STAR WARS (1977): How It Was Written

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Christopher Ashton

Christopher Ashton

Күн бұрын

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@PlainsPup
@PlainsPup 3 жыл бұрын
9:57 - This deleted scene with Luke watching the space battle from down on Tatooine ("Utapau") is just fantastic. Not only do we see a day in the life of Luke, working with a droid and a moisture vaporator, you also get a sense of the magnitude of the battles going on out there. The scene is both mundane and incredibly imaginative at the same time. I can see why it didn't make the final cut, but something like it might've been really cool, and good for setting the mood.
@cobeoe
@cobeoe 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly I think that's the only thing they should have kept him watching the space battle for a few seconds like in the dark horse manga version
@ashdoginc
@ashdoginc 2 жыл бұрын
When you see the development behind Star Wars it is amazing how well it ended up. You also understand why the prequels became what they became.
@Valkonnen
@Valkonnen Жыл бұрын
You know how you hear these fans saying, "That film changed my life!"? In my case it actually did! I saw this in the theater in 1977 when i was 10 years old. When I was 13 I saw ESB, and met the Mother and Grandmother of one of the effects guys who were viewing the film as well. She took my address and her son wrote me a letter, encouraging my artistic talent and sent a pencil sketch of Darth Vader's helmet, that read " To Rick, Good luck and may the force be with you.". This SHOWED me that people actually do start out as regular people, and can actually work on big films. To date , I've had a 35 year career in special effects because of that one letter, that showed by example that you can be whatever you want.
@Tadicuslegion78
@Tadicuslegion78 2 жыл бұрын
If there's anything I took from George Lucas as a writer, it's get all your ideas out on paper first, they can be as crazy as you want, just get it all out there, then look at all of it and go, alright I can take this part, this and this, and a bit of that and that. While at the same time go, I really like this idea, but it's not gonna work for the story I'm working on now so I will save it for later when I can find a better use for it. And really, spending the couple of bucks to buy a bunch of loose leaf paper/legal pads and pencils has helped me a bunch to force myself to physically write rather than just look at a computer screen all day.
@holdingpattern245
@holdingpattern245 Ай бұрын
Sylvester Stallone once said that when you're making your first draft just get it over with, it doesn't have to be good, you just need something to rewrite, and rewriting is where the magic happens.
@gonk534
@gonk534 4 жыл бұрын
Ah, yes. Thanks for combining my two favourite things: Star Wars and History. It is very interesting to see the history of films and how they are made.
@JNPro
@JNPro 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing video. I'm actually a novelist doing some research on other creative persons work and it was very helpful.
@johanbendiksen7051
@johanbendiksen7051 4 жыл бұрын
My main takeaway from this is that Star Wars could easily have never been, and likewise many other pieces of art could've been just as famous as Star Wars but never even came close.
@FrenchAccentsChannel
@FrenchAccentsChannel 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it seems Star Wars sailed onto a perfect storm of collaborators.
@grasont9582
@grasont9582 5 ай бұрын
This brings me the idea, what have never been, what is out there that has never left the paper.
@Typicyegvw
@Typicyegvw 8 ай бұрын
I will make and write a fictional movie franchise which will rival and equal the success of Star Wars. The first movie will be titled ‘The Great Rifter GumBall’ and it will come out when I’m 19 years old and just left college. Remember this in 10 years!
@lloydshanahan154
@lloydshanahan154 Жыл бұрын
The most official versions of the development of Star Wars can be found in John Rinzler's making of series and Paul Duncan's Star Wars Archives series. You don't get more official then those books. George Lucas A Life is actually full of false info, the first 6 chapters aren't so bad, but when you get to chapter 7 or 8 the book full on becomes a hit piece on George Lucas.
@GaryTongue-to3pw
@GaryTongue-to3pw 9 ай бұрын
NO books are official or canon to Star Wars, dummy!
@connordowlin7266
@connordowlin7266 7 ай бұрын
Absolutely fascinating. If this isn’t motivation for writers, then I don’t know what is. Great job putting this together!
@MARK-gp9hb
@MARK-gp9hb 11 ай бұрын
Wow this video was great! Feels like a legit documentary, well made. While watching I let out a sigh of relief because I'm used to so many poorly made videos
@sachathedragon5766
@sachathedragon5766 3 жыл бұрын
Trying to write a novel inspired by Star Wars.
@patricksleep9787
@patricksleep9787 Жыл бұрын
I’m trying to write two screenplays influence and inspired by Star Wars and spaghetti western films, one will most likely be a feature the other is more of a tv series, both are in the genre of Space opera or fantasy
@keeganfritz1141
@keeganfritz1141 11 ай бұрын
How’s it going
@sachathedragon5766
@sachathedragon5766 11 ай бұрын
@@keeganfritz1141 i havent touched it since this comment 😂 ADHD does that 😭
@GaryTongue-to3pw
@GaryTongue-to3pw 9 ай бұрын
@patricksleep9787 You should call 'Em: "Chazwazzeers"!
