George Lucas On The Problems With Big Studios!

[@neill6585]

Holy shit guys, George Lucas is 80 years old now.

[@rivers118]

he looks great! Here's hoping he can stick around for another decade!

[@puerrodios8013]

cry about it.

[@jackwk2]

@@puerrodios8013someone had a bad day 😂

[@BassOfSpades2112]

Dang really?

[@kajmak64bit76]

No way He looks like 50 or somethin not 80's Lmao

[@basketcase6999]

He’s absolutely right. Of all the criticisms people had of the prequels, none of them were that they lacked originality.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

It's hilarious and ironic to me that only now... after the KK & LH disasters over the last decade... yes, only NOW people are actually recognizing GL's storytelling genius. And how sad it is that it took people that long. Even Lucasarts didn't deserve to be shut down. 😕 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength, resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)

[@yunusgokcen174]

George Lucas selling Star Wars killed Star Wars.

[@TheSpecialPlumsEveryoneKnows]

​@@yunusgokcen174, Kathleen #$@%ing Kennedy killed Star Wars! 😡

[@DaleESkywalker]

George selling Star Wars is what kept Star Wars alive. George not selling Star Wars would've killed Star Wars until it became public domain and would've had him turning in his grave. At least right now he has some say as to whether it works or not.

[@DaleESkywalker]

He still would've had all your panties in a bunch about Han and Luke.

[@rickpontificates3406]

Lucas is referring to LACK OF CREATIVITY AND ORIGINALITY and he's right about that

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

Absolutely, so strange they're worried about losing money on something different & seemingly don't mind losing money on a rehash. Also Star Wars is ripped off of other stuff too but presented a bit different.

[@rickpontificates3406]

@@rubberneckinc.8937 but Lucas created arguably the greatest movie villain in history and Disney just rode on his coattails

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

@@rickpontificates3406 oh absolutely. Vader is right after Plankton and before Lector with me. (I hate saying it's Disney's fault or Disney's dumb. Only because I feel like I'm blaming Walt & not a company.) There's no real creative in charge at the movie companies. You'd think there'd be one voice going "Hey I think🤔 Fast & the Furious has been about a sequel too many."

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

@@rickpontificates3406 also (too ramble/sorry) these sequels are akin to those sh*t movies they cranked out in the late 70's like Star Crash & such. At least when Roger Corman made his cash grabs he hired some real creatives too helm them.

[@rickpontificates3406]

@@rubberneckinc.8937 what really amazes me is how STUPID Disney is.. imagine buying a very successful franchise, and then totally disregarding the guy who made it successful

[@aaronadams9831]

George Lucas is one of the greatest storytellers of the last 100 years. His mind is generational

[@d.bo.unfound]

George Lucas didn't come up with anything new or original, he just re-imagined old myths and stories (like the Princess of Mars trilogy) and told them to an audience naive of such works.

[@Greivous-chan]

Still a fun time

[@rocketprimestudios6073]

@@d.bo.unfoundno people were not naive of the works they were excited to see it all put together on the big screen. Star Was was the first blockbuster. It took inspiration from samurai, westerns and classic sword and sorcery stuff jumbled it al together and put it in space.

[@stellviahohenheim]

George Lucas didn't make Star Wars by himself, the difference between the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy is that in the original Lucas surrounded himself with very creative and talented people. By the time he made the prequels technology have advanced to a point it's not as difficult to made and Lucas was the only one who makes the decision

[@karmicbreath]

@@rocketprimestudios6073Jaws was the first blockbuster. Star Wars was close behind it though

[@BossKingRavage8667]

He's spitting straight facts.

[@TheXxAFROxX]

Because he did the same thing he ripped off a book and made it into a movie he's speaking from experience

[@wambamthankumam]

​@@TheXxAFROxX What book? Dune? Name 3 things Lucas directly ripped off from dune other than giant sandworms.

[@Saint_nobody]

​@wambamthankumam fuck Dune. Overrated. Hearsay he ripped off an obscure Japanese film, Forbidden Fortress or something like that... But he still took some parts from Dune. That is/was the genius of George Lucas. Rather than rip off one or two mainstream ideas and repackage them as is, no he took from multiple sources, many often obscure (who the fuck heard of, let alone cared about Dune, before Star Wars came out?) and blends them together in a captivating story arc. And for that, yeah, nothing but 💐 for the man.

