That's absolute BS and ignorant to the entire film industry, there are few major releases based on great ideas, but there are many many films being made with great and original ideas, probably more than ever in history because it became much easier to make films than it used to be.
26:40, when I was a kid, probably in the late 2000s, I would send letters to Lucas’ office. Each time I would get a letter back, from one of his assistants, along with a framed and autographed Star Wars picture. I really think that Lucas genuinely cares for his fans.
George Lucas' execution wasn't always perfect, but he put his heart, passion and integrity into his work. He doesn't care about awards or critics, he just wants to share his vision, for better or worse. That is what makes him a true artist. I'm glad people are finally realizing this and giving Lucas the credit he deserves.
The problem with Lucas and the prequels in general was the clunky dialogue and lack of performance direction. The winning formula was to get a director in to guide the actor's performances (including dialogue), and George would take care of the visuals. It didn't help that he treated the prequels as a soft reboot of the Universe instead of sticking to an established look, but he had a solid vision.
@@Syklonus Nnnnnnnnnnnnope. The dialogue isn't clunky, and there is virtually no difference between the dialogue of the OT and the dialogue of the prequels. George absolutely can direct his actors. Granted, it's not his strongest suit as a filmmaker, but every filmmaker has an aspect of their skillset that isn't the strongest. Scorsese has gotten the wrap of not being able to write romance. Speilberg has been teased for not being able to do comedy after 1941. Just acknowledging that these aren't their strong suits doesn't mean they can't do it. He didn't stick to an established look? First of all, this was an intentional stylistic choice. He wanted to show the prequels as being in the age of the Republic, where everything was tidy and well-kept. Flash forward to the Empire, and everything is dirty and rusty. It's a metaphor for the state of the galaxy. Second, so he didn't try to cash in on the nostalgia of the OT and tried something new with the prequels. George was always a visionary. He always wanted to experiment and try new things. He didn't just redo everything and wear it out until the public lost interest in it (which a certain Disney trilogy has done). How in the world are the prequels a soft reboot of the universe? The prequels are entirely original and they interlock with the OT perfectly. Those awful cashgrab sequels are the ones who are the soft reboots.
@@superspies32 He wrote the story outlines to the ST. Despite the official story, Disney DID use most of what he gave them. The only things they discarded were the Whills and midicholians that he was obsessed with.
@@white-dragon4424 the official story is the backbone of Lucas’ Sequels. And Disney discarded it together with entire lore of SW built before. And this is “use most”?
George Lucas: “I heard my outlines aren’t being used! This wasn’t part of the deal!” Disney: “I’m altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.”
I'm sad that we weren't able to get more from George. Its not until 10 years later that star wars realized how much they miss George Lucas and his innovation.
@@robzilla730 Cameron is simultaneously doing multiple Avatar sequels. When he finally starts to get them done, they might get released fairly close to each other, maybe something like once a year or two years. That being said don't hold your breath waiting for Avatar 2 to be released. And i personally would rather have seen something else from him, but especially looking at the box-office numbers, he seems to know what hes doing.
The fact that Bob Iger said he, JJ, and KK "agreed" that Lucas's stories were not "the right direction for the franchise to go in" (This isn't word for word, but close enough) and had the audacity to put that down in his autobiography is straight up sickening
ikr the original creator of star wars had an outlined story for a new trilogy ready for them, they had 40 years of lore and incredible novels published that brilliantly continued the story of the original trilogy and disney still thought rehashed new hope with next to no new ideas would be better 🫠 disney really thinks theyre better than the people who truly love this story...
@@madkoala2130 EU might have gotten the stamp of approval but it isn't actually source material. Lucas' notes, sequel trilogy ideas, and the character bible from Lucas is the true source material. So, yes you are correct there is source material; you just pointed to the wrong works.
This was heartbreaking to watch.😢 As a fan who grew up with the prequels. I love and cherish those movies but hold no grudge to the creator. I do wish he had made small indie films after selling Star Wars.
I think that his whole life was just Star Wars, something that almost killed him making in the first place. An experience so bad, he basically abandoned his dream of directing. So, while he was able to tell stories, it wasn't in the way he'd once hoped. At least not until the prequels. Then he got nothing but hate from man-children until he finally sold his baby. At the end of the day, for all the positives Star Wars brought him, as stated in this video, his life is probably so much better without it.
People are cruel, and our humanity is regressing along with our values. George in no way deserved the crap he got, ESPECIALLY from fans who turned their backs on him. Jake Lloyd didn't deserve what he got, either. Look how he turned out because of it. People have no shame.
This!!! I was 12 when TPM came out. First SW film I saw in theatres and loved it. I remember the hate Lucas got. People want to pretend he was always beloved but thats far from the truth. George is a visionary. Regardless your opinion of his work, he created a Saga, something that paved the way for generations to come.
George Lucas is full of interesting contradictions. He started out making indie films, but ended up creating one of the biggest cash cow franchises in history. He bristled at studio interference over Star Wars, but eventually sold his creation to a cynical corporation. It seems like reality got in the way of his creative dreams and to ensure financial security for his family he made the right choice. It's just sickening that Disney stabbed him in the back. The lesson is don't trust the Hollywood system.
Lol, did he really make the right choice? How many billions are necessary for “financial security”? Though, I agree he is an interesting person. He is also far too good at making money for an artist, yet he is an artist.
Lesson learned? GL knew Disney was THE worst Empire to sell out to. He didnt give a sh1t. He new Disney was in the $$ making business they are NOT in the movie making busines...
It still baffles me that Disney started a very expensive movie trilogy without a solid plot line first. They very clearly just made it up as they went along, as evidenced by the damn test screenings three weeks before the Rise of Palpatine was released. Even then they had no idea whatsoever how the movie should end. It's mind boggling! Normal people write more comprehensive shopping lists.
Agreed. There will always be debate about elements of the films - the characterization of Luke, the return of Palpatine, Rey's lineage, etc. And even if some of those things remained, like you I will always be baffled that they didn't at least have a cohesive vision or outline for the trilogy. Especially when their sister studio Marvel had shown how lucrative that could be.
@@swansong487 They had activists fighting over it the entire time. At least that's my take. Force Awakens was derivative, but nothing was hopeless after that movie. Rey was still alive and not exclusively a feminist plank, frozen in timeless perfection and drudgery, Finn was dynamic, sort of, the plot sort of made sense etc. I mean it wasn't great by any stretch, but if they had made three movies like that I think it might at least have been an average-y movie trilogy. But the two massive changes of direction and all the smaller ones made it an obnoxious, directionless, outrageously political and increasingly spiteful mess of a trilogy that makes the Hobbit look like an all-time classic.
@@politicallycorrectredskin796 Yeah, I don't really buy the whole "woke" thing. It wasn't any kind of message that ruined it, and it didn't really strike me as overly political - at least not moreso than its predecessors. I think VII was an attempt to recreate the Star Wars "formula" which it leaned too heavily on. With VIII, Rian Johnson wisely didn't try to do that. He wanted to go in a fresh direction, but in doing so he abandoned threads from VII and introduced things that would then be abandoned in IX. And IX was just a bad movie, especially when thrown in with VII and VIII.
@@swansong487 For the story telling it was. If a character is infallible because of sex, race, misc you have just written a dull character. It's basic stuff really. if you read LOTR, not even Gandalf was infallible. if he had been he would not have become a beloved literary figure. And he was basically a demigod. For the sake of the story he still had to be made flawed. Wise etc but neither invincible or omniscient. Now look at Rey. Never needs any training, never gets beaten, is always right and so on because she is a woman. It is just a seriously dull character. This is why all of Steven Segal's male characters are boring too. They are too perfect, too superior and too unthreatened by the various shenanigans of the villains. It's why kryptonite had to be invented to salvage the hopelessly dull Superman. It's a known literary problem and one of the main reasons fanfic tends to be bad. Usually at least one character is hopelessly OP = dull. KK and friends can't give a stunning and brave whamens any weaknesses, because that would be sexist! And they also can't give any white men in particular any admirable qualities either, because that would be even sexister! They even managed to ruin the Finn character with this nonsense. So now you have a movie with infallible women who never lose or face any doubt at all and evil, dumb, clumsy and confused men who always fail at everything. Because progress! Anyway, it makes all the characters, both the men and the women, dull because they become predictable. Wokeness therefore definitely harmed the basic story telling, and it is definitely a major flaw with the writing. You can't have dynamic, interesting characters if they are typecast in this childish manner. It's really what Hollywood used to do with the enemy du jour back in the day. Evil Jappos during WWII, evil Huns in the 30s, evil Islams during the Barbary pirate stuff etc. That's boring too. It's what Hitler did with the Germans and Jews in his propaganda movies. And it's all just extremely, mind-numbingly boring.
@@politicallycorrectredskin796 You seem generally sensible, regarding where "woke-ness" fails a story vs enhances it. I'd argue the only effective use of "Wokeness" is through presenting the philosophical issues multi-laterally [ie. BOTH sides of a "Woke" issue having their benefits and detriments highlighted to observe or imagine their implementation: (ie. Dystopian Sci-Fi, which mostly can be boiled down to "Good Ideas, bad results"). The alternative, (or unilateral view on an issue) I would consider, more akin to a form of propaganda, or at the bare minimum, biased by taking an inherent side]. Further, I agree with your point. "OP characters" w/ little to no flaws are boring, as no believable individual in a difficult circumstance would be without worry or flaw... ...However, you don't need to use a derogatory hate-speech to make a valid point. Unless you really think of us (The Japanese) that way, or maybe you don't understand the weight that term holds. But I don't see why you would refer to every other ethnic/religious/racial group "Normally" like Jews/Germans/Muslims, and... of course "The Evil Jappos?" (Look it up). Fine point overall, but really fucking unnecessary word choice, where there's no need whatsoever for that kind of language.
