Lord.... the time put into these older movies is unreal
@Patara.7 жыл бұрын
M&N Distribution I mean like if done well it can blend in just fine with editing software these day.
@JohnDoe-zh6cp7 жыл бұрын
Takes even more time now. CGI artists have to render each frame indiviually
@BioClone7 жыл бұрын
"its way easier to create a model in a modeling program and add some FX using a computer and make them move on the screen, rather than create a physical model from scratch and move it and the camera around" Not, it isnt... It allows more detail, cleaner working, reusability and less space and money on the materials... however its not, by any mean, easier... also CGI requires much more work and experience to achieve great results, while its much easier to get experience and achieve good results modeling a fisical object...
@bouchandre7 жыл бұрын
If you only knew the time it takes to do digital stuff.. oh god...
@UnchainedEruption5 жыл бұрын
M&N Distribution “older”
@Rogue98 жыл бұрын
Crazy how much time and effort went into these shots back then! Although the result was well worth it.
@GryffDavid8 жыл бұрын
The jumping AT-AT at 6:46 is epic.
@autumn7027 жыл бұрын
And here we see a baby AT-AT, frollicking alongside it's mother.
@1813-b1l6 жыл бұрын
Gryffydd David It's my firm belief that Robot Chicken saw this animatic and used it for their racing walkers
@captainrex44035 жыл бұрын
LMAO!!! All the years that I have watched this making of documentary I never noticed that!!! Good catch.
@lolafinch5 жыл бұрын
That's how they move when deployed on low-g moons.
@niilo75525 жыл бұрын
atatat
@starwarshq10 жыл бұрын
George Lucas was extremely wise to surround himself with such talent! These guys are the "forefathers" of special effects and truly revolutionized film making. :D
@tiffysinclair776010 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@AndyLeeChannel10 жыл бұрын
agreed! I really love their masterpieces, their works
@georgioquestor5979 жыл бұрын
Actually special film effects got started in the early 1900's, with short films such as A Trip to the Moon (1912). Much later in the 50's Ray Harryhausen brought his unique style of effects of which many of the SW effects people thank many times over. Star Wars is a culmination of all these SPFX techniques learned from decades past.
@johnhajdo31676 жыл бұрын
Tiffy Sinclair only the sith deal in absolutes
@ClasssicAri6 жыл бұрын
The “ForceFathers”
@captainviggo457510 жыл бұрын
6:44 Thank god they didn't go for that jumping AT-AT. Hilarious.
@Towert710 жыл бұрын
agreed! wow.
@Jakarii10 жыл бұрын
LOL
@smw12795 жыл бұрын
They did in Robot Chicken
@hugejackedman74235 жыл бұрын
@@smw1279 Glad it wasn't in Star Wars though.
@amarolatoja22725 жыл бұрын
@@hugejackedman7423 pretty sure the animator was only fooling around mate
@StarWars10 жыл бұрын
Learn how blue-screens, stop motion animation, and intricately built (and destroyed) models made up the Original Trilogy's much-loved special effects.
@3ccdmike10 жыл бұрын
Dykstra st work.
@petitlouiscoeurcarlini990810 жыл бұрын
très bon
@HarbourRat10 жыл бұрын
To me, the stop motion effects looks more real than the CG effects of today.
@MrSabram0710 жыл бұрын
This is so great. It my dream job
@Midnunes10 жыл бұрын
Old fashion beats the crap out of modern day cg effects... my respect and a really big applause for those who made these films!! May the force be with them!
@kzteligo9 жыл бұрын
This is what I call DEDICATION!
@onionboy70996 жыл бұрын
Now this is dedication
@NorwegianBoy949 жыл бұрын
That is insane, 8 hours work for 1 second footage! No Wonder why Star Wars is one the best if not the best movies ever made! Star Wars FTW
@josegarcia3036 жыл бұрын
Kent Olav Jakobsen nah not the best but its good
@UnchainedEruption5 жыл бұрын
Kent Olav Jakobsen All animation, stop-motion or otherwise, is like that.
@justinb9545 жыл бұрын
KevinKent, Olav Jakobsen... All the newer big budget movies with 200 million dollar budgets have credits that roll for 30 minutes. There's hundreds of people involved.
@Skankhunt-xr5lb5 жыл бұрын
@@justinb954 credits that roll for 30 minutes...? like which movies huh
@christianlee56665 жыл бұрын
@@Skankhunt-xr5lb Every movie...
@ToastyTime10 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Star Wars changed my life forever, and I love these behind the scenes things.
@Joe.Joseph10 жыл бұрын
Hey bashur, I love Star Wars too!
