George Lucas Calls Disney “White Slavers” in Charlie Rose interview
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- George Lucas has criticized the latest installment of “Star Wars,” the series he created, in an interview with Charlie Rose, describing the film as too “retro” for his taste and jokingly comparing the Walt Disney Company, which bought the rights to the franchise in 2012, to “white slavers” who had bought his children.
The hourlong interview, broadcast on Dec. 25 and released online this week, focused on Mr. Lucas’s legacy, which was celebrated at the Kennedy Center Honors this month. But he was harsh in criticizing the film industry for focusing on profit over storytelling.
At one point he said that filmmakers in the Soviet Union had more freedom than their counterparts in Hollywood, who, he maintained, “have to adhere to a very narrow line of commercialism.”
Mr. Lucas appeared particularly unhappy with the direction the “Star Wars” franchise has taken since he sold the rights to it, along with Lucasfilm, his company, to Disney for $4 billion. He compared the sale to a breakup and a divorce.
“These are my kids. All the Star Wars films,” he said. “I love them, I created them, I’m very intimately involved in them.”
He added, trailing off with a laugh: “And I sold them to the white slavers that take these things and. …”
Mr. Lucas said that he decided to sell his company in part because his filmmaking interests had changed and that the more experimental movies he wanted to make would not be financially successful enough to ensure the health of the company and the well-being of its employees.
Still, he said he had begun working on another “Star Wars” film before the sale, including preparing story treatments and “working with a writer.” But, he said, Disney was not “that keen to have me involved.”
“They decided they didn’t want to use those stories,” he said. “They decided they were going to do their own thing. So I decided, ‘Fine.’ ”
The film that Disney made, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” has grossed more than $1 billion worldwide since its release on Dec. 18 and received mostly positive reviews from critics.
But not from Mr. Lucas. On Mr. Rose’s show, he criticized the producers and writers of the latest film for emphasizing familiar elements of his previous work - some of which he said had issues - over innovation and storytelling of their own.
“The first three movies had all kinds of issues,” he said of the original trilogy, which was released between 1977 and 1983. “They looked at the stories and said, ‘We want to make something for the fans.’ All I wanted to do was tell a story of what happened. It started here, and it went there.”
“They wanted to do a retro movie,” he continued. “I don’t like that. Every movie, I worked very hard to make them different, make them completely different with different planets, different spaceships, to make it new.”
Getting over “Star Wars” is like getting over a lost love, Mr. Lucas said. He told Mr. Rose that he tried to approach it the way one would approach the end of a relationship, by focusing on the future instead of the past.
“You have to put it behind you, and it’s a very, very, very hard thing to do,” he said. “But you have to just cut it off and say, ‘O.K., end of ballgame, I have to move on.’ And everything in your body says, ‘Don’t, you can’t.’”
On Thursday, Mr. Lucas apologized for his “white slavers” remark and backtracked on his criticism of Disney.
“I misspoke and used a very inappropriate analogy and for that I apologize,” he said in a statement released to several trade publications.
“I am thrilled that Disney has the franchise and is moving it in such exciting directions in film, television and the parks. Most of all I’m blown away with the record breaking blockbuster success of the new movie and am very proud of J.J. and Kathy,” he said, referring to J. J. Abrams, the “Force Awakens” director, and Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm’s president.
december 2015 - Hudba
Have you heard the tragedy of George Lucas The Wise? It's not a story Disney would tell you
“It’s a fan legend”
Before the dark times, before the Disney Empire.
Colossal Hutch OMG!! That is so spot on accurate statement.
Commonly retold with that mega-hit story 'Song of The South....' But WE'RE the racist ones.
I love you for this.
Charlie Rose acting like he's interrogating a serial killer.
He's framing a narrative that paints George as the villian.
Josh p ironic given that charlie rose was ultimately found to lead a predatory life himself
@@TejanoTigre the overwhelming majority of people in positions of power, wealth and fame are sadly psychotic in nature and as psychopaths/narcissists they are naturally pre-disposed towards hypocricy and psychological projection.
Meanwhile Charlie is assaulting women behind the scenes
@@ScipioWasHere And thats just the stuff that gets to the public about the royals, you really have to question whats going on when people are claiming that the queen took 10 kids from an orphanage in canada in 1964 and that they were never seen again... fast forward to the modern era the and the queen is knighting pedophiles left right and center, profilic pedophiles such as savile, ted heath and rolf harris ect ect... Jimmy savile is especially important because he was the main procurer of children for the entire "elite" sex trafficking ring that they covered up which involved politicians and the royals clearly given that he hung around the palace and prince charles an awful lot... cant recall of the top of my head but i think he was also friendly with mountbatton.
I love how humble George is and it’s killing Charlie. George is just a normal guy who did the impossible at the time and accidentally hit the motherload
Charlie is such a pathetic j e r k. In just about every interview he has done he tries to minimize the person he is interviewing. He seemed to be set on proving his opinion. Every other question is aimed at proving something. He definitely proves he was apart of the "journalism of opinion" culture.
You have zero clue how far off you are about his success. It was no accident. He earned his success through talent and work ethic.
@@xprettylightsx3781yeah people act like he won the lottery wth
the chillest billionaire mega success guy ever.
George Lucas is a very humble man. I love it. We need more people like him.
More humble than your average person aspiring to become a director.
True. We can always BE more like him. Cheers 👍
Not many people like him left in the US unfortunately TBH…
“To me star wars is 6 films.”
It is.
Yes
6 and Rogue One
@@BlyUehara37 Rogue One was terrible. It is better than TFA, but worse than the other 8.
Last SW film was in 1983
I don't care what anybody says about George Lucas. I like him; always will.
WTF U talking about ? everyone loves George Lucas
And his wife’s editing team literally saved the first star wars.
yup
@@chrisd8180 people hated on him hard when the prequels came out, all the "George Lucas raped my childhood comments"
I used to think that I was training to make Star Wars movies, but I've come to understand that I really just wanted to work with George. It would be a dream come true to work on the movies he's making just for his friends. I wouldn't even care if nobody sees it.
When George said " He was a great Dad". I choked up because we all want to be the best Dad ever. George is the most human of us all
He really is…
Which is… Kinda Sad…….
Because there should be more humans like George in this World, But instead there’s just Demons wearing human skin… like good ol’ Charlie Rose here.
This interview explains the core reason why Disney hates this man so much and is set up to destroy everything he has made.
Typical whiny fanboy drivel
So why did he decided to sell his own special universal to this awful Disney industry ?
Oh, puhleeeze get a life. Ya'all are so totally predictable and boring.
@@bertrandcoquio3108 Because they lied and ensured him they would take care of it? Did you not watch the live meeting with Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas?
"So, the most important thing, is to maintain the characters that you have created, and not have them behave in any sort of, out of character way."
"Yes, that is paramount. The stories told of this series are special to myself and many others, and to change that for many of them, and I know this better than anyone, well it's like rewriting the Bible."
Immediately have Luke turn into a homeless angry loser who wants to crawl in a hole and die after trying to murder his nephew because he's having bad dreams.
LMFAOOOOO ABSOLUTE GARBAGE DISNEY FANS BTFO
@@bertrandcoquio3108Don’t listen to him lol, clearly he’s been watching too much Geeks and Gamers.
Amazing how we sit here in 2019 and realize that he was 100% correct.
Right?
Bitter Truth Show Episodes 4-6 are real. 1-3 sorta stink, especially 1. So far I have liked 7-8, but sort of meh about the Galaxy’s Edge.