@NovaRadio-il4wb
@NovaRadio-il4wb 8 ай бұрын
I've completed a script, inspired by star wars.
@markgraham2312
@markgraham2312 11 ай бұрын
A very good job. I spent 2 years studying Star Wars and read many of the same sources. Very good. Kaminsky's book is half-good and half-bad.
@Jared_Wignall
@Jared_Wignall 8 ай бұрын
George Lucas truly created something special with Star Wars. Combining so many things from history, religion, western and eastern cultures and so much more makes Star Wars stand out more than any Space Opera film before or after it. Thank you for the video man, keep up the great work!
@adriang6259
@adriang6259 3 жыл бұрын
This should be a movie. The movie should end with the start of Star Wars at the first screening
@johnpoulton9446
@johnpoulton9446 5 жыл бұрын
absolutely GREAT work on this video my man !!!!!!!
@jacobreveles7222
@jacobreveles7222 4 ай бұрын
Appreciate the King Gizzard worship for the background music
@FrenchAccentsChannel
@FrenchAccentsChannel 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome research, lots of interesting details. I remember reading the original script, or one of the earlier versions, and it was awful. Lucas' script collaborators deserve a lot of credit, but also the arts dept, SFX, sound design and of course J. Williams for the music.
@terrencegunther
@terrencegunther 6 жыл бұрын
That was so good omg. I thought I was the one in 1 million viewers to view the video, until I saw the view count at the end of the video hahahah. You can go so far with KZbin mate, that was the best editing and content ive seen in a while. Cannot believe that you have a view count of fucking 248 views. Definitely subscribing bro, and would love to see some more film related essays bro! keep it up!
@InvenireFilms
@InvenireFilms 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much man! I really appreciate the comment and the support, I'm always hoping I'll eventually make something that people will watch ;)
@mgoblue9389
@mgoblue9389 3 жыл бұрын
Can we all just breathe a sigh of relief that they weren't called Jedi Bendu's
@charlestaylor253
@charlestaylor253 9 ай бұрын
I'm glad that "Mace Windy" became a Jedi Knight 30+ years later and died from being Force-thrown out a windu...😏
@CalmaxFilm
@CalmaxFilm 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent thank you
@SongvilayFilms
@SongvilayFilms 3 жыл бұрын
I really love this video man!
@Dantheon
@Dantheon 2 жыл бұрын
His earliest draft of Star Wars reads a lot like how Dune written....
@comaofbowls84
@comaofbowls84 2 жыл бұрын
He took 90% of the original Dune novel and made it kid-friendly. There, now you know.
@ATATChat
@ATATChat 6 жыл бұрын
Great video man. Subbed.
@Elwrt455
@Elwrt455 Жыл бұрын
Great book too
@holdingpattern245
@holdingpattern245 Ай бұрын
The first submitted script of Ghostbusters was also incredibly long and packed with sci-fi nonsense. What a weird similarity.
@CharlieMonkeh
@CharlieMonkeh 4 жыл бұрын
Simply a brilliant video you made, I’m actually writing a script that’s similar to the way how Lucas wrote his scripts but there is no way I would follow in his footsteps. Instead I wanna stand on my own but I wanna test my writing abilities that’s all, personally story comes first before the art, that’s as much I could say.
@andrikpalaciosc
@andrikpalaciosc 3 жыл бұрын
9:20 Horology by King Gizzard ... wow
@Сайтамен
@Сайтамен 3 жыл бұрын
George created all the script and plot of Ep 1-6. He didn't directed 5 adn 6 only because of nervious breakdown. Check the @Star wars: Empire of dreams". And yes, prequels were great. They get us great world of the Republic and Jedi, told the arc of Anakin Skywalker which gets more sense to OT. And they did the univerce more serious and mature. Of course, the epic star battles and saber fights...If you don't like it because of stupid reasons (Jar Jar, midichlorians, love dialogues), it is such your problem. Without George would be no Star Wars.
@VibingMeike
@VibingMeike 3 жыл бұрын
I wholeheartedly agree with this
@damiantirado9616
@damiantirado9616 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry pal you sound like a Lucas fanboy. He didn’t wrote the scripts for all 6 films in the 70s he didn’t really have a plan. Stop making excuses kids Any talented filmmaker would know that the prequels are objectively bad films.
