George Lucas essentially created CGI with the birth of Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) in 1975. So the Original Star Wars movie became the first live-action film to use CGI just two years later, on May 4th, 1977. Even now, more than four decades later, it is still hard to believe that it was the first after many more legendary films used CGI.
I respect George Lucas because he suffered near death when the top half of his ribcage was crushed in a car crash. That kind of thing gives people special insights
@@LordVader1094 i think i was just calling the animated clone wars kind of goofy version of the prequels, but its also more enjoyable at times, its a long time ago and ive changed since then but i am just guessing that is what i meant... sorry if i was a bit strange or unable to fully translate that satisfyably
Would love to see a version of the full film made completely with the footage from the cheap video camera using old props and editorial assistants as actors.
I got my girlfriend to agree to watch star wars by watching the ‘empire of dreams’ documentary! She actually said “well now we have to watch it”. She actually seems excited. I’m stoked
Something I've noticed, but haven't seen anyone point out. Anakin's evolution is marked in 4 movies by a vehicle based scene. In ep1 it was the speeder race, in ep2 the civilian speeder chwse, ep3 the Jedi fighter opening scene, episode 4 his tie fighter chase in the trench run sequence.
@@ssssssssssssssssss50 It's more of a stylistic evolution. As a kid, Anakin's life took place in a Biblical, Ben-Hur kind of environment. As a teenager, he's more of a James Dean type racing around in American Graffiti-style hot rods. By the time of Episode III, he's a grizzled war hero flying around in what's basically a fighter jet.
Fun Trivia: Peter Jackson around the same time Lucas was starting to use Pre-Vis, Jackson had to splice shots together for the effects and miniatures department and used one of the Helms deep models along with purchasing every plastic soldier on the New Zealand Island to recreate the shoots he needed. And it to was made shot for shot.
Not only were the prequels groundbreaking technical achievements, but they expanded the Star Wars universe more than any other installment in the saga. I wish Disney learned something from them instead of throwing out everything and creating the blandest story they could think of.
Disney literally has used the techniques of Attack of the Clones to make Marvel films for over a decade now. Every single scene pretty much is anamatic-ed JUST like this film. You don't know what you're talking about.
@@adamlevine6700 I'm not. It's cool to see the process of how these films came to be and to see the tech and new tools they developed. I'm not crazy for the finished product but it's interesting to see how the behind the scenes was closer to an indie/student film rather than a standard Hollywood blockbuster
@@kneelbeforezak Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha. They basically let the actors walk in front of a bluescreen. They even admit it, they had NO sets. Where the fuck is this indie film? Are you insane?
@@christianschmidt8476 Experimenting with new tech? Not following a standard production process likw most major motion pictures? Just because they're in front of a blue screen doesn't mean the behind the scenes isn't similar to an independent film.
There were some truly epic scenes in the clone war. There’s one scene of a bunch of storm troopers from behind, firing into basically haze, that is just *it*. They really kicked some ass on that.
Eleven Claws Irvin Kershner and Lawrence kasdan, as well as Richard Marquand. And we can’t give the editing team of the original Star Wars enough credit. They gave that movie its iconic sense of pacing
Suman Roy The prequels where groundbreaking technical achievements for the time. Say what you want about CGI but it’s waaay better then the puppet Yoda lmao
@@Sopeclan I'm actually being serious. With the amount of work ILM does for Disney, it was probably cheaper in the long run to just buy them out. There's a reason they're the gold standard for visual effects work and yeah the prequels really demonstrate that. Especially episode 3. That opening shot of the...Space Battle, is still jaw dropping.
It’s funny to think people were so critical of the prequels using so much CGI over practical, yet now, a lot of big budget movies use just as much or more CGI (especially marvel movies). I’ll always prefer practical to CG, but there’s no denying that George was way ahead of Hollywood again with the prequels
A bit too far ahead though. The Clone army at the end looks animated. The stormtroopers in the original look more real. The thing with cgi is that it's very easy for it took almost real, and so create an uncanny valley
For everyone wishing they could see an entire star-wars movie worth of goofy pre-vis and stand-ins: go check out Star Wars: Uncut. It’s the closest we’re likely to get.
