this makes me compassionate for all the people who worked on episode 7 to 9, who probably worked their asses off to realize the flawed vision of their bosses, having to read only hateful comments for their work, must be frustrating man.
GOD. the prequels didn't get nearly enough credit for all the background designs and the work that was put into any single frame, that lasts no longer than seconds that you probably will never see.
@@finalsecretofchrono1339 backgrounds are an important part of the scene. You can have an amazing foreground action, but if the background isn't fitting, it's not as immersive.
@@aydenpatel4009 How am I being a hater? They are objectively bad movies. Please recognise the flaws of what you enjoy, you are allowed to enjoy something while recognising it is bad.
@@TreyJaySoSway He’s a very busy man. But he knows what’s up. Especially with what’s happening now with his baby. Right now, his former company is in the dark age while what we see though this doc is the sliver age of Lucasfilm.
It’s difficult because George has tried to detach himself from Star Wars reports say because he hates the sequels, but he was involved in mando so maybe he would be willing to do it.
I dare Disney to release a documentary on how they filmed the sequels. I bet we see a completely different story and a clear explanation as to why George Lucas's films are true cinema and not just a movie.
It would be Kathleen Kennedy and her Mickey Mouse goons sitting around a table talking about things that don’t matter like “how are we going to appeal to the female market? Do we have enough LGBTQ representation?”
half of the footage gonna be these kinda lines : "somehow we have a cgi" "somehow we hired a person that know just a little about the lore" "We did better than George"
I remember seeing short clips of the sequels being filmed and everything was so clean and phony, everyone just laughing for the camera and talking about how great an experience it was... total waste.
Something I loved seeing is the friendship between Hayden and Ewan. You can tell they enjoyed working with each other and a friendship was formed that would last the rest of their lives. That's pretty special. I cannot imagine how it went on the Obi Wan Kenobi Season 1 set when they re-united but I would imagine it would have special to see each other again.
What I love about this is how specific GL is with his critique when working with all the artists and technicians. He guides hundreds of people to give him exactly what he wants, yet each person has input. It is GL's vision, but each artist is represented and part of process.
Seeing George Lucas in action working with the creatives is a treat; the calm manner in which he interacts with them like a seasoned General inspiring his troops, & u can almost feel their anxiety hoping their art design impresses & gets picked by him lol. Ive rewatched the prequels last month and was surprisingly shocked how good they really are, especially AotC & RotS. Theyre so underrated but its great to hear they mean the same to the kids of that generation how the original trilogy meant to kids of my generation.
I got to go to an exhibit where they had all of the movie costumes - they're absolutely stunning in person. Especially Jango and Boba's armor and Padme's dresses. I never realized how many dresses she wore, but they were like half the exhibit. Also, in order to make them flow the right way, the jedi robes are made out of silk. Yeah, that rough looking material is silk. Coolest exhibit I have ever seen.
@@zigzag6728 It was at the Denver art museum several years ago. They do rotating exhibits there every month or two and I was lucky enough to get to go to that one.
The weathering on the costumes for the Mustafar duel is really cool to see how they have multiple outfits to progress the damage to their clothes from the lava
I always loved that rendition of the Sith theme (the one playing on the Documentaries) menu (starts around 0:24 mark). It just sounds so dark and sinister. It's also the track that plays in the background when Palpatine is instructing Anakin in the Chancellor's Office, shortly after Anakin pledging himself to Palpatine. And also when Palpatine/Sidious collects Anakin/Vader from Mustafar and takes him back to Coruscant, to repair him and put him in the Vader "suit".
I think star wars and lord of the rings are the only movies I will deliberately go out of my way to watch behind the scenes content because there was so much heart and hard work put into them
1:17:06 George: *in a little kid tone "Are you happy Kenny?" Kenny: "Not really" George: *in an even more little kid tone "whyyyy??🥺" Anthony Daniels said that George had his "cute moments" and that was certainly one of them😂
I could watch these behind the scenes of George all day every day. I find his process so fascinating. Unfortunately you can feel this missing in new Star Wars 😢
I watched both the prequels and originals making, the originals are 100 times more interesting and just batter and it's really fun to watch how they made like yoda how they deside where to film bc unlike the prequels they didnt use green/ blue screen at all
@@anan-ji2wp Well the originals your starting straight from nothing but George’s mind, after the originals everyone has an idea of what Star Wars should sorta look like and feel like from the movies and all the legends material around.
What an awesome documentary. They really nail it showing how much went in a production like this. I really like how they name up the individuals that worked on the movie, like accountants or catering etc. Respect to all those people who helped visualize George Lucas’s vision and entertain the audience for years to come
I used to watch these on my DVD a lot when I was a kid... Nice to return to these types of special features you typically don't get on disc anymore. Revenge of the Sith is still the greatest Stsr Wars film in my eyes.
