To anyone who will argue about the Special Editions or that it was “Saved in the Edit”, as stated in my video: “We, as the audience, should have no say with what filmmaker does with their work during or after it’s released.” I highly recommend you watch both these videos in order to understand/learn some of the behind the scenes and recounts of what happened during the making of the original trilogy: Nerdonyms - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-olqVGz6mOVE.htmlsi=mxOoZWifmxfDzXsR Rick Worley - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xaeTOMvf67c.htmlsi=gbcszqfg1ggXepJd Fuck your Childhood and that includes mine.
Lucas did it right the first time. There was never a need for sequels, but what do you do when investors show up with a dump truck full of money to make more?
Wow. Especially for a first video, this is amazing. The research, writing, editing, and visuals all combine to make something great. Your passion comes through in every word. Here before this goes viral.
A bit of a late response, is there anything you think I could improve? I know I faulted in some areas but that’s what creating is all about. Thank you for the comment.
@@TheSoIdier404 No problem. The one thing that comes to mind besides things like not great audio quality (which is totally understandable since you're just getting started) is the opening. For the first two minutes or so I thought the video may have been just a compilation of interview clips instead of the video essay I wanted. On retrospect that's a good start, but in the future I would say to cut that down a bit. Again, the whole thing was great and you might want to take my opinion with a grain of salt.
Thank you for a very entertaining and interesting watch. Your love for the movie is evident and it took me back to my 11 year old self in 1977 watching in awe as that Star Destroyer went overhead after the introduction, and taking me into the galaxy of what would become my favourite film - and a film series - that still holds my devotion to this day. It was so interesting to get your perspective and see behind the scenes elements I've not watched before in the creation of this true epic. Looking forward to more of your content.
Lucas says here that he had no intention of making such a successful film. That most science fiction films of the day made under $10 million and there was no reason to believe Star Wars would be any different. That seems terribly dishonest since the budget for Star Wars was… $10 million. So, it would be pretty silly and underhanded to produce a film with the intention of it losing money. The truth is that he literally engineered a blockbuster. He had every intention of making an uber successful film. And he succeeded, much to his credit. Why he propagates the myth that Star Wars’ success was unexpected is a mystery to me.
Nice video so far, dude. Just a bit of audio advice - go easy on the noise gate; your voice sounds a bit unnatural, because the gate is ducking out your breath and other vocal micro-sounds that make speech sound normal. It's also clipping off the starts and ends of words. But yeah, great content otherwise. 👍 EDIT: to represent the original version (which I saw in 1977, aged 5), it would have been great if you'd used Harmy's Despecialized edit (Google it if you haven't heard about it); a labour of love that recreated the original theatrical release which is sadly no longer available. So much in the reissues wasn't in the original, including the massive Death Star explosion at the end - it was just a bunch of cinders with a camera pointing upward, underneath it. Didn't make the film any worse, in my opinion! EDIT#2: I noticed your audio clears right up further in, and also read how long this took you make. Apologies!
Thank you for the advice on the audio. Seems like an issue a lot of people have. As for the de-specialization, I see it as vandalizing on Lucas’ film and the original versions are nothing but novelty/historical curiosity. Everyone has done it, will continue to do and it’s the way it should be. I recommend watching Rick Worley’s “How to watch Star Wars, Part 2: The Special Editions are the movies, Get Over it” It’s where some information came from for Artist preferred version section. It has a great section about film preservation (that I’ll be honest don’t know a lot about but want to) and it should be taught more about in our culture. The “Special Editions” were just used as Marketing for the 1997 rerelease, it’s the ones I grew up on (and honestly the better version in my opinion).
@@TheSoIdier404 Hey, thanks for the reply man. On the subject of the original theatrical release (later known as The Despecialised Edition'), it's what I, and the original Star Wars fanbase witnessed, and what we grew up on. I understand your view that the director's vision is all, but when the revised versions came out, everyone of my generation was horrified; not because he changed anything per se, but because the changes altered the tone - Han _did_ shoot first. This counted for a lot at the time, in terms of the grittiness and realism, which later was retconned into something more 'family friendly'. You have to remember that at the time, the idea of sci-fi in a real, lived-in world was entirely new, and this was something that was largely contributory to the success of Star Wars. To see it all airbrushed, santitized, and made kid-friendly seemed against the very ethos of what everyone fell in love with. Anyway, I like your delivery. You narrate very well; sensitive, nuanced, and well observed critique are more rare on here than you think. Or maybe you already know that! I know it's difficult (or maybe impossible) to see an old world through young eyes - but keep going, sir!
I was with you until I realized that you were analyzing that abomination brought into the world since 1997, the Special Editions. The 1977 Theatrical release, virtually lost media, is the only real version.