@Jeffgaming1110 жыл бұрын
Same here
@X3H3X10 жыл бұрын
Bashurverse hey dude I love star wars too and do u know what AT-AT stands for?
@lindseykoczalka899710 жыл бұрын
Bashurverse I LOVE STAR WARS TOO!!!!!!
@Justanothercrow12310 жыл бұрын
Andrew Stewart All Terrain Armored Transport, guy.
@pkmovies9210 жыл бұрын
THAT, my friends, is the real movie making!
@captainrex44035 жыл бұрын
So true!!! They thought it was gonna be a flop and prepared for disaster but little did they know they created a masterpiece, a game changer in movie making, and special effects!!! And the special effects have survived the test of time and has held up well over the years!!! That my friends is talent!!!
@MegaJoojee5 жыл бұрын
well why would you do it so slowly today wheb you can get same results in a fraction of a time. it only needs some thinking and a good blend of visual and practical effects. there is nothing "better" in this old and slow way of making things.
@markusgaul84675 жыл бұрын
the film tension is ten times as great as current films.
@treystephens44905 жыл бұрын
@@markusgaul8467 I've almost forgotten about Disney Star Wars already.
@treystephens44905 жыл бұрын
@@MegaJoojee it looks more real with real world creations.
@animatedshaakti33648 жыл бұрын
We need a special edition of this video. A few extra rocks would do nicely.
@oldaccount4097 жыл бұрын
Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
@yuriridley81447 жыл бұрын
Animated Shaak Ti LMAO
@SketchTurnerZero7 жыл бұрын
Animated Shaak Ti Not one, but three Special Editions ;)
@clevoro7 жыл бұрын
And a few explosions if you put Michael Bay on this
@Everik-ct6pg6 жыл бұрын
Wee need to make the Explosions more impactive, the Explosions are the key to all of this
@mwells2199 жыл бұрын
It still amazes me how well the ages old matte painting effects works.
@bouchandre9 жыл бұрын
Still not as well as today's digital matte painting and compositing.
@thegreatagitator46759 жыл бұрын
I worked with optical and digital effects during the 80s/90s and I find this still more impressive.
@andrewvanrhoberts10 жыл бұрын
CGI can't replicate the magic of actual models like these,
@ChrissonatorOFL9 жыл бұрын
***** Perhaps. It depends on who is doing the CGI. This model work could easily have be crappy. I mean, ILM did the model effects for many Trek movies, for example, Search for Spock and the effects were amazing, but the same exact models used in Star Trek V filmed by another company (because it was cheaper) was less than spectacular.
@cj64films9 жыл бұрын
***** True, but i do think that special effects and visual effects should be used together.
@yugen7 жыл бұрын
Blame capitalism. Consider how much money it costs to pay a whole crew for 8 hours to product a single second of footage. There's no way producers are going to pay for that when they could have a single person make it in a few hours.
@Everik-ct6pg6 жыл бұрын
But CGI Doesn't take 2 years to make
@UnchainedEruption5 жыл бұрын
Dallas Van Winkle That’s not the fault of “capitalism,” that’s the fault of lazy Hollywood executives who care more about making money than making good art. Lucas cared about the films he made, and it shows.
@renderizer015 жыл бұрын
John Dykstra's work on that motion control rig was nothing short of revolutionary. And to think that Dennis Muren would later go on to be instrumental in initiating ILM's shift to CG. Thrilling times.
@user-rf5px3gh3p7 жыл бұрын
This is nothing short of amazing. What an achievement Star Wars was.
@captainrex44035 жыл бұрын
So true!!! They thought it was gonna be a flop and prepared for disaster but little did they know they created a masterpiece, a game changer in movie making, and special effects!!! And the special effects have survived the test of time and has held up well over the years!!! That my friends is talent!!!
@heroebennett9 жыл бұрын
still looks better than most of the cgi on film
@frankie2time2989 жыл бұрын
they are all looking fake either way
@RJrules648 жыл бұрын
+Jorge Rodriguez Are you kidding me? Have you ever tried to do CG? It's just as difficult and time consuming as Practical effects.
@AlexGarcia-cs9uz8 жыл бұрын
+richard Bennett Ha ha ha ha no
@insanelook8 жыл бұрын
+RJrules64 What ever, CGI:s will never change the charm of stop motion FX.
@bouchandre7 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry but Watching the original Star wars after Watching Rogue One and Star wars just looks fake. I mean it looks real enough, especially for it's time, but it wasn't to the point where you couldn't tell what was real or not. THAT BEING SAID, Models can sill look spectacular when using modern technology and digital compositing. A great example would be Interstellar. Everything felt so real in that movie because there wasn't a single greenscreen and very little CGI. Most shots of the Endurance were done with a model, as well as all the other ships. They even went as far as to project the space background outside of the windows to have it all filmed in-Camera. I think it's quite an achievement.