[@NotWorthToMention]

​@@TheXxAFROxX Inspiration bad, no more Inspiration?

[@seamantsunamii]

Oh Idk corrupt space wizard council that control most of the universe and the chosen one fighting over resources on a desert planet that ultimately becomes corrupted by power 😂

[@DidNotReadInstructions]

Facts. Thanks Lucas. You changed the world in your own way. For the better.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

That's the only way. If you don't bring something new to the table, then there's no reason to craft the work at all. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength, resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)

[@PoutingTrevor]

This is the George Lucas I knew and loved growing up. The original Star Wars trilogy, THX 1138, American Graffiti, and the Indiana Jones trilogy were works of true art from a visionary and the amazing people working alongside him.

[@DaleESkywalker]

And people got mad about his ideas in the ST... They say LFL should've put Luke, Han and Leia together in it. They would've got together years before TFA. This makes sense for the timeline. I'm sure Dave and Jon will put them in the Mando & Grogu and probably the one Dave's working on. We'll get what "they _should'a_ done" in due time. The writers & directors did their jobs well. They gave us a shocking trilogy, which is what George would've done differently, but it was his idea for Luke and Han to die. I'm not sure about Leia, but Carrie died IRL so they kind of had no choice but to end her story saving her son. One day, it'll make sense to all of us -- at least the ones who haven't given up.

[@erikschwartz1214]

​@@DaleESkywalker Dave, JJ, Ryan, and Jon ruined SW

[@jesustovar2549]

Exactly, growing up, watching the movies and documentaries, learning so much about the making process, my admiration for him just grew, this man changed Hollywood films and he dosen't get enough credit for it, he's also the most billionaire filmmaker ever.

[@JediKhalel]

​@@erikschwartz1214not them. Kathleen Kennedy

[@erikschwartz1214]

@@JediKhalel her too

[@maxryan9052]

Frank Zappa summed this change up with the music industry in the 90’s “they used to take chances on bands, saying ‘we like this music, we’ll sign you, and see what happens!’ Which is where all this great old music came from, but now they won’t sign you unless they’re POSITIVE they’ll get a return on investment, which has stifled the creativity of the industry.” Same rule applies here. We used to take wild chances and make movies that we didn’t know for sure would be successful in the name of creativity and storytelling, but now studios won’t touch an IP unless its already established and is guaranteed to sell tickets.

[@BoboMcBooboy]

Agree with most of what you said except the last sentence... The irony is they THINK it's guaranteed to sell tickets... Except they're out of touch and half the time it is not guaranteed in the slightest... Pumping over a hundred mil into "Red One" being a PERFECT example... But that borderlands trash movie in the middle of the year is another perfect example where the studio thought the cast meant the film would " guarantee" it would make money, but didn't... Of course joker two... But that was Todd Phillips being an intentional a******... But still... Just think if Amazon spent even HALF the budget they did for red one, replaced "the rock" and all his lies and nonsense "im a star, So I need everything on set to bend and break around me, and this movie will be like no other movie, with no other star, because I'm special" mentality, with somebody far cheaper, like Jason Statham, or Dave Batista, or an up and coming "big guy" star... Or or or... And spent the over 50 mil they'd save cutting red ones budget in half, In order to give some indie guys and new creators a chance with a REAL budget for the first time in their careers. Seriously how are we going to find the next Kubrick or Tarantino or Christopher Nolan or or or otherwise...

[@highestsettings]

This is what happens when as a society we have decided that actually music is only worth $0.004 per stream and that we don't want to buy art in general anymore because we don't value it. There's no money in the entertainment industries anymore (at least, not compared to the past). So the guys with the money and connections who used to be the people who would make careers, they don't want to take that risk anymore. And honestly, why should they? They're paying for it. We need an independence revolution. We need to build a network for artists to communicate and collaborate, so we can help each other and decentralise the entertainment industries. The big studios don't want to spend their money on risks and honestly I don't blame them. So we need to move past a time when a man in a suit would give you a cheque and that's how stuff got made. The internet caused this problem, but the internet can fix it too. I wish I had the resources to make the platform that's in my head. Because I know that something like that would revitalise art as a whole.