The prequels made me fall in love with Star Wars as a 9 year old. I know the flaws of the films but I cherish them for the amazing story, ending with some of the most artistic emotional poetry in the finale of Episode 3. The only thing that can come close is the MCU but the difference is Star Wars is completely original and not adapted from any source material which makes it so much more impressive. Nothing has been like it since.
@pyropulse When I say it has flaws, I mean compared to the original trilogy, not to what the trolls say. The OT has better acting and the dialogue isn’t quite as cheesy. As far as the other elements go I agree with you, it’s 99% better than anything in Hollywood today.
Exactly the same experience for me, I mean, if that films got me so in love with star wars, like many people, the ones who criticised the prequels should ask themselves if they were really that "bad"
@@jakecamilton7951Yes, they were horribly mediocre, which is worst than bad. They were lifeless and mundane, which is what it seems your generation is into. . .
What is amazing about the prequels story? The nonsense that contradicts the OT? The fact that Anakin isn’t seduced by the Dark Side, just tricked into it by the guy he’d just found out is the biggest liar in the Galaxy? The love story that made no sense as Anakin acted like a spoiled child and committed mass murder and somehow Padme still fell for him? Or the fact that Jedi all wore the same outfits as moisture farmers in Tatooine?
I totally understand why Lucas doesn't want to release the Original Cuts. He probably Hates them, for him they are proabably a Failure, something wrong unfinished, rushed ugly. What for us is Beautiful for him is Scarred. He is an Creator who wants his Vision to be his Vision and not the Fans Vision. he wants his Vision to make him happy and not strangers. I totally get that.
Especially when you consider he owns those movies unlike a lot of re-releases where it's the studios that decide and not the creator, it's kinda sad to see which side people take.
He has actually said the opposite of this several times he wants to make Star Wars to make people happy. He just has a specific idea of the universe. That doesn’t line up with what a lot of the fans want. Disney has made several changes that are unpopular. But they have also made several changes that people wanted to see. Like Boba Fett finally being recognized as a Mandalorian. And showing off more of what the rebellion was like. Other stuff people don’t like. Like I didn’t like how they treated Luke. But a lot of other stuff Disney has done has been good the movies are just trash
@@mattjindrak why would he release a worse version of his movies though?why watch a subpar version when the better special edition versions are easily available
You don't know how good you have it until it's gone. I would LOVE to see Lucas's versions of the sequels. I've hated most of what Disney has done with the franchise. It's such a shame. It's so sad Disney essentially tricked him.
I saw every prequel in theaters. But I’ll never forget going to the midnight premiere of EP 3, enrolling and winning the costume contest, and when the Star Wars logo rolled on screen, everyone went NUTS!!! It still gives me chills. Really feel for Lucas. Having Disney go back on their words smdh
I really don't understand how this isn't trending. This was something I was searching for but no one had made it yet. And you have multiple documentaries. Amazing content. Near perfect. These I will watch over and over. This is the material Star Wars youtubers need to be making.
I don't understand why they didn't follow George's ideas for the sequels. His ideas have always been great. He may not be the best at executing them, but he's a CREATOR. He comes up with great ideas. Disney just needed a screenwriter and a director capable of turning his ideas into reality.
I completely agree. George Lucas is a very smart guy. He’s great at coming up with ideas but he’s bad at executing them. Get someone to write and direct or keep Lucas as writer and director but not surrounded by Yes Men.
Lucas' legacy and impact on the movie industry is undeniable. I weep over the dumpster fire that Disney made of the sequel trilogy and spin off films. Under Filoni and Favreau, Star Wars is beginning to see some redemption and I applaud their efforts to be more true to the spirit of Star Wars; still the franchise will never what is was under it's revolutionary creator.
Hi SWO, I just want to say thank you for putting all your hard work into creating these great documentaries, they are absolute gold and I can't wait for more to come in the years to come. May the force be with you friend.
Thank you so much for making this. As an aspiring filmmaker myself, this is one of the most informative, well-done, and thought-provoking documentary's I've seen on the life and legacy of George Lucas. I can tell without a doubt, that you're committed to the saga as much as he is.
I can't praise this enough, fantastic work. You attention to detail in exploring the full story is undeniable. I learned new things and that's always worth a watch.
@@jpetersgoyanks What rock are you living under to deny the blatant tantrums content creators are having right now AND not understanding what criticism is? 😂
They will probably acknowledge that he changed movies forever. That now it encourage people to make everything into a trilogy or an extended universe. I think a lot of people also talk about how he got A lot of his ideas from Dune World War II and Old movie cereals. I think eventually people will realize he was a good world builder but he wasn’t that great of a writer I also feel like later people will recognize that the extended universe or legends or whatever was truly something great. And that it really helped fill in the gaps of Star Wars.
Like the one who abandoned his principles and sold out. But who can blame him? That´s what the monetary system persuades, if not forces, us to do. And he made sure that Star Wars will not die with him, he made it as close to immortal as possible. The ball is in Disney´s court now, it´s up to them to treat it with respect. Otherwise it will fade in time. But yeah, selling your creation to a large corporation is not the way to defeat the rule of large corporations. It goes way deeper than that though, to the very essence of money creation and the telecom infrastructure that controls the central banking system. We are all pawns of our own greed and potential for corruption. But a lot is being done to combat the current system, to reveal its true nature. If George meant for the dark side to be a metaphor for all this, then he is as awake as Tolkien was.
lol 2020 isnt even that bad. Id rather have to stay home than be sent to die in some foreign country for politicians. Most young people dont understand how bad things can get and have been. This is childs play even from a disease only point of view.
It’s so cool to have an updated documentary of George’s accomplishments. This should let us know, just because it’s Hollywood doesn’t make it good. George is on a different level of good here.
As a lover of both film and history, I will ALWAYS want a pristine restoration of the original trilogy as they released theatrically. And while I believe some of the changes he made didn't improve the movies, I will never bear him any ill will. He's a genius and a visionary filmmaker, and his creative enterprises have brought me more joy than I could possibly quantify. I will always feel gratitude toward him for that.
People saying that the reaction to the Special Editions was immediately negative is a bit revisionist. That only really became an extension of the prequel hate later on. Plus, the originals were still readily accessible during the VHS era. Only with the subsequent releases and the move to DVD and Blu-ray did access the originals in decent quality become an issue.
@@midnite8729 Nah, like SW Only said in the video, we shouldn't repeat history. People vs George Lucas is now hated since the prequel kids grew up and are defending their childhood films. As much as you guys hate em, the sequels also have their young fans, better to not make a People vs KK so you don't get the backlash years later when those kids grow up
@@techno639 oh i totally agree about the sequels.. They were good movies and kids love them. I just want to see the misdirected hatred towards her & others documented. Its complete group think, maybe some fans can see how cruel or dumb they can be
I've watched so many of these video essays and documentary style breakdowns of Star Wars. This is the one of that has touched me the most, and made me truly understand and appreciate what George did for not just our childhoods but as a man with the heart and soul of an artist. Thank you for this labour of love
It’s crazy when you bring back something made by George, the clone wars, and it beats out everything else out there. That’s when you know the problem is with Disney, not Star Wars. Filoni gives me so much hope.
Filoni never worked that well with George's vision, plus the man is in no way the EU superfan and lore master he was billed as. He's still getting details wrong even a decade after George left. Don't fall for the PR machine. Filoni is as much the Disney problem as everyone else working at Lucasfilm.
@@saberiandream316 Lucas never made the EU canon, he just allowed the stories to exist, a perfect example is how the 2008 clone wars substituted the 2003 version
@@orlandofurioso7329 That's Lucasfilm propaganda. "So how did Anakin get that scar, George?" asks John Knoll. "I don't know. Ask Howard," says George, referring to President of Lucas Licensing Howard Roffman. "That's one of those things that happens in the novels between the movies. I just put it there. He has to explain how it got there. I think Anakin got it slipping in the bathtub, but of course, he's not going to tell anybody that." Wired: What about the reports that Episodes 7, 8, and 9 - which exist in novel form - will never reach the screen? Lucas: The sequels were never really going to get made anyway, unlike 1, 2, and 3, where the stories have existed for 20 years. The idea of 7, 8, and 9 actually came from people asking me about sequels, and I said, "I don't know. Maybe someday." Then when the licensing people came and asked, "Can we do novels?" I said do sequels, because I'll probably never do sequels.
@@orlandofurioso7329 He never used the word canon and said people shouldn't take things too literally. Filoni can only ape George's talking points while undermining the spirit of his words. You're too hung up on semantics.
SW under Disney was really mixed. They really rushed their content in the beginning to make their money back. TFA concept art really shows that there were conflicting visions for the movie and the same with Rouge One, Solo and TROS although I like Rouge One the behind the scenes issues can’t be denied. The shows look great and Mando was a huge success. Currently all the shows look more like short term investments but yeah we shall see I really hope that Lucasfilm and Disney learned from their mistakes. And Disney don’t force Lucasfilm to make every year a movie.
Yeah I agree that star wars under Disney has been pretty mixed and because of the conflicting vision's it caused the whole fan base to split apart ( that and the controversy's and not meeting there theories ) and in resulted in the the 2 sides that are at each other's throats and attacking people outside of there circle jerk to ( those sides being the Disney enforcers and the fandom menace ), heck mandalorian was supposed to be the show that united the fanbase but all that changed when the 2020 election happened and Pedro Pascal made that meme about Trump supporters and that's when the fans went back to there unsatisfied selves and now started hating mandalorian because of it, but asiding that one thing we can hope that Disney will hopefully make the right decisions and let Dave and John have full control of lucusfilms and other people who knows what to do on the comic and video game side of the franchise and maybe actually have the fan base actually be united but then again only fate can decide the outcome of what happens
No that's not what i was trying to convay by mixed me and ontus mean that there were stuff that wasn't good ( the sequel trilogy ) and stuff that were actually good ( mandalorian, clone wars season 7, jedi fallen order, and some Disney star wars comics ) happening at the same time
Never knew Lucas started Pixar. Always heard it was Steve Jobs. Lucas really is one of the greatest film makers and pioneers of our time. I hope one day the original versions of the films will be remastered officially. Let’s just Disney doesn’t make there own changes to them.
