back in and immediately watch it again) But, comparing them to The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, it's clear to see how those other directors, were able to work with Lucas' writing, and refine it into a better film, thus showing the weakness of Lucas' directing, by comparison to theirs... As Harry Callahan said ''A man's got to know his limitations...'' and, George Lucas, well... He is not such a man... 🙈🙈🙈🙈 But thankyou for bringing this to us, it's certainly an interesting look into 'what might have been', and very well presented 👍👍👍👍
I have a copy of the original script and an essay on it somewhere... I downloaded it back in 2001. I haven't thought about it in years. Thanks for this...
Until I listened to this for the first time, realizing it was the Original Story/Script that was broadcast to Fail Miserably, I never understood why, exactly literally everybody connected with the First Movie, including the studios, producers, actors, distributors, agents, all of Hollyweird, everybody...had the full expectation the movie would Bomb, and Bomb horribly. The movie wasn't even promoted, it just appeared on a scattering of theaters billboards one Wednesday to begin a brief run on Friday with almost no audience ascendance. I personally saw the movie the Friday it opened in Phoenix, Arizona with my Dad. Neither of us had gone to the theatre to see the movie beforehand, neither of us had even heard of it before in fact. I got to choose the movie because I was on a fun trip with my Dad from Dallas, who was a Captain for American Airlines. I chose it cause being a kid, and into space stuff of all kinds it seemed worth the risk of hating it. Thinking about it years later I would bet it was the last movie my Dad would have picked though, he just did i t for me. Long story short, even though i t was a prime time showing, and all the other movies packed, we were the only people in the entire room. The movie blew us both away and it still ranks as one of the best memories of our lives. We tried to go to see it again with my Mom and Brother as soon as we returned back to Dallas but to our absolute shock and amazement there was a huge line to see the movie that literally went around to the back of the theatre!! And this when word of mouth was still the only thing promoting it!! Never before had any movie had such a reception and although a few others in the future would generate excitement that came sort of close, that was due to the millions of promotion starting weeks and months before. Truly a ounce in a lifetime thing ad head and I fortunate enough to be there for the very first of it all! Can't get better than that!!!
That's an awesome memory to have! And yeah there are a myriad of reasons people thought this movie would fail. Lucas had one successful film under his belt, the shooting of this movie went over schedule and way over budget, they had small name actors in the leading roles, Sir Alec Guinness was never particularly complimentary about the film, the plot and pacing was a mess originally, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Still, against all odds they managed to put together something magical and unforgetable that would become a cultural icon.
I saw it when I was three. My mom and sister took me to the first showing in town and I fell asleep during the opening crawl. I can remember waking up during the credits and crying because of all the noise people were making lol.
It’s interesting, how things changed between original script and the Movie. “The Star Wars” would be good as a radio play as long as it wasn’t connected the real Star Wars
@@danestudios405 I sometimes have that problem with writing too, as did George Lucas did when he was writing Star Wars. It's easy to forget your having other people read or listen to it, so having someone on the outside proofread really helps. Stephen Spielberg famously told Lucas that his movie was crap, so that made Lucas save it in post production. If u are interested in learning more about the process that went into Star Wars, might I suggest reading The Star Wars Archives: Episodes IV-VI 1977-1983 by Paul Duncan
I think George Lucas should make this his next Star Wars trilogy, something different. At least it wouldn't be like John Carpenter's new Halloween rebootquel trilogy or what James Cameron did to the Terminator franchise. I like what I hear in this
I have to agree with cartoon man . The final product is better . But this will due . Um , really good for this generation .(2023) . And of course this time line . The politics in the world have changed . Um , startrek followed the politics of our world in part . So I think George and gene competed for it all . So the consensus is , which one do you really like .
In hindsight, I agree. I was a purist at the time and felt like narration was unnecessary. I was a little blind to how confusing the story was because I had been reading through the script so many times.
@@seanodeli7031 Yeah there's a fine line and the person who taught me how to make radio plays was staunchly against narration. So I was stuck in that point of view. However with time comes wisdom, and if I were doing this now I'd have extra narration to clarify what's happening.
