Carrie Fisher on why Star Wars was 'low-budget' | BBC Global 

She was only about 20 years old when she did this interview, but comes across as so mature. She was such a unique person (I'm a huge fan of her writing),; it was a significant loss when she passed away.

I'm impressed at the way she randomly described the VFX process and budget, like that.

“And then we did the swing across. I was very frightened, but we did it and I liked it, but we did it right so I didn’t get to do it again and enjoy it” Carrie Fisher, what an absolute gem.

Our Princess

Carrie Fisher. OUR Space Princess. R.I.P.

She was such a great actress she played such a funny part in The Blues Brothers

I'm in love. Again.

When they swung across, a huge cheer went up in the cinema i was in. One of those old style double decker cinemas that must have held about 800 people. The atmosphere was incredible. I was 6 years old and i thought it was all real.

I would love to see the entire interview.

I saw this in the theatre at the time when I was a kid. There were huge line ups outside the theatres at the time. It became the world’s number one movie of all time by late 1977. Nobody expected this type of success prior to the film being released. The movie had everything

Well informed about special efx, among other things. Gotta love Carrie.

I liked that her character _wasn't_ supposed to be the standard "damsel in distress", which in Sci-Fi was so common, back to the Dan Dare, Flash Gordon era. (Didn't hurt that she _was_ very attractive of course.) Although that earphones hairstyle … I suppose you have to say it _was_ original! Must have been a pain to maintain (and, for that matter, hear through").

I think they blew the through the effects budget building special equipment and cameras and when George came back from London he panicked, they had only finished a few shots. Not only was ILM under a crunch but he had to ask for more money to film the Cantina scene and shoot the death star trench battle. Dykstra won an academy award but he wasn't asked back for Empire.

She was so stunningly beautiful, and at the same time so smart and poist. What an actress and person ❤

What really impresses me about Carrie Fisher during this interview is her level of speech and communication, and how articulate she is (was) at this age; very thoughtful and clear... a level of maturity that for a 20 or 21 year old, at the time of this recording, is delightfully refreshing to hear today, as I am sure it was back them too.

Rule No 1: Always know what the lunch break is like

In the past, people were much more mature and wise even though they were young. Carrie Fisher is only 20 years old during this interview and speaks very calmly and knowledgeably. Now 20-year-old people are like children. I remember her with respect.

But, but, I thought only modern Hollywood women knew about being strong female characters.

I really love her voice (lower, husky) and how she speaks. Her voice and manner shifted as she got older. It’s interesting how different she sounds here.

Love you Carrie ❤❤❤❤legend 🥰 beautiful

Rip Carrie.

The others didn't think much of the script but Carrie certainly enjoyed her lines.

Loved her voice.

What a voice.

Saw this 35 Years ago 🤔💯

Carrie… beautiful inside and out ❤

If you be my bodyguard, I will be your long lost pal. I can call you Betty, and Betty when you call me, you can call me Al.

So intelligent I believe she had some struggles in life but when she was on her game she was the very top.

By the 1970’s, the conventional wisdom in Hollywood was that Sci-Fi was dead. No one was going to put up any significant money to produce a film that the studios figured no one would come out to see. So, of course Star Wars had to be shot as a low-budget B-movie. However, Star Wars had EVERYTHING it takes to make a GREAT movie: A spectacular, superlatively well-written SCRIPT; an unbelievably compelling SCORE; extraordinarily talented ACTORS in ALL of the roles - the “big names” were in the supporting roles (Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing) but the leads were mostly newcomers; ingenious and creative special effects that were subservient to the story, rather than simply being “gee whiz” stunts. And people came out to see it in droves!! Multiple times. The film was so successful that it created a renaissance in the Sci-Fi genre. Star Trek: The Motion Picture came out two years later, in 1979. [You know, the same thing happened with The Western. Everyone in Hollywood thought The Western was dead. Then Unforgiven came out and was so successful it created a renaissance of The Western genre. The conventional wisdom needs to be adjusted to say, “Movies with badly written scripts, stupid plots, cliched and unbelievable characters, and hackneyed execution are dead. Not even a great star can save a bad movie.”]

Dorothy-Princess Leia, Toto-R2D2, Tin Man-C3PO, Straw Man-Hans Solo, Lion-Chewbacca. The eternal storytelling never dies.

OMG shes even more beautiful

When you are a pioneer there's always resistance.

that era in which young people tried to appear as adults, unlike our age in which they try to appear as children

Because Fox didn't give them a lot of money. GL even had to start his own FX company.

What?! I thought they only used blue-screen for the movie 🤔 (1:13)

Great Movie...Great Trilogy...everything that has followed...not so much...

That’s a clever person.

Still our Princess, still our General, still the Huttslayer.

Gorgeous

This haircut would've been nice to see on her in one of the movies.

Why didn't anyone tell her that her collar was messed up?

It was a B movie. It just caught lightning in a bottle.

There are many beautiful women, but very few real ladies...

Not a great fan of the film series, but it was groundbreaking, and Carie Fisher was the best thing in it if you wasn't a nerd.

"I've got her in my head At night when I go to bed And I know it sounds lame, but She's the girl of my dreams And of course I'd do anything for her I'd search the moons of Endor I'd even walk naked through The deserts of tatooine Princess Leia, where are you tonight? And who's laying there by your side? Every night I fall asleep with you And I wake up alone And even though I'm not as cool as Han I still want to be your man You're exactly the kind of Alderranian that I need But when you were available, I was Drinking colt 45's with Lando I was hanging out in the cantina On Mos Eisley Princess Leia, where are you tonight? And who's laying there by your side? Every night I fall asleep with you And I wake up alone Princess Leia Princess Leia Princess Leia, where are you tonight? And who's laying there by your side? Every night I fall asleep with you And I wake up alone"

What's a shassum?

It was not low budget .. in today’s money it is 60 million USD. No outrageous marketing bloat (or money laundering) like today .. all filmed in studio or FX depts with no big stars taking large chunks upfront.

"George didn't want a damsel in distress", jump forward 6 years to Jabba's barge scene....

Your lightsaber is showing.

😮

The original Star Wars released May 25, 1977 had a budget of $10 million, a little higher than average cost to make a movie at that time. It was not really a low budget movie.

Poor Carrie, used her body as a chemistry set 😢 RIP

That was in the 70s. An NOW, 50 years later, we have to fight for women’s rights and blah blaj

She was cute before cocaine and drinking

You defined by a job you do with tools of your choice, which is any game engine tools + blender - something like this. It's not considered to be any scientific process you can do with your smartphone and it's only a habit controlling your recording machines.

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She was soooooo depresssed here. She had major daddy issues.

Lord Low Budget saying that to a man from the country where Doctor Who was made on an actual low budget.

Why? Because they didn't have much money. Duh. 🙄

Short answer; they spent the budget on Carrie Fisher's drug habit lol

Ray is so much stronger and independenter than Leia was!

0:37 We all know now why She wonder about "lunch breaks". Yes, cocaine break.

In the film, she LITEARALLY played a princess and is a damsel in distress rescued by the masculine heroes from prison. WTF is she talking about?

I really love her voice (lower, husky) and how she speaks. Her voice and manner shifted as she got older. It’s interesting how different she sounds here.