I once told my father something to the effect of "it would be great if they could remake the OT. But, like, not change anything. Same dialogue, same story, make the characters look the same, the only difference is the higher quality audio and visuals.
"it's hard for anyone born after 1977 to think of a time before star wars" Yes, it is indeed hard to remember things from before you were born. That is correct.
You can still imagine how the world was before your birth. You simply use the stories that the older folks, images, and history to colour. It's the fact that Star Wars coloured the pop-culture world and the world around them.
'No one ever made a difference by being like everybody else.' That is who George Lucas is and what he always has been. There are very few as creative or as influential as George Lucas.
It’s heartbreaking to see what George went trough. I was born in 2001 and watched the OT first and then the Prequels and I loved both of them! After watching Episode 7/8/9 I missed the feeling of excitement. George is Star Wars! The only hope for me is Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, both of them respect George and are trying to tell storys like he wanted! I hope that one day, Star Wars will reconnect the fans
Well with the mandolorian and book of Boba being primarily written by Faverau and Filoni, you can see the franchise getting back to star wars PT OT style of story writing and direction, but with KK still sticking her nose in, 1st by firing Gina Carano, the future of Star wars is still on shaky grounds. Star wars will never be safe until Kathleen Kennedy is gone!
@@adamduffield7782 take her away and someone else will take her place doing the same things. Its not about just one person, its a whole machine geared to make quick and easy money.
@@Camaraocompao Exactly, it´s not enough to remove a moff. It´s the corruption itself that is the true culprit. And it goes way beyond the movie industry, it´s in the very creation of money itself, intervowen with the central banking system. And the telecom infrastructure that controls it. If the dark side is George´s metaphor for this, then he is an even greater genius than he lets on, just like Tolkien was.
- Cancled Clone wars - Shutdown Lucas Arts (sevaral games dropped) - Gave Gaming rights to EA - Retconned the EU - Ruined The Sequal Trilogy They took everything we loved about star wars away from us and then had the audacity to call us racist and toxic. The only way this can be put right is if Lucas buys back StarWars(at a discount) and retcons everything from the Disney ERA of startwars
This hits the feels so hard. The research and insight into George Lucas and Star Wars is exceptional. As a film student, I respect what George Lucas has done and am fascinated with his thoughts on the film industry so much more. I will always love everything Star Wars no matter what. Without him, there would be no Star Wars or independent film. I'm glad he still gets involved with it and is settling down to do other stuff he wanted. Words cannot do this post justice. Incredible job with this dude. I definitely want to see more documentaries from you.
I grew up on the prequels in theaters. Had my mind blown by the quality of the clone wars series. my heart stopped when I saw disney buying the franchise. I knew what was coming but, I saw the force awakens, solo, and rogue anyway. And now that's it, no more star wars for me. The mandalorian is meh ( last to episodes of season 2 being exceptions).
I agree with you, the novelty has warn off. The core enjoyment is dead for me. I loved Ahsoka throughout the Clone Wars, she was my Leia, but I genuinely have no interest in watching the new live action show
Yup same here I was born in 1994 and grew up during the prequel era and back then when a new Star Wars movie dropped it would be as if a new dr dre album dropped. Now however…. Disney releases so many Star Wars films that the franchise has lost its magic that it once had.
I'm actually glad the sequel trilogy was made and that it was terrible. Because now people appreciate George Lucas for the true artist that he is, usually people only appreciate an artist when they are dead and it would have been a shame if George were to pass away thinking that his own fandom hated him. I'm glad that he's finally receiving his proper dues after years of ridicule. Thank you George Lucas.
Great work, congratulations. Lucas should be respected and considered. He is a great artist and the true creator of the saga. I really love the work done by Filoni and Favreau, it does feels like a legacy, like passing the torch. Sad to know Lucas felt betrayed by Disney after the Disney trilogy release. Those movies are flawed, no doubt.
In my opinion George Lucas is the greatest filmmaker of the 20th century. And his greatest legacy is the influence of creative people in the movie and computer game industry. Thank you George Lucas for everything.
George lucas refusing to sign an autograph to the guy who said he was going to sell it is totally fair. "I sign them for my fans for free" Which implies that those asking for an autograph to sell are not real fans. I think thats fair
I grew up during the Clone Wars show and saw the first episode when I was just 6 years old. That was my introduction into Star Wars so when I watched the prequels it was after I had already grown in love with the prequel era. I admit the movies had their flaws but the story was engaging and seeing how they connected to the animated show was exciting for me. I never saw Episodes 1-6 in theaters so my first Star Wars cinematic experience was when I saw The Force Awakens in 2015 when I was 13 years old. I loved it and when Rogue One came out a year later I enjoyed it even more. This was around the time I first got social media, and began to follow star wars fan accounts. That was when I started to see others opinions on the Force Awakens for the first time. In some ways it was a good thing because it helped connect me with a community of fans, but it also exposed me to some not-so-nice opinions which I'll be honest were true and that is that The Force Awakens felt like a carbon copy of A New Hope. But considering it was only the first of three films in the trilogy, I had faith Disney would have a great story planned out. The hype was high as it got closer and closer towards The Last Jedi, but that's when things changed. After I saw it in theaters I still thought quite positively of the film, but after some reflection I decided I didn't like the way they dealt with characters from the Force Awakens like Snoke and the very absent Knights of Ren and some new characters like Rose Tico and Admiral Holdo. Because I had no nostalgic ties to the OT, I had no problem with how they potrayed Luke Skywalker. To me, it made sense that fear of failure can affect even the bravest of heroes. The fanbase became extremely toxic at this point and this was when I realised that Star Wars fans can become very angry over these things, and that its happened before with the prequels as well. Regardless, during this time I was enjoying the finale to the second Star Wars animated show Star Wars Rebels and this was the only positive thing happening at the time. People began talking of boycotting the next anthology film Solo even though to me it looked great, and sure enough I was not disappointed when I saw it in theaters. The only disappointment I had was for those that chose not to see it after the controversy over The Last Jedi. Things looked bleak for Star Wars until an amazing thing happened; The Clone Wars was coming back for one final season! I was beyond ecstatic when I saw this news. Finally, something that fans could unite together on and become more of a positive community again. There was also the announcement of the new live-action star wars show planning to release on Disney's new streaming service Disney+ called the Mandalorian and was coming in 2019. Although it didn't peak my interest that much originally I still planned to watch it when it came out. Boy I'm glad I did. Star Wars was really back. It seemed while the theatrical releases were receiving poor reception, Star Wars was making the real bucks on the small screen. As The Rise of Skywalker date crept closer I strangely didn't have a whole lot of excitement for it compared to the other films. I think the negativity of other fans was beginning to rub off on me. After I watched it in theaters I felt flat. It was supposed to be a thrilling conclusion to the saga, yet so many things felt forced or messy and there was some serious pacing issues that really soured the experience for me. I was expecting it to 'fix' any issues I had with the previous two entries but I found it to be my least favourite of the three just because of how messy and unplanned it felt. Thankfully I still had the seventh and final season of the Clone Wars to look forward to. When I finally got to watch that I knew there was still potential for Star Wars to not lose its way. It was phenominal. When the second season of the Mandalorian came out I was yet again blown away by the work of Jon and Dave. They really knew how to appeal to every type of star wars fan, and at the same time have the story planned out with a singular vision instead of two confilicting ones like what happened with JJ and Rian with the sequels. With the news of 10 new star wars projects in the works a week ago, I am once again excited and I hope to see our fanbase become a less toxic place and instead of fighting over pre-conceived expectations, be excited along with me for the future of this franchise. Star Wars gives everyone a special feeling, and no matter how or what causes it we should instead celebrate it rather than critize something designed as an escape from reality for everyone. We as fans should learn to love what we love, and dislike what we don't in the Star Wars universe, but respectively discuss our subjective opinions and agree to disagree without unessessary hate or toxicity.
what they did to luke was pretty awful... by they i mean what rian johnson did to luke was pretty awful, although jj did design the force awakens around a absent luke... which really depends on why he was absent, if he was busy doing some serious force business like holding back a invasion of dark side users that coulda been cool, if he was using the force to try to repair the balance of the galaxy, that coulda been really good, and if he had been hunting down artifacts and knowledge to banish or bind the emperors soul away from being able to harm anyone ever again, that woulda made perfect sense.
I love this comment. I love seeing people like you who genuinely enjoy the franchise. However, it also shows how the media ruins what we love. You said you loved TFA and TLJ after seeing them, but then when you saw other opinions you just joined with the group. That’s the issue. If you see something and you really enjoyed it, you don’t have to change how you feel just to fit in. Love what you love. Also… Star Wars was never about good writing. Heck, 4 out of 6 of Lucas’s films don’t really have good writing. But people still like them. Why does Star Wars now have to be perfect? Answer? People nowadays are overwhelmingly negative on everything. Especially when it comes to social media. People join in with the “horde mentality” mindset blindly because they want to fit in with the standard
Thanks for this balanced and beautiful documentary on The life and career of George Lucas. Thanks for recognizing his contributions to Star Wars. Hope it doesn’t get removed from UA-cam.
@@StarWarsOnly I really appreciate the time and energy you've put into making them. It must've taken a huge amount of time to collect all the footage and images. I'll look forward to your future uploads.