Wow, Lucas' original script was just as stupid & boring as the Phantom Menace. You can really see here how true it is that Lucas' original movie was saved in the edit.
@@danestudios405 I started having doubts about Lucas when I saw that tedious plotless hash of a movie, Willow. It was really the same thing. When I saw some of the stupid scenes from the original movie I realized that the limitations and re-editting forced on him actually saved his movie. I commented on it someone told me his wife re-edited his film. We saw her movie. That is why she got Oscar for editing. She saved his ass.
Actually it was through rewrites after rewrites and help from other people including the cast changing lines as they as a rule didn't do at times in the prequels but then the actors used other than Anakin and Obi Wan and Mace were of the calibre who did make exceptions and said what they didn't want their character doing in Mace's instance I am ain't dying like a bitch.
Holy smokes!!! Awesome job 🎉🎉🎉. As a legally blind fan this is AWESOME!!!!!
Hey that's awesome to hear! I'm glad you enjoyed! I loved doing these radio plays so any joy they bring is a real bonus!
I love radio drama while I do other things but yes the visually impaired deserve as much content as everyone
Brilliant!!.Thanks for giving this rare piece of SW lore some light
Thank you for your kind words!
Love George Lucas. Always believed in him as a writer and a director. What people don't seem to understand is that concepts and ideas change all the time and is not in anyway unique to George Lucas or does it mean George Lucas was incompetent.
Anyway thanks for this! It is always amazing to be apart of the journey of movie making!
Having listened to this extraordinary production, I have to say I like the Star Wars film from 77 better, but you guys did a great job.
Thanks man. Ive not read or even heard of this before. Really enjoyed it. Great job 👍
Thank you! Your praise is greatly appreciated!
I'd definitely say this is closer in tone to Dune, compared to what we eventually got in Star Wars, I'm definitely glad that Lucas decided to revise and re-write, because *this* would never have become a franchise, merely a B Movie which the actors involved, would've likely felt like Chris Lemmon feels about Thunder in Paradise... 🙈🙈🙈🙈
But, that the cantina music goes back to playing after the lightsaber action, that's just gold 👍👍👍👍
Yeah this version of the story defnitely has more of the sci-fi epic feel akin to Dune or Flash Gordon (which of course inspired the film) - but there's so much going on it's easy to lose the plot. Glad we got the version we did and glad a lot of these ideas worked their way into the larger story of the Saga at some point.
@@danestudios405 I do vaguely remember watching some of the Flash Gordon episodes as a child (I think Buster Crabbe portrayed Flash?) but my only true memory of it, is of a rocketship with what was clearly a sparkler providing the engine effect, so I'm only assuming that I watched more than one episode, so I'm more familiar with the Flash Gordon movie, with Sam Jones, Timothy Dalton, and Peter Wyngarde, and the cartoon Defenders of the Earth (I actually named one of my written characters, a Trill, Jedda Tobin, after Jedda Walker...) But I've read the Original Dune novel, as well as the one (I forget the title) which showed the beginning of the Butlerian Jihad, featuring Vorian Atreides and his friend, Xavier Harkonnen, and I've seen David Lynch's Dune and the Dune mini-series with Alec Newman as Paul, but not the most recent movie (because I don't want to see Jason Momoa being Jason Momoa, rather than someone portraying Duncan Idaho... 🙈🙈🙈🙈) I'd say The Star Wars definite has that epic, sci-fi opera feel, and I think, with the right cast, and the right director, (as well as a ghost-writer to revise the script (my choice would be Alan Dean Foster) I think this could make for a servicable film.
You're absolutely right that it's easy to lose the plot, and I think that seeing those shifts in scenes with the visuals, would definitely 'smooth out' those transitions and eliminate that 'getting lost' feeling. That being said, I *do* think you guys did as good a job as possible, with the material itself, and the weaknesses aren't down to yourselves as voice-actors, but the inherent weakness of George Lucas' writing ability.
