Why You'll Never See Movies Like Star Wars Again

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Star Wars is one of the quintessential movie experiences and has been a gateway into Sci-Fi for many fans. Let's take a look at what makes the original trilogy great... and not so great and why it is that we may never see movies like them ever again.
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[@RobAryeeArc]

Getting your own personal orchestral performance of the Star Wars theme... now this is podracing.

[@JETBLACKPRIEST]

Honestly, I'm really mad you didn't get to use that orchestra bit, it ain't you that is stupid. Fuck KZbin and/for the state it is in today where creativity is so neutered and hampered by draconian bureaucratic bullshit that pure talent and art is turned away in favor of pleasing and bending the knee to the corporate overlords by cramming creators into cookie cutter regulations that do nothing for the creator or viewer. You should be allowed to use that, the way instrument tutorials should be allowed to use music. It is a performance, not a copyright infringement, such horseshit.

[@GlGAPEPE]

It was definitely the most warmhearted mistake you’ve done and we all appreciate it. That intro showed true dedication never give up.

[@draketheduelist]

That intro broke my heart. All that effort on _everybody's_ part, but we can't hear it because ScrewTube can fit all the crap they give into all of Alderaan's remaining fine china.

[@FatTony5858]

Holy shit best intro yet, regardless of stupid copyright, you earned this one man, keep up the excellent work

[@JonnyLawYT]

Much appreciated my friend 🫡 take care

[@aurawolf2221]

I initially subscribed to you for your fantastic sense or humour but the way you described the problems with "Mainstream fans" or "Normies" in THE MOST ACCURATE WAY EVER! Yep, that was brilliant.

[@FormerPig]

Seconded.

[@FencyWill13]

I would love to see him look at this effect as a whole or especially in the fantasy genre, and how it's been all modernised, what were once epic tales with messages and morals placed in beautifully crafted worlds are now lumped in with what is basically a starbuck's barista's fanfic face-painted as an "Adult Fantasy Novel"

[@JonathanTorres-vr1sg]

A huge part of why Star Wars is so universally loved is not only Lucas’s passion for telling an exciting story, but because he was an anthropologist. He was deeply well versed in Joseph Campbell’s philosophy of myth, and so by adhering to universal archetypes of good and evil, the hero’s journey, rescuing your father from the underworld, and how a hero embraces the shadow before being a beacon of light, Lucas was able to create a story that would never fall out of relevance, because those archetypes transcend time periods and what’s “in.” More story tellers need to be in touch with these archetypes if they want to create excellent stories.

[@bungalowlogic7676]

Well said. This single movie will be required viewing three thousand years from now, like we had to read Homer's The Iliad or The Oddesey.

[@catsooey]

That’s a great point. I think there’s a major problem and originally I thought that it was partly because modern filmmakers and writers weren’t schooled in classical storytelling. I thought there was a sort of “gap” where the tradition of learning the fundamentals, studying what came before you and then finally adding your own voice was broken. And I still think this is true but it’s not the cause of the problem imo. Film (and all art in general) used to be a marriage of commercial and creative elements. There were business people and there were filmmakers, writers, etc. Both kinds of people were important. But I think there’s been a fundamental change where that whole tradition has been rejected. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the beginning of the end. It removed all restrictions on media ownership and turned our entire media into a 5-headed corporate monster. Over 90% of all media ended up under the control of a handful of companies. And I think these companies realized that with so much market share they felt that they could start to dictate content rather than try to respond to audience demand. And they decided to use technology (as well as gimmicks like the remake, superhero films/franchises, etc) to try to replace the artistic and creative side of the business. It’s an incredibly ugly concept but I think that’s what happened. And it all goes back to the deregulation of the media. There were specific laws put in place to prevent things like this from happening. But they were quietly weakened over the years until finally The Telecom Act of 1996 was signed by Bill Clinton and gradually the whole thing fell apart.

[@ViperChief117]

Because most studios are political as hell and don’t give a shit about the fans that managed to keep it running all these years such as myself. Lol

[@antplace]

The studios are not political, but their management is and these days they have complete control of what comes out. People so devoid of creativity, fantasy and joy, they cannot comprehend how to make something that has those things in it. They just follow "the pattern" of the day, so they don't have to do any thinking or take any risk.