[@jmbickham]

@@highestsettings Eh… there’s money… just only for the big studios and their execs. It really isn’t even just the entertainment and music industries… but across the board corporate America think has taken over exec suites and boards across the US and where risk is bad, “ideas” that look likely to succeed (because they resemble something familiar that was successful) are the only ones approved and above all else short-term profits and anything that delights Wall Street is all that matters. It’s a damn sad state of affairs.

[@highestsettings]

@@jmbickham People aren't going to cinemas, people aren't buying films, people are just paying a small subscription fee for access to basically everything through a streaming service (especially if they use a VPN) or pirating and as a result the amount of money that's actually coming in is significantly reduced. America isn't the only country in the world by the way, it's the same everywhere. People just don't want to pay for media directly anymore. For music, films, and TV, people would much prefer to pay for a subscription service which is pennies by comparison. There's no money to take risks anymore. The only entertainment industry that's still making money is the gaming industry and that's because people still pay for games since that's the only medium where it doesn't make sense to pay for a subscription service unless you're a person who does nothing but play games and can get through multiple games in a month. Everyone I know who's gotten game pass or something like it has ended up regretting it and cancelling it. But the AAA game developers are still not making enough money since they've out-budgeted themselves, they have to spend way too much money and their games are guaranteed to flop as a result. But that's their own fault, it's not an inherent problem with the gaming industry unlike every other entertainment industry. Listen, as a musician myself, I can tell you right now there is no money in it anymore. We make our money through live performances and merchandising, not the music. Musicians used to lose money on tours but it was okay because it promoted the album, now it's our primary source of income. Unless you're Taylor Swift or something, you've got to have a second job. I make $0.004 per stream, and I'm independent, if I was with a record label I'd be making half that maybe even less. Even if I get 100,000 streams per month, that's still only $400 per month. 1,000,000 streams per month is only $4,000. So basically you have to be pretty famous before you even start earning a living wage. Now imagine how difficult it is for the film industry that spends millions just making the film. An album doesn't cost anywhere near the same amount to produce as a film.

[@jmbickham]

@ Bob Iger isn’t making his bucks just because the Disney Parks are carrying the rest of the business… that is to say, films and even streaming are making them money. “The DTC streaming business specifically (which includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+) had revenue of $6.4 billion, and income of $47 million, compared to a year ago when it had losses of over half a billion. The company turned a profit in streaming earlier than it originally targeted, and encouragingly says that it expects the margins to improve even further in fiscal Q4.” “Experiences, which includes parks, resorts, cruises and consumer products, was the second-highest revenue driver behind Disney’s entertainment division, which tallied $41.18 billion in fiscal 2024. However, the entertainment segment’s operating profits were smaller, collecting just $3.92 billion.” Considering I’ve lived extensively abroad and speaking more than one language fluently (more than that less fluently), I am amply aware the United States of America isn’t the only country in the world, but thanks for unnecessarily explaining it to me. Tech startups outside the US often move the headquarters to where? Silicon Valley. Who have been leaders of the automotive industry for decades…the “big 3” (yes, they’re currently a shadow of their former selves). Banking? Top banks in the world 2025 1. JPMorgan Chase 2. Bank of America 3. Industrial and commerce Bank of China Limited (ICBC) 4. Agricultural Bank of China 5. Wells Fargo 6. Morgan Stanley 7. Bank of China 8. China Construction Bank 9. Goldman Sachs 10.HSBC The point being in many industries the US is either the leader or has been the leader… so the corporate influence spreads. I’ll certainly agree with you about the music industry. Streaming…? Not really… subscription service is what you really mean and that has definitely not been a positive for artists. But you can’t directly compare film making with music producing in the way you’re attempting. Yeah, they’re both creative endeavors that entertain, but for example… even with declining attendance, movie theaters can screen a film at thousands of locations with multiple screens at each location vs a live concert where you can only be in one place at a time. They don’t work the same.

[@stevefelten1197]

Thank you, George, for describing modern Hollywood movies.

[@SpecialOrder935]

lol his movies where heavily inspired by another’s works he’s a hypocrite

[@Cupcake12347]

It's Orwellian. Every book is being rewritten, every movie re-made, every painting repainted.

[@Cupcake12347]

@@SpecialOrder935 Taking inspiration from something and re-writing or re-making something is not the same.

[@h.b.m.1483]

@@SpecialOrder935no, Disney and other studios keep remaking classics when they should be coming up with new original stories. Being influenced by other stories is not the same as a cash grab to remake a film that has no need to be remade.

