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From Star Wars to Jedi The Making of a Saga HD
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2016
- Star Wars as a franchise has been chugging along since the late 1970's, in the time since their release there have been many documentaries and featurettes chronicling the production and impact of the 3 original films . The most influential of these documentaries has to be 1983's "From Star Wars to Jedi The Making of a Saga" which inspired many children of the 80's and 90's to become the effects artists and filmmakers of today. Unfortunately, this fantastic look behind the magic hasn't hit store shelve since 1995, leaving fans to wear out their ever-degrading VHS tapes. While home video continued to evolve from 480i to 480p to 720p to 1080p and now even 4K 3D "From Star Wars to Jedi" has been left behind to fade away into a washed out snowy mess. In an effort to, at least somewhat, remedy the situation I have taken it upon myself to create an HD restoration of the entire 70 min piece to serve as an archival copy for future generations to view. So, if you've never seen this classic, enjoy. If you have seen it before, watch it again... for the first time.
This documentary and the clips contained therein are the property of 20th Century Fox & Lucasfilm Ltd. I am not making, nor do I wish to make, any monetary gain from this video.
I still remember a time as a child in 1983 when I saw this on PBS knowing it might be the last source of Star Wars footage ever. Then came Ewok Movies and Saturday Morning Cartoons. Then came the Prequels. Then came the new cartoons. Then came Disney.
Maybe I was right in 1983.
Right you were.
I grew up on this documentary which I had recorded from PBS television on VHS... its influence cannot be overestimated. You're doing the lord's good work by preserving this new presentation in HD. Incredible efforts, Sir... Incredible!
Seriously! This is awesome! Lots of work to update this with HD footage sync. Really great!
Ditto
Thanks a lot for doing this....honestly, you're sort of heroic for taking a classic documentary, practically lost to time, and increasing it's cinematic viewability to more reflect today's HD potential.
For real, thanks again....
HAHAHAHA HD potential. Do you hear yourself? Such a good little consumer you are well done gold star
I grew up having this on VHS. Pretty sure I watched it so many times that the tape disintegrated. Thank you for your efforts for uploading this and enhancing it. Re-watching for the first time in many years, I still find myself learning something new from it.
Man, seeing the CBS/Fox logo alone brings back great memories...
You know, when I was a kid, I ran my VHS tapes of the trilogy itself dry. Each movie had an ad for this documentary beforehand, but we didn't have that tape, so I never got to see it. Thank you for your efforts, Ben Phillips! Now I can finally watch this!
Man, when I was a kid I just ate this kind of thing up! I would intensely watch any kind of 'behind the scenes' making of docs or shows about my favorite movies. Filmmaking in the 70s & 80s was just as exciting to see behind the camera as it was on the screen.
This is magical. Haven’t seen this since I was a child. It’s criminal it’s not on any DVD/Blu Ray release as it’s absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for uploading this. I’m ready for the 40th release of Return of the Jedi and watching this has got me feeling 9 years old again.
6:15 "The Dark Lord of the Sith" it's always existed wasn't just a name thought up for the prequels.
Yes there's a return of the jedi annual mentioned that from. 83
"the reality is i love that world. there are friends there. i have a home there. so there's always going to be a desire to go home again."
Have the VHS of this. Thank you for the HD upgrade! Really turned out great. Looks seamless. Great job syncing the proper HD footage into this.
God's work.
Wow, what a historic moment to see all three directors of the original trilogy together.
It feels weird when they're talking about the Sy Snootles puppet as it eventually got replaced with CG in the Special Edition. I can understand George not being entirely happy with the puppet and therefore replaced it with a CG version. But couldn't he have kept Lapti Nek in the movie instead of changing it to Jedi Rocks?
40:30 Control, control! You must learn control!
41:52 OMG! I had no idea that was a miniature Leia on the speeder.
Such an amazing documentary.
Thank you for this! My dad had this on VHS when I was a kid and I watched it over and over. It’s so great to see it again and in such a good restoration! 🎉🎉🎉
best documentary out there bar none to this day!!
Still holds up well to this day also,Nothing better than the original trilogy V IV VI point blank no argument!!!
"Special effects are just a tool, a means of telling a story, people have a tendency to confuse them as an end to themselves.
A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing."
You said it brother, WAIT YOU SAID THAT?!
If you are saying this as a criticism of the prequels, it doesn't apply that trilogy.
The prequels stayed the course with the philosophy of that 'special effects without a story is a pretty boring thing' quote. it's the sequels that's completely derailed from the philosophy of that quote. That's what you get when you make Star Wars without George Lucas.
