George Lucas on the impact of Star Wars with Christopher Nolan 

The DGA should have let George speak for another 1 hour and 45 minutes instead of ending early to screen them A New Hope.

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how can you ask for money if you did not even take the 10 seconds to put a filter on the annoying noise in the video?

no thank you

I think that would be awesome if it was based on the early Star Wars draft. So it would be totally separate from the other films.

If you're willing to pay that much money for a movie, then I'd recommend to my Congressman that taxes need to be raised to begin paying down the national debt. I mean, I'd recommend that anyway. And especially on all entertainment, all television consumption, television advertising, carbon consumption, movies of any type or in any format, cruise ships, amusement parks, luxury items and services, and on the income of the top 1%. Read The Age Of Eisenhower by William Hitchcock.

FUCK YES THATS ALL I WANT

you are an idiot

I'd love to see another George Lucas Star Wars film, for all his faults the biggest movie franchise in history is all down to him.

And those generation of filmmakers are Villenueve, Eggers and Zhao. Lest be us not forget PIXAR as well.

ILM? THX? Lucas made the modern cinema! ♥️

@@thataustriantrain7466Pixar is a company

Are you telling me what comes around goes around?

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... & HOW He is still SO bitter about it taking him a whole 3 films to become a huge success?!

@@billepperson2662how is he bitter? He was successful right after the first movie

@@billepperson2662 He became a millionaire before he even made Star Wars.

I really like Nolan's stuff - but in a certain way, his films are cold and distanced; very technical. But, yeah, better Nolan than most other directors.

He was considered to be the director of Star Wars 7

Rated R

It would be a mind boggling action orgasm.

Or Tarantino. That would be the bloodiest Star Wars ever seen.

Empire of Dreams

Best title. (The documentary of Star Wars has that title.)

@@michaelkays9801 I meant more like the equivalent of "The disaster Artist" for " The Room" or "The Social Network" for Facebook. But that'll work for now :)

That would a great movie, but who would play George ?

@@charleyboy74 Anyone with a beard and glasses.

I agree. Warts and all, his movies have forever impacted the mainstream Hollywood filmmaking industry. Not just directors, but people interested in sound designing/mixing/editing, visual effects, etc. And for that I respect him deeply

Star wars is so important and so big on its own, that it is super easy to forget, that lucas has another equally important movie serie in his resume - Indiana jones

@@coolnamebro cool, go make ur own movie and show this overrated director how its done!

@@coolnamebro George wrote Indiana Jones (along with two others) and it wouldn't exist if he hadn't pushed it. His talent was taking two ideas from movie serials and translating them to major modern movie franchises. It's too bad he didn't keep going with that, by say a superhero movie (like Shazam!) or if they had war serials, something like the team in _Saving Private Ryan._

​@@coolnamebrohe basically created modern special effects, the modern blockbuster, and did some really good design work. It was super special for a while. Compare Star wars to action before that. Or star trek which was a contemporary. Everything looked crappy compared to star wars But at some point, everybody else learned it too and it's not special anymore. Basically, the thing that made him stand out, we got used to. But doesn't change how important it was

You know...

a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

@@willedwards5196 Same

Absolutely my same reaction.

Yep, it's almost like it was suppressed.

If I'd been there I would have said I can watch Star Wars anytime, but you guys talking is an one-off so keep going.

Yeeessss!! Several hours at least. Absolutely worth it.

An hour long Question/Answer session should be put to Jbrams and Rian Johnson and give them a chance to explain how exactly they monumentally fucked up the Sequel Trilogy; just to give us all a understanding what exactly went through their heads. WHY Rian made the decisions he made to basically go and deconstruct the Star Wars mythos with his TLJ, and add nothing at all new. And why Jbrams just basically cut-paste and rehashed practically everything that had came before, and why he became so obsessed with all his empty "Mystery Boxes" which amounted to zip.

You can see they rationale through snippets from several interviews. Abrams has a poor understanding of Star Wars and thinks everyone loves mystery boxes. Star Wars is just mystery boxes. Who is Vader? Luke’s father. Mystery box. He literally thinks this way (I think a search of Abrams and mystery boxes will bring it up). I don’t know about RJ but he seems to want to make a twist, kind of like M. night. There is the famous exchange where Mark Hamill says RJ needs to think about the fans and he basically says no. Ironically, this “think about the fans” is something Mark learned from Lucas. Mark suggested the end of RotJ be Luke wearing Vader’s helmet and going to the dark side, giving a dark ending like ESB. Lucas said no, we need to think of the fans and give a payoff with a happy ending. Also why I think Kiera’s proposed ending would have missed the mark. Star Wars is a fairy tale and fairy tales tend to end happily either through spiritual redemption or just a traditional happy ending.