@juicymullet44689 жыл бұрын
I always knew the Tauntauns were stop motion. In some scenes it was kinda obvious, but the fact that the walkers were blew my mind. I guess since they moved slower it was easier to pull off. Nothing will every touch 4-6. Nothing.
@TacSon8 жыл бұрын
+Harrison DuRant The same thing I learned from doing stop motion animation. The more frames and details you give to the model, the more realistic of the shot you'll get later. And doing stop motion animation kinda consumes a lot of time but worth it.
@JC1306766 жыл бұрын
Do you know the internal temperature of a Tauntaun? LUKEwarm...
@BortaMaga5 жыл бұрын
I didn't notice it was stop motion at all lol
@AyanKhan-og3sd3 жыл бұрын
So your saying that 4-6 Are perfect are you dumb
@Altair.11872 жыл бұрын
This is so amazing, to be able to do that in the 70's is incredible, I'm sure people who saw the movie back at the time were mesmerized. Maybe that's why Star Wars is Star Wars, it affected millions of people so much that it is living until today.
@xalener9 жыл бұрын
ESB's model work is still unmatched to this day. Seriously, if the method would only come back with modern compositing techniques, it would be unstoppable. This movie has the best stop motion I've ever seen too.
@Wolfdings5 жыл бұрын
And honestly, it looks way more realistic and natural than any computerized attempt nowadays. I loved watching these movies back in the 80ies and I still love watching them today. No remastering, no computer - pure joy!
@Trevian2010 жыл бұрын
This is what episode 7 needs to do. This concept of visual effects is still more believable than most today. Truly groundbreaking. Gravity was great too.
@HD_Simplicityy10 жыл бұрын
I agree. Gravity has some of the best visual effects ive ever seen in a movie, but not like The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Gravitys behind the scenes was so amazing...seeing how they perfected certain methods that arent used a lot for realistic effects.
@Trevian2010 жыл бұрын
***** I love Lord of the Rings as well, absolutely amazing visuals. You can tell when a lot of work is put into a movie and movies like that are the greatest of our time.
@BGSoccerMagic10 жыл бұрын
Except, the lack of "gravity" in space means that when a ship explodes its parts shouldn't slow down and shouldn't fall towards the bottom of the screen,
@HD_Simplicityy10 жыл бұрын
Well we didnt say Alfonso Cuarons visual efffects teams were perferct at replicating that kind of visual effect lol. Sure there are mistakes. We are just admiring how beautiful the effects are for a space film and a masterclass trilogy of films that are defining in our time,
@user-dx8nj7qj2g10 жыл бұрын
Well your wrong even though no gravity in space they where still in the earths orbit so they still had some gravity although very little
@planetoftheatheists68585 жыл бұрын
I remember being in the theater when they showed the trailer for The Empire Strikes Back. When a quick shot through rebel binoculars of the AT-AT Walkers was shown, most of the audience let out a 'Whoaaaa!! Like everything else in these films, they were extremely unique, new and fun Disney understands NOTHING about this franchise, it's original appeal, and the fan base (my peer group) who made 'Star Wars' a household name.
@johnnyfavorite11945 жыл бұрын
To fully appreciate the genius-tier innovation generated at Industrial Light and Magic it is helpful to consider that they built the Computer Operated Motion Control Camera System *FROM THE CIRCUIT BOARDS ON UP.* The equipment necessary to complete the fluid motion control shots of Star Wars’ various spacecraft simply didn’t exist in the mid 1970s. The task required the invention of near unprecedented technology.
@donaldtrumpshair30929 жыл бұрын
RIP original Star Wars effects 1977-1997
@Skyfoogle8 жыл бұрын
+Luke 'Caomhnóir' S-C "special effects" there's nothing special about cgi, lol.
@JIGgameoverSAW8 жыл бұрын
This is how real movies were made.. such an amazing effort on all the smallest details.. nothing wrong with CGI but i like the old stuff :)
@yugen7 жыл бұрын
Blame capitalism. Consider how much money it costs to pay a whole crew for 8 hours to product a single second of footage. There's no way producers are going to pay for that when they could have a single person make it in a few hours.
@JIGgameoverSAW7 жыл бұрын
Ya ur right ;0
@ToonGohan6 жыл бұрын
Even though we have good cgi today the problem is you can usually tell when something is cgi and these old effects really bring the battles to life
@plumtree32096 жыл бұрын
You really think that's how CGI works?
