George Lucas On How STAR WARS Got Made
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- George Lucas discusses how STAR WARS got made after the success of his film, AMERICAN GRAFFITI.
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Thanks for creating a marvelous Universe. One of the best Movie Franchises ever. Genius.
I agree
People still hate him for small changes and the prequels....
I love every movie
+patrik streng Those who hate him - are not "people". There are too few of those. They just strive to feel themselves meaningful. The major amount of viewers - either do not know who he is - or adore his films. But they are either not heard or silent. I'm very sorry that Lucas really wasn't paying attention to a numerous fan-films based on his Universe. and instead - thought that those few blaming him - had more value... He newer should give his rights to Disney on those terms were they will not listen to him. He is a strange guy. His logic concerning this eludes me. But he knows better, i guess... But The Force awakens - i think is not as good as the previous 6 films.
I loved episode 7.
Well, it was only the first episode of the trilogy so we'll see how the story evolves
patrik streng
No doubt about it, that's for sure :)
I love hearing stories of rich people who at one point were fucking broke and sad but were able to create something everyone can enjoy and later live easy lives
Creepy Closet
They deserve as such from my perspective.
*I love hearing stories of rich people who at one point were fucking broke and sad but were able to create something everyone can enjoy and later live easy lives*
George Lucas, JK Rowling, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, James Cameron, Don Bluth etc.
The list goes on but yeah i see your point. At one time they (those named?) were all broke looking for a hit or get off the ground from being broke etc's.
Same, it's beautiful as they scrape by to create such genius work
These people are the true examples of preserverance, courage, genius and daring. People who hit rock-bottom should see these guys as examples to get out of there.
@@_baller only way such genius can be extracted.
Star Wars was nominated for 11 Academy Awards (Oscars). Including Best Picture, Best Director.
Star Wars won 7 out of 11 Oscars in 1978.
It is undeniably one of the most successful motion pictures of all time.
Won 6*
George Lucas is one of the most "human" film directors I know. Ironically enough, his career had no gloss, no filter ... he just pursued his goals. Say what you want about the guy, but to this day, his successes, and his mistakes are his own. Personally, I just wished he had accounted for public perception a bit more. I also wish more movies are made the way Lucasfilms used to make them, with no interference from movie commitees and lobbies. Thank you, George !
I don't know what the hell he was thinking selling the company to disney. Worst. Choice. Ever.
@@Digital_Blondie Best money ever tho.
For that money, after also getting verbally assfucked by fans after his prequel films, I would've sold it to basically anyone. I wouldn't give a damn about pleasing fans.
Great creator but sadly an entertainer of spoiled nerds.
"Personally, I just wished he had accounted for public perception a bit more."
Ya, that was the main issue. I think I read somewhere that he disconnected from the internet sometime around Episode 1. That would explain the disconnect from the fanbase. But, even more so, something happened between the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy that he stopped asking his friends for help in making his movie. I think it's answered best when you know how often George was on set during Empire and Jedi to make comments about everything. Even though he hired all these people to work on his film for him, he couldn't stand the idea of someone else doing his pet project. However, it was his friends who helped get the movie the way it needed to be to be successful:
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Does this mean George isn't as good as we think he is in regards to making movies? No. He's a great producer. But, I think that that's the role he should have been in for all his movies to work out right. He should hire people he knows will do a great job, tell them what he wants, then let them go off and do it.
The guy is a complete fraud. It's one of the biggest coverups in the movie industry to this day. His ex-wife Marcia Lucas saved Star Wars with her "actual" world class editing skills and received an Oscar for it. He didn't win one.
Did he write Star Wars all on his own? Fuck no. Joseph fucking Campbell gave the guy notes on the hero's journey. Plus all the other "tips" his friends gave him so the movies wouldn't suck ass.
Still don't believe me? They shoved his ass off directing Empire Strikes Back because they knew what a mediocre director he was. Irvin Kershner directed Empire, and get this... There are unconfirmed reports that Marcia Lucas did some editing for Empire, and she WAS credited on Return of the Jedi!
Once he "made it big" the guy magically forgot that the team around him was what made the original Star Wars so good. Did he try to hold them together? Of course not. Maybe that wasn't all his fault, but I don't know it's like the guy didn't realize he needed them... A LOT.