This is the difference between a cash grab, and a dream. Not a single person is worried about the money, or when they get paid. Sure, they do get paid, and this film ended up making a lot of money, but the difference here is the heart. The following, the belief IN that dream that George was creating from the very beginning. He had a very clear and distinct vision, and he communicated it effectively. And even more than that, the people around him WANTED to see it come to fruition. It was work, it was a collective child that they all raised together, and THAT is why this was such a masterpiece. A benevolent skyscraper in not just the star wars series, but in filmmaking as a whole. In short, this is pure passion, raw desire formed and refined into a rare gem you just don't see anywhere else in the film industry.
@isaacmcallister5649 unfortunately they just haven't been raised to see it. This new generation is plagued with weak and corrupt leaders, it kinda forces these new young bucks to raise themselves, some come out better for it, but a lot come out worse. It's why as a species as a whole we simply MUST try harder, and be better. And yes I love how clear and calm everyone was in the making of. It's like everyone just understood the assignment, and I LOVE that sort of team dynamic
These behind-the-scenes interviews and the making of it all is why the Prequels will never be topped in terms of just how visually stunning and so well executed everything is. The Sequels WISH they had this much time, planning and work put into them. George Lucas is an absolute Genius and I will always love the Prequels, and virtually everything he does.
Please finish reacting to the ROTS DVD extras. It reminds me of when the film industry actually cared about creating great content on DVDs for the public to consume.
Pouchon Venerin, (48:56 ish) listed (2nd to last) in the ILM Production credit list, worked for Industrial Light and Magic for Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, and then went on to work in the Lucasfilm animation department under Dave Filoni. "Pouchonica" was a sort-of annual potluck get-together the animation dept would hold every year, at the Ranch, initially conceived by Pouchon, and T-shirts were made commemorating the event, and everything. (Just a fun behind the scenes anecdote, Learned from watching the same "making of" footage for the Clone Wars animated series.) ✌
I have my gripes about the prequels but I do love them. So much love and care was put into them. They’re Gorge’s vision of Star Wars and that’s all that really matters to me in the end
I agree. I love the prequels to death, but I do have to admit, the green screen effect in the Jedi Council room specifically has a ridiculously blurry/feathered outline around each of the characters who stand in front of the windows. I have to wonder why they blasted the feathering knob to the moon instead of making it a bit more natural-looking.
It definitely would have been cool to see Anakin and Obi-Wan work together one last time to fight a lava monster and then go back to fighting each other But I can see why they didn’t wanna throw a random monster into such an important moment
I remember seeing the opening sequence almost a year before it was released. Three different times in various stages of completion. This was the first time the 501st did anything official with Lucasfilm. We even got to see the finished opening sequence with Mr. Lucas himself. That's when he got inducted as an honorary member of the Legion
“At the end of the day if you don’t believe in what they’re doing if you don’t like them if you’re not responding to the actors you have nothing and all the work that everyone is doing is meaningless”- he just summarized the Disney trilogy in a nutshell
@@thegamingkitchen8429 they did, but the difference was the vision of the leadership; Kathleen Kennedy thought she could be George Lucas, but she found out the hard way its not easy being George.
Biggest problem is the lack of direction. Utter lack of direction. First film wants to do Episode 4 all over again. Episode 8 wants to forget the previous film existed and finish the trilogy with the second film while completely destroying established lore. Final film desperately wants to salvage the remains of the story that the previous film wrecked.
George shoots and edits then reshoots and rewrites like Godard and Wong Kar Wai. This level of involvement in Revenge of the Sith is essentially the same level he had in Empire Strikes Back when it comes to the story/scriptment, editing, and being on set pretty much every day to direct the production
Kurosawa used to shoot with multiple cameras too. What he liked about it was that the actors wouldn't try to act to a particular camera, but it also gives you a lot more options in editing
Star Wars Theory you do an important work with these kind of videos in promoting the respect that George Lucas deserves for making the fantastic prequels! Thank you for opening the eyes of the world.
Man, this bonus DVD is what instilled my love for filmmaking in me. I am forever grateful full to George lucas and every single person listed in the credits for creating this beautiful film, and for showing everything else behind the scenes so elegantly with this documentary
I really don’t think George Lucas gets enough credit for just how much he helped the digital effects in film. Even before the prequels, ILM provided the special effects for films like The Abyss (1989) and the Indiana Jones trilogy, and even after the prequels, the Harry Potter series, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mission: Impossible, etc., and it’s all because of George Lucas. Not to mention that Jar Jar was the first fully-CGI character in a live-action film, and that film was released in 1999, two full years before The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Gollum. Every single Marvel and DC film nowadays would not utilize CGI like they do if it were not for him. Alongside Star Wars, I think that’s his greatest achievement and cinematic contribution. Plus, Pixar was created off of that, so we wouldn’t have the first ever fully-CGI movie, Toy Story.
George being so meticulous is what made Star Wars. It’s what turned it from a movie into a whole world you could get lost in. And that’s what has been missing since he sold the franchise, that level of care.
Man, the amount of work they put into these movies is insane. I feel so sad that I've always lived in a household who always despised the Prequel Trilogy and bashing George Lucas for his creative decisions. I mean the guy just wanted to make movies, his vision, his way and critics and some fans just misunderstood that vision because it wasn't what they expected compared to the originals. The prequels may not be masterpieces in people's eyes but they are entertaining and tried to tell a cohesive and complete origin story across three films.