An hour?i could do for a weekly podcast of these two just talking about film lmao

Unfortunately George doesn't tell us where it had been done before.

@@davidjames579 ? He literally says Gone With the Wind within two seconds of watching.

I was super impressed with Nolan's interview skills. He never missed a beat, and the fact that he names department heads like John Barry and John Mollo tells me he is already well read on the behind the scenes. There are too many videos of George giving the same answers over and over again, but this is only because he keeps getting the same questions, and Nolan rose to the occasion with adequate research.

@@dougchampion8084 Is that Lucas adding that part in for his Special Edition of the interview as it wasn't in the original?

@@davidjames579 ??? wtf are you talking about

atleast we could have been sure he'd have had a fucking plan for all 3 -__-

I don't think that's his style

No you don't. But he would have done it better than Disnun for sure

@@SuperBajack yes I do

The problem wasn't direction, it was writing.

Love the prequels too. Great space operas!

A whole heap of seemingly random stuff that magically all comes together and on point at the end? Yeah I agree. Disney forgot the magic at the end though... That casino side story added nothing.

@@alj6194 I'm gonna utter some heresy here. I liked the prequels MORE than the original trilogy. I know, I know, I'm going to hell.

@@Soulslayer612 The prequels are awesome dude, you're going straight to heaven.

Prequels are so more important than most Star Wars fans realize like the end of first episode with duel of fates playing really shows how much Qui gon is underrated he was only thing stopping anakin from his ultimate fate of being vader

Honestly, you'd think George would be wanting to learn from Nolan

Sam J. They are both geniuses in their own right and both learn from each other

@@cecilabbott6092 With all due respect to George, Nolan is definitely the one with more credit to his name, and has shown amazing skill in storytelling and direction in practically every film he's produced. George created an amazing story, but he needed a ton of help from others to tell it, and it was pure luck that those others were the right people to elevate his silly space opera into something spectacular.

@@SamTheMan0425 You're being mightily unfair here. They are both giants in their respective fields, Nolan in 'serious' movie-making, and Lucas in franchises. Star Wars and Indiana Jones aside, I would agree that Nolan is by far the superior director, but Star Wars and Indiana Jones exist and have influenced countless movies since then. I mean, the original SW and Indiana Jones movies are still revered 40 years on, only time will tell what people will be saying about Nolan in 2040. You'd have to be an absolute spastic to not take movie-making advice from Lucas tbh.

@@johnbull1568 Did I say that George Lucas wasn't an important figure? I'm just saying there's no doubt that Nolan is the much better filmmaker.

fuck Filoni

dimitreze why

dimitreze fuck filoni? The only dude besides favreau that is actually putting passion into the franchise? Nah

Not really a fan of Favereau but the rest of them could make some great stuff together.

Zbuckner did you not like the mandalorian and iron man?

I do - loved Jar Jar. Fans gave George a lot of difficulty with the prequels. I don't think he had the stomach to make any more films after that. I do think his films could have benefitted with a script writer at times.

I assume you mean George, but it really does apply to both of them :) George more so though, half the films we have today wouldn't exist without him

@@broken1394 Attack of the Clones was written by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales, so he had a co-writer on that one.

Not enough? Nolan is considered one of the best. If u mean the other guy, he didn't direct a watchable movie for 43 years

Oh, we do!!! The studios underestimated him, and we made him a billionaire - and rightfully so!

Check out the book "Making of Star Wars" by JW Rinzler! It's an incredibly thorough beginning to end, fairly unbiased look of the entire process of the film. There are books for each movie, but the first was the most interesting, just because of all the details of getting the film off the ground and the production that Lucas touches on in this video. Also, it includes some looks at early story treatments which is super fascinating to see how different the story was at first.

Have you seen "An Empire Of Dreams"? For me, that's the best documentary of the whole making of process and it shows how often George was about to get a heart attack.

There's a quote in Nolan's The Dark Knight about living long enough to see yourself become the villain. I think that since 1997 it can be said Lucas has become a villain. Reediting the original Star Wars movies, Jar Jar Binks, and the Crystal Skull in 2008. 2008, the year of Nolan's The Dark Knight. So it's interesting to see Nolan have an interview with Lucas.

PTA >>>>>>>> Nolan and Lucas combined

@@lickenhuntsman5338 have lucus write story just not dialogue. Nolan direct.