I am so happy to find this on UA-cam! I had it on a beta cassette... THANK YOU!!!
I wore my original copy of this - on Betamax, recorded from the TV one Christmas- out completely. It's so good to see it again, and what a fantastic job of reconstructing it. So good to see it again. Thank you!
Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi are quite simply the three greatest and most influential films ever created. They are the blueprint for almost every movie that has been released since. The Holy Grail of modern cinema without question.
I picked this up on VHS at a flea market when I was like 12 and watched it until the tape broke! Thank you so much for uploading ❤❤❤❤
Totally Awesome, I remember seeing the commercials for this with the new releases back in the day. Been looking for it ever since. Thank you.
This is great! I recorded this off the TV back when it was first shown...and I watched that tape to absolute death!
I can't believe the quality here for a VHS from almost 30 years ago! Incredible!
It could be from the laserdisc
Sourced from VHS (don't think a laserdisc existed of this). Bluray footage of the film scenes has been "overlaid" whenever the doc shows a scene or shot. It's a hybrid of VHS & 4k footage which was exported so you get the best quality available when possible.
What a wonderful documentary :) Also, that guy smoking inside Jabba xD
I haven't seen this documentary for about 30 years. I, like many others in this thread watched this nearly as many times as the actual films, I pretty much had all of Mark Hammil's commentary memorised. Watching it again has been a joy especially with the added high definition footage. Absolutely brilliant work, and thank you so much.
Mark Hamill's narrating is out of this world!
Miss Agent E says the guy with Mark Hamil profile pic
You don't think so? I'm just wondering...
Miss Agent E I think it's amazing aswell
Brick By Brick Oh. I'm glad. If I sounded harsh in my first reply I apologize.
He’s a true fan too
This is what's missing in the new sequels. The fun.
and respect for the story of what came before, not just the surface level details.
We true star wars fans pretend the disney star wars don't exist
@@troyandrew6154 💯
@@troyandrew6154 Including the Mandalorian?
@@Mokkari77 No. Not the Mandalorian, Rogue One, or Solo either. They were all great. It's episodes 7, 8, and especially 9 that suck. To me those three films aren't canon.
I never saw this documentary as a kid, but one of my earliest memories is the cheesy promo at the start of all the Star Wars VHS tapes.
12:36 ah, what a relief to hear that good old song instead of the 97+ version.
"Hey, sweetheart, I like your threads!"
*tail smack*
"! ... Sorry."
That part still gets me every time! XD
Fantastic! I bet they were hard to make but ya can tell they were having a blast making em. Those sets still look realistic to me. I've been watching em for nearly 40 years and ya still see things you've not noticed before. I know it's all for the story but ya can watch these films just taking in all the detail in the sets and designs. There was nothing much like it back in them days. Everything about it was mind blowing! : )
I know Jurassic park has nothing to do with this, but since It also Changed Film Industry. I’m just going to say this.
Before Jurassic Park, there was……STAR WARS.
Sorry if this sounded dumb. Had to put this since Jurassic park also changed Film Industry apparently.
Recorded this on VHS when it was first on in the UK must of watched it once a week every week for a long time and i've most likely still got it among'st my videos in the garage.Big thanks to Ben Phillips for the fantastic job you have done,you have made me feel 30yrs younger,gonna sit and watch this with my 9yr old son now.
I first saw this on the the Sci Fi channel in 1993 when they first marathoned the trilogy hosted by Carrie Fisher
Me too over the next few years back then, they'd play the whole thing. Alot of good memories.
I bought ROTJ in the previously viewed shelf at my local video store in 1990 in the summer same time in January I taped A New Hope off The Disney channel which was good timing because they had just opened Star Tours at Disney MGM studios and in 1993 I taped TESB and ROTJ off the sci-fi channel that summer
I'm going to have to put this permanently on my phone. It's the story of the saga behind the saga!
i'm here from the 1980s when this aired on PBS. Anyone else watch this back in the day?
Thanks for not just preserving this documentary but also enhancing it!
the un-remastered star wars audio sounds super uncanny
‘A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing’
The irony of George Lucas saying this 😂
This documentary used to air on PBS. It was the first Star Wars documentary to air on such a network.
Justin Fencsak While I first saw this one on PBS back in the day, I remember seeing the SPFX: Empire one on one of the networks (CBS, I think). This one is still without a doubt one of the best of its kind.
'special effects without a story is a pretty boring thing'
Someone should tell George Lucas tha... oh... wait....
Someone should have told JJ Abrams.