[@johnnyy3203]

He has had the luck of being a filmaker at the only time in history where filmakers got full creative control -weird of him to talk without a sense of past and economy

[@CRL365]

I’m not a big prequel fan but I totally respect what George was trying to do. The guy is legendary.

[@gezenews]

Yeah when you compare it to the sequels the creativity blows them out of the water. The story is too serious and bureaucratic for the tone he used wanted to use, which is glaringly distracting, but its never boring at least not visually.

[@arosnett]

Check out Arken the Americans documentary about SW and you might get a better view

[@ralphconroy3696]

You bet! He is in his own league and knows where he is going. Thanks George.

[@ConnorXSniper]

Its so refreshing to hear from George

[@8ootySmasher]

God Bless George Lucas, and thank you...for everything!

[@leecroft1983]

Just a shame his prequel trilogy sucked.

[@thelittleal1212]

This is the first time I’ve seen a director actually talking about this issue, and it’s from no other than George himself👏🏼

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Really? First time? Many of them have been stating this for decades. I suppose the issue is... no one listens. Only the ones with coin, connections, crews, clout, computer code, corporate cronies, and so forth are allowed to poop out their reboots, rehashes, remakes, etc. All bad ones, usually. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength, resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)

[@thelittleal1212]

@@Novastar.SaberCombat well, I did say „first time „I’ve seen““

[@arbite979]

Exactly , Thankyou George for ALL you have done Mr

[@NitroFN4316]

Dinsey just doesn’t know what to do anymore and that’s sad

[@Joshua.670]

Greed turns things into ugly beings, whether it's a person or company

[@everybodylieshm]

Disney is too busy with representation that they forget to actually write a decent story

[@NitroFN4316]

@@everybodylieshm facts

[@Damnbro555]

Disney too busy with gays and rainbow shitt....eww af

[@brennanshomemedia]

I guess yeah that's true. They need more original thinkers like me etc?

[@denc4499]

Thank you!!! I’ve been saying this about Hollywood for decades. Why can’t they film new works?

[@jaynavarre6498]

You see that across the entertainment industry…same story different environment

[@SoundAussie]

Yep same with music, games, books all rehashes. Nostalgia is the product now. Because his generation didnt have entertainment to be nostalgic for.

[@harold3165]

​@tiffanyroberts6460Deadpool & Wolverine is a terrible example to use lmao. It's R-rated and takes a ton of shots at Hollywood and how bad superhero movies have gotten. It's a brilliant satire of the genre.

[@mainernorth7410]

He's absolutely right! I'm glad I lived during the time that some of the greatest movies were made! I still remember as a young boy going see Star Wars at our local theater, absolutely amazing!

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

People do not understand how fortunate they were to experience GL's abilities with storytelling, filmmaking, EFX, dialogue, etc. Same with my own work. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)

[@robertmoore6149]

It isn't lack of imagination. It's because studios have become risk adverse. Executives see movies make a billion dollars telling a story practically already written, using characters everyone knows. So they want to copy that. No executive wants to take a chance on flopping on something like Waterworld.

[@denroy3]

Yea, billions they are making? Not anymore, Disney has lost billions

[@rietzhu]

No, it is, lack if imagination. No getting around that or arguing. To many people in the world with the same ideas..

[@robertmoore6149]

@@denroy3 Try again. Profits were still made, not losses. And definitely not in the billions

[@denroy3]

@@robertmoore6149 that's why they are tanking, all those profits

[@thebreifcaseman269]

Even if they want to do that, they can turn books into films but they would fk that up as well.

[@Cuenta-c5x]

And he is by far one of the top 3 best story tellers of cinema history❤

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

So true. A week before the 1977 first Star Wars movie came out I read the paperback book. I thought it was bad. My friends had to convince me to go with them opening night to see the movie. I was blown away. It was fantastic.

[@El_Doño_Da_Word]

You made the right judgement to go against your better judgement.