Rigel Bellatrix yea.. I agree some of his choices weren’t spot on.. but tbh he created only the greatest franchise ever. (I hate the new Disney films) Indiana Jones, Pixar, ILM and the list goes on .. all that far exceeds any missteps. So He’s no villain. You and I will have to agree to disagree on that my friend. He’s a stalwart creative force. A maverick amongst his so called Hollywood peers. We might not agree all the time with his choices but they’re his. And I still respect him more than pretty much any filmmaker out there. The only others I would include are Spielberg, Nolan, Scorsese, Mann.. they’re all in good company.

Agree, this is awesome!

Right. It’s ironic how he told Spielberg back in the day, when Jaws was being filmed, “If you get even half of this on film, you’ll revolutionize the way movies are made.” Not that Jaws wasn’t revolutionary in its own way (inspired the term blockbuster, first movie to gross over $100 million, put Spielberg on the map as a director to watch), but Star Wars’ impact on filmmaking/filmmakers/sound/special effects, and the mainstream industry’s focus in what they make, how they market movies, far outweighs Jaws’ impact in my opinion. I mean, by comparison, look at how many big, famous, popular shark movies have been made in the wake of Jaws, versus all the popular, post-Star Wars sci-fi action blockbusters that’ve been made (Guardians of the Galaxy is a series that comes to mind)

@@Overseer2579 Too crude an analysis. Jaws inspired how impending threat is depicted, how horror/thriller can be marketed widely as family entertainment. Star Wars did not kickstart interest in sci-fi, it shifted the marketing of sci-fi to wider audiences through timeless genre-independent themes, and validated the techniques, setting and themes as marketable blockbuster potential

@@TheJthom9 it did kickstart interest in sci-fi, because it wasn’t making big box office money at the time, hence why so many studios passed on the screenplay. In addition, it did also impact all of those other areas you mentioned, like marketing, what studios focused on in terms of the types of films they catered to, using timeless themes and story archetypes to reach wide audiences and make LOTS of money. Jaws did impact what you said about horror and how it’s marketed (I mean heck, Spielberg went on to executive produce stuff like Poltergeist and Gremlins, which I watched growing up). But you are wrong in the assumption that Star Wars did not kickstart interest in sci-fi because it did. It also was revolutionary in its special effects tech at the time, and shifted the studios’ focus to the summer as the prime releasing season for all the big films they were distributing

Not necessarily. If he'd walked off into the desert of Tunisia, never to be seen again, Spielberg still would have made _Close Encounters of the Third Kind,_ released at the end of 1977, but maybe he wouldn't have the head start of using George's special effects crew that would become ILM. Also, _Superman_ was being filmed by Richard Donner that still would have been a huge success in 1978. Maybe we wouldn't have gotten _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ and a lot of space knockoffs in the 1980s? But the blockbuster was here anyway after _Jaws (1975)._

No Star Wars No blockbusters, no Harry Potter, no Lunchboxs and action figures means no MCU. No blockbusters means no pixar. no pixar means no internet. The render farms used for films is what drove much of the technology we use every day. Computers already could handle word processors and payroll stock markers and a lot of work things but without star wars we might not have the internet outside collage and military bases. No internet no gps no gig economy. The planet looks completely different without George Lucas and a single space movie, we might not even have found the Franklyn expiation George if we did not have internet by now in human history. Might have even ended the world by now.

Steven Spielberg not????

He’s incredible he should be there top

Couldn't agree more. Lucas is my favorite director ever with nolan being the second. They are the best storytellers

Christopher Nolan is definitely in my top 10

There's a whole exponential and ongoing chain reaction. If you think about it, George Lucas actually had a huge impact on the MCU. Because Lucas hired Joe Johnston, the success of the original trilogy paved the way for Johnston to embark on a directing career, which would eventually lead to Captain America: The First Avenger and casting of Chris Evans.

He's one of the few movie studio execs that will be remembered I think, at least fondly!

@@ironcladnomad5639 yeah I didn’t really think about it like that. That’s very cool. The First Avenger is one of Johnston’s better movies, imo, with his best work being October Sky

He also let Mel Gibson direct Braveheart (which probably would not have happened under other studio heads.)

I would say Ridley Scott also, with Alien and Blade Runner, which took it a step further.

Nice catch dude

Weird

I wish the sequels were 4 hours shorter

I said the same thing about ep3 #Releasethelucascut

It kinda makes me feel like it was the prelude to Dazed and Confused, which was pretty much Richard Linklater’s American Graffiti. In my opinion, it’s Lucas’s best directorial work (that’s right, I like it MORE than Star Wars, as good as those movies are)

You know that would happen only if WB buy the franchise right? Haha

It makes me wish for another George Lucas trilogy. It would be a dream come true, bad sadly it's not gonna happen.