@THEGOOD3605 жыл бұрын
Hard work, creativity, and a passion for project. Something that the new movies seem to lack almost entirely.
@Archivist429 жыл бұрын
The sheer time invested into the smallest detail is incredible. These films are so deserving of their success!
@GryffDavid8 жыл бұрын
The guy walking into frame at 4:48 was a huge surprise.
@chrismirell28226 жыл бұрын
No, he told me he was going to do that.
@benjaminbenavidesiglesias525 жыл бұрын
True!! It looks real landscape but no...
@Jabholt0135 жыл бұрын
All the time and effort they put into these practical effects makes me appreciate the original trilogy so much more. Glad I grew up on the Original Trilogy.
@Neverhoodian8 жыл бұрын
This here is one of the most compelling reasons to release the unaltered original trilogy on Blu Ray; not doing so is a slap in the face to such a dedicated, talented group of individuals and their hard work.
@PaulBrady18 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this documentary when I was about 11yrs old and being amazed! Inspired, my brother and I even made our own Super8 version of a "space epic". I still remember that Star Wars felt so real to me. Even if some scene had a minor flaw or something (ex. a faulty light sabre glow, or a funny blue screen space artifact), the visuals were amazing, and the story was so unique at the time. The best part of the movie was actually imagining what was just outside the shot. It was a fantastic jumping off point for my own young imagination.
@captainrex44035 жыл бұрын
These movies are the ones I grew up on and kids today have no idea what they missed out on with these originals and the toys we had that Kenner made!!! These movies were my childhood!!!
@stevethefishdotnet9 жыл бұрын
It's sad how Lucasfilm has decided that we should not be able to enjoy the results of such painstaking dedication on a modern format such as BluRay. So much of that hard work was replaced with CG, and often it was lazily replaced. The model makers had designed each of the X-Wings to have a unique appearance, such as the markings on the wings, yet the CG version has them looking all the same. They could have fixed some errors through the use of CG, like inserting the R2 units in the Y-Wings during the scenes where they were neglected to be added, but instead they just wizzed it down their collective pantleg. I think it's great that they got rid of the transparency issue in the Snowspeeder cockpit, removing the matte shadows following the TIE Fighters, and correcting the parallax in the Death Star detention center corridor. That is how CG should be implemented. But what we got was the removal of much of the great practical effects, Greedo shooting at Han, and that terrible song and dance scene in Jedi.
@xGoodOldSmurfehx8 жыл бұрын
+stevethefishdotnet yes, forget how expensive such methods would be in modern days and how CG now outclasses old physical methods both in visual and costs it was impressive for the time it was made and perhaps the Phantom Menace CG effects were somewhat poor but beyond that, i hardly see how physical effects beats CG nowadays ever since Ep2 lol
@stevethefishdotnet8 жыл бұрын
xGoodOldSmurfehx No, our eyes can tell. Using practical effects look more real. CG enhancing practical effects is how it's used best. The new Star Wars movies are using more practical effects, real models, etc.
@xGoodOldSmurfehx8 жыл бұрын
stevethefishdotnet the new movies use full CG for characters, they always have since the phantom menace O_o of course the stuff they use for ships are models which are then engineered through animation programs so they arent exactly CG yet not fully physical as for what the actors are in, naturally those are also often real models in front of a green/blue screen you get my point tho, its no longer 100% physical like they used to do it which really does make sense
@xGoodOldSmurfehx8 жыл бұрын
stevethefishdotnet i know, that awkward moment when a character looks fake when its actually real and a "fake" character looks real when its "fake" XD im aware that Phantom Menace used completely new technologies at the time, very primitive CG techs but it was still awful overall
@RJrules648 жыл бұрын
+stevethefishdotnet This comment makes me cringe. You think CG is a matter of 'Oh lets just slap that on there... Ok done!' CG takes just as long, if not longer, than practical effects.
@soberossack66105 жыл бұрын
This is one of the reasons why I love Star Wars. This is art
@mizzapizza21808 жыл бұрын
that glass effect is amazing
@sakurashy84928 жыл бұрын
Amazing details. No wonder Star Wars is one of the pinnacles of science fiction.
@JuopuneetMaakravut7 жыл бұрын
Sakura Shy Space Fantasy. Not actually Science fiction.
