The Marcia Lucas Effect | Star Wars documentary | The Jedi Beat

[@michaelmccarstle4527]

I truly hope this video finds its way to Marcia. She deserves all of the accolades she's received and more.

[@beardedgeektoyreviews836]

She won an Oscar for her editing! Pretty sure that’s the biggest accolade you can get in her industry…

[@charlespennington9924]

Thank you Marcia for all your special touches to all the films we love!

[@andypoehlman6395]

I have been waiting 30+ years to understand this dynamic. Thank you!

[@RichiePhoto]

Another great piece of history well preserved by Jennifer Landa. As always, great storytelling, her narration is terrific and the archival footage she digs up is so great to see. I’m happy that Marcia Lucas has gotten so much credit for her work over these last few years. She truly deserves it and we are thankful to her.

[@Transfixed]

Thank the Force for Marcia Lucas! I wish Disney had listened when she said "They don't get it!...J.J. Abrams, Kathy Kennedy - talk to me" 😄

[@FabianGuse]

Initially, I had concerns this video might lean into the oversimplified narrative of ‘Marcia single-handedly saved Star Wars for George,’ akin to ‘How Star Wars was saved in the edit.’ Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised to find it offered a much more nuanced portrayal. It provided a refreshingly honest perspective, free from the trappings of that misleading narrative. Thank you.

[@FabianGuse]

@@D3PR3C4T0RI’ve already seen it. The much needed truth about „How Star Wars was saved in the edit.“

[@JamieCosta]

Yes I agree

[@TheBatNick2024]

This is wonderful! I always tell people how much Marcia Lucas is responsible for Star Wars. Her contribution of keeping the emotional weight in each film is why it’s so beloved today. Thank you Marcia!

[@JamieCosta]

Thank you for sharing this. It's beyond inspiring for some of us

[@bluemakina]

Marcia Lucas is a fundamental piece of modern editing. I really enjoyed this video! 😄

[@willculbertson7859]

These are so informative! I had never heard the story of the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark. So glad Marcia was there for that!

[@JenniferLanda]

I hadn't heard about the Raiders story until recently either! I'm so glad Marcia has been giving interviews and sharing her stories. Thanks so much for watching!

[@Ruylopez778]

You should listen to Spielberg explain how George Lucas recut Raiders.

[@JenniferLanda]

@@Ruylopez778 Yes! They have such a great friendship and mutual respect for each other. Spielberg shared some great tidbits about his personal/professional relationship with George on the Smartless podcast last year as well!

[@ChrisPTenders]

Marcia's a legend. I can't imagine that original Star Wars film without her contributions.

[@lamarravery4094]

It would've sucked without her.

[@lamarravery4094]

She's an unsung hero. Thank you Marcia for aiding George with making the trilogy. What a masterpiece it was.

[@klartext2225]

Thanks for a great video with - for me - many new behind the scenes photos! And thanks to you, Marcia, from Munich - especially for AMERICAN GRAFFITI. One of my all time favorites - which eventually inspired me to my first feature screenplay. (Kind of a "Bavarian Graffiti" ;-). The first cruising montage, the shaving foam raid at the traffic light with Johnny B. Goode running and the crash at the end at paradise Road - just three examples of perfect editing here.

[@NextExiter]

Wow, yeah, Marion's final scene has always hit me. Seeing them cleaned up, in period attire, that beautiful shallow focus shot up the stairs--it actually conveyed so much.

[@michaelorpin]

These are now my favourite video's on the channel. Well done again, Jennifer Landa 👏 Appreciate all of the hard work & attention to detail you've put into creating these superb episodes. It was great to learn more about the history of Marcia Lucas. It's crazy how she's an Oscar winner for Star Wars, but is still someone who doesn't get the level of recognition her Star Wars legacy deserves.

[@JenniferLanda]

Thank you for the kind words! 😊

[@AstralArkivist]

One of Star Wars's greatest unsung heroes! Thanks for another great video, Jennifer.