@@jamiemarsh8826 there's episodes after 6??? When did th-OOOHHHH, you mean the Star Wars version of "What If" that they ripped off from Marvel. Yea, I don't count those.
1-3 is way better than the new shitty ones
It’s feminist because ray had no training and all the sudden she’s op and people say she’s the one that will beat the emperor in ep 9
Love how he doesn’t care about all his achievements. “I was a good dad”. Great man
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He has been complimented and has had his balls fondled by everyone so many times that it doesn't really matter anymore
@Clutch7 Because corporatism has no heart.
@@tonyiommi2380 he needs new people fondling his balls .
That’s how I wanna be remembered
"You're telling a story using tools. You're not using tools to tell a story." What a great piece of advice. People should listen to their elders more.
Yeah, i don't like how people misrepresent the quote when talking about the prequels.
The effects in the prequels enhance the story, as did the practical effects in the OT.
Thanks Orlando you're absolutely right. The prequels did in fact make star wars better but the real reason that all the visual effects in all the star wars movies worked is because George Lucas wrote a solid and interesting plot behind it sprung from his mind. And it's really sad to see all these mean small-minded, uncreative,rude and deceitful people who work for Disney trash George Lucas and turn his creation into garbage just for the sake of money and 'modern audiences '. When the last Jedi came out everyone said shut up and like this garbage. But thanks to George Lucas I have the courage to say that the star wars anti-trilogy is stupid garbage and I hate everything about it and it should not be part of star wars and I hate Kathleen Kennedy and JJ Abrams and Ryan Johnson for murdering the star wars franchise.
I think about it every time I talk about Art.
That’s what he did with the prequels did though
Yes I agree with everything that you just quoted but why isn't anyone calling him a hypocrite?
A timeline:
0:11 "You have every honor that a man could have." George: We just wanted to make cool movies and impress each other
2:47 Arts and artists have always been innovative - artistic problems drive technological change
5:36 Directors are evil emperors with less money and less casualties
9:00 What George's obituary will say
10:28 Not everything can be accomplished because the technology or something else limits the reality of creators
11:48 Medals and honors vs "awwws" and dropping jaws
17:17 George talks the lack of freedom to make unpopular movies under "commercialism" and the great freedom of movie makers in the USSR
18:40 Charlie Rose trying to get George in line, but George still criticizes capitalist movie making
24:45 Star Wars as a movie on mythology
26:07 George being humble on Star Wars
26:59 George on the most fun movie to make by him
28:13 The cutting and reducing of an idea into a movie that works
29:42 Technology and imagination
31:50 Where did the idea of the Force come from?
32:48 Religions and life force (God?)
33:48 Star Wars changing the capitalist movie industry
34:59 Good and evil changes in the movie industry
35:22 "People tend to overdo it" - Everyone making terrible starship movies after Star Wars
36:00 George Lucas starts an epic rant of 18 minutes against big business (Disney), tech fetish, dull stories
Thanks
I think you meant commercialism not capitalism
great freedom of movie makers in the USSR lmao.....sure George sure
@@markusaurelius4015 he’s a leftist like myself & true leftist (not libtards/dems) are anti-capitalists so yes he is criticizing capitalism. I understand since the red scare ppl don’t think anything but capitalist worshipers exists only but nope still plenty of leftist here as there was for the last 200 yrs
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"what do you want the first line of your obituary to say?"
"I was a great dad"
*applauds silently*
yeah that was powerful
Speechless. For 9 minutes, Charlie Rose blows smoke up his @$$, and his humble response to that question was SO incredibly telling about keeping his priorities straight.
A great dad would have kept his daughter's weight in check, it's not like he couldn't afford the best dietists. Would have also made sure his second and third kids have a mother, rather than adopting and raising them by himself.
Mario Gómez Wow. I seriously can't believe how someone could become such an arrogant piece of shit.
I've just pointed out the truth. Have you seen his kids? Letting one of your daughters get well over 200 lbs is bad parenting 101, specially when you've got unlimited money and you've supposedly retired to take care of your children. Regarding Amanda, her career choice was... pro fighting, getting arms like those of a truck driver in the process. Say what you want about "chasing your dreams", but that reeks of daddy issues. And yes, adoption as a single parent is a selfish decision, one incidentally taken by many billionaires who think no one's good enough to raise children alongside them.
So yeah, "I want to be remembered as a great dad" is a great answer in an interview, but he being one in the real world? Not very likely, really.
Only watched 15 minutes and I find it really interesting how Charlie is really trying to get George to boast about himself. But George is being very humble in my eyes. Love it.
I think George is humble because first he knows what's like to have a film fail as well as succeed And two, George understands that Star Wars was a few bad edits short of being a bad movie. His editing team saved the original Star Wars, which everyone was admitted was a mess in its initial cut . Without those proper edits to A New Hope, we may never have had Episodes 5 and 6.
Turtle Island LAC The music and the voice actor changes for C3PO also played a big factor in saving it from it initial edit.
everyone hates on lucas cause their jealous...they as adults hate on kids newer films complain about the same issues the original films had like selling toys they ignored and forget cgi didn't exist back in the day and that prequels are always about set up not execution...for a 10 year old the 2nd and 3rd prequels and moments in the first film are amazing and their star wars and made him way more money ...so....people can just suck it sorry he didn't give you what you wanted or would write..he did what he wanted...as the creator he can..do I wish he let the guy who directed empire help direct movies 1 and 2 sure but what can you do
do you understand the job of the interviewer?
Anonymous 2000 you’re an idiot. It’s well known that a new hope was a complete mess before the editing team saved it
Mr. Rose really seemed like he wanted another answer but when he asked what George Lucas wants to be remembered for above anything else and George said "a good dad", my heart absolutely melted. This is a man with his priorities straight!
As it should be.
He has stayed true to what HIS vision of filmmaking is. Studios don't like that, they never have. They only care about the money, NOT the art form. The people who run the studios have no friggin clue about what it means to be a visionary or an artist. I love that he blazes his own trail and sees that in order to get the films he wants made he has to do it on his own. Very intelligent man. He doesn't spew BS like so many others in the business of filmmaking do incessantly. Just the fact that he doesn't give a shit about awards speaks to that.
you need to balance the force of movie making, if you lean too much into one you neglect the other, neither will be successful. the art is the entertainment, and the entertainment is profitable. if you make a movie solely to make money, most people can see through the bullshit and eventually your movies wont make any money, but if you make a movie solely to be artsy, people can sniff out the pretentiousness and walk away the same.
Goerge Lucas: starts to develop an interesting topic of conversation
Rose: ok let’s change the subject
Penya Seriously. I wanted to hear him talk more about the origin of human religion more, etc.
Wanders Gion Not sure why, tf does he know?
Nicholas Berry
Did u know Luke Skywalker, iz da sun of God, much like da Jesus character? Both characterz, r da lite of da world, fighting against da 4cez of darkness. Jesus, da sun of God ( AMEN-RA!!! ) fightz against DUH Devil/evil, which iz known azz da darkside of life. It wuz figured by da ancientz, dat way mo evil would happen during da cover of darkness, like a bunch of wolvez eating u, or robbery, than would happen during da lite of day. Far mo chance, evil would b seen by othaz, during da lite of day. So Horus, da original son of God, fought against his evil brother Set, @ sunset.