@@richy12377 ... well i have a actual theory that George Lucas has certain gifts... abilities if you will i also wouldnt be surprised if he was bored and told them to use subtle digital effects across the film to alter peoples bodies slightly to see if anyone notices
His neck and jawline have changed and evolved over the decades. It's so distracting I feel bad, but I can't stop staring at his neck when he's on screen.
It’s because in 2020 he has more weight on him which covers his neck and his chin more so that’s why in this old footage from 20 years ago his neck looks longer
This stuff fascinates me because I am was way mental rather than visual. I think the most powerful sfx are the ones you can create by tapping into the million bit graphics processors every audience member has built in.
People may have mixed opinions about the prequel films, but I was blown away when I saw Yoda fight with a lightsaber for the first time. Love all starwars films that Lucas made 1-6. Disney trilogy I have mixed feelings for those movies.
The prequels are very beautyful movies. Well made with heart. The aestetics are absolutely sublime. This kind of deep thinking we do not get from the morons in Disney. They lack heart and mind and have noting personal invested. In short they do not give a shit except for money.
@@8888stealth yeah, they were credited, but I can't even name 5 of the people who worked tirelessly on these special effects. I know John Knoll but the rest are still unknown compared to George Lucas
@@8888stealth If the fanbase gave the production team as much credit as george, we wouldn't have to memorize their names. VFX artists are some of the least respected in the film industry in my opinion
So for previs of the Coruscant speeder chase, the speeder Anakin and Obi-Wan ride was Luke’s XP-34 landspeeder from “A New Hope”? That’s incredible! Wonder what happened to that vehicle after they finished making this film.
".... And to have dialogue at that porn". Hell of a Freudian Slip. Perhaps he was sending a message to fans about what he was going to be directing after he got done with Star Wars.
@@yosemiteyosemi488 After watching the sequel trilogy, he asked Dave Filoni, Jon Favreau, and Steven Spielberg to buy the franchise back from Disney and re-write the sequels.
its kinda crazy, i feel like if he had waited ten years VFX would have been at the level that i think these films deserved. imagine the new trilogy level of VFX with George's prequel story.
i should mention i totally understand that ILM kinda pioneered modern VFX so maybe without these prequel movies made at the time they were made who knows how far along we would be.
"What George does, then Jim Cameron will do, and that'll turn everybody and make it even bigger then Spielberg will do it and Zemeckis and Ron Howard..." Damn, Rick was pretty damn close. Attack of the Clones The Golden Compass Avatar Solo: A Star Wars Story
I love original trilogy,I like prequels. Original trilogy is amazing,especially when we know that they are made in 1977-1983. I love models,and sets that are real. The Phantom Menace is my childhood movie,so I just can't hate it. I think Attack of the clones is the weakest of all of the 6 movies,but I love last 30 minutes. We finally see some jedis in action. Revenge of the sith is amazing by it self. But I want to be movie director,and if I ever become,I will try to use real sets,prostetics and models more than CGI. Why? Well,I want to filming be interesting,for actors and for everyone. Because it is just there. CGI in star wars looks great,but just because of the actors and crew,it is much better to use prostetics and real sets
LordOf TheBricks It's up to you I rather find a way to keep the practical and the vfx balance or do 3D animation then suffering from people spitting on the future 😁
" The kinetic energy of the movie had picked up to the point where we were starting to get some momentum, and to stop and have dialogue at that point just didn't work". Wish he had thought that more often
There are not a lot of movies I have ever seen with environments dominated by CGI. The only two non Star Wars movies I know of like that are Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and 300.
"They were churning out 30, 40 shots a day", says Rick. That, along with other similar language used in this doc, says it all! Fill the screen with bewildering computer generated action scenes for as long as you can people and let's save money. Sorry, thanks for putting in the work everyone but I just don't watch the prequels, anymore. They are as empty as the screen voids they were filmed in, to me
It just shows that you can have ground breaking technology, clear cut pre-production, and a massive budget but it all comes down to a well written script. I love George and his amazing imagination but I wish he could have honed his writing skills or allow a script doctor to iron things out.