[@markraatsart5049]

A wonderful woman and a terrific editor. Almost all of us who have worked for Lucasfilm - especially at Industrial Light + Magic - have always regarded (and still do) Marcia as the "Heart of Star Wars" Thank our for the video of a remarkable artist Jennifer.

[@egarza9241]

Did you worked for ILM?

[@markraatsart5049]

@@egarza9241 Although I retired at the end of last year, I worked for Lucasfilm and at times for ILM over a period of 30 years.

[@Azure_Fire]

It annoys me how many people try to minimize Marcia Lucas's impact on the franchise. There are many complex gears turning in harmony that make Star Wars as great as it is, and she's just as important as any of the others.

[@JenniferLanda]

So well said! It was a lot of talented people coming together and collaborating that made Star Wars what it is today. Thanks so much for watching!

[@MalabarTheGreat]

Lol which people?

[@NEAZ24]

Paul Hirsch saved star wars.

[@fundhund62]

If anything, her contribution is greatly exaggerated these days.

[@rickdeckardbladerunner2049]

This is the best documentary on Star Wars! Thank you for making it. I'm a huge fan of Marcia Lucas! The emotional aspect is often overlooked in films today regardless of digital or film. If Disney would have hired her, the new Star Wars projects would have connected better with older and new fans of Star Wars, but no. They chose poorly!

[@rickrockzyootoob]

THANK YOU so much for finally shining a light on Marcia -- I've read a few books about Star Wars, and she's almost a passing footnote in them. So nice to finally see something specifically about HER. Just look at the other work she's done -- she's not exactly a lightweight! Incredible resume.

[@ObsessiveGinger]

Amazing video! Thank you for making it! I'm always happy to see when Marcia gets the credit that she is due! Glad to know more about her!

[@gregoryjensen1676]

Great Job Jenn!!! Thanks for sharing such an amazing story.

[@StarWarsToyStories]

Wow, such a great documentary! Marcia Lucas's story is really inspiring. Great job, @ForceCenter!

[@Elias_tomodachi]

This was such an interesting video, thank you Jennifer Landa! I was incredibly moved to tears at several moments I did not expect, especially the description of Marcia influencing the decision to have Kenobi sacrifice himself in the film. This video will forever influence how I watch A New Hope going forward!

[@thomasmanning9111]

Ok ok… this was incredible. Best documentary I’ve ever seen about Star Wars. I’ve watched every doc available about Star Wars as a filmmaker myself. This was enlightening and masterfully executed edited. Bravo. And thank you.

[@kevinellis8307]

The “Marcia Lucas Effect”, that’s catchy…I can see it now…bringing out the heart and emotion!!!

[@craftysean945]

I didn't know any of this. Thank you very much for posting it.

[@michaelerra95]

Anither fun episode! Great to lean about Marcia's history. I never knew it was her idea to have Obi-Wan sacrifice himself and become what we later knew as a force ghost. Can't imagine what all of star wars would have been like if that didn't happen.

[@anton-bogaty]

Fun stuff. Always nice to see more Marcia Lucas appreciation...

[@adjuaadama6623]

Incredible work, Jen! Enjoyed the original episode audio (one of my favorites), and this version is even more extraordinary! Certainly well worth the wait.

[@HermanoBatmano]

These Jedi Beat videos are the very best thing about Force Centre. Great job!

[@JenniferLanda]

That's so kind! Thank you for watching!

[@jeanniefromtahini5197]

I can't believe all the things I've been learning from these videos. Great job on another winner!

[@jetyler3400]

Wonderful that you made this!!

[@ScottsChristmasChannel]

I never knew! thanks for producing and posting this great vid!

