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Now I want to watch the whole interview. I have enjoyed that interviewer before, he's very thorough and asks great questions. He lets the person he's interviewing talk, and directs them to interesting meaningful discussion. I forget his name though, but I really liked his interview with Jennifer Lawrence, and Quentin Tarantino. I really feel sorry for George Lucas. Who says, "I'm a great ____." Okay, he thinks he's a great dad, great. But do other people say that about him? That trembling lip over not getting an Oscar for Star Wars. I feel really bad. I've made fun of him in the past, but now I just feel sorry for him.
I got mad at a couple of clerks at a comic book/hobby shop because they were attributing things that other artists did in the Star Wars expanded universe to George Lucas as if he was more brilliant than Tolkien when it comes to world building. As if George Lucas invented everything about Manadlorians, when George Lucas didn't even care about Boba Fett as a character, let alone develop a thorough backstory for all his random minor characters. He couldn't even write a half decent back story for his main characters, look how he butchered Anakin and Obi-Wan's backstory.
I used to be a huge Star Wars fan. I used to watch the original trilogy 2-3 times a year. I've seen them at least 25 times. I used to roleplay on Star Wars forums, and in Star Wars games. But I haven't the original trilogy in about six years. The last two times I tried to watch The Empire Strikes Back, I turned it off shortly after the first act. I can't seem to enjoy them very much anymore. All I notice are flaws, incessant flaws.
I can't even say that the original trilogy were particularly good movies. Entertaining, sure, but they have this "family" quality. There's no horrors of war, no gruesome violence, the dialogue isn't particularly deep or meaningful. There's no poetry, no art. Just cool space ships, lasers, Storm Troopers, and lightsabers. Those things are just stuff, they don't make a movie good. To me a movie is only as good as its substance and its artistry.
I remember how Alec Guinness talked about Star Wars, and some of the hints he gave of things that happened behind the scenes. For example, Lucas wanted to call the lightsabers "laser swords," and it was Guinness who suggested changing the name to something that didn't sound as silly. There were quite a few changes to the script that Guinness suggested, and he commented on a significant portion of the script needing to be altered. Then there's also the case of early footage being very boring, and they had to make significant changes to the movie. It was almost a disaster, and there's a good reason he wasn't allowed to direct Ep. V and VI, and they turned out better with him being less involved. When he had full control, we saw how much of a disaster the prequel trilogy turned out. I've heard that he sold Star Wars to Disney out of spite towards the fans for liking the Star Wars movies that the studio interfered with more than ones he made.
I couldn't stand the changes he made to the original trilogy. He made the Sarlaac look stupid, and he dubbed over the original Boba Fett actor's voice, just to name a couple that I particularly disliked. To me that's just disrespectful toward the original actor. I loved the original actor's voice. I was always a Boba Fett guy. When I was a kid and I saw Star Wars for the first time, I was mesmerised by Boba Fett. His death was a little heartbreaking, but it didn't deter how awesome he was. There was something very humbling about the fact that he died. I didn't care that they revived him in the books. Either way he is the perfect epitome of a cold calculating killer. I love Star Wars, but now it feels more like nostalgia than anything else.
I got mad at a couple of clerks at a comic book/hobby shop because they were attributing things that other artists did in the Star Wars expanded universe to George Lucas as if he was more brilliant than Tolkien when it comes to world building. As if George Lucas invented everything about Manadlorians, when George Lucas didn't even care about Boba Fett as a character, let alone develop a thorough backstory for all his random minor characters. He couldn't even write a half decent back story for his main characters, look how he butchered Anakin and Obi-Wan's backstory.
I used to be a huge Star Wars fan. I used to watch the original trilogy 2-3 times a year. I've seen them at least 25 times. I used to roleplay on Star Wars forums, and in Star Wars games. But I haven't the original trilogy in about six years. The last two times I tried to watch The Empire Strikes Back, I turned it off shortly after the first act. I can't seem to enjoy them very much anymore. All I notice are flaws, incessant flaws.
I can't even say that the original trilogy were particularly good movies. Entertaining, sure, but they have this "family" quality. There's no horrors of war, no gruesome violence, the dialogue isn't particularly deep or meaningful. There's no poetry, no art. Just cool space ships, lasers, Storm Troopers, and lightsabers. Those things are just stuff, they don't make a movie good. To me a movie is only as good as its substance and its artistry.
I remember how Alec Guinness talked about Star Wars, and some of the hints he gave of things that happened behind the scenes. For example, Lucas wanted to call the lightsabers "laser swords," and it was Guinness who suggested changing the name to something that didn't sound as silly. There were quite a few changes to the script that Guinness suggested, and he commented on a significant portion of the script needing to be altered. Then there's also the case of early footage being very boring, and they had to make significant changes to the movie. It was almost a disaster, and there's a good reason he wasn't allowed to direct Ep. V and VI, and they turned out better with him being less involved. When he had full control, we saw how much of a disaster the prequel trilogy turned out. I've heard that he sold Star Wars to Disney out of spite towards the fans for liking the Star Wars movies that the studio interfered with more than ones he made.
I couldn't stand the changes he made to the original trilogy. He made the Sarlaac look stupid, and he dubbed over the original Boba Fett actor's voice, just to name a couple that I particularly disliked. To me that's just disrespectful toward the original actor. I loved the original actor's voice. I was always a Boba Fett guy. When I was a kid and I saw Star Wars for the first time, I was mesmerised by Boba Fett. His death was a little heartbreaking, but it didn't deter how awesome he was. There was something very humbling about the fact that he died. I didn't care that they revived him in the books. Either way he is the perfect epitome of a cold calculating killer. I love Star Wars, but now it feels more like nostalgia than anything else.