When George served, when referring to critics “they haven’t liked any of them really“ that’s a fact that he’s lost on a lot of modern fans. A lot of people who hated the prequel‘s forgot that there was tons of controversy surrounding the original trilogy‘s reception as well. There was a lot of people who hated that Darth Vader was Luke’s father and they thought it was corny, people who thought the characters were annoying or immature, Not to mention the sheer volume of people who actually felt that the movie trilogy should have just been one movie because after the destruction of the death star they thought that the rebel alliance would’ve overpowered the empire and so further movies were not needed. George is very astute in his observation which said that basically people will hate you no matter what you do so just do what the hell you want anyways and critics be damned
Yes! I remember being a young fan in the 80/90s and there was a huge segment of the population who hated it as corny and stupid and we fans were soundly mocked. I considered myself a nerd because of how I was treated by my peers over my SW infatuation. Now I look around and it’s in Disney parks lol! I guess we were the trend setters.
Such an insightful and well written documentary. Very interesting information regarding Lucas and the history Star Wars! You definitely did your research and did a great job with this project. I will definitely share it around
An excellent documentary. And one that is nicely balanced. Thank you for all of your hard work. In regards to the Original Trilogy DVD sets, I recall the special editions were the version that was released in 2004, while the theatrical editions were released in 2006.
An artist like lucas will never satisfy but inspire other artists to achieve more and think out of the box. This man is one of my biggest inspirations. Thanks for this great video 🌟
Why George Lucas had so many problems in the film industry is because he not only wanted people to see his vision but he also wanted to make sure people would enjoy and relate to his vision. His remaster or what he likes to call his originals, are the best examples of that as even though they were very old, we found them to be enjoyable. Part of it has to do with the fact that improved technology makes the films look bad and an eyesore so his re-colorization was his way of looking at how future fans would see his films. His addition of extra scenes in the special editions also showed the fans how impactful the events were in the Star Wars galaxy. The film industry doesn't always care about what the people want as long as people will watch their films and can find a suitable cash cow.
I loved the original trilogy, liked the prequels and hated the Disney trilogy. Probably the same with most fans. I think the lack of story in the disney trilogy proved Lucas was right. At least we got a version of Luke in the Mando that felt right. I think Kathleen Kenedy is the wrong person to be incharge.
Wow I learnt so much. Had no idea he created Pixar and already had a live action tv show ready to go. He truly is a trail blazer in the movie industry more than I even knew already! 🤯
What a great documentary and the things after Star Wars after George Lucas made the films and founded his companies. That's not good that Disney didn't make the films he had intended on doing!
Very well researched and presented - nice job! Has Empire of Dreams vibes but there’s a lot of info and footage in here I’ve never seen before... Thanks for this!
Seeing those opening clips of all the theater hype makes me so sad. When i went to see rise of skywalker and the last jedi. I had an empty theater, no one but me and my friends. No one cheering no one was happy. No one was excited. It was empty and sad
-You don't use the "ending" of the Saga that the original creator pitched -You wipe out the entire EU(I can understand post-ROTJ, but ALL of it was extreme) -You cancel Clone Wars -You shut down LucasArts -You have Mark Hamill saying that he couldn't consider the character he was playing as Luke Skywalker any more That is an absolute failure in spirit, depth, creativity, and integrity. The Kennedy Productions(7-9, Rouge One, Solo) are Null and Void as far as I'm concerned. Filoni birthed Clone Wars with Lucas, Filoni created Rebels, Favreau and Filoni created The Mandalorian. THAT is true Star Wars.
7 mins in tears ran down my cheek I was born the same year as empire was released and I've know no world without Starwars And can't imagine a life with out it..... ✌
I cried as well. After seeing Luke in the Mandalorian and remebering how they trashed him in the Sequel Trilogy :( It gets me all the time. Empire is one of favorite Movies of all time
26:29 is taken out of context. The guy was trying to get autographs so he could sell them to fans. In the original video, George says to him before he gets in the car “you’re selling them something they can get for free”
George is right, there is a fear of creativity on the film industry today there are almost no movies based on ideas that didn’t exist before
That is why tv is getting all the good content. Art is alive it’s just on your streaming service.
hence all the crappy remakes of films that have been made i could wright a novel of them.
Absolutely, and unless the industry starts to innovate more soon, I dont foresee them surviving. There are only so many times you can remake things.
That's absolute BS and ignorant to the entire film industry, there are few major releases based on great ideas, but there are many many films being made with great and original ideas, probably more than ever in history because it became much easier to make films than it used to be.
@@alluvialedaempfer962 I must disagree . The potential to make good films is good but the plot and screenwriting are bad these days.
26:40, when I was a kid, probably in the late 2000s, I would send letters to Lucas’ office. Each time I would get a letter back, from one of his assistants, along with a framed and autographed Star Wars picture. I really think that Lucas genuinely cares for his fans.
THAT WARMS MY HEART
I got a reply letter from LucasArts with a Star Wars bookmark in the mail in 1995. It was so nice of them.
@@Jedindy I know right, I have it in my dorm room now and people always ask about it
Until 2012...
Disney are only interested in money!
George Lucas' execution wasn't always perfect, but he put his heart, passion and integrity into his work. He doesn't care about awards or critics, he just wants to share his vision, for better or worse. That is what makes him a true artist. I'm glad people are finally realizing this and giving Lucas the credit he deserves.
Spielberg's execution isn't always perfect either.
@@MrZackavelli never said it was either, nor did I even mention Spielberg in my comment.
Couldn't agree more.
The problem with Lucas and the prequels in general was the clunky dialogue and lack of performance direction. The winning formula was to get a director in to guide the actor's performances (including dialogue), and George would take care of the visuals.
It didn't help that he treated the prequels as a soft reboot of the Universe instead of sticking to an established look, but he had a solid vision.
@@Syklonus Nnnnnnnnnnnnope.
The dialogue isn't clunky, and there is virtually no difference between the dialogue of the OT and the dialogue of the prequels.
George absolutely can direct his actors. Granted, it's not his strongest suit as a filmmaker, but every filmmaker has an aspect of their skillset that isn't the strongest. Scorsese has gotten the wrap of not being able to write romance. Speilberg has been teased for not being able to do comedy after 1941. Just acknowledging that these aren't their strong suits doesn't mean they can't do it.
He didn't stick to an established look? First of all, this was an intentional stylistic choice. He wanted to show the prequels as being in the age of the Republic, where everything was tidy and well-kept. Flash forward to the Empire, and everything is dirty and rusty. It's a metaphor for the state of the galaxy. Second, so he didn't try to cash in on the nostalgia of the OT and tried something new with the prequels. George was always a visionary. He always wanted to experiment and try new things. He didn't just redo everything and wear it out until the public lost interest in it (which a certain Disney trilogy has done).
How in the world are the prequels a soft reboot of the universe? The prequels are entirely original and they interlock with the OT perfectly. Those awful cashgrab sequels are the ones who are the soft reboots.
I just hope Lucas realizes that he's been redeemed in the fans eyes and will be remembered positively for his legacy and integrity.
He doesn’t need for redeem, those who throw rocks at him for Prequels must beg for his forgiveness.
@@superspies32 Why? What, because of how the ST turned out?
@@white-dragon4424 After ROTS, those toxic fans made him frustrated. So in the end he gave up any attempts for sequels and sell Star Wars to Disney.
@@superspies32 He wrote the story outlines to the ST. Despite the official story, Disney DID use most of what he gave them. The only things they discarded were the Whills and midicholians that he was obsessed with.
@@white-dragon4424 the official story is the backbone of Lucas’ Sequels. And Disney discarded it together with entire lore of SW built before. And this is “use most”?
I miss George.
So, so much.
You are not the only one Master Kenobi, you're not the only one.😢
Hello there
Rip George Floyd 🙏🏻
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George Lucas: “I heard my outlines aren’t being used! This wasn’t part of the deal!”
Disney: “I’m altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.”
Disney: execute order 66
Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly?
This is the way. The Disney way.
We have spoken
George Lucas: This deal’s getting worse all the time!
I'm sad that we weren't able to get more from George. Its not until 10 years later that star wars realized how much they miss George Lucas and his innovation.
I'm sadder we don't get more from James Cameron.
@@robzilla730 James has become a hack now. It was his idea to kill off John Connor. His idea for the new "female" John Connor.
@@LUCKO2022 yeah. He doesn't give AF about Terminator anymore
@@robzilla730 Cameron is simultaneously doing multiple Avatar sequels. When he finally starts to get them done, they might get released fairly close to each other, maybe something like once a year or two years. That being said don't hold your breath waiting for Avatar 2 to be released. And i personally would rather have seen something else from him, but especially looking at the box-office numbers, he seems to know what hes doing.
@@HimmeetValot if George Lucas made R rated movies he'd be James Cameron.
Disney put money in star wars
Lucas put his heart in star wars
Kermit the Frog. I love your comment!!!!!
I love this video!!!!!!! Love u George!!!!!
He did it his way thank you George! I do not wasn to see it any other way ! Like telling Picasso to modify his work!
His money his reputation his life his way!!!!!!
Emotions cloud the mind, he didn't heed his own Jedi creed. That's why the prequels are a mess.
Love how the sequels are criticised most for their stories and a lack of planning... ironic considering the had a planned trilogy available to them
The fact that Bob Iger said he, JJ, and KK "agreed" that Lucas's stories were not "the right direction for the franchise to go in" (This isn't word for word, but close enough) and had the audacity to put that down in his autobiography is straight up sickening
@@officialmonarchmusic dont forget KKs infamous: "Star wars has no sorce material."(said it right after Disney has destroyed EU)
@@madkoala2130 Don’t forget JJ lied about his actions in interviews before accidentally being exposed in Iger’s book
ikr the original creator of star wars had an outlined story for a new trilogy ready for them, they had 40 years of lore and incredible novels published that brilliantly continued the story of the original trilogy and disney still thought rehashed new hope with next to no new ideas would be better 🫠 disney really thinks theyre better than the people who truly love this story...
