George Lucas on ABC's "20/20" (1989)

[@AceProductions91]

Anyone else love that this video is 11:38 long?

[@ConnorRentz]

Amazing that this video is 11:38. THX-1138 :)

[@RetrocadePodcast]

Scary

[@amaxamon]

Mind. Blown.

[@redfive1300]

Coincidence? I think NOT!!!

[@letsjustsleepok3704]

Standing ovation for the uploader.

[@spots7630]

It's like poetry, it rhymes

[@TrevorDBrown]

Director: “Okay George, we want you to slowly drive away from the camera... not too slowly though... but not too fast either... you know... slow...” George: 5:41

[@starlighter93]

Director: Okay, George, now faster and more intense. George: ...

[@tristramcoffin926]

Fun to see that original Death Star explosion again.

[@andysummersthxcinemaandmyc7748]

i have own the professional 7:43 lucasfilm ltd THX sound system in my private THX cinema

[@uyeda]

Classic interview.

[@johnnybikesalot]

It was just getting good at the last second when the ST:TNG theme started playing!!!

[@twstf8905]

Diane Sawyer is STILL on TV today lol I saw her this morning, covering a recent, "dust-up," at the US Capitol the other day. And, it's January 2021 now lol JEEZUS I'm getting old! 👍😇

[@veerchasm1]

3:49 Tool Time with George Lucas

[@Khultan]

George Lucas has the imagination, the guts, heart. The Twats: Kathleen Kennedy. Bob Iger. J.J. Abrams. Ryan Johnson. Lawrence Kasdan. 'the fans'

[@SirJamesthePaul]

Hey now, Kasdan’s a good writer. I’m sure he got dragged along by Kennedy and JJ just because his name was associated with Empire and Jedi.

[@Jared_Wignall]

@@SirJamesthePaul when it comes to Star Wars, particularly Empire Strikes Back as everyone wants to point to that, Kasdan was just rewriting the draft George Lucas wrote himself after Leigh Brackett died and threw out a lot of her contributions as they weren’t really in like with the outline he had for the film and then Kasdan came in and punched the dialogue up here and there. Lucas should really be given credit as the screenwriter on Empire Strikes Back, but since that film was one of the last things Brackett did, he didn’t give himself credit for his contributions to the script just like Lucas didn’t credit himself for his editing contributions to the original Star Wars. Kasdan didn’t really contribute much in terms of anything new to the plot. He basically punched the dialogue up, I’m going to guess the romantic parts since we don’t know specifically what he punched up. He also wrote the Return of the Jedi script with Lucas and without Lucas we see that what he’s contributed is basically nostalgic stuff with The Force Awakens and an unnecessary Han Solo film that’s not very good and neither of which are Star Wars as without George Lucas there is no Star Wars. George Lucas is the heart and soul of Star Wars and without him we can see just how lifeless anything with the Star Wars brand actually is.

[@matthewgaudet4064]

@@Jared_Wignall , some of Kasdan's contributions were rejected. The original scene with Han and Leia in cloud city which was reshot. The i love you, just remember that because i'll be back line. Original dialog with Luke, Han and Leia in the medical center. Kersh and Harrison were either adlibbing or rewriting dialog on the fly, Kasdan complained to Lucas. At that time he wasn't an executive producer and he had no pull. The same thing happened on Solo Lord and Miller were replaced.

[@GabrielsLogoLibrary]

7:43 - 7:52: a portion of the Original version of the THX Cimarron trailer.

[@jediradekcrif9568]

5:45 that's what it's all about. great upload, thanks!

[@paulothx138]

10 years from Phanton Menace.

[@fdauhajre]

All of this was practice for T2 in 1991

[@WesleyWhiteside]

"..turn off the computers..." George: "I don't think so."

[@nineleafclover]

If this is a jab against the prequels, ponder this: The scene where Luke turns off his targeting computer in the first Star Wars movie was literally filmed with a camera that was attached to a computer.

[@brian4019]

Wow that map rap is certainly exciting, a real game changer

[@lovesandservesjesuschrist6752]

Lol, holding your mouse on the thumbnail of this video is hilarious, should be made into a gif.

[@DTM-Books]

Where's the tracking dial? Fix the tracking! Don'tcha miss VHS?

[@gislo]

What will make it perfect she asked and winked... ;)

[@ronsarcade1448]

Haha The Map Rap! Dunno what happened to that one!

[@dongeraci8599]

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in the Abyss scene is wearing the same clothes as Marty McFly. Weird.

[@Cirnenric]

Sweet! And now the 80’s are so much less cynical than now.

[@vtaycur]

1989 - "Do you still feel you can turn off the computer and trust your feelings?" "Yeah, I do" 1999 - "TURN ON ALL THE COMPUTERS!!!"