[@Keep-Believing-Mark536]

Great Review. Yeah, I also am glad that Marcia Lucas has resurfaced. For a long time, the only time I ever saw her was on a few photos from the making of Star Wars. So, it's really great to hear her talk about her experience and her input. So glad she added the scene at the end of Raiders with Indy and Marion. The two of them walking away together arm in arm, is not only romantic it's also a good way to end with the story with them hesitant to leave the ark in the hands of the government when they know what it's power can do in the wrong hands. It shows more emotion for the characters. So, thank you Marcia for helping with that. You're so right, Marcia is inspiring and imaginative, and I hope she continues as an inspiration not only to female artists who are developing their craft in movies, but for all artists who can want to invest themselves creatively with their work. Marcia Lucas wherever you are check out this video, it's dedicated to you with such care and praise. Thank you ForeCenter for an excellent video. 👍👍⭐⭐

[@djbside1965]

Excellent job on this masterpiece! A big salute to Marcia Lucas and her unshakable influence on the world.❤

[@tommybell1786]

GREAT video! Thank you, Marcia, for all the great movie moments.

[@snordtjr]

This was such a wonderful piece Jenniffer. So well done, you continue to impress with this series!

[@jerryziegner]

Incredible work on this amazing and informative documentary. As a lifelong fan of Star Wars since first seeing it in theaters the summer of 1977. I’d hope Marcia is aware of this video

[@davidjazay9248]

Great video! Thanks for honoring a great editor.

[@garfphone3669]

This is one of the coolest documentary/ bts video essays ive seen about the ot , thank youuu

[@VAULT-TEC_INC.]

This video was very well done. I am so happy. I learned this story as a 48 year old life long fan of Star Wars. Thank you. You’ve got a new sun! Looking forward to checking out your other vids.

[@T61974]

What an amazing video! Loving these Jedi Beat videos. Jennifer great job, all of your time and hard work on these really show!

[@gusandthetv]

i was unexpectedly moved by this video. great work!

[@lukestrachan3677]

George Lucas did most of the editing on the final cut of Star WArs. Martia left to work on NYNY, and Lucas did the editing on weekends while doing the FX shots.

[@gary24fan]

Yes, as did Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew. I'm sorry to the other 99% commenting on here but Marcia Lucas' impact was minimal, and she'd have you believe she actually wrote, directed, and produced "Star Wars." More proof the entire dynamic of this world is topsy-turvy.

[@TheManFromUNCLEIllya]

Thank you for telling her story. And about time. Kudos to you. 🙏 Her editing “made” Star Wars. Had it not been for Marcia, Star Wars would not have been the masterpiece we still talk about today. Marcia Lucas is a legend!!!

[@vondorffy7123]

That's a fantastic little documentary on her! Thank you!

[@JosephDickersonUX]

You did not give Marcia Lucas enough credit for Star Wars. Marcia Lucas introduced the concept of a "ticking clock" to increase suspense. She edited the final Death Star sequence to highlight the imminent threat of the Death Star destroying the Rebel base on Yavin IV. By intercutting shots of the Death Star preparing to fire with shots of the Rebel leaders anxiously watching a countdown, she created a sense of impending doom. And originally, the film included two separate attack runs by Luke Skywalker on the Death Star (see the comic book adaptation based on the original script). Marcia recognized that this could dilute the intensity of the climax and decided to combine these two sequences into one, which amplified things.

[@liamlogsdon1099]

Once again, I had no idea about any of this and I hope this makes its ways to Marcia. This whole Jedi Beat series is my new favorite thing!

[@alexpolk9325]

So well done! Love these, please keep them coming!

[@PatrickParadon]

Great video! Hope Marcia is gonna see it.

[@MrGeek63]

This is great! Thanks for giving us even more reasons to love Star Wars!

[@kristinaF54]

Not only a great editor, but also someone who knew a good story when they saw it. After seeing the Disney Star wars sequels Marcia said that Kathleen Kennedy and J. J. Abrams "don't get it," and echoed the public's anger at the deaths of Han Solo and Luke Skywalker, as well as the lack of an explanation for Rey's powers.

[@JamieCosta]

I am sincerely moved by this

[@VegasAtPinehaven]

Great episode! Marcia Lucas is such an unsung hero ❤

[@douglasdubois7985]

Love this series so much! You can tell so much work has gone into making it incredibly polished and engaging.