@@madkoala2130 EU might have gotten the stamp of approval but it isn't actually source material. Lucas' notes, sequel trilogy ideas, and the character bible from Lucas is the true source material. So, yes you are correct there is source material; you just pointed to the wrong works.
"Some people don't idolize Darth Vader like I do. I want him to get Luke" legendary
This was heartbreaking to watch.😢 As a fan who grew up with the prequels. I love and cherish those movies but hold no grudge to the creator. I do wish he had made small indie films after selling Star Wars.
blame prequel hater honestly George Lucas reason why he sell franchise because fandom are so divid over many years now.
blame prequel hater honestly George Lucas reason why he sell franchise because fandom are so divid over
@@xxcaptninjaxx4301 well said! 👍
I think he did make a few I believe
He was too busy counting his billions
Why do I cry when I hear him talking? He seems like very sad person. He brought joy to our lives... I wish him all the happiness possible.
The dude has so much ‘fuck you’ money he’s fine man
@@ericfelds6291
LMAO
I think that his whole life was just Star Wars, something that almost killed him making in the first place. An experience so bad, he basically abandoned his dream of directing. So, while he was able to tell stories, it wasn't in the way he'd once hoped. At least not until the prequels. Then he got nothing but hate from man-children until he finally sold his baby. At the end of the day, for all the positives Star Wars brought him, as stated in this video, his life is probably so much better without it.
@@mightyraccoon7155 😭😭😭
@@swansong487 I think the ones who hated it are a loud minority
The perfect documentary centered on the creator of STAR WARS. The Force is strong with this video. May it be with you always.
Hell yeah
This is the way.
HELL YEAH! Agree! In the words of the late Macho Man Randy Savage, OH YEAH!!!
People are cruel, and our humanity is regressing along with our values. George in no way deserved the crap he got, ESPECIALLY from fans who turned their backs on him.
Jake Lloyd didn't deserve what he got, either. Look how he turned out because of it.
People have no shame.
same is happening nowadays, with actors in the new movies getting bullied off of social media and stuff. it really sucks
@@Crusty783 it's happening everywhere, and people aren't getting what's going on.
I personally believe that you don’t have to like or dislike any movie you don’t want to but you should never personally attack the people involved
This!!! I was 12 when TPM came out. First SW film I saw in theatres and loved it. I remember the hate Lucas got. People want to pretend he was always beloved but thats far from the truth. George is a visionary. Regardless your opinion of his work, he created a Saga, something that paved the way for generations to come.
To my deepest regret, you are right.
For over 2 generations George Lucas was the guardian of peace and justice for Star Wars. Before the dark times, before Disney
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Chancellor Michael Mouse: "Oh, boy! 🔨 Hit it RIGHT on the 🗣️! (Ha-ha.)"
hahahah! aaah shit, that was some funny shit.
This comment deserve to be one of those that have thousands of likes. Shame on us all.
Before the dark times. Before the mouse...
Incredible insight to George Lucas and the transition to Disney makes you feel for George
It's coincidental it's almost like the transition of the Republic into the empire
what? he ran away laughing with $4.5 billion and got to help his staff at the same time
makes u feel for george and then u remember he has 4 billion reasons to not care anymore
@@rawh7466 he donated all those billions to charity.
Why would you feel sorry for him?? He didn’t have to sell it.
This was great, very insightful and even handed
If it gets a thumbs up from the Weekly Planet, I’m in.
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George Lucas is full of interesting contradictions. He started out making indie films, but ended up creating one of the biggest cash cow franchises in history.
He bristled at studio interference over Star Wars, but eventually sold his creation to a cynical corporation.
It seems like reality got in the way of his creative dreams and to ensure financial security for his family he made the right choice. It's just sickening that Disney stabbed him in the back.
The lesson is don't trust the Hollywood system.
Disney be like: We are going to milk you until the fans get tired of it, then we are gonna milk it even harder.
Lol, did he really make the right choice? How many billions are necessary for “financial security”?
Though, I agree he is an interesting person.
He is also far too good at making money for an artist, yet he is an artist.
@@cl1mbat1ze he got lazy after the first film’s unexpected excessive success.
Lesson learned? GL knew Disney was THE worst Empire to sell out to. He didnt give a sh1t. He new Disney was in the $$ making business they are NOT in the movie making busines...
@@treystephens6166 tell me you're out of touch without telling me you're out of touch...
It still baffles me that Disney started a very expensive movie trilogy without a solid plot line first. They very clearly just made it up as they went along, as evidenced by the damn test screenings three weeks before the Rise of Palpatine was released. Even then they had no idea whatsoever how the movie should end. It's mind boggling! Normal people write more comprehensive shopping lists.
Agreed. There will always be debate about elements of the films - the characterization of Luke, the return of Palpatine, Rey's lineage, etc. And even if some of those things remained, like you I will always be baffled that they didn't at least have a cohesive vision or outline for the trilogy. Especially when their sister studio Marvel had shown how lucrative that could be.
@@swansong487 They had activists fighting over it the entire time. At least that's my take. Force Awakens was derivative, but nothing was hopeless after that movie. Rey was still alive and not exclusively a feminist plank, frozen in timeless perfection and drudgery, Finn was dynamic, sort of, the plot sort of made sense etc. I mean it wasn't great by any stretch, but if they had made three movies like that I think it might at least have been an average-y movie trilogy. But the two massive changes of direction and all the smaller ones made it an obnoxious, directionless, outrageously political and increasingly spiteful mess of a trilogy that makes the Hobbit look like an all-time classic.
@@politicallycorrectredskin796 Yeah, I don't really buy the whole "woke" thing. It wasn't any kind of message that ruined it, and it didn't really strike me as overly political - at least not moreso than its predecessors. I think VII was an attempt to recreate the Star Wars "formula" which it leaned too heavily on. With VIII, Rian Johnson wisely didn't try to do that. He wanted to go in a fresh direction, but in doing so he abandoned threads from VII and introduced things that would then be abandoned in IX. And IX was just a bad movie, especially when thrown in with VII and VIII.
@@swansong487 For the story telling it was. If a character is infallible because of sex, race, misc you have just written a dull character. It's basic stuff really. if you read LOTR, not even Gandalf was infallible. if he had been he would not have become a beloved literary figure. And he was basically a demigod. For the sake of the story he still had to be made flawed. Wise etc but neither invincible or omniscient.
Now look at Rey. Never needs any training, never gets beaten, is always right and so on because she is a woman. It is just a seriously dull character. This is why all of Steven Segal's male characters are boring too. They are too perfect, too superior and too unthreatened by the various shenanigans of the villains. It's why kryptonite had to be invented to salvage the hopelessly dull Superman. It's a known literary problem and one of the main reasons fanfic tends to be bad. Usually at least one character is hopelessly OP = dull.
KK and friends can't give a stunning and brave whamens any weaknesses, because that would be sexist! And they also can't give any white men in particular any admirable qualities either, because that would be even sexister! They even managed to ruin the Finn character with this nonsense.
So now you have a movie with infallible women who never lose or face any doubt at all and evil, dumb, clumsy and confused men who always fail at everything. Because progress! Anyway, it makes all the characters, both the men and the women, dull because they become predictable. Wokeness therefore definitely harmed the basic story telling, and it is definitely a major flaw with the writing. You can't have dynamic, interesting characters if they are typecast in this childish manner.
It's really what Hollywood used to do with the enemy du jour back in the day. Evil Jappos during WWII, evil Huns in the 30s, evil Islams during the Barbary pirate stuff etc. That's boring too. It's what Hitler did with the Germans and Jews in his propaganda movies. And it's all just extremely, mind-numbingly boring.
@@politicallycorrectredskin796 You seem generally sensible, regarding where "woke-ness" fails a story vs enhances it. I'd argue the only effective use of "Wokeness" is through presenting the philosophical issues multi-laterally [ie. BOTH sides of a "Woke" issue having their benefits and detriments highlighted to observe or imagine their implementation: (ie. Dystopian Sci-Fi, which mostly can be boiled down to "Good Ideas, bad results"). The alternative, (or unilateral view on an issue) I would consider, more akin to a form of propaganda, or at the bare minimum, biased by taking an inherent side]. Further, I agree with your point. "OP characters" w/ little to no flaws are boring, as no believable individual in a difficult circumstance would be without worry or flaw...
...However, you don't need to use a derogatory hate-speech to make a valid point. Unless you really think of us (The Japanese) that way, or maybe you don't understand the weight that term holds. But I don't see why you would refer to every other ethnic/religious/racial group "Normally" like Jews/Germans/Muslims, and... of course "The Evil Jappos?" (Look it up). Fine point overall, but really fucking unnecessary word choice, where there's no need whatsoever for that kind of language.
The prequels made me fall in love with Star Wars as a 9 year old. I know the flaws of the films but I cherish them for the amazing story, ending with some of the most artistic emotional poetry in the finale of Episode 3. The only thing that can come close is the MCU but the difference is Star Wars is completely original and not adapted from any source material which makes it so much more impressive. Nothing has been like it since.
@pyropulse When I say it has flaws, I mean compared to the original trilogy, not to what the trolls say. The OT has better acting and the dialogue isn’t quite as cheesy. As far as the other elements go I agree with you, it’s 99% better than anything in Hollywood today.
Exactly the same experience for me, I mean, if that films got me so in love with star wars, like many people, the ones who criticised the prequels should ask themselves if they were really that "bad"
Wait til you watch Casablanca and Godfather I & II!
@@jakecamilton7951Yes, they were horribly mediocre, which is worst than bad. They were lifeless and mundane, which is what it seems your generation is into. . .