Or it's more likely that he wanted rid of them and didn't realize just how shocking his own work would be but we sure as hell saw it. The special editions are just like the prequels. Both suck ass an all reek of him.
If only he made more movies outside of THX, Graffiti and Star Wars. He's 79 years old, but I'm hoping he'll wake up one day and say "Gee, you know, today's a good day to make one of those smaller, more personal films I've been saying I wanted to make." I only wish him and his family well. He's, imo, the most underrated filmmaker of all time.
he started from the bottom and he wen up lightspeed..
the force was with him
🤦♂️
best avatar ever.
he was hardly at the bottom - don't kid yourself
@@recoswell u must be his sugar baby. Okay have a good day
bro, fuck ur picture xD I touched my screen
I can't explain in words how inspiring George Lucas is to me now
You just did
The importance of Star Wars is huge in so many ways.
Far beyond entertainment.
I bet those guys that Lucas went to for funding on Star Wars and then turned him down are now regretting that decision lol
lmao you bet homie
+TheOrangex88
It's all Alex Guiness' fault ("These are not the movies you are looking for")
Pretty sure they regretted it then lol
Every major toy maker turned him down too - finally he found a small outfit named Kenner that was totally unprepared for the rush once the movie came out.
And that’s the reason why no company gave merchandising rights to the creators ever again...
2021 wishing George and all of us well.
It's amazing how down to earth Lucas is considering the literal universe he created! it just shows how much one person can affect the lives of so many people across the most diverse of age and national divides, from small children to grandparents and probably even great grandparents! All of us have this universe to love thanks to that one man. Powerful stuff!
Man is a legend! Very inspired by his words especially as I have a few ideas of my own
Corey Robinson best of luck to you in those ideas, pal.
I like all the Star Wars movies for different reasons, the story of Anakin skywalker and his children has a rich plot with great character development
George Lucas is Jedi master
Celio Sousa Jedi grandmaster*
Jedi god
@@InNOutmuncher actually Jedi Lord
1:00 'Persistence', a great lesson we can all learn from him.
+Obi-Wan-Kenobi You think you are smart don't you… :)
Greatly understated, your comment is.
and he didn't know that the star wars movie will become the best SCI FI movies ever made
+Darth Vader Not Sci-fi, epic space opera or fantasy fiction.
+MetallF ....it still is basically science fiction too
Oh My... Its darth vader!
Star Wars isn't fantasy just sci fi & life itself on a space scale
*epic space opera
The original Star Wars so great is that Lucas asked Joseph Campbell, asked sci-fi book clubs & conventioners, fellow filmmakers, etc. Am I getting it right? A lot of ❤ & humanity there
George Lucas is one of the best directors of all time, he influenced so many things, he has a great directing style for today and back in the day. American Graffiti influenced all kinds of car movies and coming of age movies. and Star Wars went out lf style.
He's a genius. I hope one day he can go back and do the indie films he enjoys doing. I watched some of the kuwarsara movies based on his love for them, and they are fantastic
No, not one of the best movie franchises of all time, it is the best movie franchise of all time
Surall Booyers
I have my hat off to him for pursuing his dream.
As a fan of comic book movies, I have to agree. Marvel and Dc have some amazing movies but I have got to say Star Wars was far better
Lord of the Rings?
Thank you George ! Star Wars was the pioneer of blockbusters.
this has to be the most inspiring thing I ever seen. A man who some how made some thing that was so big He could not make a prequel to top how big the first one was!
It's funny to think about the fact that despite the fact that his films have made hundreds of millions of dollars, George Lucas is technically an independent filmmaker. Ever since Empire, he's funded his own films and done basically everything on his own, free of studio control.
We really gotta give it to this man for creating arguably the best fantasy space universe ever created! truly is a genius Star Wars may have its quirks but it truly paved the way for mainstream trilogies becoming a thing truly an icon
Incredible that he was broke and then created Star Wars which basically set him up for life
Happy Birthday George Lucas! I feel honored to share a birthday with an amazing guy like you!
There is an obvious creative vacuum left by Lucas leaving star wars
You are Class. Made his idea a reality, became a global hit and he set himself up from the profits to live a free life where he can create anything. What an inspiration
there is no force without George Lucas.
LOL @ Universal for not releasing American Graffiti and rejecting Star Wars.
Dumb move on their part 😂
Universal regrets that dumb move.