This made my day! Great work man. Star Wars was my childhood and it is my now. These movies make me so happy to be alive. Hayden was an amazing Anakin and the prequels were insanely good.
its so interesting the difference between a team of people who were chosen special by the managers and george and a huge corp just hiring everyone and having control ova that
Theory should do a video reacting to Camille Paglia explaining the ending of Revenge of the Sith - which she called the greatest work of art in the last 30 years.
I enjoyed watching this with how many people it takes for a 1 minute scene. I worked on the Digital Cinema conversion and distribution for Revenge of the Sith (Film Code named CHANGE OVER) and during the QC 2.5 weeks before movie came out I noticed a several frame pixel hit during the scene where R2 slides down the dreadnought crashes early in the film. Sent the report up the chain and they found it was in the DI and fixed it for all masters. Makes me proud to this day that I helped this movie not have a unwanted pixel that 99.999% would never notice, but it takes and army to get this right. :) To this day when I watch ROTS I smile when I see R2 slide down the dreadnought knowing that scenes was my 1/16th of a second contribution to making the film right. LOL
I love this stuff!! I could watch these kinds of behind the scenes videos all day. So many times I buy the blue ray of a film because it promises a “making of” video but most are hardly informative, instead just really quick glimpses.
Somewhere out there is footage of George Lucas standing on the side of Mt. Edna talking up to the volcano in a calm voice saying, "Ok that was pretty good. But this time could you spurt out a little more lava up into the air on the far side.. and give us a little rumble.. not too strong but enough where the ground starts to shake a little bit and pebbles and small boulders begin to roll down the hill towards the B camera."
Disney tried to remove the heart of Star Wars when they tried to take Goerge Lucas out of the sequels. It was George's vision that drive Star Wars and not a machine like Disney is.
as a filmmaker and film student at usc where George went, the way this doc breaks down the actual filmmaking process and how everything works on a set is perfectly said-everyone knows what their job is and does a fantastic job breaking it down for people watching. You can also tell everyone on the project had so much care for what they were making and the attention to detail is amazing. id say its not 100 percent out of the ordinary for a director to have as much precision as George is shown having here but you can really tell he is trying to tell what he thinks is the best story possible-and he CARES about the world and the characters. Also crazy how far the technology has come and with the editing process and dailies being on physical tapes and such. its bit cringe watching him react to some of what George is doing tho-gorge's wife who was a fantastic editor and edited the OT knew how to check and challenge George on many things that made the OT so special-I have lots of respect for George but the simp culture around him makes me feel major ick lol everyone needs an ego check once and a while
As an aspiring filmmaker with a dream to bring this kind of creativity and care back to cinema, this is extremely motivational and also a great look into how hard my career will be but hopefully satisfying.
I wonder if George Lucas ever meet the Legends of Tommorow since their episode they help give George ideas for starwars and motivated him to want to be a director.
The "making of.." extras included with many movies are priceless... The information on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit are worth more than the movies. I always look forward to these extra things...the movies are such a small part of my interest I guess. The construction of the movie is much more interesting. Thanks for posting this!
Despite it being somewhat controversial, George and crew's contributions to modern filmmaking and digital effects is incredible 🙏 and these bonus features are really fascinating
I remember watching these whilst studying at music college. I was just a bit too young to work on the prequels myself. But I did manage to record LOTR so I’m grateful for that. If I’d managed to record the prequels my life would’ve been complete. Sadly the sequels music was moved back to the states.
Part of the reason why the Sequel Trilogy soundtrack was recorded in the states was because John had health problems, and wouldn't be able to make it to London.
Hayden had been given a pony tail for episode 3 and he basically said no... and George listened. There’s some documentary footage of Hayden asserting himself and it’s actually pretty great to watch. George needed more of that in the prequels. I think that’s part of why Hayden played the role so well in ROTS. He had some leverage at that point because George couldn’t change out characters and I think it made him a much better actor in the film. You can just tell Hayden acts much more confidently in ROTS. He’s doing his own thing.
George has always listened to actor feedback like giving Samuel l Jackson a purple lightsaber. He would have listened to mark hamill unlike rian johndon.
Wow look at all the "yes" men who are always saying in these behind the scenes videos how George basically let the different departments do whatever they want. Really its just with George's guidance
Thank you so much, Theory. I can hear you so much better now! I still have trouble hearing the content though. If you could just boost the volume of the content as well whenever you do these DVD reactions, that'd be great!
whenever people say "meeeh the movie suucks, the CGI is so ugly and lazy", I just really want them to look at this footage to see how much fucking WORK it takes to produce just a single scene!!!