[@JenniferLanda]

That means a lot. Thank you!!

[@dadassery8506]

That was so well written, and satisfying. Thank you.

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

Excited to watch this. I had no idea how important Marcia was to Star Wars until I heard Chris Gore talk about her.

[@GWrightstuff]

Great documentary. She's always been an unsung hero and it's wonderful to see her get some attention!

[@brihiggins]

Great video! Thank You! Now I will wear my Mel's Diner t-shirt even more proudly.

[@RonanLynch]

Great Video! Marcia is the soul of the original trilogy!

[@CATDRL2]

Jennifer, and you're the greatest Storyteller. You come across so easy and personable. I can watch you over and over and enjoy it always. Keep giving us stories. Best, Tony

[@StevenBradford]

Thank you so much for this video. I plan to show it to my high school filmmaking students this week in class.

[@mckenziecreative]

Great documentary! Marcia deserves so much more for her contributions to the original 3. Her absence from the prequels is pretty evident.

[@Grim2]

Marcia should've been put in charge instead of Kennedy.

[@joshuabernard3953]

Another great episode Jen. I always new Marcia Lucas worked on Star Wars, but never how much more she contributed the the movie. I hope you continue to these, I have enjoyed them and have learned a lot. Keep it up.

[@RominaJones]

What a great partnership, even if it soured at the end, better to have lived and loved this passionately and creatively.

[@StickNik]

Good video, and glad it actually focuses on Marcia unlike some others who have tried to use her as a tool to bash George. This is how to really give her credit.

[@BoxOfficeJack]

I love this doc, thank you for it!

[@jonathanmartin-ives8665]

As an indie filmmaker and editor, this was such and important and enjoyable video. Thank you for making it!🎬

[@davidm4146]

Great video! I'd heard of Marcia's influence but her story is fascinating. Thanks!

[@mondeng71]

This is so great. Thanks for posting. Had no idea how much she contributed to Star Wars. Definitely an unsung hero. And also great presentation and video. I subscribed to this channel. Well done 😊

[@donaldkroth2579]

Nicely done, Jen. Marcia deserves everything she has earned. I can say the night "A New Hope" opened nationwide. I saw it with my father, and we sat through it twice. We enjoyed it that much. I can understand her biase toward the Prequels. But, at least it was done by George Lucas and not JJ, "the hero killer," Abrams and that wretched hive of scum and villiany, Disney. To true, that digital has ruined movies and their luster. Thank you for giving us those great moments edited on film, Marcia. Best to you always! 🙂❤

[@amazingkris]

I do hope Maria sees this video. I totally love everything about her.

[@Noremac41]

This was an incredibly interesting and enlightening video! Well done!

[@aquarius5719]

Thanks for bringing this beautiful piece of human history.

[@kimmeier3807]

This was a really great video. Thank you!

[@robertnelson3179]

How cool thank you for this story. There was a time younger me wanted to go into editing.

[@StevieZala]

Great video. Now I know who people have been going on about. Appreciate that 😊.

[@MrGeek63]

I love the original so much. I’ve often thought that as an audience member it wasn’t so much that I wanted the Death Star destroyed, as much as I was pulling for Luke to succeed, and that’s due to Marsha’s focus on character.

[@lukepetronella7432]

Amazing, such a positive and insightful video.

[@luminarygx]

Whenever I see Marsha's name in the credits, I always want to take a deeper look into her story. Thank you so much, Jennifer for this great piece! And thank you, Marcia for all your contributions to some of my favorite films.

[@flexydex8754]

Can't even get her name right, the disrespect 🤦‍♀🤦‍♀

[@luminarygx]

@@flexydex8754 doh!

[@_kmCarter]

3:45 “ …that type of foul language was too much for a delicate woman’s ears…” I instantly imagined Marcia saying, “F**k you, Larry; let’s get back to this scene.” 😂

[@timwhite5562]

Good video. I certainly wouldn't have thought I'd care enough about Marcia Lucas to sit through a 26 long video.