[@atlantah5496]

times just change

[@theghostofmaximumvolume3414]

@@atlantah5496 They have changed for the better... Are you looking forward to the next Transformers? What are we at??? 10? 11??? How about the next Ghostbusters? Cam we get a Twilight version? One where teens played by actors in there 30s are dating ghosts and ghost babies are made?

[@Nonamearisto]

@@antplaceTheir management, their directors, their writers, and of course, their communist actors.

[@atlantah5496]

Never been a ghostbusters fan and I don't care about transformers anymore. New stuff will fill the void. @@theghostofmaximumvolume3414

[@firepowerg]

Can you imagine poor Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels in those suits in the middle of the Tunisian desert! Yikes!

[@nowhereman3988]

Several Makings that I recommend: - Beauty and the Beast - Finding Nemo - The Little Mermaid - Jurassic Park - The Avengers - Fantasia - Kill Bill - The Shining

[@JonnyLawYT]

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[@judgedrekk2981]

DUCK FISNEY!

[@iro6758]

Roger Rabbit's making of is famously awesome

[@michaelterpea6283]

I'd love a Jurassic Park review. Great breakdown about what made the original trilogy so iconic. ❤

[@justwonder1404]

I feel like if anyone pulled something like this now - somehow found money to make a fun original movie with a lot of heart, a simple conflict and a hero's journey - people would eat it up like it's their first meal in ages. Too bad it's unlikely.

[@lindleloverwatterson3484]

Now? As in this post is 8 HOURS OLD or something else?!!!?! Nearly everything done is taken from something in history that is/was greater than anything 'now days'

[@justwonder1404]

@@lindleloverwatterson3484 ...ok?

[@pfeilspitze]

10:35 The best phrasing I ever heard for this: Internal vs External Genres. Star Wars is great because its internal genre is actually Fairy Tale. It's only its external genre that's Sci Fi. That's why it's so different from Star Trek. You put a theme that the romans would recognize, just with it a super-modern coat of paint.

[@GerardMenvussa]

That's a very interesting point.

[@UnchainedEruption]

That's not an original sentiment. Star Wars was never considered sci-fi, not even by George Lucas. He always called it a space opera, or really a soap opera about the Skywalker scion. Though really it comes from a number of sources--westerns, WW2 films, some sci-fi, but it all melds together into something its own.

[@Max-il5hx]

Nice effort with the orchestra. You know, this corner of youtube could use a creator not afraid to incorporate more locations than his living room. Good sh*t.

[@GerardMenvussa]

When you were making comparisons between SW then and now, as well as the crews who worked on both, another thing that struck me was the journalists talking about it. You showed several clips of journalists covering the SW OT back then (and I had already seen several before that), and I am amazed at how professional, in depth and well presented it is. Like they actually cared about informing people (which is their job, I know, shocking). Meanwhile journalists these days, a good 90% of em seem to be stuck in a permanent competition to out-stupid one another. No effort, no fact-checking, no passion, no professionalism, no accountability.... We are literally in the middle of a "gamergeyte 2" right, now, that should tell you something. Speaking of which. A couple weeks ago, there was a segment of several minutes on a french national TV channel to talk about FF7 rebirth. The whole thing was literally just: - getting facts wrong - making fun of the whole media - making fun of gamers - making fun of the very concept of fantasy(!) - useless info dump with bad zero context, probably written by an AI At least they are consistent in their hatred of video games. It felt straight out the 80s. Thank you for reading my rant XD

[@aaikazuni6185]

Talking about behind the scenes documentaries, making of the "Pirates of the Caribbean 1,2&3" rocks hard. Recommended.

[@JonnyLawYT]

It does indeed.

[@TRivan-kx2bi]

​@@JonnyLawYT If you're looking at video games in this series, I would recommend the original Halo trilogy.

[@slavestudios47]

Heart Of Darkness - making of Apocalypse Now is an insane doc.