George Lucas can always do exactly what he needs, because whenever he's around the project doesn't become about money anymore. It's about pure filmmaking, art is the most powerful tool in human kind. Money doesn't matter to these people, what matters is the story of Star Wars and it being told correctly ❤
Would have loved to see the last team up of Obi-wan and Anakin. That would have made everything even more heartbreaking when he has to defeat Anakin. It almost seems like we don't ever get all of the good stuff they know we as die hard fans deserve to see. I swear marvel gets all the epicness meanwhile we got some good stuff through episodes 1-6 but the sequels...We got a force chop from Kylo to Snoke and blueballs through 90% of the rest.
The sequels were awful, they destroyed the original series, they took away the whole arc of darth vader....like just kidding Rey is actually the chosen one. What garbage. For me star wars is the first 6 episodes.
I love the extras that came with the prequel and trilogy DVD releases from the mid 2000's. I watched these so much growing up. I look forward to the McCallum interview and it would be cool if you can get Ben Burtt too! Keep up the great work!
This might be specific, but the most standout quality of the Mustafar sequence that I took away was how some of the "B-roll" of volcanos looked like earthly documentary footage. If that's intentional or not, George Lucas is still cool 😎
I use to watch this so much when I first got the DVD. The special features, the movie itself and the video game is the reason Revenge of the Sith is my favorite star wars movie. Plus my birthday is May 5th. So I was born to be a sith lord.
50:06 i think if dave filoni took the direction of a new star wars movie he would care as much about it as lucas. I think filoni has understood lucas' vision. i would even go as far as saying he literally has lucas' vision. filoni is lucas 2.0
Constantly rewatch everything of the features on it from the deleted scenes to the Featurettes to the web features to the concept videos to the main menus to the deleted scenes to the trailers I will watch everything
this makes me compassionate for all the people who worked on episode 7 to 9, who probably worked their asses off to realize the flawed vision of their bosses, having to read only hateful comments for their work, must be frustrating man.
That DVD menu screen is so nostalgic lol
Reminds me of waking up after a long night of drinking and just replaying it again to kill the hangover.
makes me think of the complete saga
@@DakinRinone feel you haha
Nostalgia I didn’t even know I had
For real
revenge of the sith is the one I've watched most. I'm proud to say that I appreciated it even back then.
My personal favorite star wars movie
@@paddywiggle Same here. Best one imo.
I still don't appreciate it!
@@finalsecretofchrono1339 Then you are lost!
@@inarencommander4663 It is you who are lost! Love for this movie can't save you! Only Anakin's new powers can do that!
GOD. the prequels didn't get nearly enough credit for all the background designs and the work that was put into any single frame, that lasts no longer than seconds that you probably will never see.
Well one of the main complaints was George cared about his busy backgrounds more than anything else
@@finalsecretofchrono1339 backgrounds are an important part of the scene. You can have an amazing foreground action, but if the background isn't fitting, it's not as immersive.
He gets more than enough credit. Too much for what it's worth. He isn't a good director or storyteller.
@@TheSearchForTruth88 stop being a hater bro
@@aydenpatel4009 How am I being a hater? They are objectively bad movies. Please recognise the flaws of what you enjoy, you are allowed to enjoy something while recognising it is bad.
Is he ever going to get to talk to George Lucas himself? He totally deserves it.
He deserves to be singled out by George. This guy loves star wars as much as Lucas.
Let's help make that happen
We gotta make it happen it’s insanely hard to get even in contact with George
@@TreyJaySoSway He’s a very busy man. But he knows what’s up. Especially with what’s happening now with his baby. Right now, his former company is in the dark age while what we see though this doc is the sliver age of Lucasfilm.
It’s difficult because George has tried to detach himself from Star Wars reports say because he hates the sequels, but he was involved in mando so maybe he would be willing to do it.
I dare Disney to release a documentary on how they filmed the sequels.
I bet we see a completely different story and a clear explanation as to why George Lucas's films are true cinema and not just a movie.
It would be Kathleen Kennedy and her Mickey Mouse goons sitting around a table talking about things that don’t matter like “how are we going to appeal to the female market? Do we have enough LGBTQ representation?”
half of the footage gonna be these kinda lines :
"somehow we have a cgi"
"somehow we hired a person that know just a little about the lore"
"We did better than George"
I remember seeing short clips of the sequels being filmed and everything was so clean and phony, everyone just laughing for the camera and talking about how great an experience it was... total waste.
Put a chick in it and make her gay!
Something I loved seeing is the friendship between Hayden and Ewan. You can tell they enjoyed working with each other and a friendship was formed that would last the rest of their lives. That's pretty special. I cannot imagine how it went on the Obi Wan Kenobi Season 1 set when they re-united but I would imagine it would have special to see each other again.
The Star Wars prequels have the best DVD special features ever.
That and the Lord of The Rings Extended Editions
@@knightonart8886 well frodo go a to Lord of the rings channel and watch their special features
#starwarsrules
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@greyjedi6430 hehe. I'm a big fan of both
@@knightonart8886 me too bro was just messing 🤣🤣
The lotr behind the scenes are the best hands down. Close to 6 hours of behind the scenes per movie
What I love about this is how specific GL is with his critique when working with all the artists and technicians. He guides hundreds of people to give him exactly what he wants, yet each person has input. It is GL's vision, but each artist is represented and part of process.