What is amazing about the prequels story? The nonsense that contradicts the OT? The fact that Anakin isn’t seduced by the Dark Side, just tricked into it by the guy he’d just found out is the biggest liar in the Galaxy? The love story that made no sense as Anakin acted like a spoiled child and committed mass murder and somehow Padme still fell for him? Or the fact that Jedi all wore the same outfits as moisture farmers in Tatooine?
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Is that what happened to you?
George Lucas: The movies are geared toward kids
Jango: hold my head
Anakin: Hold my dead Younglings
Cave luke: hold my head as well.
When I was a kid and I watched it
It didn't really scare me
Maul made me fall in love of the dark side
We mustn’t forget Owen and Beru.
Thank you for giving George the good credit he deserves
I totally understand why Lucas doesn't want to release the Original Cuts.
He probably Hates them, for him they are proabably a Failure, something wrong unfinished, rushed ugly.
What for us is Beautiful for him is Scarred.
He is an Creator who wants his Vision to be his Vision and not the Fans Vision.
he wants his Vision to make him happy and not strangers.
I totally get that.
Especially when you consider he owns those movies unlike a lot of re-releases where it's the studios that decide and not the creator, it's kinda sad to see which side people take.
Sucks for him, oh well. He should release them.
He has actually said the opposite of this several times he wants to make Star Wars to make people happy. He just has a specific idea of the universe. That doesn’t line up with what a lot of the fans want. Disney has made several changes that are unpopular. But they have also made several changes that people wanted to see. Like Boba Fett finally being recognized as a Mandalorian. And showing off more of what the rebellion was like. Other stuff people don’t like. Like I didn’t like how they treated Luke. But a lot of other stuff Disney has done has been good the movies are just trash
You don't just pretend those didn't happen.
@@mattjindrak why would he release a worse version of his movies though?why watch a subpar version when the better special edition versions are easily available
You don't know how good you have it until it's gone.
I would LOVE to see Lucas's versions of the sequels. I've hated most of what Disney has done with the franchise. It's such a shame. It's so sad Disney essentially tricked him.
Mad respect for Lucas, only doing the stuff he can really stand behind. True artist.
I saw every prequel in theaters. But I’ll never forget going to the midnight premiere of EP 3, enrolling and winning the costume contest, and when the Star Wars logo rolled on screen, everyone went NUTS!!! It still gives me chills.
Really feel for Lucas. Having Disney go back on their words smdh
Same! That midnight showing gave me chills…ahhh what a night!
I really don't understand how this isn't trending. This was something I was searching for but no one had made it yet. And you have multiple documentaries. Amazing content. Near perfect. These I will watch over and over. This is the material Star Wars youtubers need to be making.
I don't understand why they didn't follow George's ideas for the sequels. His ideas have always been great. He may not be the best at executing them, but he's a CREATOR. He comes up with great ideas. Disney just needed a screenwriter and a director capable of turning his ideas into reality.
I completely agree. George Lucas is a very smart guy. He’s great at coming up with ideas but he’s bad at executing them.
Get someone to write and direct or keep Lucas as writer and director but not surrounded by Yes Men.
Disney feels threatened by Lucas, if they let him in the mix.
Lucas' legacy and impact on the movie industry is undeniable. I weep over the dumpster fire that Disney made of the sequel trilogy and spin off films. Under Filoni and Favreau, Star Wars is beginning to see some redemption and I applaud their efforts to be more true to the spirit of Star Wars; still the franchise will never what is was under it's revolutionary creator.
George had 2 apprentices; 1 that fell to the darkside and 1 that took his teachings to heart and continues his legacy
Who?
I think Dave filoni is saving star wars, even though they are small steps his work is possibly the best for the fans today
@@mattboy2313 Those two have different jobs ffs. 🤦
@@AxelWedstar411 still doesn't stop Kathleen Kennedy from sticking her nose in when it comes to the direction the franchise is going. She needs to go!
You're definitely right!
Hi SWO, I just want to say thank you for putting all your hard work into creating these great documentaries, they are absolute gold and I can't wait for more to come in the years to come. May the force be with you friend.
Thank you so much for making this. As an aspiring filmmaker myself, this is one of the most informative, well-done, and thought-provoking documentary's I've seen on the life and legacy of George Lucas. I can tell without a doubt, that you're committed to the saga as much as he is.
I can't praise this enough, fantastic work. You attention to detail in exploring the full story is undeniable. I learned new things and that's always worth a watch.
6:28 George Lucas taking criticism in his stride is so cathartic compared to nowadays where content creators aggressively attack their fanbase
No they don’t. Also, try this timestamp 26:14 and tell me how he takes fan criticism in stride.
@@jpetersgoyanks What rock are you living under to deny the blatant tantrums content creators are having right now AND not understanding what criticism is? 😂
I wonder how history will view George 100 years from now. He truly is a trail Blazer
Star Wars is going down.
Like Tesla after his death probably, since during his life many people considered him crazy or a hack
They will probably acknowledge that he changed movies forever. That now it encourage people to make everything into a trilogy or an extended universe. I think a lot of people also talk about how he got A lot of his ideas from Dune World War II and Old movie cereals. I think eventually people will realize he was a good world builder but he wasn’t that great of a writer I also feel like later people will recognize that the extended universe or legends or whatever was truly something great. And that it really helped fill in the gaps of Star Wars.
Like the one who abandoned his principles and sold out. But who can blame him? That´s what the monetary system persuades, if not forces, us to do. And he made sure that Star Wars will not die with him, he made it as close to immortal as possible. The ball is in Disney´s court now, it´s up to them to treat it with respect. Otherwise it will fade in time. But yeah, selling your creation to a large corporation is not the way to defeat the rule of large corporations. It goes way deeper than that though, to the very essence of money creation and the telecom infrastructure that controls the central banking system. We are all pawns of our own greed and potential for corruption. But a lot is being done to combat the current system, to reveal its true nature. If George meant for the dark side to be a metaphor for all this, then he is as awake as Tolkien was.
1977: "These days there is a lot to want to escape from."
*2020: "Hold my beer"*
Well the first film was made in the middle of cold war and the political turmoil from vietnam ,Watergate etc.
lol 2020 isnt even that bad. Id rather have to stay home than be sent to die in some foreign country for politicians. Most young people dont understand how bad things can get and have been. This is childs play even from a disease only point of view.
oh please stop with this shit
Elvis died a few days before Star Wars [ANH] came out.
@@GawainSSB oh you sweet summer child. Your comment hasn't aged very well.
It’s so cool to have an updated documentary of George’s accomplishments. This should let us know, just because it’s Hollywood doesn’t make it good. George is on a different level of good here.
amazing documentary and fitting tribute. im glad we're taking a more nuanced, and less one-sided, look at GL and his legacy now.
Glad you like it thank you very much!
As a lover of both film and history, I will ALWAYS want a pristine restoration of the original trilogy as they released theatrically. And while I believe some of the changes he made didn't improve the movies, I will never bear him any ill will. He's a genius and a visionary filmmaker, and his creative enterprises have brought me more joy than I could possibly quantify. I will always feel gratitude toward him for that.
This deserves more likes THIS MAN RESERCHED AND WORKED HARD FOR GOD SAKE
Why does that deserve more likes?
People saying that the reaction to the Special Editions was immediately negative is a bit revisionist. That only really became an extension of the prequel hate later on. Plus, the originals were still readily accessible during the VHS era. Only with the subsequent releases and the move to DVD and Blu-ray did access the originals in decent quality become an issue.
Not if you had a few VCRs
The despecialized Editions are really the closest thing you see that comes close to a HD unaltered Star Wars.
So when are we getting a sequel to " The People vs. George Lucas" called the "People vs Kathleen Kennedy"?
I've thought about making that for some time, would probably burn a lot of bridges though
@@StarWarsOnly would love to see it
@@midnite8729 Nah, like SW Only said in the video, we shouldn't repeat history. People vs George Lucas is now hated since the prequel kids grew up and are defending their childhood films. As much as you guys hate em, the sequels also have their young fans, better to not make a People vs KK so you don't get the backlash years later when those kids grow up
@@techno639 oh i totally agree about the sequels.. They were good movies and kids love them. I just want to see the misdirected hatred towards her & others documented. Its complete group think, maybe some fans can see how cruel or dumb they can be
@@midnite8729 Yep, KK is George's friend so for him to see the way they treat her could maybe get some red sirens activated
I've watched so many of these video essays and documentary style breakdowns of Star Wars. This is the one of that has touched me the most, and made me truly understand and appreciate what George did for not just our childhoods but as a man with the heart and soul of an artist. Thank you for this labour of love
It’s crazy when you bring back something made by George, the clone wars, and it beats out everything else out there. That’s when you know the problem is with Disney, not Star Wars. Filoni gives me so much hope.
Filoni never worked that well with George's vision, plus the man is in no way the EU superfan and lore master he was billed as. He's still getting details wrong even a decade after George left. Don't fall for the PR machine. Filoni is as much the Disney problem as everyone else working at Lucasfilm.
@@saberiandream316 Lucas never made the EU canon, he just allowed the stories to exist, a perfect example is how the 2008 clone wars substituted the 2003 version
@@orlandofurioso7329 That's Lucasfilm propaganda.
"So how did Anakin get that scar, George?" asks John Knoll.
"I don't know. Ask Howard," says George, referring to President of Lucas Licensing Howard Roffman. "That's one of those things that happens in the novels between the movies. I just put it there. He has to explain how it got there. I think Anakin got it slipping in the bathtub, but of course, he's not going to tell anybody that."
Wired: What about the reports that Episodes 7, 8, and 9 - which exist in novel form - will never reach the screen?
Lucas: The sequels were never really going to get made anyway, unlike 1, 2, and 3, where the stories have existed for 20 years. The idea of 7, 8, and 9 actually came from people asking me about sequels, and I said, "I don't know. Maybe someday." Then when the licensing people came and asked, "Can we do novels?" I said do sequels, because I'll probably never do sequels.