Omg that’d be amazing

I want to see George's sequels! Ideal situation would have been something like this, what do you reckon: 1. Make George Lucas' sequel trilogy. Christopher Nolan directs with Jonathan Nolan, James Luceno and Timothy Zahn as screenwriters to tweak/adapt George's scripts for the big screen. 2. Film said Lucas sequels in one go and release them in 1 year bursts after they are all made with George Lucas as the final arbiter/consultant for the story and any lore: Episode VI - SHADOW OF THE FORCE Episode VII - KNIGHTS OF THE WHILLS Episode IX - RISE OF THE NEW ORDER 3. In the interim, make and release "Labyrinth of Deception" - based on the Luceno novel "Labyrinth of Evil". Suggested director - Deborah Chow. (Morrison and rest of prequel cast to reprise their roles). 4. Make the movie "Knightfall" - based on a blend of the Luceno novel "Rise of Darth Vader" and the comic "Conclave at Kessel". Cast to include Jim Caviezel as Master Shyrne and Anna Akana as Padawan Olee Starstone. Hayden to reprise role as Vader. Suggested director - Patty Jenkins 5. Make "Rogue One" just as it was directed by Gareth Edwards. 6. After all of that, make 3, or 6 movies based on the Old Republic video games. Suggested cast for George's sequels (I would not use the crap Disney cast): Original heroes (Leia, Luke, Han, Lando, R2, C3PO, Yoda) Obi Wan - CGI ghost of Alec Guiness with voice of Ewan McGregor Anakin - CGI ghost of Hayden Plageuis/primary villain - Anthony Hopkins The Whills - Judi Dench, Diane Lane, Denzel Washington, Kevin Costner, Jackie Chan Mara Jade Skywalker - Gal Gadot Kira Skywalker - Naomi Scott Sam Solo - William Mosley Solo child who turns dark - Ben Barnes Jaina Solo - Olympia Valance Red Twilek Jedi Hunter seductress - Chloe Bennet Other Jedi students - Kristen Kreuk, Veronica Ngo, Ki Hong Lee, Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie Dark Jedi students/Jedi Hunters - Cameron Cuffe, Georgina Campbell, Colin Salmon, Emma Watson Mace Windu/Jedi vigilante - Samuel L. Jackson Imperium Vizier - Jeff Goldblum Imperial Empress Marisiah Fel - Jessica Alba Leia's cousin, Queen of Naboo - Catherine Zeta Jones Pandoran King - Antonio Banderas Galactic warlords - The Rock, Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Clint Eastwood, Zac Efron Jan Ors - Kelly Hu Kyle Katarn - Robert Downey Junior Layla Katarn (daughter) - Sybilla Deen Aayla Secura Force ghost - original actress Just a suggestion. But I reckon infinitely better than what we got

@@darkjediknight2923 I think it would be cool if Christopher Nolan moved away from the Skywalker sage and told a new story- but I would love it to be a story that focused all on the Jedi and the Sith- because Jedi lore is my favorite part of Star Wars!

@@littlestsoul4099 Yes of course. What I mean is, that if there was ever going to be "sequels" beyond ROTJ, then I would 100% want to see ONLY George Lucas' sequel story. Someone like Nolan could showcase it on screen superbly I am sure. So first and foremost, I'd like to see THAT to have a proper saga. Then of course, I would also love to see an Old Republic era story about the Jedi and Sith. Maybe even Jedi vigilantes like the Star Wars version of Batman. Nolan would be great at that also!

@@littlestsoul4099 the times of the old republic that era

@@darkjediknight2923 Full truth. I might not want to see any main line SW movies after ROTJ. Spin-offs with the OG cast, sure, but the saga is best as six episodes

The only one I heard. Did he say drills where used as laser prop guns?

Movie nuts and bolts discussion is fantastic.

That’s not melodramatic at all. I’m a university student at SCAD currently pursuing a career in writing/directing, and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) was the movie that made me want to be a filmmaker to begin with. So just for that alone, he was a big part of my childhood too. Plus I just fucking LOVE Star Wars

@@Overseer2579 Raiders is a case study in film making- what a movie.

@@ManCave1972 _Raiders_ was a fantastic action-adventure, but I can't un-see Amy's analysis on _The Big Bang Theory_ which said Indy had no influence on the outcome of the movie. Also, George told a fib to Steven saying he had 3 movies all planned out, but when they went to start on the sequel, _Temple of Doom,_ Steven said George had nothing and they had to start from scratch.

@@sandal_thong8631 Ha ha yes I’d forgotten about the Big Bang Theory- and it totally stacks up😂😂👏👏

Ffc = Untalented prick

Five years ago I was excited to see the new Star Wars film. Today I literally don't care in the slightest about the franchise, I haven't seen the last film, they might as well be those silly Transformers films.