[@PCat2385]

What a humble person of great talent. While she is right it was George who created the world and characters and story, she helped make it work. In baseball great pitchers need a closer to seal their wins and Marcia was a great closer

[@Noremac41]

Well said!

[@pohjanakka4992]

Judging what he has done after their divorce, when it comes to storytelling George may be a truly great idea guy, but somebody who needs others he is willing to listen to who are, for their part, willing to tell him, what doesn't work and what does of his ideas. And it seems Marcia may have been that person, somebody who also helped him to listen to the other people involved in the making of at least the first two movies, and he never found anybody else to quite fill that void after their divorce. The real genius behind the success of Star Wars was maybe the two of them as a team rather than him alone.

[@PCat2385]

@@pohjanakka4992 couldn’t agree more. I think in Jedi Marcia and others who helped flesh out his ideas were less involved or he didn’t listen to the ideas/advice and you can see it. Don’t get me wrong I love Jedi but you can see the difference and obviously in the prequels the change in quality is far more apparent. In a way Lucas and Roddenberry have that in common

[@seanmurphy7011]

Yeah. That's what film editors do.

[@PCat2385]

thanks for the info... had no idea that is what they did@@seanmurphy7011

[@ReturnOfTheNerdStarWars]

Great video 👏 editing is really such a complex, and difficult job (especially back then) you got yourself a new subscriber

[@MOVIETOPIA]

Awesome Video Jennifer. Please more of that. Love from Germany ❤

[@juniorjangles7655]

Wow, such a detailed & comprehensive history of Star Wars’ best editor ever. I’ve been asking the woman who runs the podcast You Must Remember This to do a Marcia Lucas retrospective for years, but she hasn’t got the courage. Her husband is Rian Johnson & it’s very well known in Lucasfilm circles not to mention Marcia. All because she fell into the loving arms of the carpenter, when George couldn’t satisfy her. He was quite mousey, so ya can’t really blame her.

[@truelove11.11]

In an interview that Marcia gave just after her divorce from George, she did not mention that George was the problem other than that he was not supporting her emotionally when being fully engulfed in building his businesses Lucasfilm and ILM. Marcia stated that she had not wanted the divorce from George, and that it was George's parents and his director friend Martin Scorsese, who had been driving a wedge between Marcia and George for years. George was seldom there to stand up for her because of his busy schedule, so she finally caved to the pressure from George's parents and Scorsese. Consider the possibility that Marcia has a 'Me Too' grievance with Scorsese whom she had worked closely with in the late 70's and early 80's. She was a beautiful woman, so it is not that far fetched to imagine. If George, being Scorsese friend, didn't stand up for Marcia then with a lightsabre, cutting through Scorsese office door, and make Scorsese "Sh"t" himself for disrespecting his and Marcia's marriage, then the only thing that Marcia could do was to take up with the best Tom, Dick or Harry she could find instead, and that was literally Tom Rodriguez. Learn to read between the lines of what people are saying...

[@SirSmoldham]

Verna ROCKS. Marcia, Richard and Paul RULE!

[@Isoquant]

Great documentary! Also highly recommend "The Making of Star Wars" by J. W. Rinzler for a more detailed and nuanced perspective on how the film came together.

[@danilom3166]

This is gold !

[@commandZee]

Excellent! Thank You!

[@yoshimitsu4]

I just found you. What a wonderful YT channel!

[@tommateyak3967]

this was fantastic

[@hamsterman2008]

Great Documentary !

[@timothyvandenberg2905]

Excellent documentary! Thank you! :)

[@larryparks1520]

That trench/Deathstar battle is the best! I watch it at least once a year.

[@hc3932]

Wonderful video, nicely done.

[@victotronics]

Fascinating story, and gave me some insight in what it is an editor does. Thanks.

[@SkyStarNova]

Awesome video!

[@CloneShockTrooper]

Love the classic Star Wars, love the Prequels and dislike the sequels and I am appreciative of Marcia Lucas contributions to my favorite movie series Star Wars and Indiana Jones..