It's a truly beautiful thing
Seeing George Lucas in action working with the creatives is a treat; the calm manner in which he interacts with them like a seasoned General inspiring his troops, & u can almost feel their anxiety hoping their art design impresses & gets picked by him lol. Ive rewatched the prequels last month and was surprisingly shocked how good they really are, especially AotC & RotS. Theyre so underrated but its great to hear they mean the same to the kids of that generation how the original trilogy meant to kids of my generation.
I got to go to an exhibit where they had all of the movie costumes - they're absolutely stunning in person. Especially Jango and Boba's armor and Padme's dresses. I never realized how many dresses she wore, but they were like half the exhibit. Also, in order to make them flow the right way, the jedi robes are made out of silk. Yeah, that rough looking material is silk. Coolest exhibit I have ever seen.
Where was this at
@@zigzag6728 It was at the Denver art museum several years ago. They do rotating exhibits there every month or two and I was lucky enough to get to go to that one.
@@scottphillips8607 I saw that same exhibit in Cincinnati
The weathering on the costumes for the Mustafar duel is really cool to see how they have multiple outfits to progress the damage to their clothes from the lava
What did you expect it to be?
@@anan-ji2wp I thought it was filmed on scene in a volcano to be honest....
@@The_Rude_French_Canadian Really? I actually thought this was filmed on a lava planet....
@@Sp3ctreNova Wait Mustafar isn’t a real planet?
@@Jjj-zz7bz It isn’t?
I always loved that rendition of the Sith theme (the one playing on the Documentaries) menu (starts around 0:24 mark). It just sounds so dark and sinister. It's also the track that plays in the background when Palpatine is instructing Anakin in the Chancellor's Office, shortly after Anakin pledging himself to Palpatine. And also when Palpatine/Sidious collects Anakin/Vader from Mustafar and takes him back to Coruscant, to repair him and put him in the Vader "suit".
I think star wars and lord of the rings are the only movies I will deliberately go out of my way to watch behind the scenes content because there was so much heart and hard work put into them
FACTS!
1:17:06 George: *in a little kid tone "Are you happy Kenny?"
Kenny: "Not really"
George: *in an even more little kid tone "whyyyy??🥺"
Anthony Daniels said that George had his "cute moments" and that was certainly one of them😂
I could watch these behind the scenes of George all day every day. I find his process so fascinating. Unfortunately you can feel this missing in new Star Wars 😢
I watched both the prequels and originals making, the originals are 100 times more interesting and just batter and it's really fun to watch how they made like yoda how they deside where to film bc unlike the prequels they didnt use green/ blue screen at all
@@anan-ji2wp Well the originals your starting straight from nothing but George’s mind, after the originals everyone has an idea of what Star Wars should sorta look like and feel like from the movies and all the legends material around.
@@anan-ji2wp Oh yeah I mean the originals are absolutely mind-blowing, groundbreaking and will never be matched
What an awesome documentary. They really nail it showing how much went in a production like this. I really like how they name up the individuals that worked on the movie, like accountants or catering etc. Respect to all those people who helped visualize George Lucas’s vision and entertain the audience for years to come
I used to watch these on my DVD a lot when I was a kid... Nice to return to these types of special features you typically don't get on disc anymore. Revenge of the Sith is still the greatest Stsr Wars film in my eyes.
This is the difference between a cash grab, and a dream. Not a single person is worried about the money, or when they get paid. Sure, they do get paid, and this film ended up making a lot of money, but the difference here is the heart. The following, the belief IN that dream that George was creating from the very beginning. He had a very clear and distinct vision, and he communicated it effectively. And even more than that, the people around him WANTED to see it come to fruition. It was work, it was a collective child that they all raised together, and THAT is why this was such a masterpiece. A benevolent skyscraper in not just the star wars series, but in filmmaking as a whole. In short, this is pure passion, raw desire formed and refined into a rare gem you just don't see anywhere else in the film industry.
And then there’s the incompetence of younger generations *not* understanding this.
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What amazes me is how calm they are about it all. How calm Lucas is. It’s quite fascinating.
@isaacmcallister5649 unfortunately they just haven't been raised to see it. This new generation is plagued with weak and corrupt leaders, it kinda forces these new young bucks to raise themselves, some come out better for it, but a lot come out worse. It's why as a species as a whole we simply MUST try harder, and be better.
And yes I love how clear and calm everyone was in the making of. It's like everyone just understood the assignment, and I LOVE that sort of team dynamic
What is MINDBLOWING is having footage of a live first reaction to their work all put together, absolutely astounding.
👏👏👏 3 claps for revenge of the sith. All of that work done for 1 minute of footage, I hope you’re taking notes Disney
As a Native from Mustafar I must say they pretty much got it spot on 👍
Would you say their depiction was cool?
These behind-the-scenes interviews and the making of it all is why the Prequels will never be topped in terms of just how visually stunning and so well executed everything is. The Sequels WISH they had this much time, planning and work put into them. George Lucas is an absolute Genius and I will always love the Prequels, and virtually everything he does.