He was taking a swipe at Star Trek: The Motion Picture that has a 5 minute scene with a shuttle pod circling the Enterprise as Kirk looks at it in ecstacy. There's nothing even comparable to that in the prequels.
patbuddha I wasn´t talking about Star Trek.
He's talking about the original Star Trek film from 1979.
Thank you for doing the work necessary to preserve and improve this important video. It has been one of my favorite behind the scenes shows about Star Wars, and it literally has never looked this good. Nice work.
in 1989 90 when i bought this vhs I kept watching it over and over im 51 now its emotional but also sad because George lost his mind around 1997 when the special edistions came out i only watch the theatrical cuts the prequals and all the new Disney stuff is not Star Wars ot at least not my generation star wars anyways the magic of practical effects and model; will never be replaced by cgi
The Prequels have more practical effects and models than the entire Original Trilogy combined. George never changed. He just continued to make the films to his tastes and not how the fans wanted. This should be admired as it's much more powerful than the corporate product it has become under Disney.
KK and Jar Jar Abrams: "Yeah - but does it have 28,546 star destroyers? ?"
i think the original vhs doc was mixed with the despecialzed blurays for the cimematic film clips, however it was done though, it's absolutely fucking brilliant. A+ Ben
Look at the end...its Sebastian Shaw as Anakin Skywalker! Thanx Ben Phillips, this was awsome!!!
I like the preview in the beginning!, I have this, and that box set advertised!
I think it's neat learning about the Star Wars movies and people get to learn new things.
It's amazing how many people were operating Jabba and how much they worked on his development. I really hope that they never swap Jabba for a cgi version in some future special release.
Another VHS i utterly destroyed as a kid from constant replays.
Thank you! I lost my VHS ages ago.
This is such a great documentary series (videos were also made for the two prior Star Wars movies). There are so many moments with the creators as they assemble the many aspects of these films, it's such a joy to behold. This really ought to be released on Blu-Ray. Thanks for sharing!
18:58 "Hey Edgar!" LOL
13:08 the greatest music of ROTJ. Lucas, please recreate this lost track.
John Williams’ son wrote it.
Hes also known as the the singer of TOTO 😅@@crixxxxxxxxx
Thank you very much for this. I looked for this a while ago but it must have been before you uploaded this and Im really chuffed to have found it. I really appreciate your time and effort
I still remember seeing the trailer for this on my parents’ VHS copies of the original Star Wars trilogy.
57:11 is NOT in the finished film. They mention that shot in JW Rinzler’s Making Of Book. There are also NUMEROUS space battle shots with finished FX that have never seen the light of day.
Puppets are so much better than CGI. They actually seem real. 'Farscape' was an excellent example of this. You can grow attached to something you know is physical, but fake, not so much. The brain is a funny thing.
I like both both Puppet Yoda and CGI Yoda.
Except the puppet in the Phantom Menace. It looks so strange
One of the most greatest franchises in media, entertainment, and Hollywood history.
This is glorious! This is the Star Wars that I remember watching as a kid. I wish I could go back in time to then.
I love the outdated audio. Really brings the nostalgia.
1:08:17 spirit of Anakin Skywalker ... the classic scene ... how i like it ;)
Yeah, I also like the little wink Luke gives them at 1:08:32, which sadly was cut from the Special Edition.
That's not Anakin, it's the Wizard of Oz in a Jedi Robe.
I can just never see that Anakin. He doesn’t look related to Luke or Leia, neither does he look 45 like Anakin should be in RotJ. Dude lukes at least in his 50s-60s
This is so cool! I've always wanted to to get this when I was growing up, but it was so rare I couldn't find it! Thank you for uploading this!!
Nice job.Looks brand new. Thumbs up!
I actually like the original version of Jabba.
The first cgi Jabba in a new hope is flawless. He looks so real
Did a good job. But I wish he didn't need with other footages.
You are the original version of Jabba, mate, if anyone is...
@@danecompton6604 the first Jabba it's the one in Return of the Jedi that terrible CGI was added in 1997
@@disma4191 agreed. I was joking. It looks like shit. They should not have tampered with those movies. I think I was probably stoned when I said that. Wasnt funny when I look at it now haha
I love this documentary. I was 11 when Star Wars came out. It took me away from dark things in my life. It's a shame movies miss the story anymore.
There is a very nice version of this. i might upload it. 2k scan i believe, it was all shot on film. think about that for a second.
Do it…
42:44 idk why, but this is funny af.
Nice job re-inserting the scenes from the films in the correct ratio!
+25:08 Tim Rose had the best job ever.
OMG! That CBS FOX video intro!!
Oh man i had this vhs, i miss watching it over and over after the trilogies
Proper Star Wars.