Now, don't get me wrong, American Graffiti and THX 1138, I think are masterpieces, which showed Lucas at his Best. Star Wars, while I can understand why it was popular on release, I don't think was necessarily Lucas at his Best, when compared to those other films. I would have to say that Lucas is a writer who had the 'creative fuel' for some good stories in him (Graffiti, THX, Star Wars) but once he'd made them, that was pretty much the end of his creative talent, and since then, he's been 'running on the fumes' of that initial creative fuel... 🙈🙈🙈🙈 I'd have to say that Lucas is a good 'ideas man', but, he's not the strongest writer (and an even worse director) and he needs to be part of a team which can refine his raw idea, polish off the rough edges, and then make that result, work. But when he's surrounded by Yes-Men, like Rick McCallum, there's no one to 'reign him in' and polish that initial concept, and I think that's why Episodes I-III were the way they were... I don't want to say they were 'bad', per se, because I enjoyed them thoroughly (My best friend and I watched Revenge of the Sith upon release, came out of the theatre, then immediately bought tickets to go back in and immediately watch it again) But, comparing them to The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, it's clear to see how those other directors, were able to work with Lucas' writing, and refine it into a better film, thus showing the weakness of Lucas' directing, by comparison to theirs... As Harry Callahan said ''A man's got to know his limitations...'' and, George Lucas, well... He is not such a man... 🙈🙈🙈🙈
But thankyou for bringing this to us, it's certainly an interesting look into 'what might have been', and very well presented 👍👍👍👍
I have a copy of the original script and an essay on it somewhere... I downloaded it back in 2001. I haven't thought about it in years. Thanks for this...
You should upload the essay to archive.
Until I listened to this for the first time, realizing it was the Original Story/Script that was broadcast to Fail Miserably, I never understood why, exactly literally everybody connected with the First Movie, including the studios, producers, actors, distributors, agents, all of Hollyweird, everybody...had the full expectation the movie would Bomb, and Bomb horribly. The movie wasn't even promoted, it just appeared on a scattering of theaters billboards one Wednesday to begin a brief run on Friday with almost no audience ascendance.
I personally saw the movie the Friday it opened in Phoenix, Arizona with my Dad. Neither of us had gone to the theatre to see the movie beforehand, neither of us had even heard of it before in fact. I got to choose the movie because I was on a fun trip with my Dad from Dallas, who was a Captain for American Airlines. I chose it cause being a kid, and into space stuff of all kinds it seemed worth the risk of hating it. Thinking about it years later I would bet it was the last movie my Dad would have picked though, he just did i t for me.
Long story short, even though i t was a prime time showing, and all the other movies packed, we were the only people in the entire room. The movie blew us both away and it still ranks as one of the best memories of our lives. We tried to go to see it again with my Mom and Brother as soon as we returned back to Dallas but to our absolute shock and amazement there was a huge line to see the movie that literally went around to the back of the theatre!! And this when word of mouth was still the only thing promoting it!! Never before had any movie had such a reception and although a few others in the future would generate excitement that came sort of close, that was due to the millions of promotion starting weeks and months before. Truly a ounce in a lifetime thing ad head and I fortunate enough to be there for the very first of it all! Can't get better than that!!!
That's an awesome memory to have! And yeah there are a myriad of reasons people thought this movie would fail. Lucas had one successful film under his belt, the shooting of this movie went over schedule and way over budget, they had small name actors in the leading roles, Sir Alec Guinness was never particularly complimentary about the film, the plot and pacing was a mess originally, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Still, against all odds they managed to put together something magical and unforgetable that would become a cultural icon.
I saw it when I was three. My mom and sister took me to the first showing in town and I fell asleep during the opening crawl. I can remember waking up during the credits and crying because of all the noise people were making lol.
Thank you for posting this. I love audio dramas and all things Star Wars.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy! I really enjoyed this project.
Nothing beats Star Wars from 1977 to 2005, but this is awesome.
This is the only media of Star Wars were the Sith are really eerie and terrifying. IMO
Thank you for the energy put into this, much appreciated. Happy New Year to you!
Thank you! My friends and I had a lot of fun on this project! Happy New Year to you as well!
Great job, thanks for doing this,always wondered about original version, terrific to experience this!
I have the comic books of this, certainly interesting
Heard of this, I have... 🚀
I remember seeing the motion comic of this. It's fine. I see how 9+ movies came out of this.