@sakurashy84927 жыл бұрын
Juopuneet Maakravut Right. Space Fantasy
@JuopuneetMaakravut7 жыл бұрын
Sakura Shy Epic Space Opera if we want to rub it a little more 😁
@AAvfx5 жыл бұрын
*Summer 2019 - Still a delight! The miracle workers*
@JasonZakrajsek8 жыл бұрын
4:19 The camera knocks a piece off the model. lol
@lobiankk776 жыл бұрын
Jason Zak I saw
@ThinWhiteAxe3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I noticed that and laughed out loud
@TheeDrGroyper8 жыл бұрын
What I love most about Star Wars is the diversity amongts the fans themselves. For instance, you have fans who love the prequels, fans who love the original trilogy, fans who love A New Hope the most, fans who love Empire! Fans who love Jedi, fans who love Star Wars because of the music, fans who love the dog fight scenes, the lightsaber duels, and then you have fans like myself who adores the practical effects and THIS! Simple, yet difficult and patient shots of models and stop motion. LOVE it!
@aigen568 жыл бұрын
Denis Muren, Phil Tippett I whole heartedly salute your genius in this creation of Star Wars.
@greenscorpeon310 жыл бұрын
respect to those people who worked on that at that time. now its just animations that do everything :P
@eventide_647 жыл бұрын
6:42 Take On Me: Star Wars Edition
@eventide_643 жыл бұрын
@@kerguelen_cabbage Lol I know I'm super late to this, but this is awesome!
@ledthewaypl8 жыл бұрын
Can't imagine doing all this practical effects on low budgets nowadays (time, costs, planning) but this is increadible and Star Wars is definitely a shiny milestone in global cinematography.
@GabzitoHD7 жыл бұрын
decent but it needs more CGI dinosaurs
@lobiankk776 жыл бұрын
GabzitoHD And more rocks
@lobiankk776 жыл бұрын
And more Jar Jar
@keimax6 жыл бұрын
And more cowbell
@fedoragfx31106 жыл бұрын
cue recorder theme
@krhawkins913 жыл бұрын
This was made back in the 70's way before CGI.
@JulianPope8 жыл бұрын
taking the time to do a stop motion scene like that for the holochess set is something that your average viewer may take for granted, but it's also what makes your avid viewer a fanatic
@MultiDwproductions5 жыл бұрын
60 years later and the creativity of all the different effects still amaze me, absolutely legendary filmmaking
@josephlowry43205 жыл бұрын
Wow those Model Ships, AT-AT Walkers and the Tauntauns are awesome. What's cool is that Mark Hamil narrates part of this video. May the Force be with you.
@miniroll329 жыл бұрын
33 people believed Jar-Jar was the key to all this.
@johannespaule15158 жыл бұрын
47
@johannespaule15158 жыл бұрын
47
@edvinkarlstrom56726 жыл бұрын
Henry Jones Jr. No, 77 people
@JoseGarcia-mi4ig6 жыл бұрын
Henry Jones Jr. But he doesn't appeared until episode 1
@onionboy70996 жыл бұрын
you arent very bright are you?
@TheBrickGuy79395 жыл бұрын
Amazing. I can say the same for the prequels' CGI and practical effects too.
@MagicAccent9 жыл бұрын
6:45 Bunnyhopping AT-AT :O
@TheMineMappers9 жыл бұрын
MagicAccent Oh shit! They're evolving
@jesusp.82238 жыл бұрын
+Luke 'Caomhnóir' S-C gmod is lame stfu
@tlbower5018 жыл бұрын
That bunny at-at was cool. I still can't get over rebel planes
@Nugcon7 жыл бұрын
I call hax.
@TheTyjah9 жыл бұрын
This is incredible and is part of the true legacy of Star Wars, not just the movie itself but the making of it is a wonderful and interesting story. We can only hope that all of the amazing work that the people shown here have done will not be lost. This is a piece of history.
@LongmireLocomotion9 жыл бұрын
Did anyone see that AT-AT happily hop across the screen in the hand drawn anamatics?
@paarthunax28909 жыл бұрын
***** Yeah. I guess that got cut cause it'd look too silly for a deadly war machine to hop like that.
@LongmireLocomotion9 жыл бұрын
Nicholas Bussard Nah he was just evading landmines. They are pretty agile machines. I feel sorry for the snowtroopers inside though...they must be pretty shaken up.
@marbyyy78107 жыл бұрын
I actually want to see the entire trilogy in that paper animated style
@sc0rp1onbit38 жыл бұрын
8 hours of work, for a 1 second film shot!
@eduardfonsek94068 жыл бұрын
Like the stop-motion,thousands of photos for seconds on screen
@Consural8 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile in 2016, 2 seconds of work for 15 second CGI animation. Of course it'll look worse and fake.
@YPAReviews8 жыл бұрын
8 hours is actually pretty tame for film
@yugen7 жыл бұрын
Blame capitalism. Consider how much money it costs to pay a whole crew for 8 hours to product a single second of footage. There's no way producers are going to pay for that when they could have a single person make it in a few hours.