The mustafar model with the fake lava is one of the most insane things I have ever seen
Please finish reacting to the ROTS DVD extras. It reminds me of when the film industry actually cared about creating great content on DVDs for the public to consume.
Pouchon Venerin, (48:56 ish) listed (2nd to last) in the ILM Production credit list, worked for Industrial Light and Magic for Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, and then went on to work in the Lucasfilm animation department under Dave Filoni.
"Pouchonica" was a sort-of annual potluck get-together the animation dept would hold every year, at the Ranch, initially conceived by Pouchon, and T-shirts were made commemorating the event, and everything.
(Just a fun behind the scenes anecdote, Learned from watching the same "making of" footage for the Clone Wars animated series.) ✌
I have my gripes about the prequels but I do love them. So much love and care was put into them. They’re Gorge’s vision of Star Wars and that’s all that really matters to me in the end
The practical effects of the Prequels were nuts! And the CGI was revolutionary.
I agree. I love the prequels to death, but I do have to admit, the green screen effect in the Jedi Council room specifically has a ridiculously blurry/feathered outline around each of the characters who stand in front of the windows. I have to wonder why they blasted the feathering knob to the moon instead of making it a bit more natural-looking.
@@mikeexits Don't see what that has to do with my comment? 😋
It definitely would have been cool to see Anakin and Obi-Wan work together one last time to fight a lava monster and then go back to fighting each other
But I can see why they didn’t wanna throw a random monster into such an important moment
I remember seeing the opening sequence almost a year before it was released. Three different times in various stages of completion. This was the first time the 501st did anything official with Lucasfilm. We even got to see the finished opening sequence with Mr. Lucas himself. That's when he got inducted as an honorary member of the Legion
Love to see legion members here! You a TK?
@@noahj7824 TK-002, I'm semi retired
Man "Within a Minute" I remember this on DVD'S back in the day Love it and makes me look forward to you Interviewing Rick
“At the end of the day if you don’t believe in what they’re doing if you don’t like them if you’re not responding to the actors you have nothing and all the work that everyone is doing is meaningless”- he just summarized the Disney trilogy in a nutshell
That hits so hard
The thing is people.on those movies worked hard too.
@@thegamingkitchen8429 they did, but the difference was the vision of the leadership; Kathleen Kennedy thought she could be George Lucas, but she found out the hard way its not easy being George.
Biggest problem is the lack of direction. Utter lack of direction. First film wants to do Episode 4 all over again. Episode 8 wants to forget the previous film existed and finish the trilogy with the second film while completely destroying established lore. Final film desperately wants to salvage the remains of the story that the previous film wrecked.
@@_MaZTeR_ It's so strange seeing the results of a film production company at war within itself.
George shoots and edits then reshoots and rewrites like Godard and Wong Kar Wai. This level of involvement in Revenge of the Sith is essentially the same level he had in Empire Strikes Back when it comes to the story/scriptment, editing, and being on set pretty much every day to direct the production
Kurosawa used to shoot with multiple cameras too. What he liked about it was that the actors wouldn't try to act to a particular camera, but it also gives you a lot more options in editing
Star Wars Theory you do an important work with these kind of videos in promoting the respect that George Lucas deserves for making the fantastic prequels! Thank you for opening the eyes of the world.
Man, this bonus DVD is what instilled my love for filmmaking in me. I am forever grateful full to George lucas and every single person listed in the credits for creating this beautiful film, and for showing everything else behind the scenes so elegantly with this documentary
I watched the bonus DVD every day after school for like a month 💯
I really don’t think George Lucas gets enough credit for just how much he helped the digital effects in film. Even before the prequels, ILM provided the special effects for films like The Abyss (1989) and the Indiana Jones trilogy, and even after the prequels, the Harry Potter series, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mission: Impossible, etc., and it’s all because of George Lucas. Not to mention that Jar Jar was the first fully-CGI character in a live-action film, and that film was released in 1999, two full years before The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Gollum. Every single Marvel and DC film nowadays would not utilize CGI like they do if it were not for him. Alongside Star Wars, I think that’s his greatest achievement and cinematic contribution. Plus, Pixar was created off of that, so we wouldn’t have the first ever fully-CGI movie, Toy Story.
George being so meticulous is what made Star Wars. It’s what turned it from a movie into a whole world you could get lost in. And that’s what has been missing since he sold the franchise, that level of care.
George sure can make a movie. I feel like the lightsaber battles are underutilized throughout the whole franchise. Episode 3 was a high peak tho
Man, the amount of work they put into these movies is insane. I feel so sad that I've always lived in a household who always despised the Prequel Trilogy and bashing George Lucas for his creative decisions. I mean the guy just wanted to make movies, his vision, his way and critics and some fans just misunderstood that vision because it wasn't what they expected compared to the originals. The prequels may not be masterpieces in people's eyes but they are entertaining and tried to tell a cohesive and complete origin story across three films.