[@jmyname8290]

We are so lucky to have had him around and i hope he continues to be involved as much as he can for lucasfilm.. that said realistically continuing as a consultant as he has been especially for jon and dave and cough cough *mandalorian season 1 🔥*

[@Marc83Aus]

Ironically what Lucas had created was based on old movies, he has stated that from the start, but with an original script that pays homage to the old films he loved as a kid it balooned into a great original masterpiece. Creatives were brought into the project and they too were given the freedom to make original stuff too, the background artists, sound design, the original orchestral soundtrack and the visual effects artists, while the most experienced of that team had worked on 2001 and other films it was the creativity of the new people brought in who breathed life into the visual art. Modern film is copy and paste, any originality and creativity has to be watered down so it matches what the studio expects is most appealing and will bring in profit.

[@ryann6067]

You totally missed the mark, this definitely not an example of irony. He didn’t remake or make a sequel to an old movie (which is what he talking about) he came up with an original movie inspired by elements of great stories and films.

[@dark_antihero]

George basically took samurai and westerns and made it sci fi.This is night and day different from modern hollywood rehashing things that made money with little to no creativity

[@d.bo.unfound]

​@@ryann6067 Lucas took aspects from ancient myths and old sci-fi stories such as The Princess of Mars Trilogy and re-imagined them into Star Wars. That's not originality, that's just being creative, which anybody can do if they are given the opportunity to do so.

[@ryann6067]

@@d.bo.unfound Im well aware of Lucas’ mythical, film influences, and inspirations, thanks! And his original trilogy though inspired by numerous other films and stories is still his original and creative work, ‘Luke Starkiller and the Triumph of the Wills’. Its quite a bite more than “Just being creative”.

[@ryann6067]

@@d.bo.unfound ok, if you think so.

[@johnrobichaud1983]

There's a sort of triangle of components that make a successful movie it's Art (creativity), Technology (using the right tools for the job), and business (marketing, budget, profit) and when there's equal parts of each you have a great film on your hands but once one area takes over the film suffers... movies on average have been in the business corner for close to 10 years

[@Hallow_the_fur]

Honestly for star wars at least when it comes to the movies I'd rather take George Lucas's political jargen and flashy action scenes then Disney's rehash just because I know that what George is doing is new... If he ever accepted doing any new movies

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

Everyone says George is a bad writer, yet here we are in 2024 and people still quote his dialogue

[@aureateseigneur5317]

​@arriuscalpurniuspiso A few iconic lines does not a good writer make.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

@@aureateseigneur5317 May the force be with you. To be or not to be. That is the question

[@Abandonsoyciety]

​@@arriuscalpurniuspisohe is a bad dialogue writer, there's a difference between writing a story to read or act out vs writing lines that an actor is going to have to say and act out. This is why you have storyboard writers and script writers.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

@@Abandonsoyciety I think George had an idiosyncratic style that resonated. He said he never wanted to be a writer, but he had to write the script. There's something in the awkwardness of his dialogue, combined with great actors who could dleiver those lines, that made it work.

[@alexshmalex]

THANK YOU! Been saying this for years and the studios really need to return to risk taking on original ideas.

[@christopherarriaga1264]

He appreciates ARTISTS...I GET IT❤❤❤

[@bobbymauro3721]

Folks, this is the man who singlehandedly changed the world of the cinematic landscape by breaking it down to you in its most common denominator. Thank you George! For everything!

[@jamesbarlett246]

I agree with George 100%. Ideas are being recycled and story telling has become lazy and dull. George made Star Wars long before CGI existed. Even older TV shows are better than what we get today. They had to literally rely on imagination and excellent writing.

[@jankom.7783]

To be fair, there is only small number of types of stories, that people come up with and those keep getting repeated. And people expect it. Familiarity of story to their life is what draws people to watch it

[@fast1nakus]

Flash Gordon.

[@parkerlaufenberg470]

The original star wars was full of cgi

[@davidszabo1618]

​You're joking, right?

[@stephjovi]

But isn't he doing the same thing? Recycling star wars

[@chrisjoosten9819]

Oh George, we all love you so, so much. ❤

[@kylersoul]

God Bless You George and Reader 🙏🏾

[@adamross6474]

Bless this man. Miss him.

[@BadgerCastleCreations]

A true visionary. The irony is that most successful franchises came from the original creator taking risks and doing something different. And then companies come along and think that the format was what worked and just reproduce the same thing over and over again. Not realising that people were drawn to the originality and uniqueness of the piece in the first place. And by copying over and over you take that away to some degree.