Its not like the prequels are any better...

@@DrRAZI99 yes, they were way better...

@@DrRAZI99 actually they were

did you miss the prequels?

He's always been funny.

OMG YOU’re real!!!!

I remember you.

Tell us a duck storey

All the people who talked smack about the prequels. Funny, those people hate the sequels now even more.

@@aaronratliff338 and claimed “GeOrGe LuCaS rApEd My ChIlDhOoD”! When they’re claiming Disney did so and have made fun of George Lucas for his prequel trilogy. Phantom Menace is decent for me, Attack Of The Clones is bad, and Revenge Of The Sith has always been my favorite of the prequel trilogy.

J.J. Abrams

Did you say Rian Johnson?

@@ito2789 you beat me to it

Not really. A director doesn't always control of a film and if they do they will still have limits. Sure Snyder did a good thing filming his film at the same he was making the studio version, if I'm a fan. But as an investor I'd never work with him because I don't know if the director is going to give us what he said or just how own thing. People assume because a director has soucj freedom that only good can come from it. Tiktok is a good example of giving idiots total freedom and all we've gotten from tiktok is cancer. A good director will make anything with what he has and a bad director won't care. See Josh trank and his fant4stic for example.

It's not always an option to do your own thing.

Sounds like you don't know the whole story, look up the video "Practical effects in the Prequels" and you might be surprised.

@@DanielWatches Oh I know they used a lot of real sets in the Prequels

They did both; almost all sets had floors and partial/bottom parts of walls built, then bluescreen where the rest would be inserted in post production. What really drags especially The Phantom Menace down in today's eyes, are the CGI creatures which look quite cartoony and flat by todays standards. The way light is reflected on Jar Jar's skin as an example, looks really bad. The initial Yoda puppet they built also looked atrociously bad; I'll never understand how Lucas approved that thing for screen use.

I don't think it's ironic, listen again the part about building the sets of moulded fibre glass, at around the 30:00 min. Pioneering the use of bluescreen/CGI/digital sets, makes a lot more sense, from his perspective. And you know that they did go to real locations as well, when required.

@@thoso1973 I contacted one of the crewmembers/extras of TPM who is now working at Disney, if you buy one of her charity autographs she'll answer any questions and has some frank stories about disagreements that happened, quite enlightnening. PM me if you want her contact.

He has probably told the story so many times, the truth is even a little lost for him. He would have re-written the script for all three films countless times, so I understand the exact timeline may be a bit blurry for him. I do agree it’s a little glaring though how obviously he omits any anecdotes involving Marcia, but more curiously Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck’s contributions to the script are almost never mentioned.

Agreed, the best interview I've seen with him in a long time, if not ever. I noticed Lucas paused a bit when Nolan asked what kind of research or influences he went back to when writing the movie. Lucas took an awkward pause there and then mentioned Kurosawa films. I think we know there are many other things he looked at and borrowed from, but he wasn't about to be honest and say I took this idea from that and that idea from this all in a row. If I understand correctly, Lucas tried to option the rights to Flash Gordon before writing Star Wars but he didn't mention that here. Any possible comic book influences are rarely if ever mentioned by Lucas. But we know Lucas was a comic geek enough to know about Howard the Duck when the character's series debuted and became a cult hit with older fans. We know the "rolling boulder" scene in Raiders was shown in Donald Duck comics earlier. We know Vader has some similarity to Dr. Doom that even Stan Lee commented on. We know Jack Kirby's space opera Fourth World had many elements similar to Star Wars. Just in general, the idea of sci-fi mixed with fantasy, adventure and visual spectacle was little seen in movies up to that point but was what Marvel and DC were publishing every week. It was perhaps no accident that the Star Wars comic adaptation became one of Marvel's bestselling titles because the material was going for the exact same audience that Marvel's regular titles were.

He's told the lie so many times about how he had the whole story of the saga figured out, I guess it's impossible to back out now and change his story. Too bad not even the official making of books support his story, where all the original versions of the scripts are discussed in detail. Although he tried to muddy the waters by slipping in a line about midichlorians into his original concept of the Force, but the writer of the making of book revealed Lucas edited the original document.

It felt to me like he was going to get to that part with Marcia, but sadly he only got as far into the story as the first rough cut before they changed the subject.

To the script? And editing? That myth is untrue and overblown

@@gphi6053 what are you smoking??? episodes 7-9 were HORRIFIC and thats being polite!