There are three prequels and two sequels, that’s kinda not fair. Personally I think Attack of the Clones is the worst one for many reasons but I love TPM and RotS so yeah the prequels are better.
I respect George very much for what he has achieved, and certainly this was the beginning of a new way to do cinema. However, when he says "it's like a painting", he forgets that a painter works alone. Actors need more than a blue-screen to work with. The shot where Sam Jackson jumps from the clone ship and approaches a clone is a pretty bad performance.
I wasn't expecting miracles when ep I and the rest came out, since "New hope" and the sequels had been some of the greatest movies ever made, were complete movie magic and obviously once in a lifetime level of cinema, that even George Lucas said took so much out of him he had to literally be hospitalized for exhaustion after Ep IV... so obviously George put his heart and soul in the first trilogy. Now I wasn't exactly expecting that from eps I-3 since that kind of innovation is more rare than unicorns and the man shouldn't damage his health over science fiction movies, but even so...I was kind of hoping they'd be just a BIT better than they were. Instead the ultimate product? Just MEH., story was MEH, the characters were low key dull and inspired not wonder but tedium, and that fucking Jar jar thing?! ($#%@!!) The special effects were amazing, the essence of star wars, of course, but that's all there was to the movie experience and full stop. You didn't care about the characters, the action, the plot etc. because you CAN'T, the elements just aren't there, and the overwhelming feeling was one of watching beautiful boredom. Effects were awesome, the overall movie experience, MEH. And the ones coming out now in 2019? Cue JAR JAR ABRAMS!
eh, dooku and jar jar were supposed to be the same person... and he wanted to get prince to consider playing jar jar.... it may have changed everything, maybe, but prince didnt want to wear a face mask unfortanately, would have changed... everything
Ep IV was so good it became just the first hit of cinematic crack that made it the huge phenomenon it was - for a world back then (that was extremely dull by today's standards) almost completely devoid of, and starving for really, REALLY good sci fi (and really good movies in general) ep IV was the biggest thing of 1977 in a way that no movie can ever hope to be today... but even trying as hard as i can to like them, I can't feel anything but meh for the prequels and sequels. Star wars" is just another franchise, another Disney cash cow, another consumer product cranked out with all the indifference of Big Macs or toothpaste - and the quality of which will be deliberately manipulated up and down all based on the quarterly financial outlook last year. When even Hamill says the magic is gone - and means it - that tells me everything about the future of this cinematic world.
Interesting to observe that the vfx people who made 1977 star wars looked like bohemian hippies, musicians and artists. The people who made the prequels look like middle management in a faceless insurance office.
there is more creativity, fun and interesting environments in the prequels than all of the originals. people praise movies with cgi but hate on star wars. who cares the originals had some horrible effects. claymation tauntauns? really? the walkers were good but the tauntauns were Skippy. ewoks? oh gosh I'll take jar jar anyday over children and midgets running around a jungle in carpet
George and his team truly were the pioneers of modern VFX
George Lucas essentially created CGI with the birth of Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) in 1975. So the Original Star Wars movie became the first live-action film to use CGI just two years later, on May 4th, 1977. Even now, more than four decades later, it is still hard to believe that it was the first after many more legendary films used CGI.
@@beyondlimitationsvideo I don't know if this link is reliable, but if it is, I still believe Lucas was the first famous filmmaker to use CGI.
Don't you mean are
@@mikeor- you're wrong. The first time ilm used chemical in live action was in willow.
I respect George Lucas because he suffered near death when the top half of his ribcage was crushed in a car crash. That kind of thing gives people special insights
I used to watch these so damn often. These old AOTC documentaries are so relaxing to me that they almost feel like a lullaby.