[@UnchainedEruption]

Jonathan You know that Phantom Menace has a ton of practical effects right? Like, more than in all 3 original films combined.

[@vtaycur]

Phantom Menace has more practical effects than all 3 original films combined... not only is that just incorrect, it's ridiculous. TPM has the most practical effects of all the prequel films, certainly, but even the scenes with practical effects (small parts of the pod race, the ship blowing up at the start, some of the buildings on Tatooine, some miniatures, the actual human actors, I can't think of anything else) were touched up with CGI. Even the human actors were edited and their performances changed in certain scenes using digital software. Not to mention many of the practical effects they were planning to use were destroyed in a storm while filming in Tunisia. The movie may have used more practical effects than people give it credit for, but to say it used more than the original trilogy combined is absurd. I would recommend watching the behind the scenes/making of documentary of Phantom Menace, also have a look at this link which details most of the practical effects used (for the entire prequel trilogy, not just Phantom Menace). boards.theforce.net/threads/practical-effects-in-the-prequels-sets-pictures-models-etc.50017310/

[@lenircotia]

I agree that TPM doesn't have more practical effects than the three old Star Wars movies combined but it still has more handcrafted execution of ideas (including dresses, costumes, sets, make up, pracitcal effects etc) than at least two of the old Star Wars films combined! It's the prequel trilogy that has by far much more practical effects than the three old Star Wars movies combined. Furthermore, I don't get your point? "[...]even the scenes with practical effects [...] were touched up with CGI." So what? The result looks fantastic. "Even the human actors were edited and their performances changed in certain scenes using digital software." Back than scenes were totally cut out by the directors when he didn't like certain actions of actors. It was for the director and for the actor surely hard to do this in post production because it was a waist of time, money, film and actor's performance. And in the end, the director can decide what and how things should be. The actor gives him his performance and the director uses that material and changes it. So what? "Not to mention many of the practical effects they were planning to use were destroyed in a storm while filming in Tunisia." What do you want to say with that? Because a storm destroyed the set George Lucas had to fix it by using CGI? I know about the strom that it hit the set, I have seen it in a documentary, however, show to me proof that George Lucas had to use much of CGI to compensate the destruction of the storm. Even if a storm hit the set that hard the shooting would have been posponed. You shared with us a link with pictures that show practical effects in the prequels. Why do still you complain about the prequels use of CGI when they used a ton, I repeat, a ton of practical effects, I rather like to say handcrafted executions. What's your problem? The old Star Wars films had blue screen, too and a technological developement from episode to episode! And don't come with "Yeah, but the prequels had an overuse of CGI!" They had enough use of CGI for a SCIENCE FICTION film. Do you want that all Star Wars films should have the same technological standard like back then in 1980s?!

[@leftyfourguns]

The OT wouldn't have been possible without computers

[@TheHaynesworth92]

LMAO

[@TomcatJones]

The flirting is hardcore in this interview

[@aliensoup2420]

Not by Diane Sawyer...she was newly married to director Mike Nichols at the time.

[@baron7755]

When is that interactive learning system going to debut?

[@matthewgaudet4064]

This was around the time he did The Last Crusade. Before he sold his creations to Disney to be ruined.

[@fansofst.maximustheconfess8226]

THE LAST CRUSADE!!!!!!

[@regidon793]

this was WAY before mate

[@sandal_thong8631]

Probably the only thing he enjoyed making was _The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles._

[@dbreiden83080]

God Lucas is so young and thin..

[@RetrocadePodcast]

He got real bloated in the 90s...you'd think with all those acres he'd have gotten some exercise walking around Skywalker Ranch

[@aurorauplinks]

@@RetrocadePodcast maybe he felt awful for jake loyd ahead of time because he could tell everything was going badly and was worried

[@regidon793]

@@RetrocadePodcast his diabetes most likely put on tht weight gain due to insulin

[@RetrocadePodcast]

regi don True he is diabetic. You’d think he’d have his chef make him lean meals though 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@zachary8249]

@@RetrocadePodcast I think it boils down to stress. He loves Star Wars and he was feeling the pressure writing and filming the prequels. Causing his health to flair up, then a lot of people hated the films. he seems like a man who cares about his work. also in his personal life the wife cheated after the OT were finished and all that shit. it all adds up.

[@wingitprod]

I miss models.

[@Left-Earth]

*"A young aspiring filmmaker, who puts the rest of his life on hold to milk Star Wars for everything it's worth."* _"Here's to George's unfulfilled dreams, and unfinished scripts."_ 🎥📃

[@ttacking_you]

Chot up 'toopid

[@sandal_thong8631]

In every interview it seems he was saying he's going to do 3 more, 6 more, or 9 more Star Wars movies. And that he had stories. But he was full of crap. He didn't want to and didn't have a script or serious outline of plot.