@@gphi6053 I mean there was work and care that was undoubtedly put into the sequel trilogy. But there was also arguably work put into the final season of game of thrones, which is very easy to argue is absolute trash. I liked certain parts of the sequel trilogy, but I have always felt that they lacked a certain "magic" that the other films, including the prequels, currently had. I personally am a huge fan of Rian Johnson, and I actually do understand what he was trying to do with the "Last Jedi". The problem was that the story didnt really flow with Force Awakens and it took a lot of people out of it. I personally feel that if he was in charge of the sequel trilogy as a whole, it would have been recieved better. But my main issue was that it lacked the "George Lucas magic''. Honestly my biggest issue with these films is that it completely messed up the flow of the story of main saga. The saga, as a whole, is the story of Anakin Skywalker. It details his rise as a powerful jedi knight, to his fall as a genocidal dark lord of the sith, to his redemption when he saved his son. We saw a unified republic destroyed by a cunning powerful politican as he created the empire, and we saw a rebellion fight to recover that former peace. George Lucas's Star Wars was a beautiful tale about family and redemption, and it is that tale that made me fall in love with that universe. Force Awakens completely jarred it up for me. The sequel trilogy has virtually nothing to do with Anakin Skywalker, unless you count the fact that Kylo Ren decided to commit all of his abominations in his name which honestly pisses me off. The beauty of Anakin's tale is that he had a son who loved him, who was willing to pick up the pieces of the mess his father left, and was to restore and fix everything his father left him. But then we found out in Last Jedi that Luke fucked up and decided to call it quits and the empire he spent so much of his life trying to defeat, was back but in a different name. I am honestly not a fan.

Even if you like Luke’s character in Last Jedi (which I honestly didn’t mind) you gotta admit TLJ was the worst of SW entries.

@@gphi6053 I am so happy that many, *_many_* Star Wars fans (over 85% of the fanbase; and even *George **_himself_* has been rumored to hating both *TLJ* and *TROS* with a passion) absolutely disagree with you and actually have a good amount of justified reasons for why they don't like The Sequel Trilogy, hate TLJ, etc. The Prequels are absolutely not perfect. That's a fact. Each Prequel contain plenty of flaws. But they are things that people like you don't give credit where credit is due. The Problem with the The Sequel Trilogy isn't the execution. The execution is pretty much perfect. At it's peak in any Star Wars films. The Problem is at it's core. The direction of the *Story.* No Star Wars fans were expecting it to be 100% perfect, but they failed massively with where the story went.

I really hope dave filoni can fix star wars, but unfortunately what was broken in ep 8 cant be fixed, but i still think filoni can make great stories with the star wars universe

He also found success bucking the studio system, unlike so many others who prostituted themselves to the studios, like his friend Spielberg. 99% of aspiring artists would sell out when faced with a potentially lucrative opportunity, but he risked everything to get things done the way he saw fit. He also didn't come from an elite family. He really was a natural talent, the real deal and an artist who wanted to reach a lot of people. The only one who even came close was Kubrick before him, and Kubrick liked Star Wars so that says a lot. I also admire his lack of ego in letting other people direct movies like SW 2 & 3 and Indiana Jones.

@@j-555 yep was thinking the same about Spielberg. Long gone are his Golden Years with ET and Schindler’s List. He sold out a long time ago and became a company man. JJ Abrams did the same.

@@Whaddayamean13 right. I cannot stand Abrams work at all. He's like Spielberg Jr. which is not a good thing. He actually got his 'in' babysitting Spielberg's children. Not only has the whole amblin goonies/ET 'thing' gotten old with the popularity of movies like Abrams' Super 8, stranger things and all that crap, I never cared for it to begin with. ET was always a dreary depressing movie to me that looked ugly and ET himself was ugly as hell. It was one of those movies growing up that made me feel sluggish and uninspired like it turned my brain to mush. It's not sci-fi, just uses an alien for the saccharine plot but any kind of fantasy creature could replace ET and it wouldnt change a thing. Tbh Spielberg is kind of a hack. He is a competent director but as a creative he cannot come up with original ideas. imo, his best work is Jurassic Park but that was all Crichton's brilliance. All of the great parts were either in the book or Crichton's first draft of the screenplay, and the overly-sentimental touches were all Spielberg. I only like the first two Indiana Jones (Lucas' idea) & JP. The rest of his work is just emotionally manipulative dreck. Jaws is good but that was a book too. People in the industry call him "Stealberg" for a reason..

@@Whaddayamean13 Agree, he can't hold a candle to the prolific output of blockbusters that Lucas cranks out to this day.

@@bundywaters5988 “output” “blockbusters” “cranks out.” All terms that defy what making movies is all about as an artistic process. Learn a little and come back better

Yep

One could argue that it was also Characterization, and Originality. Two Big ingredients for Star Wars. The Sequel Trilogy has SO much potential, it's heartbreaking.