@LuigiTuazon6 жыл бұрын
CGI isn't an easy thing to do. It takes months and months of work. Plus rendering time of each frame of the models.
@MegaBondagemon9 жыл бұрын
It's really really sad to see those models blown up =(
@JaronJon9 жыл бұрын
Mega Bondagemon don't worry! Those were made specifically for the sake of blowing up :)
@chrismirell28226 жыл бұрын
You know some people lose limbs in real war, right?
@reallybiggoose91535 жыл бұрын
Chris Mirell I don’t think you understand his comment.
@ROCKGENERATION5 жыл бұрын
Chris Mirell stop
@spanky68595 жыл бұрын
I just want to know what the concoction was
@ImNotADeeJay6 жыл бұрын
Can't even imagine the massive ammount of work did take to put the whole movie together... old school visual effects at its finest
@PaulStryker5 жыл бұрын
6:40 Never thought about the possibility of watching an AT-AT actually jumping on scene...
@joshflores48777 жыл бұрын
This is why these movies were amazing!!! A lot of dedication, thought and creativity were put into these films!
@NeilNileStudios8 жыл бұрын
The animatics at 6:50 are cool🤗
@aidenboomer24209 жыл бұрын
this amazes the shit out of me. the masterful skill and patience it takes and the sheer cleverness of it all. WOW.
@Towert710 жыл бұрын
Truly impressive! I was not alive to watch star wars 4 when it came out, but I imagine it was a spectacular movie for visual effects back then. Still stands up perfectly fine today! The glass painting was a technique I never knew about. WOW!
@WillPattenden10 жыл бұрын
I LOVE animation and it was Star Wars that got me animating and into film making. Everything felt so real because it was...Tiny models crafted by hundreds of artists. This documentary is awesome! :D
@bingfisher8 жыл бұрын
Pains me when he says "Planes".
@Kolar5225 жыл бұрын
in our search for progress we have forgotten the beauty that artists created. Are today's films really superior to such a masterpiece? Can an artist working on the computer truly surpass the passion and love that was put into these films? Did we forget what true beauty is in our search for perfection?
@MerchantIvoryfilms8 жыл бұрын
I still wish productions would use these techniques, in future productions i would love to use these methods.
@Phenakite7 жыл бұрын
Its all about who can do it the quickest and cheapest now
@jordan311765 жыл бұрын
All of the hard work put into these special effects and 20 years later he throws in some CGI effects which you could probably on an app today.
@m4ttr4w3som38 жыл бұрын
I wish movies today would still use models for their ships. I think that the way star wars and other movies like 1979 alien did it just had this realistic feel. And they could still use all the modern effects to make the background space scenes look awesome but still use real models for the ships. I really want to see someone make a space movie in that fashion again.
@MegaGlitchMaster10010 жыл бұрын
So much love, time, and money was put into the original trilogy.
@UnchainedEruption5 жыл бұрын
I love young Mark Hamill’s voice.
@theopenkala62355 жыл бұрын
If only directors of our generation would put such an effort into filmmaking, we would have incredible movies to show our kids someday
@DD-fs9xt8 жыл бұрын
I wish Mark Hamill narrated my life
@backwoodsfilms8758 жыл бұрын
No kidding
@chrismirell28226 жыл бұрын
I asked him to, but he said he doesn't like you.
@albundy52285 жыл бұрын
And after he narrates for 5 seconds, what else is he supposed to do?
@TheLegoNewsReporter10 жыл бұрын
This is what we need now. This is what make fan films less expensive.
@beeseebee_10 жыл бұрын
A lost art I'm afraid. lets hope they bring back some cool techniques like this and not just CGI from here on...
@RalphIgnacio10 жыл бұрын
These classic techniques, awesome they still are, succeeded even older techniques, CGI of today is the next step in that evolution. Yoda: Being Obsolete (death) is a natural part of special effects (life). Rejoice for those around you who transform into the CGI (Force). Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed that is. Anakin Skywalker: What must I do, Master Yoda? Yoda: Train yourself to let go... of everything you fear to lose.
@thepaperclipguy10 жыл бұрын
***** cgi looks good. but it's not impressive. Models, miniatures, artwork, prosthetics, animatronics, precise camera work, real sets, are actually impressive. The fact you can pretty much just do anything on a computer just means the magic is lost. Special effects is more than just what the thing actually looks like. It's like anything on screen. Good looking actors with no soul and passion will always be worse than relatable and real actors with substance, soul and passion.