I'd love to see that rough-cut, goofy version of the film with all the editors and assistants as stand-ins.
i take it you didnt watch the 3d animated clone wars, you should watch it, you should also watch the mandalorian
@@aurorauplinks What does that have to do with OP's comment, lol
@@LordVader1094 i think i was just calling the animated clone wars kind of goofy version of the prequels, but its also more enjoyable at times, its a long time ago and ive changed since then but i am just guessing that is what i meant... sorry if i was a bit strange or unable to fully translate that satisfyably
@@aurorauplinks Season 7 is the darkest season and also that ending really tears me up....
I would pay so much money to see it. It looks like one of those early early youtube videos made by a bunch of roommates in college.
Would love to see a version of the full film made completely with the footage from the cheap video camera using old props and editorial assistants as actors.
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I got my girlfriend to agree to watch star wars by watching the ‘empire of dreams’ documentary! She actually said “well now we have to watch it”. She actually seems excited. I’m stoked
George is a visionary.
9:27 "And to stop at the dialogue at that porn"
LOL I Heard that too haha
+Håkon Bergseth haha he said dialogue!
The dialoge in your average porn is still better than A Phantom Menace 😂
Zoomer30 still on that 20 year old bandwagon?
@@jansimacek5084 Yea, for someone with "Zoomer" in their name they are seriously making a Boomer tier old tired joke, lol.
Somehow this became one of my favorite Star Wars movies.
Same
Something I've noticed, but haven't seen anyone point out. Anakin's evolution is marked in 4 movies by a vehicle based scene. In ep1 it was the speeder race, in ep2 the civilian speeder chwse, ep3 the Jedi fighter opening scene, episode 4 his tie fighter chase in the trench run sequence.
Nice observation, but I wouldn't call going from a pod-racer(basically a F1 car) to a civie convertable an evolution
@@ssssssssssssssssss50 It's an evolution of the character, not the vehicles.
@@LordVader1094 i get that, but a character evolution would typically be from civilian type vechile to F1 type. Not the other way around
@@ssssssssssssssssss50 It's more of a stylistic evolution. As a kid, Anakin's life took place in a Biblical, Ben-Hur kind of environment. As a teenager, he's more of a James Dean type racing around in American Graffiti-style hot rods. By the time of Episode III, he's a grizzled war hero flying around in what's basically a fighter jet.
@@nineleafclover I was about to comment that I didn't really see the symbolism in the different ships, but you did a great job explaining it.
Fun Trivia: Peter Jackson around the same time Lucas was starting to use Pre-Vis, Jackson had to splice shots together for the effects and miniatures department and used one of the Helms deep models along with purchasing every plastic soldier on the New Zealand Island to recreate the shoots he needed. And it to was made shot for shot.
I always enjoyed the prequels.
I love real Star Wars. underrated movies for sure
Not only were the prequels groundbreaking technical achievements, but they expanded the Star Wars universe more than any other installment in the saga.
I wish Disney learned something from them instead of throwing out everything and creating the blandest story they could think of.
disney just wanted to make money the “safe” way
Thank you LEP Animations, I completely agree. disney star wars = poop
Disney literally has used the techniques of Attack of the Clones to make Marvel films for over a decade now. Every single scene pretty much is anamatic-ed JUST like this film. You don't know what you're talking about.
The animated side of disney star wars is good
Episode 2 is the most visually stunning episode for me.
For me too, it's stunning how fake everything looks.
@@christianschmidt8476 How brave of you to say.
And the sound effects
the space tick picnic was so stunning lol
@@nineleafclover Yet he is not wrong. That CGI looks terrible and no longer can cover the awful plot, characters and screenplay.
Say what you will about the prequels but this is amazing. Its like a big budget indie flick
@@adamlevine6700 I'm not. It's cool to see the process of how these films came to be and to see the tech and new tools they developed. I'm not crazy for the finished product but it's interesting to see how the behind the scenes was closer to an indie/student film rather than a standard Hollywood blockbuster
@@kneelbeforezak Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha. They basically let the actors walk in front of a bluescreen. They even admit it, they had NO sets. Where the fuck is this indie film? Are you insane?
@Carlos Well, it's exactly what I said. Lmfao.
@Carlos I did. Lol.