[@jesustovar2549]

That's why Lucas was a genius at retaining the rights of the marketing and sequels to Star Wars, so only he could make the sequels, not because the studio wanted, even if they would have wanted, Fox would only carry the distribution, Lucasfilm funded the sequels and prequels.

[@lucabestea6844]

Over the last few months, somewhere in my subconsciousness, I feel like I drew the same conclusion. There are so many works and original ideas that it's hard to continue having new ones. That, or, imo, the many creative films, books, etc can make it hard to come up with new ideas for something and force people to adapt old works.

[@RoninRaffla]

He's partially right. Gaming industry still has original ideas, but that's still not treated as serious entertainment.

[@rumelahmed4539]

This man has literally directed 6 movies and 3 of them have been sequels.

[@roulek7491]

HE’S GODDAMN RIGHT

[@Certified_gainster]

Being from Modesto it’s so cool that he created the best story ever in books and movies 🍿

[@jesustovar2549]

You must feel very proud.

[@jakethegreatest473]

He ain't wrong.

[@hecate235]

This may be why I tend to rent or stream old movies -- or get them from the library. The movies may be in black & white, but at least they're original scripts, great actors, and directors. And sometimes, they are surprisingly forward thinking.

[@AdmiralKarelia]

I think that’s funny because the original Star Wars is just a classic medieval adventure tale but in space. The young boy (Luke) becomes the last squire for an old knight (Kenobi) and goes on an quest to save the princess (Leia) from the evil dragon (the Death Star) and faces off against the fallen knight (Vader) and the evil wizard (Palpatine) in order to save the world.

[@Garnerian]

Those are just classical story elements, though to be fair! Protagonist, Foil, Damsel, etc.

[@christopherarriaga1264]

So true❤❤❤

[@christopherarriaga1264]

​@Garneriaok, so what ELSE tells a "story" but THOSE elements...???❤❤❤

[@thefitchfergusonshow]

It’s a blend of old concepts. Hero’s journey, samurai films, westerns. But in the style of Flash Gordon serials he grew up watching. There was Nothing like Star Wars in 1977. You can blend old concepts and still make something entirely original.

[@davidemery4759]

@@thefitchfergusonshowthank you for that explanation. It stole the words out of my mouth. My favorite teacher always said everything has been done. We see similarities in everything created and there are absolute truths that permeate our art, but you can still use those truths in a new way that’s fresh. Star Wars was fresh especially to the screen back then;)

[@theslimashady4865]

George Lucas to Disney: "I find your lack of creativity disturbing🗿"

[@cski4048]

True. Nobody wanted Star Wars back then. Original ideas are lost

[@Pyro-Moloch]

Prequels are finally getting some love. So does M. Night Shyamalan. As a fan of both for many years, I'm glad I don't have to assiduously defend them all the time anymore.

[@DanWMiller]

So much of Star Wars is the basic heroes journey, Flash Gordon serials, Dune and Akira Kurosawa films, all things he has seen before

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

He has his influences, but he combined them to make something new

[@allthingshorrorrelated]

@@arriuscalpurniuspiso exactly!

[@aureateseigneur5317]

​@arriuscalpurniuspiso He basically ripped off his own childhood and repackaged it for younger generations, there's very little nareative priginality to most of his works.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

@@aureateseigneur5317 and yet, Flash Gordon and Kurusawa are largely unknown entities

[@aureateseigneur5317]

@arriuscalpurniuspiso Kurosawa? An unknown entity? One of the greatest most celebrated directors to have ever lived and one of the key figures responsible for modern day film making technique is uknown? This is why no one takes Star Wars fans seriously about movies.

[@stevecarter8810]

I saw a website in the early 00s showing all of Disney's live action releases. It was wall to wall plucky-boy-and-his-dog stories straight to VHS. Disney's big animation hits did most of the heavy lifting when it comes to their reputation.

[@MrEliwankenobi]

where is this inteview from?

[@meavid]

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[@hakamag]

Spot on! And it's also happening in the Music industry and even newer forms of entertainment like the Gaming industry. Currently these entertainment industries are almost entirely controlled by very large billion dollar companies that care only for quarterly earnings reports and that leaves very little room for innovation.

[@DAVADMDAVAD]

"an artist???" RALPH MCQUARRIE, YOU GLORY HOG.

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

That's pretty good

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

He was speaking in a general sense. He, the writer, hired an artist to help to sell a story.