@thepaperclipguy10 жыл бұрын
***** Oh yeah I agree, CGI can look great, especially in recent years. With Gravity I also forgot I was watching CGI a lot of the time. But at the end of the day, if they had done the effects for real, it would have been more impressive from a visual standpoint. Now obviously in a film like Gravity they couldn't have gone to space and built the shuttles and done the effects for real so they obviously had to do CGI. But my point is that when filmmakers can actually easily do something practically, yet they just choose to do it with CGI, it's a huge shame and the magic is lost.
@ryanpage232010 жыл бұрын
ThePaperclipGuy Are you suggesting that digital artists put no passion or soul into their work?
@thepaperclipguy10 жыл бұрын
Ryan Page I'm saying people who craft real physical artwork, which goes to people who then photograph it with specific lighting, lenses, and camera movements, which then results in it looking like the real thing on screen, is more resonant because you can tell it's a real effect. Whether it's a real set, or a real explosion, model, landscape, prosthetic creature, etc etc. It's just more impressive because you realise that it's a real place, person, thing. It wasn't just made up in a computer. If it takes time and effort to produce CG and the artists have passion and fun doing so, then great. Good for them. I'm not ignoring that, but I'm talking about the medium, not the artists.
@l.abuddy234 жыл бұрын
6:45 that ATAT is so adorable. This was a very fascinating video.
@YousifPhotoshopTutorials5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@AndrewChapman4 жыл бұрын
Love how they show different sized models of the Millennium Falcon.
@jaygade10 жыл бұрын
I'll never complain about using Gimp to compose a picture again.
@simonfarrell65856 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this documentary with my brother over Christmas, it was pre video so it was a very special occasion, when an actual clip of the movie came up it was awesome
@quietdemon81389 жыл бұрын
Cinema needs to go back to this actual physical models
@khango60069 жыл бұрын
Todd Johnson Yeah they may not look as "realistic", but this method brings back a certain charming elements to it. Love it!!
@quietdemon81389 жыл бұрын
Kha Ngo i know right i mean i would rather watch a visual effect that is a actual object than something digital i think digital should be used for something that is not possible to actually do
@andrewvanrhoberts9 жыл бұрын
Todd Johnson Or at least a balanced blend of both. CGI has it's place, It just doesn't need to be overdone. When it makes the film start to look like Toy Story I think it is being overdone in my opinion.
@quietdemon81389 жыл бұрын
***** i agree i think practical effects and CGI should work in harmony
@erenslostarm31899 жыл бұрын
Todd Johnson aye, take Spider Man 2 (the good one, the original one) and take a look. only certain parts are actually CGI, the majority of the film was the actual actors on a set, and the background being a green screen. if you look at movies now, it's ALL green screen... i don't think there was a single environment that was "real" in Star Wars episode III. and take Spider Man 3 also, WAY too much CGI. it could have been a lot better. And i agree with what you said about Practical effects and CGI working in harmony Inception showed this, and so did Interstellar. The Ice planet in Interstellar was actually near volcano in Alberta, and the suits that the characters wore were actual suits created by the props department fitted with radio so the actors could talk to the producers and director, water cooling systems, and oxygen. and i'm pretty certain that the Endurance during the Docking Scene (spoiler alert kinda) was a model that they filmed and had green screens surrounding it.
@justinb9545 жыл бұрын
Star Wars..this takes me back to a very magical time.
@booglewoogle580210 жыл бұрын
LOVE This Movie trilogy FAVORITE OF ALL TIME
@101shapshifter9 жыл бұрын
stop motion animation was ground breaking back then, now, to me it has turned into an art form that takes skills and patience to do a masterpiece
@beatle19565 жыл бұрын
Stop motion was in existence since the 1920's.
@3rdPlaya07098 жыл бұрын
This ends abruptly
@porkydorky8 жыл бұрын
lol ikr
@yugen7 жыл бұрын
I used to have this documentary on VHS.
@carloscantu66595 жыл бұрын
Kotor 2 :V
@yokingdom99365 жыл бұрын
@@carloscantu6659 haha yeah i know what you mean
@scottnash705 жыл бұрын
It's from an hour long TV special that was shown after the release of Empire Strike Back.
@KnoxLegend10 жыл бұрын
Star Wars made such an impact because it had every thing the greatest movies need. An imaginative script with suspense, drama, action, emotional and moral questioning, also stunning visual effects (thank you investors), mostly great acting. and director / crew who genuinely cared about the creation enough to put real love and patience into the project. CGI advances will be a great resource for VII but We want an AMAZING film. Not "did you see how they used such great CGI that they could go through every avenger like it was one continuous shot."
@egg72128 жыл бұрын
10:37 millennium falcon asteroid.