[@FiliusFidelis]

That scene in the hangar inside the Yavin 4 temple when they are about to take off. You see tech's disconnecting hoses, you see pilots final checks, turbines starting to rev up... the ships slowly start to ascend from the floor it STILL is one of my favorite Star Wars scenes ever. And I wish they had kept the original launch scene outside, when you just see lights quickly shooting skywards, it fitted the whole thing so much better than seeing the ship slowly gliding upwards.

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

It's becoming harder for one person to have a vision of a movie, without a lot of talentless people whining and complaining and wanting you to make it for them.

[@mrsamaritan6881]

Just release the music as a seperate video - just the music. Let KZbin copywrite it if they want. Just so everyone can enjoy.

[@JonnyLawYT]

Good idea my friend!

[@vomitman7533]

@@JonnyLawYTIn fact, if youtube claims it since it’s an original recording and performance, it would be it’s own copy right that you could use to claim on this video yourself. Ymfah does this on his own videos which kinda causes KZbin to freak out. Thus circumventing the claim.

[@patrickellison2939]

Thats it. You are my favorite you tuber. There are like three points in this video where I busted out laughing. Good work my man. You are what my grandma used to call "good trouble."

[@WineAndDissent]

Love your humor and positivity, man! Until the next A New Hope, we'll just luxuriate in the excellent art of the past and bide our time.

[@MasonBryant]

I love that line "Jabba, you're a wonderful human being". Meaning he isn't a wonderful Hutt.

[@inkermoy]

In both the documentaries of Star Wars and TESB, Lucas talks about fun and adventure to get away from the depressing films of the 70's. In the latter documentary a kid making a stop motion film in class says he likes Star Wars because you can escape real life. Truer words were never spoken. Disney doesn't create art anymore. It produces product. Other BTS docs I recommend is Behind The Planet Of The Apes, and if you can stomach 4hrs... Dangerous Days: The Making of Blade Runner.

[@michaelfields7088]

Omg Jonny is right! The original trilogy aged better than the Disney fan fiction sequels!

[@Skaiser_Wilhelm7938]

It's not like modern Lucasfilm are willing to take risks and invent new technology that will change the industry again. I remember a great statement of Lucasfilm as a company from another KZbinr, he called Lucasfilm 'A studio built by geniuses, and inherited by morons!' Why are we still getting Star Wars products?

[@gavinBsussex]

When I saw the picture of you at the beginning with your mouth open, looking aghast, I fully expected The Who’s Baba O’Reilly to start with the voiceover of you saying “that’s me and I never expected to become a world class symphony conductor. Here’s my story….” Lol

[@erikmickelson5621]

You are one of the best down to earth KZbinrs. Fantastic work man. Much love from the states! ❤

[@user-dv5py8ri1y]

It’s sad, the thought of future eras in the Star Wars universe was an exciting one for the longest time. Then the sequels came along, and well, to say said excitement diminished a little bit, would be an understatement. The only thing they can do to salvage this, is to make the threequel trilogy retcon the sequels and give Rey the same treatment as Luke in the sequels… what am I saying, that’ll never happen. This is of course Disney we’re talking about.

[@JoJoJoker]

Andor is the best we’ve had in the Star Wars galaxy since Empire Strikes Back. Even RedLetterMedia LOVED it.

[@mattsmule]

October 30, 2012 - R.I.P. Star Wars

[@teddyo311]

Always great to see ya pop up in my notifications, Jonny. Great vid.

[@KevDaly]

I assumed "You're a wonderful human being" was a joke.

[@briandain8432]

At 17 minutes speaking of Yoda, don't forget Frank Oz (scene in Spies Like Us) not only controlled Yoda but supplies the Voice to this day. In Ep2 behind the Scenes George reveals Yoda is the Lovechild of Kermit and Piggy.

[@torikazuki8701]

The introductory Text to Star Wars is indeed Exposition, but the WAY it is done, combined with the Music, does a good job of setting the Tone and Mood. It set audience expectations (without the horrid 'Subversion') and became Iconic exactly because of that.