@@saberiandream316 he never said they would be canon
@@orlandofurioso7329 He never used the word canon and said people shouldn't take things too literally. Filoni can only ape George's talking points while undermining the spirit of his words. You're too hung up on semantics.
This was a high quality documentary about George Lucas. I learned so much. Thank you!
Absolutely spectacular. Lucas is the one true king of cinema and we owe him a lifelong debt. Thank you for making this documentary. #ThankTheMaker
SW under Disney was really mixed. They really rushed their content in the beginning to make their money back. TFA concept art really shows that there were conflicting visions for the movie and the same with Rouge One, Solo and TROS although I like Rouge One the behind the scenes issues can’t be denied. The shows look great and Mando was a huge success. Currently all the shows look more like short term investments but yeah we shall see I really hope that Lucasfilm and Disney learned from their mistakes. And Disney don’t force Lucasfilm to make every year a movie.
Yeah I agree that star wars under Disney has been pretty mixed and because of the conflicting vision's it caused the whole fan base to split apart ( that and the controversy's and not meeting there theories ) and in resulted in the the 2 sides that are at each other's throats and attacking people outside of there circle jerk to ( those sides being the Disney enforcers and the fandom menace ), heck mandalorian was supposed to be the show that united the fanbase but all that changed when the 2020 election happened and Pedro Pascal made that meme about Trump supporters and that's when the fans went back to there unsatisfied selves and now started hating mandalorian because of it, but asiding that one thing we can hope that Disney will hopefully make the right decisions and let Dave and John have full control of lucusfilms and other people who knows what to do on the comic and video game side of the franchise and maybe actually have the fan base actually be united but then again only fate can decide the outcome of what happens
This is a lot more fair than just "dIsNeY kIlLeD sTaR wArS"
That's true heck screw the fandom menace's logic
@@alastor-yw7og lmfao so you’re trying to convince people the last three movies were good?! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 clown
No that's not what i was trying to convay by mixed me and ontus mean that there were stuff that wasn't good ( the sequel trilogy ) and stuff that were actually good ( mandalorian, clone wars season 7, jedi fallen order, and some Disney star wars comics ) happening at the same time
Never knew Lucas started Pixar. Always heard it was Steve Jobs. Lucas really is one of the greatest film makers and pioneers of our time.
I hope one day the original versions of the films will be remastered officially.
Let’s just Disney doesn’t make there own changes to them.
I once told my father something to the effect of "it would be great if they could remake the OT. But, like, not change anything. Same dialogue, same story, make the characters look the same, the only difference is the higher quality audio and visuals.
Crazy how popular the franchise used to be before the Sequels came out and killed most of the hype possibly forever.
"it's hard for anyone born after 1977 to think of a time before star wars"
Yes, it is indeed hard to remember things from before you were born. That is correct.
Lol good point
“Think” ie imagine not remember
You can still imagine how the world was before your birth. You simply use the stories that the older folks, images, and history to colour. It's the fact that Star Wars coloured the pop-culture world and the world around them.
Yeah, that remark was just beyond stupid. I was very close to make a comment about it myself.
'No one ever made a difference by being like everybody else.' That is who George Lucas is and what he always has been. There are very few as creative or as influential as George Lucas.
It’s heartbreaking to see what George went trough. I was born in 2001 and watched the OT first and then the Prequels and I loved both of them! After watching Episode 7/8/9 I missed the feeling of excitement. George is Star Wars! The only hope for me is Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, both of them respect George and are trying to tell storys like he wanted! I hope that one day, Star Wars will reconnect the fans
Well with the mandolorian and book of Boba being primarily written by Faverau and Filoni, you can see the franchise getting back to star wars PT OT style of story writing and direction, but with KK still sticking her nose in, 1st by firing Gina Carano, the future of Star wars is still on shaky grounds. Star wars will never be safe until Kathleen Kennedy is gone!
@@adamduffield7782 take her away and someone else will take her place doing the same things. Its not about just one person, its a whole machine geared to make quick and easy money.
@@Camaraocompao Exactly, it´s not enough to remove a moff. It´s the corruption itself that is the true culprit. And it goes way beyond the movie industry, it´s in the very creation of money itself, intervowen with the central banking system. And the telecom infrastructure that controls it. If the dark side is George´s metaphor for this, then he is an even greater genius than he lets on, just like Tolkien was.
- Cancled Clone wars
- Shutdown Lucas Arts (sevaral games dropped)
- Gave Gaming rights to EA
- Retconned the EU
- Ruined The Sequal Trilogy
They took everything we loved about star wars away from us and then had the audacity to call us racist and toxic.
The only way this can be put right is if Lucas buys back StarWars(at a discount) and retcons everything from the Disney ERA of startwars
This hits the feels so hard. The research and insight into George Lucas and Star Wars is exceptional. As a film student, I respect what George Lucas has done and am fascinated with his thoughts on the film industry so much more. I will always love everything Star Wars no matter what. Without him, there would be no Star Wars or independent film. I'm glad he still gets involved with it and is settling down to do other stuff he wanted. Words cannot do this post justice. Incredible job with this dude. I definitely want to see more documentaries from you.
You can see in his eyes he knew he made a mistake when he sold it.
I grew up on the prequels in theaters. Had my mind blown by the quality of the clone wars series. my heart stopped when I saw disney buying the franchise. I knew what was coming but, I saw the force awakens, solo, and rogue anyway. And now that's it, no more star wars for me. The mandalorian is meh ( last to episodes of season 2 being exceptions).
I agree with you, the novelty has warn off. The core enjoyment is dead for me. I loved Ahsoka throughout the Clone Wars, she was my Leia, but I genuinely have no interest in watching the new live action show
Yup same here I was born in 1994 and grew up during the prequel era and back then when a new Star Wars movie dropped it would be as if a new dr dre album dropped. Now however…. Disney releases so many Star Wars films that the franchise has lost its magic that it once had.
TCW is just appropriated lore that got watered down in the details.
Star Wars was life until Disney came along.
i love george lucas. how much pressure he had to deal with, and how he did it according to a vision, when everyone else did it for darker reasons
I'm actually glad the sequel trilogy was made and that it was terrible. Because now people appreciate George Lucas for the true artist that he is, usually people only appreciate an artist when they are dead and it would have been a shame if George were to pass away thinking that his own fandom hated him. I'm glad that he's finally receiving his proper dues after years of ridicule. Thank you George Lucas.
Its sad that it took such a massive failure by disney for people to finally appreciate the great george lucas…
Also even more appreciation for all the books and the video games made before Disney
Great work, congratulations. Lucas should be respected and considered. He is a great artist and the true creator of the saga. I really love the work done by Filoni and Favreau, it does feels like a legacy, like passing the torch. Sad to know Lucas felt betrayed by Disney after the Disney trilogy release. Those movies are flawed, no doubt.
Filoni is overrated. He is nowhere near the messiah people claim he is.
In my opinion George Lucas is the greatest filmmaker of the 20th century. And his greatest legacy is the influence of creative people in the movie and computer game industry. Thank you George Lucas for everything.
lol
@@PasserMontanus What exactly is so funny about this comment? Emil's just being honest.
FINALLY... the video we've all been waiting for! #starwars
Surprised Gareth Edwards wasn't shown in the list of directors that "left" Lucasfilm. Also spot on analysis.
What a great pleasure. Thanks a damn lot for this hour.🇩🇪❤️👍
George lucas refusing to sign an autograph to the guy who said he was going to sell it is totally fair.
"I sign them for my fans for free"
Which implies that those asking for an autograph to sell are not real fans.
I think thats fair
I grew up during the Clone Wars show and saw the first episode when I was just 6 years old. That was my introduction into Star Wars so when I watched the prequels it was after I had already grown in love with the prequel era. I admit the movies had their flaws but the story was engaging and seeing how they connected to the animated show was exciting for me. I never saw Episodes 1-6 in theaters so my first Star Wars cinematic experience was when I saw The Force Awakens in 2015 when I was 13 years old. I loved it and when Rogue One came out a year later I enjoyed it even more.
This was around the time I first got social media, and began to follow star wars fan accounts. That was when I started to see others opinions on the Force Awakens for the first time. In some ways it was a good thing because it helped connect me with a community of fans, but it also exposed me to some not-so-nice opinions which I'll be honest were true and that is that The Force Awakens felt like a carbon copy of A New Hope. But considering it was only the first of three films in the trilogy, I had faith Disney would have a great story planned out. The hype was high as it got closer and closer towards The Last Jedi, but that's when things changed. After I saw it in theaters I still thought quite positively of the film, but after some reflection I decided I didn't like the way they dealt with characters from the Force Awakens like Snoke and the very absent Knights of Ren and some new characters like Rose Tico and Admiral Holdo. Because I had no nostalgic ties to the OT, I had no problem with how they potrayed Luke Skywalker. To me, it made sense that fear of failure can affect even the bravest of heroes. The fanbase became extremely toxic at this point and this was when I realised that Star Wars fans can become very angry over these things, and that its happened before with the prequels as well.
Regardless, during this time I was enjoying the finale to the second Star Wars animated show Star Wars Rebels and this was the only positive thing happening at the time. People began talking of boycotting the next anthology film Solo even though to me it looked great, and sure enough I was not disappointed when I saw it in theaters. The only disappointment I had was for those that chose not to see it after the controversy over The Last Jedi. Things looked bleak for Star Wars until an amazing thing happened; The Clone Wars was coming back for one final season! I was beyond ecstatic when I saw this news. Finally, something that fans could unite together on and become more of a positive community again. There was also the announcement of the new live-action star wars show planning to release on Disney's new streaming service Disney+ called the Mandalorian and was coming in 2019. Although it didn't peak my interest that much originally I still planned to watch it when it came out. Boy I'm glad I did. Star Wars was really back. It seemed while the theatrical releases were receiving poor reception, Star Wars was making the real bucks on the small screen.