This made my day! Great work man. Star Wars was my childhood and it is my now. These movies make me so happy to be alive. Hayden was an amazing Anakin and the prequels were insanely good.
its so interesting the difference between a team of people who were chosen special by the managers and george and a huge corp just hiring everyone and having control ova that
Theory should do a video reacting to Camille Paglia explaining the ending of Revenge of the Sith - which she called the greatest work of art in the last 30 years.
I was thinking of her words when watching this.
George is like a general leading an army , great stuff
I enjoyed watching this with how many people it takes for a 1 minute scene. I worked on the Digital Cinema conversion and distribution for Revenge of the Sith (Film Code named CHANGE OVER) and during the QC 2.5 weeks before movie came out I noticed a several frame pixel hit during the scene where R2 slides down the dreadnought crashes early in the film. Sent the report up the chain and they found it was in the DI and fixed it for all masters. Makes me proud to this day that I helped this movie not have a unwanted pixel that 99.999% would never notice, but it takes and army to get this right. :)
To this day when I watch ROTS I smile when I see R2 slide down the dreadnought knowing that scenes was my 1/16th of a second contribution to making the film right. LOL
Revenge is definitely my favourite.
But I definitely wish he had a dialogue team, like he does with everything else.
As the meme goes, the proprietor of Mustafar Mining Inc, would never fully recover financially from this(the Kenobi-Anakin duel).
Theory's Anakin impression was SPOT ON!
I love this stuff!! I could watch these kinds of behind the scenes videos all day.
So many times I buy the blue ray of a film because it promises a “making of” video but most are hardly informative, instead just really quick glimpses.
Somewhere out there is footage of George Lucas standing on the side of Mt. Edna talking up to the volcano in a calm voice saying, "Ok that was pretty good. But this time could you spurt out a little more lava up into the air on the far side.. and give us a little rumble.. not too strong but enough where the ground starts to shake a little bit and pebbles and small boulders begin to roll down the hill towards the B camera."
Wow. Such an eye-opening experience. Would love to visit such a set one day.
I grew up with star wars from the early 80's and now it's ashame what it has become, I really really miss George, a tear falls from my face.
Watching these documentaries makes me wonder what George could’ve made with the volume had he continued with the sequels instead of selling to Disney
You should do a walkthrough of Revenge Of The Sith the video game.
I second that
Yeah I’m playing it now it’s pretty awesome
Anakin and Obi-Wan fighting a Balrog would have been legit!
This really shows how much care and direction went into these films and how little went into the sequels
Disney tried to remove the heart of Star Wars when they tried to take Goerge Lucas out of the sequels. It was George's vision that drive Star Wars and not a machine like Disney is.
Absolutely BONKERS to think how far tech has come in such a short period of time. If only George had the Volume then...
George: This scene could use footage of a volcano eruption
Mount Etna: *Erupts*
George: A surprise to be sure but a welcome one
Kudos to those people who helped George bring the prequels to life. They should be proud of themselves
Anyone else watch this documentary like once a year for the last decade? Lol
I wish
I always loved this movie but now I have a whole new respect for it. Never had a clue how much goes into this.
as a filmmaker and film student at usc where George went, the way this doc breaks down the actual filmmaking process and how everything works on a set is perfectly said-everyone knows what their job is and does a fantastic job breaking it down for people watching. You can also tell everyone on the project had so much care for what they were making and the attention to detail is amazing. id say its not 100 percent out of the ordinary for a director to have as much precision as George is shown having here but you can really tell he is trying to tell what he thinks is the best story possible-and he CARES about the world and the characters. Also crazy how far the technology has come and with the editing process and dailies being on physical tapes and such. its bit cringe watching him react to some of what George is doing tho-gorge's wife who was a fantastic editor and edited the OT knew how to check and challenge George on many things that made the OT so special-I have lots of respect for George but the simp culture around him makes me feel major ick lol everyone needs an ego check once and a while
As an aspiring filmmaker with a dream to bring this kind of creativity and care back to cinema, this is extremely motivational and also a great look into how hard my career will be but hopefully satisfying.
Man, I wish I could have caught this when you were live. I used to just pour over these dvd extras. Really fun man. One of my favorite channels.
I wonder if George Lucas ever meet the Legends of Tommorow since their episode they help give George ideas for starwars and motivated him to want to be a director.
The DVD menu hits harder than my uncle
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R.I.P.
@@liar2k5 :(
The "making of.." extras included with many movies are priceless... The information on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit are worth more than the movies. I always look forward to these extra things...the movies are such a small part of my interest I guess. The construction of the movie is much more interesting. Thanks for posting this!
Damn, I never even considered that the costumes have to have the wear and tear progress in the scenes. Brilliant.
Despite it being somewhat controversial, George and crew's contributions to modern filmmaking and digital effects is incredible 🙏 and these bonus features are really fascinating
It's crazy how technologically advanced Lucasfilms & Star Wars have always been. In a way, they created the path for modern movies!