Likewise, Luke Skywalker, walked across da sky, much like our sun walkz across da sky, n 12 stepz. He aso fought against an evil relative, ( Bcause everythangz relative. ) his evil Sith Lord father, Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker. Sith iz archaic, basically meaning, xisting b4/cummin from dat which xisted b4, meaning da lite came out of darkness. Datz n ur Bible. God had 2 say - LET THERE B LITE. Likewise, humanz haveta strive 2 make lite. All else we do, resultz n darkness & sumtimez our good deedz r twisted n2 evil or our good ntentionz, end-up resulting n evil outcumz. All topicz, STAR WARZ, dealt wit. George Lucas used his nterest n Mythology, Religion, & mixed Sci-Fi & Cowboy moviez 2gether, n order 2 create STAR WARZ.
Lastly, Luke Skywalkerz character arc, followz da arc of da sun of God. 1 thru 3 - da lite cumz out of darkness. Midnite til 6am/January til April. 4 -A NEW HOPE! & Luke wuz burning hot & ready 2 go & fight evil. 6am til 12 noon/May til June. 5 - Da Empire/his dad, Darth Vader, teach Luke & friendz, sum lessonz. There iz loss of life & limb ( Han Solo - kinda sorta died & Luke kinda sorta, lost his hand. ) 12 noon til 3pm/June & July. 6 - Now itz da son of a Sithz turn 2 teach his dad, redemption, BUTT Luke had 2 grow n wisdom, nstead of wisdumb. His need 2 fight & win, wuz not azz mportant 2 him, azz redeeming his father, da Sith Lord. 3pm til 6pm/July & August. 7 - da sun, wuz bginning 2 hide, BUTT peephole, didn't catch da clue. 6pm til 7pm/September & October. 8 - Da sunz heat, has waned. He iz cold & distant & no longer, his 4mer, hot & firey self! ( How dare he!!! [ DUH Director, write such a lame-azz, Luke Skywalker?!? ] Dis iz how. ) 8pm til 9pm/November. 9 - Da sun iz dead, BUTT we look 4ward 2 a New Year/New bginningz. 9pm til 12midnite/December. Da sun of God will rise again & SPRING back 2 life again & then b hot by summer, where Luke Skywalker, will once again fight his evil Sith Lord, dad! Hence Amen-RA, representz da rise of Skywalker.
Blieve it, or not?
Ikr!
I read some time JEDI means Jesus Disciple, Light saber is the belive in Him (He is the light the Alfa and the Omega), All Marvel and SW are based on Scriptures, Palpatine is Lucifer, Anakim is the bad humans that goes to the Dark Side and Luke is like the Son that redims the humanity by acting not by violence instead by good will. I mean if you read the book of ENOC or search videos of it You get all of it, Lucifer is son of God but he rebell when knew humans another Creation of God, inferior to his eyes but as important for God that gives part of His spirit, then all the rebellion to be "Free" and drown humans to the Sin (Dark Side), Then the only Begoten Son of God is to Save all the Creation both FAllen Angels and Humans, Is a Shame Anime and Manga and nor other media like Lucas said, want to do a Heaven Archangels vs Fallen Angels Celestial War, will be impresive even Dragon ball look like kinder fight. When Jesus said I saw Lucifer fall like a thunder imagine the Power of Michel to do that! men I can go all night but is late, seek and you will find.
I like that George doesn't care about awards. He gets that it's all about politics and getting attention. Charlie was angry with how dismissive he was.
Popular Movies don't get Academy Awards, huh? Seems he never heard of a certain Peter Jackson Trilogy? How many Oscars did it win again? ;-)
renues a few movies like those are exceptions.
Peter Jackson was doing another person idea, George was literally building off his own original idea, and if you can’t see how immense of a difference this is your blind to innovation.
@clit_niblr036 Tolkien based his work on the monomyth. Was he a copycat too?
He did his films with love for the fans but fans where complaining jar jar end so on that lucas was tired of it and now look disney kills what licas created along with some fans evrything was comected films to books to games evrything was conected and now star wars the disney star wars make for moste of it joke out of it moste of there stuff from 7 to 8 doesent make sense for moste parts the real cannon where and stil ep 1to 6
George seems to not want the fame, he just wants people to enjoy his creations.
Not even. He's just a man who want to make movies for himself (and his friends) like a challenge of sort. It's not about sharing it (unfortunatly) but I umderstand and respect that. He does what he does for the love of filmaking and that alone. Very inspiring. I wish, one day, we'll be allowed to see these films...
He super nonchalant, which proves that he’s always been super secure and. Sure of himself while also staying humble. What a great guy
This is the most disrespected man in movie history. And the worst thing is that he wasn't only disrespected by critics and other media, he was disrespected massively by his own fans. I hope he knows that there are still a lot of people who love him for pouring his heart and soul into the movies we watched growing up and that we respect him for being who he is.
@@BeardLAD You’re seeing things that aren’t there my friend. Almost everybody doesn’t realize that it wasn’t just all the extra scenes and cgi added in the special editions, but also all the effects that have aged so well actually weren’t like that originally. Everything got massively enhanced and upscaled to look much better, but nobody ever talks about those changes because they assumed it was always like that since you were less cynical as a kid and didn’t notice all the flaws. Lucas actually did release the original editions on DVD once but with all the weird outdated effects. The truth is every single version of the Star Wars movies that have ever existed are available to watch. So what you actually want is a version that doesn’t exist, a version that has none of the changes Lucas made except for the ones you didn’t even know were changes. Lucas is the arbiter of Star Wars. It’s his life, his passion, his story. He has the right to change his movies however he wants. And before you pretend this is about preserving film history or whatever, this is something big directors do all the time with DVD releases. People just notice it with Star Wars because they’re fanatic about it. Also, Lucas made just as many changes with the prequels but you probably don’t even know or care since you don’t like those movies of course. So this isn’t about Lucas making the original versions unavailable, nor is it about preserving film history. So what is this really about? I think this is about you wanting to recapture a certain nostalgic feeling you got when you saw the movies as a kid, but you never once considered that this was also about George Lucas and the vision that he wants to tell. So when the films aren’t exactly identical to the ones from your childhood, you think something is wrong and even try to make believe that he tainted the originals somehow. But in reality, all the wonder and imagination from the originals are still there in the prequels in spades and the originals were merely improved to age better with time. You’re just not as open minded as when you were a kid. Nothing could’ve ever met your impossibly high expectations of rekindling the magic of your childhood. And of course millions of people have shared this same lapse in logic about Lucas as you, and a disgusting cottage industry has arose on the internet in the last 20 years dedicated to demonizing George Lucas simply for making movies you didn’t like, which led to him ultimately selling the movies to Disney and more or less retiring from filmmaking. And look what we got: creatively bankrupt, hodgepodge, cookie cutter at best, soulless, counterfeits of films, mass produced by a committee that studies analytics to decide what’s the most ‘accessible for general audiences’ so that they can make enough money. So much better right? So much better than the prequels which were oozing with creativity and beautifully impeccable landscapes of planets they go to in each movie, with all the same rich, timeless themes about fathers and sons, the struggle between the temptation and balance of the soul, the duloagy of life, and there always being another side to the story (the prequels of course being the ultimate other side to the story), that were present in the originals. Lucas never changed, you did. (Forgive me if I made any assumptions about your opinions on Star Wars but this comment wasn’t necessarily aimed at you specifically but at the entire culture of people who disrespect George Lucas in spite of him making some of the best movies of all time).
@@BeardLAD like? Oh u miss old Anakin at the end of rotj? Or maybe you like less stormtroopers? Is the movie that much better in poor quality video and with 10 seconds less of xwings?