[@bazookajoe9864]

George was studly here

[@AlexAndR01]

i always felt like Lucas didnt show his happiness verry often even if he was soo succesfull

[@fansofst.maximustheconfess8226]

I think it's very clever for him to remain rather reserved...

[@moaningpheromones]

What do you want him to do? Nothing wrong with him.

[@AlexAndR01]

@@moaningpheromones nothing, i guess i've ment his face, cant remember.

[@RetrocadePodcast]

He was always a quite, shy guy. He also got bitter/jaded after the divorce

[@kilroy987]

Hmm, turn off the computer, and trust your feelings. So, Facebook people are in fact wrong about me.

[@orangebetsy]

I mean I make films not for money, but I am a violinist, and I've been through pretty grueling situations and auditions....i can safely say none could compare to what he describes hahaha all the time the money, and that moment....oof

[@Matt-gh2zm]

I don't think that I have quite such a strong love/hate relationship with any creator other than George Lucas

[@yveltalpoderoso1303]

Why hate , making a few bad movies is not reason to hate the man

[@malakai9738]

20/20? oh god...

[@baron7755]

he was skinny!

[@rr7firefly]

Rap for teaching school kids geography? Yeah, right. Any other brilliant ideas, Einstein?

[@Greenlion781]

Imagine how strong this guy's legacy would've been if he never made the prequels??

[@joshimura1995]

he would be considered a god, which to a certain degree he is still considered, with flaws obviously.

[@Digital111]

Through the prequels he finished telling the story he wanted to tell and made tons of money, I don;t think he gives a crap about negative reviews of his movies or about his "legacy" had he cared about "his legacy" he wouldn't have sold it to Disney. It was a smart movie, he cashed in and If anything all the Star Wars movies Disney's been making will tarnish the legacy of Star wars not George... those were some really bad movies. The Rebels show was good though and so was Rogue One but they were written and directed by a team of people that loved George's movies. Filoni directed and wrote Rebels and Gareth Edwards directed Rogue One, both huge fans of Lucas. Episodes 7 and 8 were very poorly written and directed, they lacked originality and the people working on them had no interest in Star Wars they just wanted to cash-in.

[@Ruleof2Review]

The prequel trilogy made his legacy even stronger. What’re you on about there, guy?

[@johndowney8774]

Even for the internet this is an unusually ignorant comment.

[@aurorauplinks]

think about this.... star trek wasnt just the berman years in the 90s, lucas was in the background helping all over the place from effects to occasional ideas for scripts and world building, not to mention helping build the movies, so you know.... he basically did help make star trek fans able to enjoy not just tos, but several series and several films... i think people get to focused on the failures and dont focus enough on the success, and simply put almost everything goes pretty good, just need to edit out the parts that didnt work out right or reshoot them slightly, and you know what... id rather have a damaged prequel trillogy then no prequel trillogy

[@a.hardin620]

Diane Sawyer is insufferable.

[@amandeepv]

Gary Kurtz made Star Wars

[@treystephens4490]

One of them.

[@cmdugan]

Then he let ESB run way over budget and late, got his ass fired and never did anything interesting again.

[@johndowney8774]

Gary Kurtz never made one successful film in his career that didn't involve George Lucas.

[@roncorless2592]

I miss the 80s too. I remember looking forward to the Star Wars prequels then and wishing they would have better space battles and awesome adventures of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader and young Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Clone Wars. Instead we got lame space battles barely half as good as the OT and Hayden Christensen as Anakin and Jar-Jar Binks.

[@barkley8285]

Ron Corless stop moaning, watch the clone wars, and actually understand the prequels. Their stories are brilliant

[@roncorless2592]

I Love the Clone Wars animated series and they had great space battles but I wish the prequels not only had really awesome space battles like the OT and the novels and even The Force Awawkens and the upcoming The Last Jedi but also a fleet of Mandlorian warships and Starfighters and an army of Mandalorian warriors like Boba Fett going up against the Jedi Order and featuring the origin of Boba Fett .

[@DrLynch2009]

And there always that little shit like you how is desperate to spam the comment by bitch and moaning about the prequel. Grow a spine moron and move on in life.

[@sosarickgrimes5301]

Ron Corless quit your bitchin

[@UnchainedEruption]

“Lame Space Battles” Are you out of your damn mind? Battle Over Coruscant? Even the Battle of Naboo had a great space battle scene. We DID get the adventures of young Obi-Wan. Just because it wasn’t exactly like what you imagined it’d be because you aren’t George Lucas doesn’t mean what we got is bad or didn’t deliver what you wanted.

[@ttacking_you]

Oh he hadn't contacted that jungle fever, yet.