[@IanMacLeansnv]

Deserves a big chunk of credit for Star Wars. AMAZING art!

[@stargazeronesixseven]

😊🙏 Thank You So Much Master George Lucas for giving the world the many original imagination & portrayal of the Universal Jedism , Jedi Masters , Sith Lords , Imperial Stormtroopers , Rebel Alliance , Light Sabers , Imperial TIE Fighters & Variants , Star Destroyers , Death Stars , the Rebels' X-Wing Starfighters , B-Wing , A-Wing , Han Solo & Chewbacca's Millennium Falcon , Naboo N1 Starfighter , Jango & Boba Fett , Slave-1 Firefly Class Patrol Ships , Tooine Boonta Eve Podrace! 😊🙏 Many Happy Good Blessings in Return to Master George Lucas & Lucasfilm & Industrial Light & Magic ( ILM ) ... 🌷🌿🌏✌💜🕊

[@RyanCampbell-d4f]

Yes 💯💯💯 sir

[@BrandonHarper-x8x]

George Lucas is the best wrighter and film maker in the world by my opinion. And it's sad what disney did to his best Star Wars trilogy and prequels.

[@emiliomonroy7929]

Executives and CEO's are not artists, they can't come up with stuff but they feel like they can decide exactly what to do even if they don't know anything

[@thunderstruck5484]

Thanks for the magical theater experiences George, American Graffiti and all the Star Wars and Indy movies, fun times

[@stefanahmad6926]

If someone asked me to talk about a visionary I admire it would 100% be this man.

[@bradleyjames7067]

AMEN Brother!!! Everything sucks now.

[@TonklinFallen]

This is happening in all industries, and has been happening for decades. In manufacturing, my old boss said "The best way to grow your business isn't by researching more product, or marketing your product to new customers. The best way to grow your business is to consume a smaller one and take their products." This was said to me six months before a larger business took over our company and shut down our site after moving all of products to their existing sites.

[@PatricKlein86]

It’s like poetry, George

[@kristiandoon8976]

Time for a rated R Sith trilogy

[@Darren777Au]

He's spot on. There are many screen writers with original screen plays that may not see the light of day.

[@LouisTravieon]

Thank you, George!

[@ManCave1972]

No greater authority than George Lucas. The man invented so much of what we know today in movies and pop culture.

[@Deadman3913]

The ironic thing here, and don’t get me wrong because I have loved Star Wars since I was 5 and first watched in a theater back in 1977, is that Star Wars is almost entirely derived from past movies and stories. “The Hidden Fortress”, “The Dam Busters”, etc. The lines spoken during the Battle of Yavin are nearly word for word taken from “The Dam Busters”. I grant, there are just so many archetypes one can choose from so being 100% unique and original is nearly impossible. So what I think George Lucas was able to achieve was put together existing stories and character archetypes into an original combination. He still told an old story. But I love him for it.

[@PoloMaldonadoM]

A brief master class on how to pitch a script. That's genius!

[@gabzito240p]

Protect George

[@ethandenton3393]

It's because we were trained out of all creativity and exploration in school. We were taught to conform and obey, so now it's about who can change the original stories the most, while still staying the same.

[@RoJoBBandG]

Thanks, George. You also handed over the reigns to these creatively bankrupt people.

[@Chessheromusic]

George is just starting to realize the truth There never was original thinking Ty for the dune inspired Flash Gordon series ❤

[@johnjay6370]

He nailed it! 100% we want something new, not a repeat!

[@walterwhite1]

George Lucas is a Legend!

[@rossangeles13]

true, seems to be the case with a lot of music too

[@bareflavourreviews4840]

He is one of a kind

[@moviemisfitsvid]

Yeah that's just the big studios though. The smaller studios and more independent stuff - fucking thriving with originality.

[@tru3sk1ll]

People underestimate how GOOD ralph mcquarrie's art really is, it's on another level the stuff he comes up with

[@enderfox1699]

Yeah, it was a joint effort of creative artist from different things, when mixing creative writing, creative artists, and creative stylist, to create not just a creative movie but a brilliant story

[@Marsamsung]

Its really hard for artist to present new ideas nowadays simply because somebody might randomly claim it anytime in the premise that they are the first to came out with that plot in a social media forum somewhere and it can be true.