@UnchainedEruption5 жыл бұрын
Just imagine working for month(s) on a particular miniature or model, with painstaking effort and skill you bring it to life beautifully, and then in a day it must be blown up.
@UnR0ckl3ss7 жыл бұрын
"24 frames, movements flow seemlessly" well, welcome to 2017, where PC gamers see differences between 1440 and 1441 fps
@JohnDoe-zh6cp7 жыл бұрын
Apples to oranges. Play a game at 60 fps and then 24 fps and tell me you'd rather play at 24.
@hardikaku66527 жыл бұрын
alwayzstrive'n'prosperSESH well that is irrelevant, for movies even until right now 24 fps is a good settings for a smooth and cinematic effect. it also a pleasure to watch since it isnt too fast and isnt chopped, i.cant imagine watching 60fps movie on a.cinema. meanwhile in gaming you need to be fast to get better experience
@JohnDoe-zh6cp7 жыл бұрын
I take it you've never played a game at 60 fps. I don't know if youre at liberty to comment on which is better if you've never actually experienced it. 30fps is certainly playable, but 60fps is like silk.
@UnR0ckl3ss7 жыл бұрын
John Doe im a console peasent Lol im totally fine with 30 and 60 fps
@JohnDoe-zh6cp7 жыл бұрын
alwayzstrive'n'prosperSESH So you've never played at 60 fps. It's not that I cant play at 30, its that 60 is so much better and lazy game devs will cap their games at 30, so we complain. And then they try to say that you can't tell the difference between 30 and 60. Yes. You can. It's like night and day.
@oscargadefrimann5 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely beautiful. Revolutionary.
@christiandeuctor36067 жыл бұрын
RIP Carrie Fisher you will be missed. :{
@reeftheweirdboy91777 жыл бұрын
😢
@FinnishArmy7 жыл бұрын
CrispCarbon Guess what, they finished taking the shots for Episode 8 with her! She'll be in the next star wars still! Wooo
@araneahighwind87967 жыл бұрын
CrispCarbon the only and only princess Leigh for me 😭😭😭😭
@davidjoe3368 Жыл бұрын
Star Wars, or the making of, never get's old! Amazing!
@anthonymullen63007 жыл бұрын
this is when movies were magical, all in camera effects from true craftsman and women............. now everything is pixelated.
@alexchubbymclynn60605 жыл бұрын
Great video! First Star Wars movies have so much charisma and charming personality just because they were made by hands of the team of magicians! ))) No CGI!!!!) Hand - made! Nothing can beat this! Thanks for sharing!
@ReviveHF7 жыл бұрын
Way better than the Star Wars:The Force Awakens's practical effects.
@notboolin28167 жыл бұрын
Revive Hans lol
@danyals77017 жыл бұрын
Revive Hans nah
@mikelawrence15567 жыл бұрын
Revive Hans Um no...
@starkraving7 жыл бұрын
Revive Hans lol no
@beeswithchainsaws6 жыл бұрын
Did They CGI You Into Rouge One Or Where You Really There?
@eldictator110 жыл бұрын
I went to the behind the scenes star wars exhibition about 12 years ago, I was studying illustration and to see the Matte painting backgrounds for Hoth was truly amazing, they were outstanding
@Psychlist19729 жыл бұрын
Porkins no!
@cremnitz53458 жыл бұрын
He couldnt hold it :/
@christopherpeterson76955 жыл бұрын
What a master... Dennis Muren!! He embodied the " magic" in ILM. This is why we need to go BACK and do it like this again. Can we? Purty pleeeeezzz...
@wutsittoya8 жыл бұрын
i reall appreciate the practical effects and how groundbreaking these effects were but it's faster and less work when using CG but done right CG looks better than practical. but a balance of both should be even better and that's where the force awakens will show. they used some practical effects and are going to enhance them with some CG. looks and sounds great!
@captainrex44035 жыл бұрын
And overall it looked very decent!!! Way better than the prequels!!!
@kilroy9875 жыл бұрын
With the time it took to put all the special effects together, there must not have been much rest between Star Wars and Empire. And I am ever thankful.
@ElliotTheMighty8 жыл бұрын
This is amazing and very inspiring
@nicholasdickens28015 жыл бұрын
The first voice over man (narrating the footage from Star Wars (1977)) is the guy who did the voice over for Buck Rogers in the 25th Century! So cool! Brilliant video. Thank you for posting.
@ez456 жыл бұрын
It seems like filmmaking has become a little lazy. Take some inspiration from the amazing work of these people. And give us the official unaltered trilogy as Blu-Rays!
@korav110 жыл бұрын
I can watch this for hours.c'mon guys we need more