He's like Walt Disney. He's a brilliant story teller and a once in a generation mind for big picture and scene by scene understanding. But he's a terrible director and and even worse writer. Phantom Menace is, without doubt, the worst of all of the Star Wars movies. Its possibly one of the worst movies ever made, and Lucas wrote and directed it. Carrie Fisher said that Lucas couldn't give direction.
@emario No. Being a good story teller makes you a good producer. It has nothing to do with directing or writing. Empire Strikes Back is, universally, agreed to be the best Star Wars Film, was neither written nor directed by Lucas. He created the story and was in charge of the overall focus of the film. Thats what a producer does.
@emario Yes. Im sure. Jar Jar is the worst character ever created. And Jake Lloyd is the worst actor who has ever been cast in a Star Wars film. The political struggle between the Trade Federation and the Naboo is the best part of the entire movie. And as for which movies make sense... none of them do. It would be impossible for 30 star fighters to destroy the Death Star in IV. I will admit the the plot to the sequels is strange, but there aren't any character or actors that just make you want to heave.
Watching Charlie Rose froth at the mouth because George Lucas doesn't really care he got an award from Washington is highly entertaining.
Actually it's a bit disgusting in the closeups haha
Agreed right. I would have said something similar.
Charlie Rose is obnoxious. Disney gave Lucas 4 billion reasons to walk away from Star wars. Now, he can make whatever movies he wants , no commercial or critical pressures altering his masterpieces. Pander free. Just movie. That's probably why Lucas decided to sell the Star wars franchise. That, and making a big picture like Star wars costs big money. Big money= big pressure. Lucas has done that enough... what kind of movie project is he working on ?
John Dee Agreed, Charlie does it all the time, because his superficial, and an arrogant punk. He thinks that success is based by a bunch of idiots give you an award.
@@dvalentine8947 Well... he ain't doing it anymore!!
There would be no Star Wars without this man, simple as that.
at the current rate there is no longer Star Wars. Just some giant company printing Star Wars themed garbage.
@julian marx wrong. Episode 1,2, and 3 tell the story of how the empire came to be and why the Jedi went nearly extinct. Add the clone wars series to fill the gap between episode 2 and 3 and it all makes sense. Watching the original trilogy on their own makes no sense, it leaves a lot of unanswered questions like how did palpatine gain so much power, how did the Jedi go extinct, where did stormtroopers come from? I love both prequels and original trilogy. Don't delude yourself you clown.
@Silent_Shadow if you like *no* Disney Star Wars content, rather than just the sequels or even just most of their content, I feel like the problem here may be your biases.
@@Silent_Shadow some of it. By no means all of it. People whine about "woke" stuff but really all it is is a female or a non white person. Its just snowflakey garbage from insecure maga men
He knows he made a mistake by selling Star Wars to Disney. If he had just made Episodes 7-9 instead, we would have been better off.
I actually agree with George Lucas here. When he talks about award shows being about being shows and less about the actual artists that win the awards. I think this is why a lot of artists stopped going entirely. These shows just put these events together not to actually celebrate art, but to get views and pump out the most expensive long commercials every 5 minutes. I felt the host was quite rude a number of times telling George Lucas how he should perceive shows and himself, based on wealth and awards. A lot less conversions about his artistic and story telling side, which I'm far more interested in then conversions about gloat. It seems George doesn't really like talking about that either. He's a real artist.
T-Bone I think Charlie Rose was giving Lucas "awards" and "wealth" as a FOIL so Lucas could rebut and express his actual opinions and emotions. Charlie's tone is that of an advocate, a psychologist/friend who goes, "people *say* you are all about the Star Wars toys, wealth, and accolades--but who is the *real* you?" And then creates a safe space to respond. Charlie Rose is (was) a brilliant interviewer, perhaps the best. Also, from personal experience, I can say he was a really nice guy and great listener even with a total stranger like me who isn't famous yet!
@@alexlippard2360 Yes. Yes I totally agree with this. I think that Rose is the best interviewer in the US for the past 40 years.
It reminds me of Ed Bradley asking Bob Dylan how he felt about having Rolling Stone's "best song of all time," and he just scowled and said, well they change that every week. He didn't even show up for the Nobel Prize. I think when you're at the stratospheric level of Lucas or Dylan, and you see how your work permeates the cultural world, awards _would_ seem silly. Awards are important when they help small and middle level artists immensely, giving them exposure and an audience. If you not only have the biggest audience already, but you've literally changed the culture - nothing is greater than that. No form of recognition. You don't want to offend the awards people paying court to you, especially because you don't actually think you're above them, and thay means you can't be honest and say their praise is an inferior form of recognition and mostly uncomfortable and tedious. It's a hard one to feel sympathy for because it's a bit unimaginable, but I can at least understand it.
Thank you for saying this.
That’s what awards are, in my experience. Great big circlejerks. Very rarely about the honors. Mostly about the ceremony.
Why the fuck is Charlie Rose acting like he's grilling an Al Qaida operative.
+Tripp393 Probably so the general audience watching actually understands what Lucas is saying there, since it could be misinterpreted in a lot of ways.
+Tripp393 Part of Charlie's interview style is to articulate public opinion in a way that gets people to explain their position.
+Tripp393 ... Because George Lucas is putting up a wall.
because he's a fanboy of the OT and he's all angsty about Jar Jar.
+Josh James Ah, yes, there's so much going o in those sentences, his words are so "dense" I just can't understand him!! Help!! Mommy!!!!
“Because you have worn all these hats - filmmaker, director, writer, storyteller...uh...technological innovator - what do you want the first line of your obituary to say?”
“I was a great dad.”
I love this man.
That was amazingly unexpected and he really threw Rose off. He tried to get him to say something else instead of accepting his answer.
My directing career was crushed because of my divorce... but this gives me a new perspective, and now I know I have done the right thing, and maybe one day I can get back to directing.
8:58
thank me later 😉
And then Rose comes back and counters him - not a great interviewer, honestly. Kinda a real prick
"Or, I tried" don't forget that part, that is significant.
Charlie Rose is a terrible interviewer. It is so frustrating when he keeps interjecting with what he thinks is the correct answer. Just let the man speak ffs.
Then you let your emotions blind you to what he was actually trying to do.
Exactly my thoughts, too much leading of the witness happening here.
Actually you just have been introduced to how a Jewish person talks in private most of the time.
@@galapagoensis Lol I even think he tried toning it down a bit there too
smart people like George should be interviewed only by their peers. In this case by another director who actually knows what he is talking about, and so can follow the thread.
George Lucas is a genius, a Legend, a national treasure!
Charlie: "It's the Kennedy Center. In Washington DC."
George: "I'd rather have an 'Oh, wow!' from Stephen Spielberg."
This feels more like an interrogation than an interview.
I agree.
@Christian Slater The interviewer is terrible because he's trying to put words in Georges mouth.
@Christian Slater why so aggressively defensive of a sexual predator?
@Christian Slater calm down.
You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor!
It's obvious from what Lucas chooses to discuss that he has far more interest in ideas, art, elements of the human condition, than he does in himself. He strikes me as a man full of creativity, wonder, and curiosity. His films reflect that. Sadly there seem to be far fewer of the qualities present in the people who have come to claim ownership over the Star Wars name, and perhaps their art reflects that, too.