@@christianschmidt8476 Experimenting with new tech? Not following a standard production process likw most major motion pictures? Just because they're in front of a blue screen doesn't mean the behind the scenes isn't similar to an independent film.
I MAY HAVE THIS ON DVD BUT I STILL WATCH IT.
What is Rick McCallum's obsession with lunch?
its so dense
@@wwb16 I could go for a dense ass chicken salad sandwich right about now.
"we did it before lunch" PMSL! 😂
Lunch is so dense, every chicken salad sandwich has so many things going on
Lunch is great. It's like poetry so that it rhymes.
"Huge Plasma Screens" = About the size of a postage stamp when compared to 2019.
Episode 7,8,9 are from our time period, but they're shit compared to episode 1,2,3. Tech doesn't always make a movie better.
There were some truly epic scenes in the clone war. There’s one scene of a bunch of storm troopers from behind, firing into basically haze, that is just *it*. They really kicked some ass on that.
Clone troopers.
Today's technology will give you everything, but it all boils down to the person telling the story, and that would be George Lucas...
Best person for the job
Eleven Claws Irvin Kershner and Lawrence kasdan, as well as Richard Marquand. And we can’t give the editing team of the original Star Wars enough credit. They gave that movie its iconic sense of pacing
Look at the technology they had then and compare that to the final product of AOTC. I don’t care what anyone says, this movie was a masterpiece.
Episode II ranks number ONE for me!
The VFX of these films still look amazing in 2022
Too bad the movie looks like it's smeared in Vaseline.
@@JDoe-gf5ozI noticed that too, why is that?
Episode 1-3 are the best films
Watching this after reading the Glassdoor employee reviews of Lucasarts is slightly upsetting.
The ending was so cool haha
The prequels are the story of George Lucas building a billion dollar animation company.
Suman Roy The prequels where groundbreaking technical achievements for the time. Say what you want about CGI but it’s waaay better then the puppet Yoda lmao
@@Sopeclan I think the empire puppet works. But ilm is unbeaten
Sope Clan™ I prefer puppet yoda. Ilm did really good with the puppeteering
@@Sopeclan I'm actually being serious. With the amount of work ILM does for Disney, it was probably cheaper in the long run to just buy them out.
There's a reason they're the gold standard for visual effects work and yeah the prequels really demonstrate that. Especially episode 3. That opening shot of the...Space Battle, is still jaw dropping.
And how thanks to all the revenues, he just kept pushing the technology with The Clone wars
It’s funny to think people were so critical of the prequels using so much CGI over practical, yet now, a lot of big budget movies use just as much or more CGI (especially marvel movies). I’ll always prefer practical to CG, but there’s no denying that George was way ahead of Hollywood again with the prequels
A bit too far ahead though. The Clone army at the end looks animated. The stormtroopers in the original look more real. The thing with cgi is that it's very easy for it took almost real, and so create an uncanny valley
I really hope all the content on the PT DVDS get upgraded!!! Best special features EVER!!!
I kinda like Pre-Vis Anakin and Obi-Wan.
It had to be so stressful
I love Attack of the Clones - IDC if you disagree my opinion
omg same it’s just as good as rots if u ask me, just not as intense
“Then we put HUGE plasma screen TVs in front of the actors”
*shows 42 in tv*
Kris B might I suggest yoga for all that built up anger!
For everyone wishing they could see an entire star-wars movie worth of goofy pre-vis and stand-ins: go check out Star Wars: Uncut. It’s the closest we’re likely to get.
It's SO dense.
Every single imagine has so many things going on.
Fucking epic work!!!
4:03 is it just me or does lucas have a longer neck
Bendy Bronco Digital effects
@@richy12377 ... well i have a actual theory that George Lucas has certain gifts... abilities if you will
i also wouldnt be surprised if he was bored and told them to use subtle digital effects across the film to alter peoples bodies slightly to see if anyone notices
His neck and jawline have changed and evolved over the decades. It's so distracting I feel bad, but I can't stop staring at his neck when he's on screen.