I remember watching these whilst studying at music college. I was just a bit too young to work on the prequels myself. But I did manage to record LOTR so I’m grateful for that. If I’d managed to record the prequels my life would’ve been complete. Sadly the sequels music was moved back to the states.
Part of the reason why the Sequel Trilogy soundtrack was recorded in the states was because John had health problems, and wouldn't be able to make it to London.
@@sambridgers9543 yes I’m aware of that. I saw the footage of him recording RoSW. Brought a tear to my eye. What a legacy
I remember revenge of the sith was the only star wars movie I owned at one point and I would watch it over and over again I still could to this day
Hayden had been given a pony tail for episode 3 and he basically said no... and George listened. There’s some documentary footage of Hayden asserting himself and it’s actually pretty great to watch. George needed more of that in the prequels. I think that’s part of why Hayden played the role so well in ROTS. He had some leverage at that point because George couldn’t change out characters and I think it made him a much better actor in the film. You can just tell Hayden acts much more confidently in ROTS. He’s doing his own thing.
George has always listened to actor feedback like giving Samuel l Jackson a purple lightsaber. He would have listened to mark hamill unlike rian johndon.
@@billymanziel5666did George say order 66 was Anakin fault,was it part of the chosen one prophecy
I absolutely LOVE watching people's reactions to this type of filmmaking. It is really quite humbling.
This is really cool. Now I see why my life is star wars
Wow look at all the "yes" men who are always saying in these behind the scenes videos how George basically let the different departments do whatever they want. Really its just with George's guidance
Disney meanwhile did that yes men stuff....ironic..that's how they shat out q film a year and care? What's that
I love how you can see how fast the technology was changing just looking at the Ep1 documentary to this
Thank you so much, Theory. I can hear you so much better now! I still have trouble hearing the content though. If you could just boost the volume of the content as well whenever you do these DVD reactions, that'd be great!
sure man thanks
@@TheorysArcade omg a reply from your gaming channel. YESSS! 😊 🙏🏼
whenever people say "meeeh the movie suucks, the CGI is so ugly and lazy", I just really want them to look at this footage to see how much fucking WORK it takes to produce just a single scene!!!
George Lucas can always do exactly what he needs, because whenever he's around the project doesn't become about money anymore. It's about pure filmmaking, art is the most powerful tool in human kind. Money doesn't matter to these people, what matters is the story of Star Wars and it being told correctly ❤
Bro, this was an AWESOME STREAM!!!!!!! I had no idea Mustofar has real footage spliced in from Mount Etna!
This might sound kind of cringe but I love watching this behind the scenes stuff it really inspires me to do film production
Not cringe at all, I can see how this can inspire many people
Would have loved to see the last team up of Obi-wan and Anakin. That would have made everything even more heartbreaking when he has to defeat Anakin. It almost seems like we don't ever get all of the good stuff they know we as die hard fans deserve to see. I swear marvel gets all the epicness meanwhile we got some good stuff through episodes 1-6 but the sequels...We got a force chop from Kylo to Snoke and blueballs through 90% of the rest.
Pity the sequels haven’t had as much passion!
The sequels were awful, they destroyed the original series, they took away the whole arc of darth vader....like just kidding Rey is actually the chosen one. What garbage. For me star wars is the first 6 episodes.
23:31 I can’t wait to see them together again.
same
You should watch Rick Worley’s videos on George Lucas and the Prequels and defending them against the haters. Excellent long thorough videos.
I always loved the lego Star Wars version of the battle because they team up even while dueling to escape the station that is falling apart.
I love the extras that came with the prequel and trilogy DVD releases from the mid 2000's. I watched these so much growing up. I look forward to the McCallum interview and it would be cool if you can get Ben Burtt too! Keep up the great work!
46:53 | Years later, she became the producer for Cars 2. Not kidding, look it up.
This might be specific, but the most standout quality of the Mustafar sequence that I took away was how some of the "B-roll" of volcanos looked like earthly documentary footage. If that's intentional or not, George Lucas is still cool 😎
Welp. The documentary sorted that one out!
I use to watch this so much when I first got the DVD. The special features, the movie itself and the video game is the reason Revenge of the Sith is my favorite star wars movie. Plus my birthday is May 5th. So I was born to be a sith lord.
29:00 imagine digging up those old face scans for video game appearances today! Or do they use those for them?
50:06 i think if dave filoni took the direction of a new star wars movie he would care as much about it as lucas. I think filoni has understood lucas' vision. i would even go as far as saying he literally has lucas' vision. filoni is lucas 2.0
Still abiding to Disney
You should react to the Kotor remaster trailer by unreal cinema
I concur
Agreed, he has commented on at least one of unreal cinema's vids
He seen the video aleready , just search it in the commentary
Constantly rewatch everything of the features on it from the deleted scenes to the Featurettes to the web features to the concept videos to the main menus to the deleted scenes to the trailers I will watch everything
this is awesome! thanks for doing these! love this type of content and the stuff we learn from behind the scenes and the deleted scenes!
The sound effects turn into a lasting human memory. Forever!
It’s so admirable everything they do for the film