Closest to that is filoni. Sadly i can see Disney as a company intervene in the directors creativity and story telling. Disney is a company that limits what they put out. Hence why creative artist who made shows like the owl house decided to quit working for their company
Nail on the head!
I wish there were more people like George in the world. I wish the film industry would take more chances with movies and focus more on better writing rather than how it looks.
He was in the prime of his career and took 15 years off of making movies to be a dad. Awesome man!
I really want to find this, could i get a timestamp
@@danfog7370 8:59
Still it'd be interesting if Eps 1,2,3 came straight after originals, say 1989, 92, 95... less CGI more acting? Who Knows.
@Charlie Henderson lol "breeder", as if there's something wrong with having a family and taking care of them instead of just caring about money and nothing else
Charlie Henderson pretty sure he made a lot off Star Wars and look at how he’s dressed. I doubt he blew all his money
I love how Charlie kept pushing the “but you’re George Lucas” idea - as if George is a narcissist. When George is being very humble.
Carrie Fisher did the same thing when she interviewed him
Thats why i admire Lucas as an artist.
Most of the time George Lucas is the richest person in the room and he dresses like any other dad
@@DoctorXander He's gonna wear a plaid shirt and jeans until the day he dies.
That’s a sign of a great interviewer!
I found this interview fascinating!
you know when prequel haters cheered that Lucas sold SW to Disney us true SW fans felt like padme when the Senate cheered at when the Empire was formed "so this is how SW dies, with thunderous applause"
Agreed
What this man has made in 77', 80' and 83' is the mindboggling. Truly a man ahead of it's time. The practical effects...dang. I only wish this man would have crossed some other man's paths.
Imagine what we could have had in a new Film Saga.
George's Writing, Tom's Savini's Practical Special Effects, Steven Spielberg's as a director....
A set of NEW actors...All of this shot with "back in the day equipment".
Make this happen y'all.
Watching George's reservation and calmness to Charlie's emotional intensity was very sobering. I have a greater appreciation for him now in several ways.
When he said being a dad was his most important achievement, that made me respect him more than I thought I could.
Yes!
Apparently that's how he was as a director. He seems to bring intensity out of others!
After seeing what Disney did the sequels, I can 100% understand where Lucas is coming from. Star Wars thrived because Lucas went against all the Hollywood culture. He didn't care about the money, the corporations, the pointless red tape, the bureaucracy. Lucas just wanted to make a good movie born form nothing but pure imagination that would touch the hearts of audiences everywhere and he succeeded.
But everything Disney did was the exact opposite of Lucas. They are a soulless cooperation who were bureaucratic to the core. They didn't care about the story, the character, the legacy, the plan, they just cared about the money and their movies are everything Lucas's Star Wars were not. Even those who criticize the prequels can at least admit they had more heart that all the sequels combined.
Man, I feel so bad for George. Star Wars was his baby and the ruined it just to make a quick buck. If I hated the Sequels as much as I did, I can only image how Lucas feels about it.
yeah I'm really disappointed George sold Star Wars to disney. Disney seems like everything he's against.
Same thing happens to RWBY except the creator died.
@@LummyTum It was kind of a forced decision from his part, I think. As he said in the interview, Lucasfilm had at least 2000 employees. He wanted to preserve their jobs and to make sure that to whoever he sells the company, it wouldn't go bankrupt. And Disney was a mammoth, it bought other companies, they had a lot of money and influence. Also, Disney had a Star Wars theme park. And Bob Iger was the CEO. The guy who helped Lucas with the Young Indiana Jones series in the '90s. He trusted him as he trusted Kathleen Kennedy who he knew since the '80s. Lucas was always true to himself and honest. I think he didn't realise that there are no "friendships" in business.
the corporations are the sith deadass
I'm sure the $4 billion Disney paid Lucas for the rights eases his pain a bit.
He made star wars because he wanted to be a dad. He was a dad telling his kids a story.
How the hell do you do an interview with George and not know he doesn’t have an academy award.
Yeah big L
He knew. Was just baiting him into a response. Charley Rose comes with a certain reputation as an interviewer, he's actually quite mild in this.
@@MonkeyspankO this dude is a horrible interviewer. She should just go interview politicians. That's a group of people that need to be pressed for answers.
Poor preparation by Charlie. It's also common knoedge and media is Charlie's full time job.
@@MonkeyspankOCharlie Rose is a disgusting man. He always tried to make every interview about himself. He has a self-righteous entitlement attitude. Even women who worked with him say the same thing....as he sexually violated them.
George Lucas is a genius. And Charlie Rose forgot take his meds.
It was "that time of the month" for poor Charlie!
and you forgot the "to".
These comments made me laugh out loud 🙂
And then The Last Jedi comes out and everyone realises that George wasnt the problem at all....
The Last Jedi being bad doesn’t make the prequels and the special editions not shitty. Saying that ‘he wasn’t the problem at all’ is an asinine statement.
@@onnixcarmichele3911 we were the problem
John Inglis I agree, Kellie Marie-Tran, Rian Jonnson, George Lucas, Hayden Christensen, Jake Lloyd and Ahmed Best's lives have been fucked because of us
psychotictactoe So “George wasn’t the problem” eh? Hmm...tell that to Jar Jar Binks and Hayden Christensen!!
I actualy realised that after I saw The Force Awakens. Even the Last Jedi wasn't as bad as that JJ Abrams dum n' fun spaceship movie.
9:09 I totally didn't expect that response. And I really admire George so much more after hearing his words. I've always admired Lucas but I think he really has so much heart that so many people haven't seen. I imagine a lot of people have a perception of him as a cash grabber but with his genius and innovation in technology, he really is fascinating and such a shame what Disney did since acquiring the rights.
53:33
"Thank you for doing this."
"eH"
George: "I sold it to the white slavers"
Disney: *heavy breathing* perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly?
Hahahhahahah yessss
*Mickey feeling mortal for the first time in his life*
George: breath, that's fear, your no man.
lol
Kathleen Kennedy: "The deal has been altered, pray I don't alter it further."
George and everyone after the Last Jedi: "This deal's getting worse all the time..."
Garrett Whipkey hahahahahhha they Darth Vader for real he lives .....
Charlie Rose needs to chill out lol. If George doesn't care about awards, he doesn't care about awards
Yes! Seems like he was trying to goad him into saying something newsworthy!
@@barbaralast981 Well George certainly made the news with this one... Had to publicly apologize to Disney for his remarks.
@@user-lv7ph7hs7l he did?
@@Osigot www.businessinsider.com/george-lucas-apologizes-for-calling-disney-white-slavers-2015-12?r=DE&IR=T
@@Osigot Gotta turn of adblock, site's a mess but what else do you expect from Business Insider...
What a fantastic man George really is. All the flattery and money doesn’t seem to affect him at all. He just brushes it off! He seems so level headed and astute! I feel very sad for him the way Disney betrayed him. They lead him on believing they were going to make the movies he wanted them to and then did something completely different, which was make corporate movies designed to make as much money as possible - the very epitome of what George hates!! I think he deeply regrets selling Star Wars retrospectively!!
I think he lives in regret as well, it looks to have aged him, as of 2022…. It makes me sad
Yoda raising xwing scene helped me teach my daughter so many lessons when she was 5 and 6,7. From faith to preparing her to not be mentally confused and ruined if I died...or how just because she's a woman and her size is smaller and strength is less it absolutely means nothing and won't hinder her in accomplishing great things. She understood. She's 11 and still mentions how much it helped her understand things if I used star wars things as ways to kinda explain a message I wanted to teach. Good can't come from bad nor bad from good. I promise there is a goodness to him...hes a person of the light.