It’s because in 2020 he has more weight on him which covers his neck and his chin more so that’s why in this old footage from 20 years ago his neck looks longer
What was I doing 7 years ago, I love this channel how did I miss it
This stuff fascinates me because I am was way mental rather than visual. I think the most powerful sfx are the ones you can create by tapping into the million bit graphics processors every audience member has built in.
People may have mixed opinions about the prequel films, but I was blown away when I saw Yoda fight with a lightsaber for the first time. Love all starwars films that Lucas made 1-6. Disney trilogy I have mixed feelings for those movies.
The prequels are very beautyful movies. Well made with heart. The aestetics are absolutely sublime. This kind of deep thinking we do not get from the morons in Disney. They lack heart and mind and have noting personal invested. In short they do not give a shit except for money.
I can't go to any Star Wars video on CZcams without seeing comments from people always taking shots at the latest movies. I CAN'T.
The last jedi and rouge one are the best looking star wars films. I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this.
Everyone hated on George even though his actions laid the groundwork for all movies of today.
You aren’t giving enough credit to the modelers and animators
@@wesley5729 They got credit, and money. A lot of it.
@@8888stealth yeah, they were credited, but I can't even name 5 of the people who worked tirelessly on these special effects. I know John Knoll but the rest are still unknown compared to George Lucas
@@wesley5729 Your trying to memorize the names of the entire ILM studio?
@@8888stealth If the fanbase gave the production team as much credit as george, we wouldn't have to memorize their names. VFX artists are some of the least respected in the film industry in my opinion
Really impressive. I like that.
6:40 classic indian FX
imagine if george did the sequels with all the modern technology disney had. that would be (once again) truly mind blowing
Working 20-22 hours a day staring at those horrible old CRT displays. Makes my eyes hurt.
Not half as bad as watching the results.
So for previs of the Coruscant speeder chase, the speeder Anakin and Obi-Wan ride was Luke’s XP-34 landspeeder from “A New Hope”?
That’s incredible! Wonder what happened to that vehicle after they finished making this film.
You ever see George Lucas hurtling across the Tatooine desert in a pod racer? 2:40 Ya have now!
".... And to have dialogue at that porn". Hell of a Freudian Slip. Perhaps he was sending a message to fans about what he was going to be directing after he got done with Star Wars.
That Rick McCallum gained like 30 kilos
Per movie
It's the stress of producing Lucas.
Please George buy Star Wars back from Disney!!
He'd go into debt if he bought it back. Plus he couldn't do anything with it. He has no film company.
He wouldn't buy it back anyway.
He left because of extremely toxic reception of the prequels
@@unknown12429 i think that was what he was saying, if not correct me if im wrong
Goerge works for Disney
@@yosemiteyosemi488 After watching the sequel trilogy, he asked Dave Filoni, Jon Favreau, and Steven Spielberg to buy the franchise back from Disney and re-write the sequels.
2:05 this gave me chills
lol at the end xD
8:10 “Huge plasma screens” 😂😂😂
As much as everybody's a fan of the puppets and all that, I think the prequels were the perfect movies to start visual effects.
its kinda crazy, i feel like if he had waited ten years VFX would have been at the level that i think these films deserved. imagine the new trilogy level of VFX with George's prequel story.
i should mention i totally understand that ILM kinda pioneered modern VFX so maybe without these prequel movies made at the time they were made who knows how far along we would be.
Awesome, thanx,be blessed,saved and alll in Jesus shalom
Can somebody please tell me what just happened in the credits?
sonicfan20395 bloopers 😄
Attack of the clones soundtrack is vibin the prequels the best films
"What George does, then Jim Cameron will do, and that'll turn everybody and make it even bigger then Spielberg will do it and Zemeckis and Ron Howard..."
Damn, Rick was pretty damn close.
Attack of the Clones
The Golden Compass
Avatar
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Chris Weitz directed The Golden Compass but you could easily swap that for Zemeckis' motion capture stuff like Beowulf or The Polar Express.
"It's an enormous tool.."