Amazing job! Thank you so much for posting this.
Had this on VHS, lent it to a friend and never got the fucking thing back. At the time we thought this was gonna be the last taste of Star Wars we’d ever get and we clung to it like a last grain of chocolate.
awesome!! Thank you may you be with the force forever ! Born Norway 1975 never hit the store here
It even sounds like a warbly VHS! Excellent...
Outstanding!! I was just thinking of this one the other day. Thank you! Haven't seen it since it aired on PBS. This documentary and all that it encompasses is what inspired me to get into filmmaking.
31:36 ... I KNEW Han originally said "Trust Me" not... "I can see a lot better now".... phew, thought I was going crazy. Also, the Trust Me makes more sense as a phrase between the characters given their past.
Yeah there are some changes like this that feel pretty pointless. Like adding the extra planets and Anakin’s young force ghost were good changes in my eyes then others were random dialogue and alien replacements
I think the "I can see a lot better now" works better as it echoes Anakin later in the film when he asks Luke to take his mask off so he can "see you with my own eyes". Star Wars always plays with the same dialogue and motifs across all six films.
Great colour and resolution to the footage
This was a very impressive upgrade. You should be very proud of this.
Thanks for uploading this. I was actually just thinking of this documentary the other day. And also found another copy during a garage sale. I too think its "the" documentary of all SW documentaries.
This is amazing!!!
The real genius behind Star Wars is Ralph mcquarrie
Nope
amaxamon yes
Fuck off :)
George had to tell Ralph what was good and what wasn't though. So, you couldn't be more wrong. X{D
It's fair to say there are a number of geniuses: McQuarrie, John Williams, Richard Edlund and John Dykstra, Ben Burtt, even Harrison Ford. Might as well throw in Frank Oz too.
Thank you!!!
This is awesome. I remember watching this on TV when it was first shown in 1983(?)
Why did they leave this off the blu-ray set??!!
mikusguitarius I know, right?! This is a classic!
Mark Hamill is fantastic as a narrator!
Miss Agent E he's a professional voice actor
Aurora Uplinks Yes, I know. He's the joker in the animated Batman series (which earned him an Emmy), a Fire Nation villain in "Avatar", and the list goes on and on.
Thank you! This was great!
The BEST of the Star wars making of's.
The crew isn't bitching about Lucas is the main benefit of this one.
Thank you George Lucas for making the Star wars universe.
All of it. :{D
Because George Lucas wasn't such an Asshole
@Risen General it's funny how I always get these weirdos who stalk my comments across tons of videos like you're doing. :{
@Risen General bullshit. You're following my comments around on several videos now creep. :{
Thanks a lot for this !
0:23 this might be a best way somebody said that line
This video footage has alot of depth
great job!
i have a question: a lot of behind the scenes clips in this were reused in the 2004 Empire Of Dreams documentary in slightly higher quality but in shorter duration. could one theoretically crossfade those clips against the VHS clips to get a slightly higher quality version?
0:40 WILHELM SCREAM
HardMode They used that a lot in star wars
This doc focuses more on Jedi than Star Wars and Empire
How funny it would be if hamil narated the making of material of the new ones too, but with his grumpy sarcastic attitude
Awesome documentary return of the jedi for star wars in 1983 of that summer. Bring the new jedi order in star wars cinematic universe with the return of George Lucas someday with Disney may the force with us all ❤😍
Catching this video again after who knows how many years, I find it sad that all of the good, hard work from the people who put together the Max Reebo band was replaced by that cgi sequence in the Specialized version, whatever that was.
I love the original scene of The Max Rebo band in Jabba's palace better than the special edition.
ITs sad they changed the singer and the music in Jabas hut for the new release it was the worsed idea ever and the ending music for Jedi.
you should watch the cut scenes from return of jedi on youtube
New ending music is so much better.
@@user-xx6vy9ri8p yes but the og is good too
The New ending music is so much better. Yub Nub was the end of one movie. Victory Celebration was the end of the whole saga.
I understand hating the change to Sy Snootles and replacing Lapti Nek with Jedi Rocks for the Special Edition, but hating the change to the ending music of Jedi? That’s one of the few changes that George did right. I cannot stand Yub Nub. No wonder John Williams lost Best Original Score to The Right Stuff at the 56th Academy Awards. It’s because the Academy members hated Yub Nub.
39:30 "No sir I didn't see you playing with your dolls again."
Great job, though I would have personally loved if you respected the 4:3 aspect ratio for the non-HD stuff, rather than using the blurring.
Haha I use to have this along with the 1995 box set