“First is dad.” Well said, George.
He seems like a good person. He put his career on pause to raise his daughter and he adopted two more children and gave them a home and a family.
Go Russia
proof having money isn't inherenlty evil its what you do with it and how you make it.
@@JeanLucCaptainmoney isn't evil. The love of money is evil.
@@stevenjohnson7720 Why?
@@screencut4237 Greed. Love of Money lead to greed.
9:07 this literally brought tears to my eyes ive always had respect for george lucas but this really is something else. This really is a living legend right here folks
In 2015 Lucas described modern Hollywood, sequels and remakes nothing new!
Rose obviously did his research:
Rose: "You have the Oscars!"
Lucas: "No"
kamuelalee The Irving Thalberg Award is an Oscar; Lucas has that. He’s just never won a competitive Oscar.
adamzanzie the Irving Thalberg award is a bust of the man it’s named after and it’s not given every year. They say it’s the highest honor a producer could ever get by the Academy.
Star Wars without George Lucas is like Lord of the Rings without Tolkien imput and Harry potter without J.K. Rowling. You can't be in one's creative writer's mind.
more like LotR without Peter JAckson and Harry Potter without Christopher Columbus
WartimeConsigliere You've got a point. Adaptations are different than original work though.
Tolkien spent almost half a century creating an entire mythology by himself. "Star Wars" required the input of George Lucas, yes, but also of lots of creative minds, like Ralph McQuarrie, Gilbert Taylor, Paul Hirsch, Richard Chew, Irving Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan, the actors and actresses, John Williams, etc., etc., etc. Lucas couldn't be any further from Tolkien.
mcquarrie only visualized Lucas's ideas. Lucas played a very important role. To say that Lucas didn't while Tolkien did is bs.Nearly every writer is influenced by others and gains input from them.
WartimeConsigliere I agree with you there regarding Chris Columbus. Watching the first two films, it was like the books actually came to life.
Give this man a podcast. For real, I can probably listen to George Lucas speaking about things for hours.
53:33 if you’re from tik tok
bless u
I could listen to George talk like this for hours.
Charlie Rose got all salty when Lucas told him that he doesn't care much for awards lmfao
I don't care much for Rose walking around naked in front of young women.
Miguel Lopez rose is a by the system for the system...things like awards and industry approval make him..but a true artist would never give a damn
@@secretaryofstate1 salute yes...charlie rose is very secret club rich demonic
Versatil Titan 1000%%%
Maybe it's just me but I found Charlie Rose annoying, I would have taken his dumb ass down a few pegs if I was George Lucas.
53:33
How do you tell a story without using words? As a catholic thats what happens every time I walk into a cathederal or basillica. the iconography speaks to you without using words. Very Interesting interview. Thanks for all your hard work George.
A true artist. Never fit in to the Hollywood mold. Never had to either. George created his own galaxy.
no one gives him enough credit for the fully cgi movies he made when no one made those back then even into 2004.....heck many still can't...he put actors on a green screen saved money by making cgi environments so resources weren't wasted like costumes and by experimenting he changed the cgi game and revolutionized how movies could be seen and cgi basically grew because of him from unknown to taught in every school and what everyone uses over practical so he changed the industry and i'm sure the actors appreciated it over having to go places at certain times instead we can just make the film around their acting and get stuff done much quicker...the industry owes lucas..I get it he didn't direct or write the script/screenplay for the best star wars film v empire so many see him as a lucky hack who during a new hope got the best editor to save his shitty directing and people blame him for return sucking cause he wrote the screenplay for it but he changed the game with the prequels and was the first to do so which is what the film industry is all about trying new things being creative not repeating yourself for 6 films..how boring would that be if the new star wars were like the old ones?...he tried new things and experimented...people hating on that are jerks...
@@razkable The prequels weren't even as "cgi filled" as some people think. A lot of the back-grounds were actually models. Episode 3 even had more practical effects than the entirety of the OT.
The prequels are bad, but theres tons of great stuff thats often overlooked because "it has cgi"....
@@timewarpdrive77 You lost me at "The prequels are bad"
@@VinVonVoom Well, the story is good, its just the execution of the story thats a bit.. off. I still enjoy them though!
@@timewarpdrive77 I don't think they're perfect, but they're far from bad. Even though I slightly prefer the OT, it is just as flawed.
"I'm just a simple man trying to make my way through the universe." -George Lucas
You get a warped view of Lucas after listening to CZcams talking heads who's apparent life identity is critiquing every frame of Star Wars. If you actually listen to the man in his own unedited words, he is humble, reflective and original.
Except that time he said the special editions were the original versions
i now understand george lucas. and my respect for him just tripled.
+Justin Allen I totally agree. I kinda got answer to all I wanted to know in this interview.
Couldn't agree more. He's a wonderful bloke.
I always understood him. He's a great writer, an amazing innovator who has propelled what they can do in movies further than anybody else. He's just a mediocre director. Star Wars - A New Hope was ...an ok scifi flick that hasn't aged very well. THEN... we have Empire and Jedi that were amazing, and that have aged almost flawlessly. Lucas didn't direct them. Then came the prequels, which he did direct, and we're back to mediocre again. Just goes to show...
"So why go through all that and get bad reviews, get all those crazy people yelling and screaming, why not just make the movie for yourself and your friends?"
My2Cents His Only flaw is writing unrealistic and terrible dialogue sometimes. Even the OT is riddled with bad lines, but the prequels aren’t bad.
"I made a children's film because I thought I would have more impact on people". That has to be the greatest understatement ever.
I didnt realize how much that highlights humanities mental competence in general and as a whole until you said it like that.
First Last He’s not saying that people are stupid, he’s saying children are the future. And if he wants to make movies for kids to enjoy instead of jaded shitty adults that’s fine by me...
the writings on the wall
Just look what what kind of media sells the most. For example, console games are the biggest seller of video games, which are generally dumbed down and casualized to painful levels to someone who is use to more complex, or at least slightly challenging kinds of video games.
Movies, (or even news) a lot of them are so cliche and dumbed down and over simplified portrayals that they break from a consistent representation of society . People think everyone who is muslim might want to kill them if they're at an airport, they think every pedophile is a serial killer than wants to kill their children, and is a white old male. They think everyone on the internet is trying to kill you , but if you meet them in person, they're somehow more or less safe than if you meet them on the internet, as if its a separate set of human beings from a parallel universe.
Humanity by and large is stupid, under applies themselves, and is shortsighted. Even the smarter ones often fall short and dont use their noggin as much as they could.
Humanity is dumb, but compared to what? It's not like anything else on this rock is smarter.
Compared to be smart enough not to make so many mistakes.
There is a scale of potential of intelligence. Overall, humanity has a lot of room for improvement.
I can honestly say I am just as depressed now as I was the day I heard about him selling to Disney. We knew what they would do and they have. 😑
I truely believed it would trun out bad from the first time I heard that Star Wars was being sold to Disney. I do wonder though if George Lucas didn't do on purpose to tell all those who screamed that they hated the prequels and bashed them non stop. By selling to Disney and letting them do their Dark Magic to it he has shown that this is what happens when someone doesn't care about Star Wars and that it could be much worse (Disney). By doing this he has made many who hated the prequels start to say they were far better than they originally thought of them.