Rick McCallum
I love original trilogy,I like prequels. Original trilogy is amazing,especially when we know that they are made in 1977-1983. I love models,and sets that are real. The Phantom Menace is my childhood movie,so I just can't hate it. I think Attack of the clones is the weakest of all of the 6 movies,but I love last 30 minutes. We finally see some jedis in action. Revenge of the sith is amazing by it self. But I want to be movie director,and if I ever become,I will try to use real sets,prostetics and models more than CGI. Why? Well,I want to filming be interesting,for actors and for everyone. Because it is just there. CGI in star wars looks great,but just because of the actors and crew,it is much better to use prostetics and real sets
Please fuck off with Plinkett every time I see a video about the prequels someone mentions that shit nitpicker Plinkett.
Ira ProV We've argued about clone armour among other things, but I can certainly agree that mr plinkett sucks ASS!
+breakfestbacon Plinkett is a Professional Critic.
LordOf TheBricks It's up to you I rather find a way to keep the practical and the vfx balance or do 3D animation then suffering from people spitting on the future 😁
There were more practical effects in the prequels than you maybe think:
czcams.com/video/jhpFsO8wUoI/video.html
" The kinetic energy of the movie had picked up to the point where we were starting to get some momentum, and to stop and have dialogue at that point just didn't work". Wish he had thought that more often
He will surprise me with his foresight and let me down in the same breath
my dream agency
George’s innovations in vfx allowed us to get stuff like The Mandalorian.
Found it! Rick says lunch right here: 7:15
wow, 22 hour days? i'd heard these films were hell to work on, but jesus christ....
How has Muscular Yoda at 22:55 never been shared around
There are not a lot of movies I have ever seen with environments dominated by CGI. The only two non Star Wars movies I know of like that are Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and 300.
I want them to see, things they’ve never seen before! Too much CGI?
The blend of practical SFX and CGI is difficult to master but it works best imo.
Prequels+Originals>>>>>>>>>TFA and TLJ
Aren’t you dead?
Grand Moff Tarkin anything not made by george lucas is expensive fan fiction
Nah, Originals and Revenge > TFA >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Last jedi > Phantom menace and Attack of the clones
schmidt. same but I'd put tlj last not because I hate it but I just feel like it's my least favorite.
9:29 , did he say porn? xD
3:01 Gmod Star Wars.
Real Shit™
some of the extremely fast shoot shows in the final product.
2:43 BOOMER EMENEMS
that rough "acting" and cgi is better than anything in the sci Fi channel lol
23:08
I read Pre Viszla haha
Previz is used by everyone these days. Using Unreal Engine
"They were churning out 30, 40 shots a day", says Rick. That, along with other similar language used in this doc, says it all! Fill the screen with bewildering computer generated action scenes for as long as you can people and let's save money. Sorry, thanks for putting in the work everyone but I just don't watch the prequels, anymore. They are as empty as the screen voids they were filmed in, to me
Point remember he's American :LaughOutLoud: I'm English so it took me a couple replays
Pre-Viz was used in making the Madalorian but only in Pre-Production. Actual filming used Practical Affects.
lol
It just shows that you can have ground breaking technology, clear cut pre-production, and a massive budget but it all comes down to a well written script. I love George and his amazing imagination but I wish he could have honed his writing skills or allow a script doctor to iron things out.
The Prequels > The Last Jedi and Force Awakens combined
Tru Dat 🧐!
impressive. every word in that sentence was wrong
There are three prequels and two sequels, that’s kinda not fair. Personally I think Attack of the Clones is the worst one for many reasons but I love TPM and RotS so yeah the prequels are better.
Rouge one > attack of the clones and phantom menace
To me Attack of the Clones is better than all of disney's star wars movies, except solo. Although I'm not a big fan of the guy they used for Han.
still better than entire sequel trilogy
That may be true , but it's like saying that cholera is better than the plague.
@@curtisnewton2295 hmmn no
I'll have to try watching these movies either muted, or in a foreign language. Maybe that would let me appreciate the good stuff more :P
These webisodes are all about cg. And still the actors who show up 10% of the time a movie is made get the most cash.