@j_d.darrenhunter5803
@j_d.darrenhunter5803 9 ай бұрын
​@@damiantirado9616 And so how do you explain Steven Spielberg giving the prequels praise? He not talented enough for your standards?
@damiantirado9616
@damiantirado9616 9 ай бұрын
@@j_d.darrenhunter5803 Steven Spielberg never praised the Star Wars prequels. He never said anything good about them. So stop lying.
@j_d.darrenhunter5803
@j_d.darrenhunter5803 9 ай бұрын
@@damiantirado9616 Alright, go ahead and ignore his segments in several interviews where he gave George rounding praise for being bold enough to move forward with his vision and how splendid they turned out. My source is the special edition interviews and the encyclopedia if you wanna go ahead and watch for yourself. Oh what's that? You don't feel like reading or watching and would rather just claim it never happened because you refuse to go and see for yourself? Figures.
@JoRoBoYo
@JoRoBoYo 3 жыл бұрын
Hans solo is voldemort?
@zachperry6228
@zachperry6228 3 жыл бұрын
Is the opening song of your video by Nctrnm?
@dentangaji6161
@dentangaji6161 10 ай бұрын
holy damn young George Lucas is hella drip 😭
@ShujoSLX
@ShujoSLX 5 жыл бұрын
intro song?
@svslucy
@svslucy 3 жыл бұрын
Weee need more VIEWS for this! ASAP!
@ryananthony4840
@ryananthony4840 2 жыл бұрын
Without a good script it has nowhere to go....... LIKE 7 8 AND 9!!!
@iainclark5964
@iainclark5964 2 жыл бұрын
It had a script?!
@educastellini
@educastellini Жыл бұрын
-Here's the thing: So Star Wars Original is created by George Lucas of the 70's (half Hippie) along with Joseph Campbell (Power of Myth, Hero with a Thousand Faces, Hero's Journey), who basically is the guy who defined mythology worldwide. -Then they created a Space Opera with Good and Evil hyper well defined (as in any classical mythology) with mystical knights who have their religion based on the mystical force that emanates from all living beings against their opposite of the dark side (Yang Ying ) and a chosen one of the force and his son with princesses, smugglers, rebels at war against an evil empire and that was the original script that George Lucas divided into 9 parts and made the first 6 which are absurdly better than the last 3 made by writers who are now only concerned with military left-handedness that is the woke fashion of today and relativizing evil. -Mandalorian was good at the beginning because it was faithful to the classic cannon and showed the culture and lore of their sect (and this has depth) honorable warriors who have a code and defend orphans and with Baby Yoda...?!?!? !?!? -Forget that Star Wars and Star Trek in the hands of these fragrant writers is already over. -There's a saying that "for a bad fuck even the belly gets in the way" these writers have the depth of a puddle of mud compared to the originals it's logical that shit will only come. -From now on just backwards my friends.
@jvo8068
@jvo8068 9 ай бұрын
Prequels > Originals
@anthonycorcino6700
@anthonycorcino6700 2 жыл бұрын
I would like to see Han Solo leader of the hubble people.
@one4allall4one91
@one4allall4one91 5 жыл бұрын
Aweful name: starkiller. Good thing he changed it.
@CharlieMonkeh
@CharlieMonkeh 4 жыл бұрын
One4All All4One personally it sounds too cheesy if you ask me.
@moussamiller4812
@moussamiller4812 3 жыл бұрын
@@CharlieMonkeh it was later used in The Force unleashed games for Vader’s apprentice
@CharlieMonkeh
@CharlieMonkeh 3 жыл бұрын
@@moussamiller4812 that I do remember, thanks pal!
@WhackWackenhut
@WhackWackenhut 2 жыл бұрын
Leigh Brackett
@okayyeah8699
@okayyeah8699 2 жыл бұрын
2:22 Donald Owen Trump Wilson
@TyphanyGarcia
@TyphanyGarcia 8 ай бұрын
United artists
@DeroComedy
@DeroComedy 6 жыл бұрын
AT-STs!! AT-STs!!
@InvenireFilms
@InvenireFilms 6 жыл бұрын
Did it break new ground?
@DeroComedy
@DeroComedy 6 жыл бұрын
omg he replied... he really replied
@P.Subaeruginosa
@P.Subaeruginosa 2 жыл бұрын
Just a quick FYI, if you manage to get inducted into an aboriginal tribe and gain trust with the elders you'll learn that their creation story is star wars minus the colorful characters and I mean literally everything except the characters what is referred to as "the force" is just a very lazily renamed "the source" not saying he copied it but it is very suspicious.
@camm24
@camm24 4 жыл бұрын
not a fan of this, it's a huge stretch.
@opedits-ar8920
@opedits-ar8920 3 жыл бұрын
Not a fan of the Originals? They are the best
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