[@rosumparat]

There's one fan theory about New Hope of who killed the Jawas and destroyed their Sandcrawler then killed/burned Luke's relatives. It wasn't the Imperials since we all know Imperial Troopers AREN'T so precise to begin with. Then there the Executor scene where Vader gathered some bounty hunters instructing them to catch then Millennium Falcon AND specifically points to Boba Fett - "no disintegrations". So Boba Fett was responsible for the Tatooine massacre. But it's just a theory. A good one.

[@peddypeoples941]

This was very wholesome and the memes funny. You are upping the quality of editing quite a lot, love your stuff man.

[@georgecaplan11]

Because the original Star Wars was one man’s vision inspired by his love of movies. Hollywood today is a creature of corporatism where none of the people involved love movies or watch them or know anything about cinema history. They just think Star Wars is a brand and the philosophy is to keep churning out more corporate produce to beget more corporate product. The corporate types think it’s similar to Jordan’s - Nike keeps making the same shoes in different colors and people keep buying them so why not Disney. So this is the model they use. Except the Disney product is created by uncreatives in committee rooms and the customers won’t buy it anymore.

[@starlighter930617]

12:29 People always make fun of Obi-Wan for this line. Me, I like to think that he's not talking about their excellent aim rather their technical knowledge on how to cripple the sandcrawler effectively with the least effort. A knowledge Sand People wouldn't have as they don't use any technology.

[@SandraOrtmann1976]

I guess if nowadays you got the right team together who is passionate only about the story and does not give one crap about "the message", they could pull it off again...only that very rarely the right team comes together. There are invivdual people who still have the fire and passion...but they alone can only do so much. Maybe the miracle can happen again... Absolutely brilliant video, highly recommend.

[@racingraptor4758]

It will especially once ,,the message" falls off grace completly (which will happen quite soon)

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

I was *_fascinated_* by the BTS stories of Tombstone & Young Guns; the costume designer for Tombstone had to get creative, because _someone_ had nicked all the Western wardrobe available, for their own production that was going on at the same time - as well as the legend that almost all the facial hair & lightning was real --- & in Young Guns; Tom Cruise just dropped by the set, to hang with his friends- & then got into costume & put on a moustache for a scene- there was a prank-war, kicked off by Emilio Estevez - oh, & Lou Diamond Philips could have *died* during a horse-stunt - but he _still_ enjoyed making the movies enough that he's coming back for a **_third_** one...

[@mssunset]

I know Juan!!! I used to dance with him when I was in uni!!! You have unlocked a long forgotten memory for me :D thank you!

[@roobicantthrow]

Awesome vid man. Hope to see more soon. Highly recommend the behind the scenes documentary on Forrest Gump.

[@BoyKagome]

GTA, Star Wars addition. Fans -" The prequels are crap." -Sequels come out.- Fans - " I want to apologize."

[@UnchainedEruption]

I always loved the prequels.

[@JoJoJoker]

Jeremy Clarkson *AND* Star Wars? We’ve reached peak content here, fella!

[@jooei2810]

This is more than love for Star Wars, this is love for movie industry.

[@christianrees9886]

Dude your content is so refreshing! New sub and I'll be sure to keep watching Keep it up man! ❤

[@hatuletoh]

I don't know KZbin's rules, but could you release a video of the orchestral performance--and amateur conducting--without ads or monetization? Just to put something awesome into the world. And because people who play for the love of it deserve an audience.

[@p.bckman2997]

Thank you for your heartwarming take on the old trilogy!

[@taqresu5865]

On your commentary about George filming stuff in hazzardout environments, for Revenge of the Sith, he had a camera crew film an active volcano and included thosd shots for the Mustafar scenes. Domd things never change.

[@weldy00]

One of the lines you said towards the end of the video resonated with me pretty viscerally. It was something to the affect of "the power of organic passion". I have not seen or heard any behind the scenes footage from it, but simply by WATCHING it, I can tell that the anime that just finished airing recently "Frieren: Beyond Journeys End" has this in spades! If you have any interest in the medium at all, I highly recommend giving it a shot

[@briandain8432]

Stuart Freeborn not only made the Real Yoda, but also the actual 2000 pound (sorry no idea what that is in metrics) Jabba the Hutt.