As The Rise of Skywalker date crept closer I strangely didn't have a whole lot of excitement for it compared to the other films. I think the negativity of other fans was beginning to rub off on me. After I watched it in theaters I felt flat. It was supposed to be a thrilling conclusion to the saga, yet so many things felt forced or messy and there was some serious pacing issues that really soured the experience for me. I was expecting it to 'fix' any issues I had with the previous two entries but I found it to be my least favourite of the three just because of how messy and unplanned it felt. Thankfully I still had the seventh and final season of the Clone Wars to look forward to. When I finally got to watch that I knew there was still potential for Star Wars to not lose its way. It was phenominal. When the second season of the Mandalorian came out I was yet again blown away by the work of Jon and Dave. They really knew how to appeal to every type of star wars fan, and at the same time have the story planned out with a singular vision instead of two confilicting ones like what happened with JJ and Rian with the sequels.
With the news of 10 new star wars projects in the works a week ago, I am once again excited and I hope to see our fanbase become a less toxic place and instead of fighting over pre-conceived expectations, be excited along with me for the future of this franchise.
Star Wars gives everyone a special feeling, and no matter how or what causes it we should instead celebrate it rather than critize something designed as an escape from reality for everyone. We as fans should learn to love what we love, and dislike what we don't in the Star Wars universe, but respectively discuss our subjective opinions and agree to disagree without unessessary hate or toxicity.
what they did to luke was pretty awful... by they i mean what rian johnson did to luke was pretty awful, although jj did design the force awakens around a absent luke... which really depends on why he was absent, if he was busy doing some serious force business like holding back a invasion of dark side users that coulda been cool, if he was using the force to try to repair the balance of the galaxy, that coulda been really good, and if he had been hunting down artifacts and knowledge to banish or bind the emperors soul away from being able to harm anyone ever again, that woulda made perfect sense.
I actually hated the open end of the Empire strikes back. But i did like the Hoth assault.
I love this comment. I love seeing people
like you who genuinely enjoy the franchise.
However, it also shows how the media ruins what we love. You said you loved TFA and TLJ after seeing them, but then when you saw other opinions you just joined with the group. That’s the issue. If you see something and you really enjoyed it, you don’t have to change how you feel just to fit in. Love what you love.
Also…
Star Wars was never about good writing. Heck, 4 out of 6 of Lucas’s films don’t really have good writing. But people still like them. Why does Star Wars now have to be perfect?
Answer?
People nowadays are overwhelmingly negative on everything. Especially when it comes to social media. People join in with the “horde mentality” mindset blindly because they want to fit in with the standard
@@oXRaptorzXo wana see a short music video i made to show some love to Rise of Skywalker? ua-cam.com/video/9LJfg2QY9vc/v-deo.html
Filoni is an overrated hack.
Thanks for this balanced and beautiful documentary on The life and career of George Lucas. Thanks for recognizing his contributions to Star Wars. Hope it doesn’t get removed from UA-cam.
Brilliant, simply brilliant, StarWarsOnly. This was an awesome insight into George Lucas and the transition of Star Wars to Disney.
Just spent my first day off in ages watching all your documentaries. Excellent work, dude! You deserve way more views and subs.
Really appreciate you taking the time to watch them! I will make more in the future I promise, cheers
@@StarWarsOnly I really appreciate the time and energy you've put into making them. It must've taken a huge amount of time to collect all the footage and images. I'll look forward to your future uploads.
When George served, when referring to critics “they haven’t liked any of them really“ that’s a fact that he’s lost on a lot of modern fans. A lot of people who hated the prequel‘s forgot that there was tons of controversy surrounding the original trilogy‘s reception as well. There was a lot of people who hated that Darth Vader was Luke’s father and they thought it was corny, people who thought the characters were annoying or immature, Not to mention the sheer volume of people who actually felt that the movie trilogy should have just been one movie because after the destruction of the death star they thought that the rebel alliance would’ve overpowered the empire and so further movies were not needed. George is very astute in his observation which said that basically people will hate you no matter what you do so just do what the hell you want anyways and critics be damned
Yes! I remember being a young fan in the 80/90s and there was a huge segment of the population who hated it as corny and stupid and we fans were soundly mocked. I considered myself a nerd because of how I was treated by my peers over my SW infatuation. Now I look around and it’s in Disney parks lol! I guess we were the trend setters.
Interesting, i was born near the 2000s so the attention was directed more towards the special editions and the prequels, thanks for this information!
This is the best star wars documentary in many years
Excited to see this man! It’s going to turn out great!
It's gonna be great.
Wait isn’t this it?
@@Amplamente It’s gonna be great
Thanks for the Documentary Star Wars Only you did really well
Such an insightful and well written documentary. Very interesting information regarding Lucas and the history Star Wars! You definitely did your research and did a great job with this project. I will definitely share it around
Wow, thank you so much. Greatly researched, written and presented!
Missed the start of this but I’ll be coming back to watch after it’s completed. Can’t wait to see it! #ThankTheMaker
An excellent documentary. And one that is nicely balanced. Thank you for all of your hard work.
In regards to the Original Trilogy DVD sets, I recall the special editions were the version that was released in 2004, while the theatrical editions were released in 2006.
You're correct. The 2006 DVD sets with the gold banners on the boxes are the ones to get.
@@theonewhowrotethis5681 Also people told me they looked very bad but i disagree, the grain gives it that old look i like in media from decades ago
The Lucas Special Edition is better than originals. Nostalgia simply blinds some people.
I will never understand people's hatred of that man because of their desire to see authentic film grain.
An artist like lucas will never satisfy but inspire other artists to achieve more and think out of the box. This man is one of my biggest inspirations. Thanks for this great video 🌟
This video was really well put together. Very informal and the commentary adds a lot. Well done
Thank you very much!
This was an incredibly well put together video. I loved how it was just information with no obvious bias. Just organized history
This is a Great video man. 👍 can't wait to see more in the future.
This was excellent! You captured my and many others sentiments very well! We love you George! Thank you for the universe you created!
Why George Lucas had so many problems in the film industry is because he not only wanted people to see his vision but he also wanted to make sure people would enjoy and relate to his vision. His remaster or what he likes to call his originals, are the best examples of that as even though they were very old, we found them to be enjoyable. Part of it has to do with the fact that improved technology makes the films look bad and an eyesore so his re-colorization was his way of looking at how future fans would see his films. His addition of extra scenes in the special editions also showed the fans how impactful the events were in the Star Wars galaxy.
The film industry doesn't always care about what the people want as long as people will watch their films and can find a suitable cash cow.
Very well done! i've been a star wars fan my entire life and had no idea he created Pixar
I loved the original trilogy, liked the prequels and hated the Disney trilogy. Probably the same with most fans. I think the lack of story in the disney trilogy proved Lucas was right. At least we got a version of Luke in the Mando that felt right. I think Kathleen Kenedy is the wrong person to be incharge.
Her name is Kuntleen Kennedy, thank you very much.
Idk if u know this but Kathleen Kennedy was also involved in the production of The Mandalorian
The world of Star Wars accompanied with Williams' music is just pure class.
This documentary is honestly so good!!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!
This doc is extraordinarily well put together. Congratulations, and thank you.
Wow I learnt so much. Had no idea he created Pixar and already had a live action tv show ready to go. He truly is a trail blazer in the movie industry more than I even knew already! 🤯
Lucas had a full mindset with too many things going on at once but he knew what he was doing he let his picture he had in his head come true
What a great documentary and the things after Star Wars after George Lucas made the films and founded his companies. That's not good that Disney didn't make the films he had intended on doing!
Very well researched and presented - nice job! Has Empire of Dreams vibes but there’s a lot of info and footage in here I’ve never seen before... Thanks for this!
Seeing those opening clips of all the theater hype makes me so sad. When i went to see rise of skywalker and the last jedi. I had an empty theater, no one but me and my friends. No one cheering no one was happy. No one was excited. It was empty and sad
-You don't use the "ending" of the Saga that the original creator pitched
-You wipe out the entire EU(I can understand post-ROTJ, but ALL of it was extreme)
-You cancel Clone Wars
-You shut down LucasArts
-You have Mark Hamill saying that he couldn't consider the character he was playing as Luke Skywalker any more
That is an absolute failure in spirit, depth, creativity, and integrity. The Kennedy Productions(7-9, Rouge One, Solo) are Null and Void as far as I'm concerned.
Filoni birthed Clone Wars with Lucas, Filoni created Rebels, Favreau and Filoni created The Mandalorian. THAT is true Star Wars.
They don't even continue the old EU as Legends despite fans begging for it. It's just a disgraceful state of affairs.
7 mins in tears ran down my cheek I was born the same year as empire was released and I've know no world without Starwars And can't imagine a life with out it..... ✌
I cried as well. After seeing Luke in the Mandalorian and remebering how they trashed him in the Sequel Trilogy :( It gets me all the time. Empire is one of favorite Movies of all time
@@darthvaldez999 Same 😂
@@darthvaldez999 The Mandalorian is the show that will save Star Wars from certain death.
26:29 is taken out of context. The guy was trying to get autographs so he could sell them to fans. In the original video, George says to him before he gets in the car “you’re selling them something they can get for free”
I had no idea about George making Pixar, that made me feel like I entered a parallel universe.
I wish George never sold the company. That being said, I'm glad he's happy and found peace in his retirement, because by god he certainly deserves it.
And then, when ep vii came out, people praised it because it was SO STAR WARS.... death of culture my friends. This is how liberty died
I hated TFA more than all of the sequels...is just a copy of ep iv