[@dianatorralbo7690]

We all agree with George. Also, the art is INSANE, what an artist

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Same with my series of books ("Diamond Dragons") in many ways. Without the illustrations I've created (non-A.I., btw), the V.O. work I've done (and hired), and even the original music I've also added to my video projects regarding the series, it's clear that OTHERS "couldn't see". 🙄 Of course, this is extraordinarily sad, but that's just how humanity of 202x is; zero imagination, zero patience, zero courage to try something new and unknown. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨

[@Khultan]

*I WANT GEORGE LUCAS 100% AND NOTHING LESS!!!! 2024* ♥

[@linuskonig7963]

That's what George Lucas is really great at. He's not the greatest director or the greatest writer but he is a visionary. He can imagine whole worlds and how they look and most importantly how they feel.

[@stevebarlow5349]

One thing about George. He may not be the best director, he may not be the best writer. But he for sure has always been able to see where the future is.

[@nineballjunky]

This is an ironic statement because George Lucas openly drew inspiration from Joseph Campbell’s concept of the "monomyth" or "hero's journey," which is a common narrative framework found in countless myths and legends. Additionally, Star Wars heavily echoes Akira Kurosawa's films, particularly The Hidden Fortress (1958), whose plot structure and characters influenced the dynamics between R2-D2 and C-3PO. The series also incorporates elements from Westerns, World War II dogfight films, and even Flash Gordon serials, the latter of which Lucas initially wanted to adapt directly. These influences, while skillfully blended, demonstrate that Star Wars is a synthesis of pre-existing storytelling traditions rather than a wholly original creation.

[@pkamil-tu9bz]

george lucas is an amazing and never forgotten star wars maestro

[@paulking187]

He is of course 100% right. Love George Lucas.

[@sbentsen2714]

SPOT ON 💯

[@MrLemonaiden]

Sanderson has entered the chat. Lucas has left the chat.

[@benjiaa5266]

He's the best🤙

[@svenk5221]

Wow I reale like these concept arts

[@VidjyaGamesBobby]

Hats off to George and Ralph.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

The irony is that almost every great element of the OT was something Lucas borrowed from somewhere else. What made it original was the way he managed to combine disparate elements to create his project. It also helped that there was no internet back in the 70s and 80s so unless you already knew about The Seven Samurai (most Americans didn't), Eastern Mysticism (again most Americans had no clue) or the old style serial cliffhangers of the 1930s (even then the 30s were 4 decades in the past) then those elements seemed fresh and brand new. Now we've had nearly 50 years of SyFy, Fantasy and Comic based blockbusters so what seemed fresh then is now more of the same today. It's not to say that everything made today is bad because it's not. But Hollywood runs in cycles and it's easy to see when you're in one but it's harder to break out of it and start a new one even if you are doing so by creating something that's already been done before.

[@NDN2NieDzielNaDwa]

George is the best ❤

[@sunnibird]

Says the guy that lifted his whole story from Dune.

[@miguael_ribuera]

Not gonna lie, George Lucas is speaking facts, i also say the same “movies are great however nowadays movies are just horrible, no special, no original thing we say and more”

[@jasonhanson8627]

He is exactly 100% absolutely correct.

[@EliasKliebisch]

This man gave us our precious Star Wars, he gave us our baby 🥹

[@moritz1997me]

His voice is changing. Time is our enemy 😢

[@johnmcternan4157]

It was the first thing I noticed, double chin gone too😂, something happened to Peter Jackson's voice too

[@danymitehazard]

Yeah Disney just tried to replicate the magic of A New Hope and it failed miserably

[@albertpeterson5585]

...George is following Walt's lead here; story first.

[@thelazarous]

I want to get George's opinion of Andor. It was such a fantastic show without it needing any Star Wars, and the way it used Star Wars seems to be exactly how George imagined the Empire and rebellion he wrote but more dark.

[@Ravanananda]

meanwhile, Star Wars is mostly Dune + Flash Gordon with some other scifi stuff supporting. The concept of the Death Star comes from a novel by Isaac Asimov, and some of Asimov's stuff from Foundation is also prominent. Some stuff from John Carter of Mars is in too. It's a tasteful love letter to the pulp scifi of the previous generation, but I think talking about originality is the wrong move when his generation of filmmakers started the trend that has stagnated. They made tasteful amalgams while now it's just tasteless rehashing mostly. Besides that, doesn't it just feel like movie companies are just trying to piss people off now?