[@SamHell-wr8bi]

Well done, man. Subscribed.

[@thefourthcolor]

Great vid my dude. Thank you!

[@erinaltstadt4234]

Thank you

[@njlkerins]

Brilliant! Thanks for this, maestro!

[@HyruleGamer]

Another Jonny Law banger I must say 👌

[@Leonfei]

Since you've got the poster on the wall, I'd love to hear your thoughts on Final Fantasy. In my opinion, the series peaked with X (not that there haven't been good moments since), so this would make a good subject for Never Again and why the series started to change in the ways we've seen.

[@UnchainedEruption]

Wow, that never occurred to me. I'm familiar with the show Space: 1999. I've seen a few episodes of it. It never occurred to me that it kind of looks like the Tantitive IV.

[@h-dawg969]

I think you should focus your skills towards a little mini series on Spaced and the Cornetto trilogy.

[@gurrajapp3076]

Great vid 👍

[@briandain8432]

In ESB, the scene with Yoda walking off in the distance with the basically stolen Lamp... That's played by Deep Roy!! The only good part of Tim Burton's Chocolate Factory.

[@briandain8432]

At 11:07 the Stunt Coordinator playing the Tusken Raider was the same guy who did all the Great stunts in Indiana Jones and was the First skiff guard to dive into Sarlacc.

[@MrHydenSeek]

I'll admit I am not a good subscriber I tend to let videos build up and binge them. Your production quality has jump. Good job Mr.Law

[@michealbohmer2871]

R2D2 was unique in cinema in that he is a McGuffin that the audience actually cares about. Alfred Hitchcock famously defined a McGuffin as an object in the story that all the characters care about, but the audience doesn't. George wanted a McGuffin that the audience would care about --- enter R2D2. The X-Wing is based on a dragster. The prequels are good movies. The George Lucas had with the Screen Actors' Guild, the Writer's Guild and Director's Guild over the opening credits, lead GL to quitting both the Writer's Guild and Director's Guild. It also meant he couldn't use his first choice for Director of Return of the Jedi: Steven Spielberg. Star Wars is not Sci-fi, it's a Space Opera (or, possibly, Sci-fantasy). Thanks for the video, mate, as a guy who was there at the start and watched Star Wars when it opened in Australia in 1977, I can tell you that Star Wars touched many people in a profound way. Young, old, men, women, no matter the nationality or cultural heritage, we all related to it. When we Star Wars fans hung out together, we didn't care where the other fans came from or what shade their skin happened to be, or what wedding tackle they were carrying around, we didn't see any of that, we only saw a Star Wars fan.

[@ashleyellis8875]

I agree on all this in particular the goose bump effect no longer exists in films today every time anything Star Wars announced I just can’t feel the same I know the prequels do get hate by some but the trailers for all three did give me the goose bumps so to me they were Star Wars I never want to see the sequels or tv shows again and I never will

[@user-vv7hb8ok2f]

they aren't concerned with telling the hero's journey nowdays, they just want to push "the message".

[@racingraptor4758]

They dont want heroes. Heroes change the course of history, are innovative, kind, smart and listen to people. All of those traits are unwanted in modern enterteiment...

[@dragons_advocate]

Jonny, I must say that I have not the slightest clue about conducting an orchestra. But I trust you, and if you say you did great, I believe you and I am so very proud of you.

[@robbieh697]

Definitely check out the making of Aliens, it’s nuts. It’s longer than the actual movie though.

[@Vexarax]

Liked, and cmmenting as I’m trying to fix my homepage. The algorithm seems to think I’m only into cats and damned pranks but I want to see more of this sort of thing, not nonsense!! 💚

[@TheRealOfficialAmazingAdam]

I left Star Wars for Warhammer 40k lore I like to read , I like Greek) Roman Mythology, Dark Fantasy, Science fiction, and history. The Rangdan Wars, and Xenocides were influenced by The Punic Wars during the great crusade/ Horus Hersey Era

[@Truffle_Pup]

Proper snide getting pulled up by the copyright demons mate. Still, class intro.