It was a dumb move, but at least they learned the lesson from it. In 1982, when Steven Spielberg was looking for a studio to distribute his movie E.T., he first approached Columbia and was rejected. Columbia thought that no one would pay money to see a movie that dumb. Spielberg then approached Universal, and they distributed the film, which was the biggest box office hit since Star Wars. You can bet somebody's head rolled at Columbia Studios.
i love his hair
It is really unique
By creating starwars universes,u gave a new hope ❤️😌 thankyou
I find it fascinating how individuals manage to successfully merge an occupation with the intent to entertain. Listening to Lucas regale his early years in Hollywood, you become so engrossed with the politics of the film world that you forget about the film itself.
What an inspiration for those of us pressuring our dreams❤❤❤❤❤ priceless example. What a talent!!!!!
I don't care what anyone says about you George, you are my hero.
The absolute genius idea to create a sci fi movie in that era was amazing think of how many people used to dream about what’s out there back then either way this movie franchise will always be one of my favorite the sheer content that is associated with Star Wars is unnerving I love finding née things out either from cannon or the old books I never heard of Star Wars will forever be one of my favorite 💯💯
JRR Tolkien was also turned down by a bunch of publishers when he was trying to get Lord of the Rings published.
They wanted Lord of the Rings. He offered them both that and the Silmarillion he hit the ceiling when they rejected Silmarillion and said no on selling Rings. Later on he relented and messaged them back George Allen and Unwin to at least publish LOTR. The Hobbit was a very good seller for them, they wanted a direct sequel to sell not an epic story for adults that took years for Tolkien to finish. The reason any of it was published in his lifetime was because Rayner Unwin was a devotee of Tolkien.
Happy Birthday to the creator of Star Wars Geroge Lucas thank you George for star wars may the force be with you I absolutely love star wars
I got the same goosebumpy feeling hearing this as I heard Michael Jackson talk about his concept for Thriller.
Inspiring he never gave up on his dream
Improvised lines always seem to be the best
What's amazing is that Lucas had little interest in science fiction films when he was young. Everything for him was cars, hot rods, race tracks, which is why he made American Graphitti, and is also why he we see the pod races in The Phantom Menace.
Thanks for letting me know about your video! I really enjoyed it, and I wish you the best.
The idea that he had written a 6 hour script that had to split it into 3 and initially used the first third is very misleading. He certainly had ideas that were later developed for the other movies, but George struggled until the final draft of the movie to find a story he was happy with.
"never let someone as dumb as you tell you that your idea is bad" -stan lee
What I love about George Lucas is that he cares about the story and how the story is told. Unlike Disney!
May the Force be with You, Lucasfilm.
May the force be with you
I love Star Wars thank you for it I know every thing about it
Take a look at THX 1138, by George Lucas. Great visuals, solid story line, a precursor to Star Wars. Maybe George is lacking now, but his previous efforts were by and by amazing for it's time.
You mr. Lucas is a genius. Thank you for star wars because it united generations in my family and we found a common bond that united people and families.
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU George Lucas. If you were a Jedi you would be the best Jedi ever!
Just like Stephen king and stan lee and many others u never give up and god damn I'm glad he didnt made us all love this world and grew up with them
He is a genius.
Thank you George Lucas.
Why prequels are AWESOME.
1.It shows the fall of hero,his journey to the dark side,and how the fear can consume even the most noble heart.
2.It shows how darkness manipulates behind the scene,and we should never let our passion turn into bloodlust.
3.Greatest Yoda saying is in prequels.Fear leads to anger,anger lead to hatred,hatred leads to suffering
4.Obi-Wan is super cool character,wise and great warrior at same time while in sequels he just senile old man.
5.Battles are awesome
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Star Wars changed the way movies where made. George Lucas also started ILM which made the effects for Jurassic park and many other films.
That 'Space Adventure Saturday Matinee movie' became the world's greatest media franchise and spawned one of the most powerful media empires on the planet.
Loved star wars
in his works you have to look for symbols to get the full brilliance of his work
I had an accounting professor who worked at Fox Studios around this time and told the class “The execs were complaining to the accounting department about the spending of this weird movie? They thought it was a musical. It turned out to be Star Wars!”
Omg we love you!!!!Love you we do,proud you should be.May the force be with you.