It’s interesting, how things changed between original script and the Movie. “The Star Wars” would be good as a radio play as long as it wasn’t connected the real Star Wars
It should be a simple plot but it seems so bloated and overcasting is a problem also, I'm glad this isn't what was eventually filmed.
yeah, I remember the Dark Horse comic book adaptation of this
I love it but I feel you should have more narration. I barely had any idea what was happening
Totally agree. As they say hindsight is 20/20 and when I was working on this project it seemed like what was happening was so obvious.
@@danestudios405 I sometimes have that problem with writing too, as did George Lucas did when he was writing Star Wars. It's easy to forget your having other people read or listen to it, so having someone on the outside proofread really helps. Stephen Spielberg famously told Lucas that his movie was crap, so that made Lucas save it in post production. If u are interested in learning more about the process that went into Star Wars, might I suggest reading The Star Wars Archives: Episodes IV-VI 1977-1983 by Paul Duncan
That's the nature of early drafts.
@@marckg6950 true
I think George Lucas should make this his next Star Wars trilogy, something different. At least it wouldn't be like John Carpenter's new Halloween rebootquel trilogy or what James Cameron did to the Terminator franchise. I like what I hear in this
Would love the leith breacket empire to be done
I'll look into it! It's a little tougher nowadays since I'm no longer a college student with ample free time, but it definitely sounds interesting!
@@danestudios405 you can find the script on line
@@johnreid9959 Yep, already found it and have it downloaded. Again the main issue is not having the time to do it.
this is awesome…
Thank you!
A new millennium for the Empire? Does that make it a thousand year reich?
Needs visuals from "The SW" comic.
This is awesome! Thank you.....
@@danestudios405 well acted and love the score arrangements! Top shelf entertainment right here Chris!
Are u in L.A.? I write for comedians etc...... love to see your showcases!!!
May the Schwartz be with you Chris!
Also sounds like an old radio play .
It would have been good if they would have had someone do it his voice belongs in a Chris Hanson show
I have to agree with cartoon man . The final product is better . But this will due .
Um , really good for this generation .(2023) . And of course this time line . The politics in the world have changed .
Um , startrek followed the politics of our world in part . So I think George and gene competed for it all . So the consensus is , which one do you really like .
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This is hard to follow. Need more narration to understand whats going on.
In hindsight, I agree. I was a purist at the time and felt like narration was unnecessary. I was a little blind to how confusing the story was because I had been reading through the script so many times.
@@danestudios405 the art of a radio play is unique you have to describe so much while not bogging down the pacing
@@seanodeli7031 Yeah there's a fine line and the person who taught me how to make radio plays was staunchly against narration. So I was stuck in that point of view. However with time comes wisdom, and if I were doing this now I'd have extra narration to clarify what's happening.
Link to a copy of this script?
You should retitle this i thought it was an edited version of the radio play I have ignored this for months
Let's all pitch in and make an ai film for this :D
Is this from the comic book version?
The loud, quiet. Loud, quiet. Was probably my biggest dislike of this
Other than that I enjoyed it
Wow, Lucas' original script was just as stupid & boring as the Phantom Menace. You can really see here how true it is that Lucas' original movie was saved in the edit.
@@danestudios405 I started having doubts about Lucas when I saw that tedious plotless hash of a movie, Willow. It was really the same thing. When I saw some of the stupid scenes from the original movie I realized that the limitations and re-editting forced on him actually saved his movie. I commented on it someone told me his wife re-edited his film. We saw her movie. That is why she got Oscar for editing. She saved his ass.
Actually it was through rewrites after rewrites and help from other people including the cast changing lines as they as a rule didn't do at times in the prequels but then the actors used other than Anakin and Obi Wan and Mace were of the calibre who did make exceptions and said what they didn't want their character doing in Mace's instance I am ain't dying like a bitch.
Marcia Lucas saved Star Wars
@@reepacheirpfirewalker8629 ...What?
I see you fell for RocketJump's dumb video.
So unfortunate how bad The Last Jedi was
To much music
Do you mean - too much music?
Hello
@@josephandall2226 do you mean TOO much attitude? Jeez....get over yourself , little teacher. 😡
um...yikes