"He shoots like no other director I've ever seen". If this was filmed in 2002, how many directors apart from George Lucas had Rob Coleman seen shoot?
Well...he has credits all the way back to the late 80's. The guy didn't become animation director overnight.
I respect George very much for what he has achieved, and certainly this was the beginning of a new way to do cinema. However, when he says "it's like a painting", he forgets that a painter works alone. Actors need more than a blue-screen to work with. The shot where Sam Jackson jumps from the clone ship and approaches a clone is a pretty bad performance.
You missed the point of that analogy and just took it out of context LOL
I wasn't expecting miracles when ep I and the rest came out, since "New hope" and the sequels had been some of the greatest movies ever made, were complete movie magic and obviously once in a lifetime level of cinema, that even George Lucas said took so much out of him he had to literally be hospitalized for exhaustion after Ep IV... so obviously George put his heart and soul in the first trilogy. Now I wasn't exactly expecting that from eps I-3 since that kind of innovation is more rare than unicorns and the man shouldn't damage his health over science fiction movies, but even so...I was kind of hoping they'd be just a BIT better than they were. Instead the ultimate product? Just MEH., story was MEH, the characters were low key dull and inspired not wonder but tedium, and that fucking Jar jar thing?! ($#%@!!) The special effects were amazing, the essence of star wars, of course, but that's all there was to the movie experience and full stop. You didn't care about the characters, the action, the plot etc. because you CAN'T, the elements just aren't there, and the overwhelming feeling was one of watching beautiful boredom. Effects were awesome, the overall movie experience, MEH. And the ones coming out now in 2019? Cue JAR JAR ABRAMS!
eh, dooku and jar jar were supposed to be the same person... and he wanted to get prince to consider playing jar jar.... it may have changed everything, maybe, but prince didnt want to wear a face mask unfortanately, would have changed... everything
Ep IV was so good it became just the first hit of cinematic crack that made it the huge phenomenon it was - for a world back then (that was extremely dull by today's standards) almost completely devoid of, and starving for really, REALLY good sci fi (and really good movies in general) ep IV was the biggest thing of 1977 in a way that no movie can ever hope to be today... but even trying as hard as i can to like them, I can't feel anything but meh for the prequels and sequels. Star wars" is just another franchise, another Disney cash cow, another consumer product cranked out with all the indifference of Big Macs or toothpaste - and the quality of which will be deliberately manipulated up and down all based on the quarterly financial outlook last year. When even Hamill says the magic is gone - and means it - that tells me everything about the future of this cinematic world.
The whole movie was pre viz...
Interesting to observe that the vfx people who made 1977 star wars looked like bohemian hippies, musicians and artists. The people who made the prequels look like middle management in a faceless insurance office.
now this is just nitpicking lmao
The ones who worked on the Disney sequels looked like soy personified.
there is more creativity, fun and interesting environments in the prequels than all of the originals. people praise movies with cgi but hate on star wars. who cares the originals had some horrible effects. claymation tauntauns? really? the walkers were good but the tauntauns were Skippy. ewoks? oh gosh I'll take jar jar anyday over children and midgets running around a jungle in carpet
+Chris Hall Shame everything else about the prequels had to be a pile of shit.
+Chris Hall haahahahahahahah
You can take Jar Jar. Don’t give him back.
09:21 "to stop andere have some dialog in that porn"
Well that sums up the directorial approach of the prequels.
Shut the fuck up
too bad the droid factory was pretty weak. it added nothing to the story. the sequence is pretty amazing though
@The Real Slim Shady that's an interesting point of view but it still does not add anything to the story of the clone attack. imo
They should have story boarded clone war battle. It looked like a computer game. Needed live action.
Pre viz is like a motion storyboard
I'd like to know how you live action 10 000 battle droids vs 10 000 clone troopers.
Instead of that crappy 3D rendering they should have done 3D story board in Minecraft gameplay
"HUGE 720pHD p l a s m a SCREENS in front of our actors" ahaha
4 minutes in they talk about everything that went wrong