He explained how to avoid the dark side and how to find the balance for ourself and for all the others, focusing the energy in the right way. Thank you so much for your amazing mythological gift to the humanity.
Whether you like Sci-Fi or Star Wars at all for that matter, you must admit Lucas is easily one of the best story tellers of all time. He’s definitely up there with Tolkien albeit Tolkien is obviously a bit more sophisticated, regardless if he is a step below or 2 under Tolkien, he’s still a legend in his own right. His world building is next level, to be able to make a world that’s influenced by everything from religion to technology. I understand that his dialogue writing skills and directing can be a bit off and definitely isn’t the best, but if you look past that, you’ll know that there was a lot of TLC given to the prequels despite if they weren’t the best in some peoples opinions. But the prequels will always be 1000x better than sequels hands down!! Anakins and Padmes kiss before entering the Geonosis arena was corny to a lot of people but I thought it was epic, it had that Shakespearean feel to it about love. Kylo kissing Rey and disappearing was just stupid and not a very satisfying ending for him, that love they had for one another never had substance to begin with it was obvious it was a rushed side plot. They may own his world now but I’ll always take Lucas side over Disney no matter what, so ya sorry if I have a bias, I just feel the sequels would’ve been 1000x better had Lucas co produced and co directed them, because him having a kingpin grip on everything doesn’t show off his true story telling potential. When he just wrote ESB and produced it, it easily became one of the greatest movies & sequels of all time! The thing that sucks about him was that he was always kind of an outsider in Hollywood, it almost feels like they deliberately made it hard for him to compete with the big studios because he was self made with a distribution deal with 20th Century Fox. He even says that everything he wanted to do after the clone wars show onward, was make a bunch of live action TV shows but with the cost of production, and him being his main investor, he had no choice but to eventually sell it. It was very possible he could’ve ran it into the ground. If he feels anyway about how his characters were used, he has the absolute right to be. Disney used the sequel trilogy just to shit all over George Lucas skywalker saga, the disrespect after selling it to them for $4billion. They can say all they want that amount given was the only way to save Star Wars and get him to sell the rights; ya because no one would sell it for any less to people he had a feeling would try and piss on his legacy. Who knows if he ever trusted Disney but I know he trusted Kathleen Kennedy, let’s just say we know George doesn’t always make the best decisions so choosing her to run Lucasfilm was not a great idea. She wants to pimp out Star Wars to Disney while Filoni and Favreau what to preserve it. Either way I grew up on Star Wars and George Lucas storytelling has influenced me in my music and writing short stories myself. I hope one day George can come back into an official role or to some filming capacity for something instead of being a consultant for others. I bet if you tried the ESB formula of someone else directing and Lucas producing , we’d probably get a great movie every time!!
HE STILL MADE THE WHOLE DAMN THING! THE WHOLE STORY!
I still think the original Star Wars was an incredible idea to even have let alone create and bring to life
Damn, i love this man.
Star Wars in my
I’m glad he got to make his little space adventure
He could have just walked away from A New Hope as a millionaire and been done with it. But he re-invested a chunk of it back into the next one. It takes some guts to do that honestly. It might be very easy to say I'm just walking away and can retire right now. There are plenty of sequels that flopped.
You can see it as a quick and easy retirement, but you aren't in his shoes - he was an eager filmmaker at the beginning of success. He wasn't thinking about being rich, he wanted to make movies. Most really successful people are not primarily interested in money - they want to succeed at their passion and make a meaningful contribution. Money only provides them the freedom and resources to pursue their dream.
Ambition and a belief in your self and abilities is a big plus even if you will face obstacles and naysayers.Thank you Lucas :)
@Jedisunscreen Yea, It's kind of awe inspiring how he started out as the little man, a talented but poor director, and built himself up into a juggernaut capable of rivaling the huge production companies. I guess he basically told himself that he was going to do it right. I've talked to a lot of people at LucasFilm and LucasArts and they all say that it's the best job in the world. They're given so much creative freedom and so many resources. Such a stark contrast to the other industry 'giants'.
i agree with you and that's what i had to say in another video, if it weren't for him, there would be no star wars movies nor games.
we love star wars
@legoindyshortround I have watched the review and it still does not change my opinion on the fact that the star wars series is still amazing
Episode 3 was great, but you are right about 1 and 2.
And the greatest sci-fi movie ever made came from “I’ve been thinking about a space, adventure serial movie”
I admire George Lucas so much!