@@whitedragon153 🤔hmm. I dunno if he'd do it just out of spite, especially since he let's fans get away with so much. If like to think he wouldn't do that. As a writer myself, I've gotten plenty of criticism and never been spiteful. A bit ticked at what ppl wrote, undoubtedly, but it comes with the territory. 🤷♀️
@@christina113704 He sells it to Disney because if he keeps making these Star Wars movies, Then it will harm his co-workers from over-stress and capitalism.
I never thought it would turn out this bad; wayyy worse than I imagined. I really try like hell to like the new shit like Obi Wan...but I could barely get through it and I haven't seen the last two films...
Gonna check out Rogue One and Madalorian before I cancel my Disney+ 😔
@@karnagefails333 Rogue One was pretty good!
53:33 🏃♀️
Interviewer: These are not the answers I'm looking for
George Lucas: What you think you're some kind of Jedi waving your hand around like that? I'm the creator of Star Wars, mind tricks don't work on me.
😂🤣😂
Lucas, I am your interviewer
@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi hello there
@@DarkLordofTheSith69 hahaaa good 1
"Because you wore all these hats Director, Writer, Storyteller, technological innovator; what do you want the first line of your obituary to say?
"That I was a great Dad."
We love you George.
What I really dislike about Disney is that they took classic European Fairytale stories from the public domain themselves and now they sue everyone into the ground for even mentioning Micky Mouse. Nintendo does the same thing. It's really hypocritical and kinda pisses me off, because art always inspires new art and no idea is truly 100% new.
I desperately want to know the story ideas George Lucas had for 7, 8 & 9.
George we neeed you back
Rip :(
i legit think he had started writing up a script (or whatever) for the new jedi order story line. theres a vanity fair video with Jar Jar abrams where george asks him "what happened to darth vaders grandchildren?" the context of the exchange suggests that there was another story line set up that Jar Jar knew about but tossed aside without prejudice. cause he thought he could do better to which i say *LOL FUCK NO! BUDDY*
Phone home!
Oh wait, different movie
No we don't. They would suck
I don't remember all of it but i remember he wanted to introduce the whills which would further expand on the logic of medichlorians
starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Whills_(community)
Wasnt expecting George to get so metaphysical, mans got alot on his mind. He kept avoiding talking about himself or his movies and kept dwelving into the concept of art and society and control.
The man made THX1138. He's got a message. The prequels are filled with parallels about American politics and foreign policy
Tells you more about Rose. Thought he won an Oscar. No I haven't.
I believe he is in a place you could never reach man.
You need to look at and understand his early work. He is creative and experimental, clearly intelligent and understands that there is a level of popcorn, bullshit, manipulation and control in the industry he wants to work in (film and storytelling) so what he essentially did was play them to the point where he was wealthy and successful enough to then say - f**k it - I'll do what I want now. And don't forget - government and corporations run the media ultimately and don't like free thinkers at all (read John Lennon's back story and the efforts set against him by those running America towards destroying his character and deportation). It's no surprise at all that Lucas has had negative press. So has Mel Gibson (who tried to take them on). And Shia LaBeouf.
It shows he's a healthy human being. Our society is very narcissistic.
He doesn't need Oscar, he has our Hearts :)
George Lucas and Hideo KOJIMA - the two people outside of my family who raised me through their work.
Thank you for all the joy you’ve brought me and still bring me, every time I watch Star Wars, and all the good ideas you seeded, about selfishness and selflessness, about fear, about how governments get corrupted and how people even after a lifetime of genocide can still redeem themselves, if they act genuinely selfless.
George Lucas is a incredibly brilliant man. I think in some ways he's just a regular guy who enjoys being a father, auto enthusiast, mechanic, an affinity for 1950's and 60's Americana.
That's where American Graffiti was inspired from. Absolutely loved that film!
The other side is this creative visionary genius that captured the world's attention and made us all look up at the stars at night and think about a galaxy from a long time ago and far far away. Thank you George Lucas for sharing your imagination and brilliance with the world. I was 7 years old when Star Wars came out and I've been a fan ever since. The world you created captured the hearts and minds of billions of people. You have done exceptionally well!
D J Tanner ....well said. I treasured the musical score. I was maybe 10 years old. My family was very poor. To have the record was amazing to me! I later went on to become a DJ. I am an admirer of George Lucas.
George Lucas is an ass he won't even release the original star wars trilogy on blu ray and he fucked up indiana jones with the crystal skull movie. I can't wait until he dies because they might release the original theatrical versions of the movies.
your a dipshit George lucas wouldn't even have come up with star wars if it wasn't for Gary Kurtz and after their falling out after empire strikes back star wars has been going down hill since.
george lucas had a lot of help from Gary Kurtz in American Graffiti too. I'm not saying he is a bad guy but u dont go and change ur fucking movies 10 to 15 years after u make them and then say they r the true movies. Now when my kids watch star wars they have the see all the bad shit in the original movies and trust me they can notice the shit in the movies and their only 7. I can't wait to see if disney will release the originals because they just bought fox which has the rights to them. PS I think disney is going to fuck them up too. Revenge of the jedi would have been a way better movie but george fucked it up to make more money on toys. by the way if u dont know what revenge of the jedi is it is return of the jedi just a changed story and the reason for their falling out. Harrison ford wasn't even happy about the changes that were made because he was supposed to die in revenge of the jedi.
...and, among others, Akira Kurosawa - He and his work succeeded despite him.
the interviewer was more aggressive than George was.
+Bob Bobby right? Charlie seems really aggressive hear. like this is an interrogation at some points.
aggressive in blowing George Lucas is that what you mean?😲
Angel Marley well, that's not really what I meant personally, but I can see where youre coming from.
+Bob Bobby The main reason we hate George Lucas is most of his accolades are unwarranted,namely he's the biggest bullshit artist,when crazy George is let loose with no criticism and input from others,not only did we get the mess that is the prequels but way before that it was the confusing mess THX1138 but when he is given limitations and take criticism and input from others we do get great
film like American Graffiti.
New Hope was successful not because Lucas was some"genius"it because he surrounded himself with talented people namely his three editors that took the mess of his 1st cut and did what they could to fix it,had the original cut went out in '77 the film would have failed.
The Star War sequels are so praised(mostly just Empire)is because Lucas didn't direct them,but crazy George did have to screw with Jedi by changing Wookiees from the original script to stupid Ewoks to sell more toys.I knew the prequels were going to be bad(I just didn't know how bad)because I'm probability the only person that remember that crazy George had given us the garbage that was Howard the Duck.I only saw Episode 1 for free since someone bought me a ticket and after it left a bad taste in my mouth I refused to watch Episode 2 and Episode 3 in the cinema after that.
The original Star Wars Trilogy is a pop culture phenomenon(before crazy George tampered with it)and still is but to have people say the films are flawless are only kidding themselves(seriously did no one notice the battery cable going up Alec Guinness's(Obi Wan)arm to his Light Saber during the Darth Vader fight in New Hope it in all versions even the Special Editions,even crazy George missed it and once you see it you can't un-see it,I bet everybody missed it.)
+Squidward Tentacles THX 1138 was really good whatch'a smoking?
"thank you for doing this!"
"øûëh"
It took me a long time but I think I finally understand. It's not about the awards. Sometimes you just have an idea and you have to make it. It compels you. That's what it's about. That's why George didn't want to focus on making "popular" movies. He did care about his friends going "wow", though. His films were art, unlike any we've seen in a long while and art is meant to invoke feelings and reactions and so many more indescribable things. That's why it mattered when his friends reacted to them. They understood the movies because they were fellow artists and when they said "wow", it wasn't cold and professional, it's because they appreciated his art. I'm lost for words and my respect for George is immeasurable.