As a story, the sequel trilogy had no overarching, overriding theme the way both of Lucas' trilogies did. I think Rian Johnson tried to piece one together in his middle chapter. But Abrams is a totally superficial director that just copies the surfaces of other movies without putting any thought or meaning into anything.

Mythology is definite inherent in it. With old mentors, tragic deaths, huge powerful villains its there. It just doesn’t add anything impactful in with said progressions. Alot went into its failure.

“A story for another time”. What garbage writing lmao

Nolan pushed Imax

Captain Clark Then the sequels would be actually watchable

They would definitely have a shift in tone but probably for the better considering how terrible the trilogy was overall

Ꭲ Ꮋ Ꮎ Ꭱ ya but Disney would have ruined his vision.

We can only imagine, sad that will never happen.

not his style so they'd be ok at best

I want to see George's sequels! Ideal situation would have been something like this, what do you reckon: 1. Make George Lucas' sequel trilogy. Christopher Nolan directs with Jonathan Nolan, James Luceno and Timothy Zahn as screenwriters to tweak/adapt George's scripts for the big screen. 2. Film said Lucas sequels in one go and release them in 1 year bursts after they are all made with George Lucas as the final arbiter/consultant for the story and any lore: Episode VI - SHADOW OF THE FORCE Episode VII - KNIGHTS OF THE WHILLS Episode IX - RISE OF THE NEW ORDER 3. In the interim, make and release "Labyrinth of Deception" - based on the Luceno novel "Labyrinth of Evil". Suggested director - Deborah Chow. (Morrison and rest of prequel cast to reprise their roles). 4. Make the movie "Knightfall" - based on a blend of the Luceno novel "Rise of Darth Vader" and the comic "Conclave at Kessel". Cast to include Jim Caviezel as Master Shyrne and Anna Akana as Padawan Olee Starstone. Hayden to reprise role as Vader. Suggested director - Patty Jenkins 5. Make "Rogue One" just as it was directed by Gareth Edwards. 6. After all of that, make 3, or 6 movies based on the Old Republic video games. Suggested cast for George's sequels (I would not use the crap Disney cast): Original heroes (Leia, Luke, Han, Lando, R2, C3PO, Yoda) Obi Wan - CGI ghost of Alec Guiness with voice of Ewan McGregor Anakin - CGI ghost of Hayden Plageuis/primary villain - Anthony Hopkins The Whills - Judi Dench, Diane Lane, Denzel Washington, Kevin Costner, Jackie Chan Mara Jade Skywalker - Gal Gadot Kira Skywalker - Naomi Scott Sam Solo - William Mosley Solo child who turns dark - Ben Barnes Jaina Solo - Olympia Valance Red Twilek Jedi Hunter seductress - Chloe Bennet Other Jedi students - Kristen Kreuk, Veronica Ngo, Ki Hong Lee, Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie Dark Jedi students/Jedi Hunters - Cameron Cuffe, Georgina Campbell, Colin Salmon, Emma Watson Mace Windu/Jedi vigilante - Samuel L. Jackson Imperium Vizier - Jeff Goldblum Imperial Empress Marisiah Fel - Jessica Alba Leia's cousin, Queen of Naboo - Catherine Zeta Jones Pandoran King - Antonio Banderas Galactic warlords - The Rock, Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Clint Eastwood, Zac Efron Jan Ors - Kelly Hu Kyle Katarn - Robert Downey Junior Layla Katarn (daughter) - Sybilla Deen Aayla Secura Force ghost - original actress Just a suggestion. But I reckon infinitely better than what we got

That's not a movie we need It's a movie which we deserve

Two words: seismic charges

Not completely true. Yes, she helped edit the film. However she only worked on the film from August 1976 to Thanksgiving 1976. Her biggest contributions were during the end battle, which she didn't even finish. George was in the editing room the entire time though and had final say in all decisions.

Exactly, Skywalker Sound deserves the same credit as ILM or the London Symphony Orchestra performing the scores of John Williams under their conducting.

How did Star Wars die? (In Luke Skywalker's voice)

@@anthonyyoutubefan7567 Where did I say it died? I wish it had in 2012...it would have died great.

@@r13hd22 I was following your dialogue from A New Hope, when Luke asks, "How did my Father die?" I think, now, in 2020, Star Wars might yet be saved...though, much of The Sequel Trilogy will forever live in infamy.

@@anthonyyoutubefan7567 Gotcha. I have zero faith that Star Wars can be saved. Kennedy is still in charge, Filoni is still influencing these horrible ideas and they are spreading and are still re-enforced.