@MulletPuppet I kinda agree with you there. he may have very good ideas but if he doesn't have the proper support his movies won't be as good. but even so I loved the entire saga and a few of the spinoff tv shows.
megahurtz30 Lol, Episode IV was originally released as just "Star Wars" not "Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope" that would have been weird. They renamed them after George Lucas realised that he had actually started writing the story somewhere in the middle, which he called episode IV. It's in interviews/books/wikipedia, not hard to find, but yeah, they most definitely did not release the original star wars with the title episode IV as that would just confuse everyone.
Yeah but what did it say in the scrolling intro text of the movie?
+megahurtz30 in the 1977 original release there was no added title after the Star Wars logo the text just began from the beginning
Getting the licensing rights to Star Wars before it was even made has to be the best move George Lucas ever made. I do wonder who gave him that advice or how he decided to ask for that. 99% of people would’ve simply asked for more money to direct it since American Graffiti was a hit. That decision made him a billionaire.
He just adapted the Hero’s journey
wish George Lucas would return to STAR WARS though I know it is not possible.. still pray for a miracle.
does anybody know the name of the short film on youtube of george thinking of star wars and being in love with all the characters in his college?
cmon man! you need to start making movies with soul in them!!!!
Happy B day george!
@mikerules999 I like to sit down and watch a story beginning to end, even if that story is several hours long. It just seems nice to see it all as one film rather than three individual films.
Episode 4 - 2 Hour Movie
Episode 5 - 2 Hour Movie = 6 hours
Episode 6 - 2 Hour Movie
his original intentions for star wars was to have A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi all in one movie. But there was no way 20thFox would fund it.
@StarWarrior008
3. Because in his immortal training he over throws the empire and becomes "more powerful then you can ever imagine." Luke watches his mentor killed before his eyes, this gives him the fortitude to go on the journey. Imagine Obi wan on a headset at the end of ANH telling Luke to use the force because he's still alive.
4. They have no idea that they're related, both are attractive and the kiss is simply used to make Han jealous, so not incest. They don't know!
@Trekiefreak777 I realize it's a pointless debate. The line,“An old friend had learned the path to immortality.” doesn't really sound like Yoda saying,"Hey, I'm going to teach you to talk to Qui-Gon Jin and be immortal when you die, so you can help Luke blow up the deathstar one day." But I guess it's open to interpretation. Sounds more like Qui-gon's going to teach Obi. Or Obi-Wan was part of a huge classroom of "younglings" taught by Yoda? It's Lucas' story, so he can do what he wants. effit.
@viciousbloodbath Wut u don't understand is that he had the BASIC plot of the movie, not the whole story itself. And besides, a script is bound to go through changes after like, 22 years. And it wouldn't surprise me at all if he had a Podrace planned out. He probably saw Ben-Hur, and he said that Star Wars was inspired by several epic/fantasy things. And actually, at the end of the 3rd film, Yoda tells Obi that he'll instruct him on some things (Like talking to dead jedis).
I do agree with the idea of the "George Lucas effect," but I don't think that applies to Jackson yet. The first Hobbit part was very good and the next ones will be too.
1:23 That face he makes :)
Actually, it was Harrison just ad-libbing that did that. Irvin just ran with it because he was smart enough to realize it actually worked. CUT! PRINT!
Thank you.
@DasHinchen I first watched starwars when I was kid maybie 7-8 years old.I grow up with StarWars,nuff said.
my hero
@lounza Ewan Mcgregor has been in a few films since Star Wars, Natalie Portman has become a huge star, and Hayden Christensen has had like three successful movies since then. Mark Hamil has an absolutely GINORMOUS list of voice acting roles under his belt now, most prominent being The Joker. The only Star Wars star who never really went anywhere big was Carrie Fisher, but that's not because she couldn't get any high-profile acting jobs. She can get on any movie she wants, she just doesn't.
If he's so hooked on editing more stuff into the Star Wars films, why doesn't he attempt to edit them all into one six hour epic like he imagined? That's something I would actually like to see!
Even Peter Jackson had trouble with LOTR a lot decades later. I can only imagine how it was for George Lucas...
@lounza They went no where? Mark Hamil really does have a HUGE list of voices that he's played. Natalie Portman has been in several movies, etc, etc.