The only other movie that made me absolutely amazed at what I was witnessing was The Matrix. Wasn't old enough to see a new hope in theaters but watching the Matrix seems like the closest thing.
After 5 years of the Mouse, I can honestly say he was right
Anakin, what are you doing? Don't you have some sand to hate? Lol
Can you order 66 on the mouse please Ani?
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!
@@jkdbuck7670 don’t you have an idiot sandwich to make
@@everythingdibs344 we got a real edgelord right here, ladies and gentlemen
49:58 is where he calls them white slavers
Missing Mysteries Thank you
THANK YOU!!!! Damn this interview is pure torture.
This should be higher up in the comment tree.
*Get 'em Lucas!*
At the very end unfortunately.
I'm not going to lie, I teared up a bit when he talked about himself being a Dad first and foremost.
George Lucas is a national treasure and will be remembered in history. I truly appreciate you George. What I would give to have an hour of your time and have a conversation.
I love George. Especially when he called disney out for what they are lmao. When asked about his achievements he just says "I was a good dad" like bro that melts my heart
Kezia Naomi you look like sophie kitten or kitten sophie whatever her name is
you look amazing
Bet you were first in line to see TROS
And yet he sold star wars to them....🤔
@@radicallybean lol hitting on a girl...in a CZcams comment section. Sad
45:20 - Talks about the sequels
50:00 - "White Slavers"
You're the real hero
Thanks.
Who cares. I like to hear all what he has to say not just those parts.
Carlos Manzo thx
The force is strong with this one
l.
“I was a great dad” i look up to this man…
Yo, George is so dope...Listen to what he’s saying.
“You come up with an artistic problem, then create the technology to find a solution. Art is technology on all levels.” WOW. speaking from an artist.
I get the point although, I disagree agree ( if that is his point in the first place) about the artistic problem thing I don't think all problem / technologies came from artistic problem, ( ofc he might just be talking about problems / technologies in art / media )
I don't think it makes sense to say that technology is art on all levels. Sometimes it is created to resolve an artistic problem and and most of the times it is created to resolve a non-artistic problem. Either way, a problem exists and then the technology to resolve the issue is then developed.
@@maxfelson9467 I resonate well with him. It is the opposite... scientists are artists. Da Vinci was an artist as well as a scientist. Scientists creates technologies to solve scientific problems, for example they made a particle collider at CERN to see if gravitons actually exists. they are fundamentally the similar beings.
@@guicho271828 it was used to be blurier but I'm afraid artist nowadays aren't also a scientist
@@maxfelson9467 From 3D printing, and CNC machining, to the interwebs, Photoshop, video editing, etc... lotsa luck trying to be an artist these days WITHOUT knowing some tech and 'science'.
Dude seemed pretty upset that George just doesn't care much about the Kennedy Center awards haha
hahaha lol
いkr
Yeah, I was like, "calm down it's just an award".
GL -"I was a good Dad... or tried..."..... CR -"but would one of THOSE come first?" .... GL -"First is Dad" --Enter my NEW Hero....
"Disney wanna make movies for the fans" Cut to the OG three never sharing screen-time together, killing Han, killing Luke (literally & figuratively).. throwing six movies of established lore out the window.. aye good job.
I wish i could go back in time and prevent George from selling SW to Disney.
@Human Rocket well the reason cause we fuck hated the prequels which dislike him making the next lot and now we fucked up
Crimson blitzer--who else could afford it but Disney??
It comes down to money, They offered it and He took it, It's a business period.
@@justinb954 MGM, Fox, Sony, and Paramount
Person@If these were 1 company maybe. Sony could maybe buy Lucas out but MGM, 20th Fox, and Paramount are mere shells of what they once were. There are merely distribution companies providing distribution deals & studio space. Now 60 years ago before the great fall of studios they actually made movies and distributed them. Not today. Now WB is still powerful and bought the DC comics world.
You never know how good something actually was till it’s gone man.
Really? I always knew that the six original Star Wars films were awesome!
@@fundhund62 still don't like episode 2 and 3, but I'm beginning to apreciate them more after these 2 new movies
@@iac8757 you dont like 2 and 3, but like episode 1? lol
Everything was bearable until Disney. Sure, some things could be better, but Disney plunged it so deep into the abyss.
@@iac8757 Star Wars Episode 3 is the greatest Star Wars film ever made.
53:33 You’re welcome people from TickTock
It’s a complete waste of time it wasn’t even that funny
thanks, yeah it wasn't even funny
“ah🐭…”
Disney is not canon for me.
2012 was the end of the world
Disney Star Wars is total and utter garbage.
And legends is. All they had to do is make movies based on preexisting and superior content (plus they'd have saved money).
Just fodder
Disney is canon. Deal with it, crybaby snowflake.
Star Wars without George Lucas is like Christmas without Santa Clause
Disney = JACK FROST. Disney canon timeline = NORth PoLE RESOrt.
Christmas without want a claus= awesome
What are you talking about Lucas IS Santa 😂
star wars christmas
Or you know... Jesus Christ?
As an artist, I resonate alot with what George says in the interview. In the end, the man just wants to create things. He brings his vision to life, be it failure or success, and then move on. No amount of money is better than the joy of creation.
@53:33 for any TikTokkers wondering
I have never come across a more aggressive and offputting interviewer before.
Guests are always better than the interviewer, can' t believe how some of them get jobs as hosts.
watch Francis ford Coppola’s interview, It was more aggressive...and hosted by Charlie rose too
@@saberiandream316 I take him as more of an INTJ. You really think an INFP would have the perfectionist mentality that Goerge has? The man rebooted his own movies because they weren't quite the way he wanted them. He also started his own company from scratch and made some of the most innovative advancements in technology just so he could make the films he wanted. Let's be honest, most INFPs are too lazy to even write a script, let alone direct the movie. ;)
NARDWUAR
@@thealgorerhythm9379 Nardwuars awesome fuck off with your bad opinion that no one agrees with
George is the Jedi Master of Hollywood. He doesnt let the dark side enter his mind and keep his mind on hope, honesty, honor, positivity, freedom, etc. What an inspiration.
As a 90s kid born in '88, I grew up with VHS tape Star Wars and constant TV premiers of Episode 4,5,6. My mother bought me so much Star Wars toys that I used to sit in my room and make up mock battles on my bedroom carpet with them. I can still remember those days today in my old houses. Nearly every stick I found in my backyard with my friends we made mock lightsaber battles. This guy made many kids across the globe happy and allowed us kids to use our imagination for all these cool battles in person. When Episode 1,2,3 were released I was still hooked on the franchise as much as my childhood. I still absolutely love Star Wars. Unfortunately as I've grown older I've seen the flaws in the prequels such as the bad dialogue and all, but that hasn't shifted my perspective for the franchise. I still love all the movies to this day. The only ones I don't like are those awful sequels.
I am from 98 too, got into Star Wars later but did Lego mock fights like you, thanks for reminding me of simpler times.
It's 2019, and I would love to see a new movie by George Lucas.
Only if Ron Howard and Harrison Ford were in it...with special guest Robert Duvall.
I agree I would love to see his vision for the last three movies.
It be interesting if they adapted them as graphic novels. That is if the treatments haven’t been shredded.
@Nekid Snek9000 I genuinely never understood the hate those movies got. I loved em all.
VFX Todd agreed