[@solitudestudios3370]

I like the concept that Lando is actually helping himself his own clothing, and that Han has been wearing Lando’s clothing. Lando lost the ship to Han (fair and square). Han took possession to all of Lando’s stuff that was in it as well. Including his clothing.

[@Bob.martens]

Old Disney brought life to animated objects. New Disney sucks the life out of everything on screen.

[@bladeduffer]

18:22. - you are correct. To see what a studio like Disney does greenlight for Star Wars just watch the sequel trilogy.

[@dylans0630]

That’s too bad, because my main inspiration is has always been Star Wars. I love campy space operas. I love serious sci fi as well, but Star Wars was always my whole world

[@sotiriospeithis6659]

Love this channel

[@Scotty393]

If you haven't watched 'The Movies That Made Us' I highly recommend it. I particularly enjoy the Spartacus story during filming Aliens. Also watch interviews with the Dune director and how he talks about honoring the source material and says thing you wouldn't hear from nearly a single other director or studio. I hope he direct something related to either LOTR, Star Wars or the Witcher.

[@genmaicha.lapsang]

I like your moustache Jonny. It looks really good. *You need to get it long enough to use wax to shape it.* Then you might get more sponsors too.

[@John-Doe-Yo]

Lol do you mention his moustache in every comment on his channel

[@genmaicha.lapsang]

@@John-Doe-Yo Yes, I do. 😊 It is one of the better ones on youtube though.

[@crooster1]

Told you this was going to blow up :) GJ Jonny

[@endiewarners5203]

How about denis villeneuve and dune? Pretty good ;)

[@briandain8432]

Even with ESB being the Best it went 5 million dollars over budget that nearly bankrupted, and much of it was filming hours of Abandoned bad chemistry between Fisher & Ford.

[@OldMusicFan83]

I saw Star Wars at the theater in 1977. I grant you permission to play the John Williams theme song as was played for me in those days. Yes

[@wolfsigma]

I love the making of Apocalypse Now. It's well done!

[@sneeson]

Regarding "Making-ofs", RoboDoc is one of the very best IMO. The making of Robocop was fascinating!

[@LeviPennington-vv2kq]

What if I see Star Wars again. That movie is a lot like Star Wars

[@venaautos]

Can you upload the orchestra video to a second channel and put it in the description? Surely share their work! Please and thank you!

[@briandain8432]

At 15:30, at least George didn't go to Oedipus Rex for inspiration with the Hero/King unknowingly taking his Own Mom as his Queen... Ewww.

[@IMAMONGUS]

I want to see the orchestra footage!!

[@agentsmith2378]

Great vid Jonny nice one pal👍

[@mihailopopovic4759]

I would like to see video about pirates of the Carabian, BUT first three movies only

[@Douglas_Nutt]

12:40 the Storm troopers accuracy is showcased in their ability to avoid hitting the 'barn'.

[@hamishsouthworth3426]

The making of for Peter Jacksons King Kong are worth a watch, much POG

[@remuslazar2033]

Of course we have a new New Hope. It's Rebel Moon

[@MashProductions15]

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[@Ale-dd3ek]

Seriously Bro? That Battle beyond the star rip off?

[@lookingforwookiecopilot]

We'll never see big, epic movies like Ben Hur again either, or comedies like Blazing Saddles, or songs with ten minute solos like Inna Godda Da Vida, or muscle cars like the GTO. Times change. That's the nature of all things. 😅

[@josephmayfield945]

The making of Apocalypse now is bonkers.

[@groovemedium]

This is my favorite video of yours. Han Solo led him away from any alarm he could trigger.

[@artemis_studios6555]

LISAN AL GAIB

[@Yolanda8419]

Terminator one and two have an awesome making of.

[@Rickydiculus]

The 1970s were a time of great movie making because the old studio heads were old and as close to death as their creative ideas. George Lucas, Ryan de palma Spielberg they all came in at a time when technology was viable for FX, and writing was still considered an art, of couirse

[@cavedragon4383]

They have a documentary on the original Pinochio that's really good.

[@h-dawg969]

Pause and press 3:11 - Mootash is vibing!

[@voidLaboratory]

Perfect as always! I'd say ALIEN or GHOST IN THE SHELL.