@@r13hd22 Actually, Kennedy's on her way out, Jon Favreau is going to be partially running things, overall, with Michelle Rejwan, along with Kevin Feige as an important consultant/collaborator (this is already happening, as We speak); Dave Filoni is going to be spearheading much of the Disney + Star Wars content, doing what he does best, linking narratives and characters together in a diverse patchwork (The Clone Wars, SW: Rebels, The Mandalorian). Favreau, Filoni, and Feige are also, most likely, overseeing the adaptation of The High Republic era in to Live Action Disney + and cinematic releases, along with The Old Republic (which is supposed to be getting an updated video game, in the future); which will eventually be adapted in a similar manner. Trust me, by 2021, at Disney D23, Star Wars is going to look like quite a different animal. And, by SW: Celebration, in 2022, a new era in Star Wars will be revealed.

it might be because of the audio, it's terrible

I want to see George's sequels! Ideal situation would have been something like this, what do you reckon: 1. Make George Lucas' sequel trilogy. Christopher Nolan directs with Jonathan Nolan, James Luceno and Timothy Zahn as screenwriters to tweak/adapt George's scripts for the big screen. 2. Film said Lucas sequels in one go and release them in 1 year bursts after they are all made with George Lucas as the final arbiter/consultant for the story and any lore: Episode VI - SHADOW OF THE FORCE Episode VII - KNIGHTS OF THE WHILLS Episode IX - RISE OF THE NEW ORDER 3. In the interim, make and release "Labyrinth of Deception" - based on the Luceno novel "Labyrinth of Evil". Suggested director - Deborah Chow. (Morrison and rest of prequel cast to reprise their roles). 4. Make the movie "Knightfall" - based on a blend of the Luceno novel "Rise of Darth Vader" and the comic "Conclave at Kessel". Cast to include Jim Caviezel as Master Shyrne and Anna Akana as Padawan Olee Starstone. Hayden to reprise role as Vader. Suggested director - Patty Jenkins 5. Make "Rogue One" just as it was directed by Gareth Edwards. 6. After all of that, make 3, or 6 movies based on the Old Republic video games. Suggested cast for George's sequels (I would not use the crap Disney cast): Original heroes (Leia, Luke, Han, Lando, R2, C3PO, Yoda) Obi Wan - CGI ghost of Alec Guiness with voice of Ewan McGregor Anakin - CGI ghost of Hayden Plageuis/primary villain - Anthony Hopkins The Whills - Judi Dench, Diane Lane, Denzel Washington, Kevin Costner, Jackie Chan Mara Jade Skywalker - Gal Gadot Kira Skywalker - Naomi Scott Sam Solo - William Mosley Solo child who turns dark - Ben Barnes Jaina Solo - Olympia Valance Red Twilek Jedi Hunter seductress - Chloe Bennet Other Jedi students - Kristen Kreuk, Veronica Ngo, Ki Hong Lee, Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie Dark Jedi students/Jedi Hunters - Cameron Cuffe, Georgina Campbell, Colin Salmon, Emma Watson Mace Windu/Jedi vigilante - Samuel L. Jackson Imperium Vizier - Jeff Goldblum Imperial Empress Marisiah Fel - Jessica Alba Leia's cousin, Queen of Naboo - Catherine Zeta Jones Pandoran King - Antonio Banderas Galactic warlords - The Rock, Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Clint Eastwood, Zac Efron Jan Ors - Kelly Hu Kyle Katarn - Robert Downey Junior Layla Katarn (daughter) - Sybilla Deen Aayla Secura Force ghost - original actress Just a suggestion. But I reckon infinitely better than what we got

Nope.

@@Crow-qm7zw I really believe that Episode III has a lot of the best Star Wars moments ever, even before existing in the context of the sequels (which make the prequels look even better in comparison).

@@alejandrovillarreal925 Conceptually, sure. As it is? I enjoyed the movie ironically. I can't take the performances seriously, even when you do get to a scene like Obi-Wan Vs Anakin, it's not just the memes that came out of it but a lot of the stuff building up to that point I just couldn't take seriously, so it hurt it. It's a mess, even if it's an enjoyable one.

@@Crow-qm7zw the sequel trilogy makes the Prequels look like gold. Reason is because george pushed the limit, took risk and made a cohesive story. Disney took star wars and killed it, ruined the story and butchered characters. All the hate George gets is awful and it comes from the awful fanbase.

@@eramos8916 I really don't care, I'm of the opinion that Episodes 4 and 5 are the only great Star Wars movies. The sequel trilogy not being cohesive isn't gonna stop me from criticizing George's work on the prequels.

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