The Making of Star Wars-Part 1/5

[jordan31176]

darth vaders voice is different in the original film

[ChadTheWrestleManiac]

@2011TREADSTONE the new ones were great! the 1st was ok the 2nd was good and the 3rd was great! but 4 5 and 6 were masterpeices! but because their masterpeices doesnt make the other ones bad! just not as great!

[AngryApeTV]

@ChadTheWrestleManiac No the first 2 are legendary for being absolute shit. Worst flawed boring story ever with awkwardly written wooden dialogue. Those romance scenes in the 2nd film are some of the worst written hilarious crap i have ever seen.

[leg0man01]

@ChadTheWrestleManiac if the only thing you like is flashy CGI without any story, depth, characterisation or anything remotely related to attempting to tell a coherent story then the first 3 are good for you. Also Lucas completely kills off the ideology behind the force and yoda by having medichlorians and Yoda hopping around like a bunny on LSD.

[TheCGIMaster]

0:19

The famous Chinese Theatre come the ZzzTroloool as the biggest box office success!

[mgcrol]

question: why do people hate lucas for releasing the movie several times, does he cut or add stuff to the new versions?? ive only watch the blu-ray version, can someone explain to a noob like me whats the big NOOOO about that?? p.s: i still dont get Darth Vaders NOOOOOO... whats up with that?? is it like a fail thing?

[lolcompany4u]

@mgcrol george lucas change and add stuff to the new re-releasing the NOOOOOOOO added on the bluray was stupid and unesesary on the original star wars 6 darth vader didnt said anything and it work

[GratefulVince]

American Graffitti is still Lucas' best movie!

[GratefulVince]

@2011TREADSTONE Now come on not all 3 prequels are just worthless piles of celluloid. Phantom Menace is very very weak but has one or two extraordinary action sequences that cannot be denied. Attack of the Clones at least has a certain maturity in tone I appreciate about it, just can't stand the treacly dialogue. Revenge of the Sith is very good though

[sharon4942]

VCR is the best quality :D

[DORproductions117]

On the blu ray, is this documentary supposed to be a tiny box on the TV screen? Or are my settings wrong?

[jerkythesandpiper]

pew pew pew

[shankmaster101]

bahaha han yelling "bang"

[MrXtamar999]

trippy ˇO

[Robsta007]

Bang....bang.

[Trucifer]

NEEDS MORE BANG BANG BANG.

[dushiemcbag]

star wars sucks, i liked the 4th one the most.

that pod race was epic and fighting that demon with a stick-saber

[unInnocentBystander]

@dushiemcbag yeah starwars is a pretty cool guy, he fights the aliens and doesn't afraid of anything.

[dushiemcbag]

@unInnocentBystander i laughed upvoted!



[tvanderh42]

@dushiemcbag

Better watch yourself boy. Them's fightin words.

[dushiemcbag]

@tvanderh42 I ment no disrespect to anyone who enjoys star wars. It is a great kids move.

[KiopGenJin]

@dushiemcbag It's a hell of a lot more than a kids movie. But only more cultured and spiritual people see the eternal subtext.

[MrTimthos]

I love that the narrator says, "A rehearsal for one of Star Wars' most exciting scenes," and then Harrison Ford makes the least enthusiastic "bang bang" I've ever heard.

[NXX1]

So R2-D2 and C-3PO are actors?

[roberto125919]

@NXX1 Yes, midget in R2-D2. Skinny man in C-3P0.

[BlackPlagueGB]

they sang bang so that the people that go back and edit in the lazers can match up the lazers with when the actor/actress makes the gun look like its being fired...

[ZupZup2010]

bang bang bang.

[AceGuitarR7]

@ZupZup2010 lmao

[ZenDeOmen]

Wow, Lucas footage was pre his douche bag phase. Unfortunate, he has never left the douche bag phase.

[Renshato]

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

[shakensparco]

George Lucas looks like the original hipster. But now I can't even look at him because I'm too busy palming my face.

[sorukai]

bang bang pew pew pew!

[gerridae1643]

4:08 is the set they're using from some other TV show / movie? It seems a bit too elaborate for a "making of" doc.

[NecroHunter93]

lucas looks very young in this

[kevo1296]

He built you 3PO, Show some respect!

[CookProductions1]

GORDONS ALIVE!

[ak112358]

I definitely own this on VHS. Best cereal box offer ever!

[kezadrone]

Parrot LMAO.

[starfighter673]

i have all the films

good vintage i never saw it on tv but this is soo cool to learn how these incredible films where made

[itman131313]

kool kool

[crossriflecom]

LOL, that dreadful man created you...Was it intended to be the irony that Anakins creation would end up convincing his son to take the little blue droid whoose running off in the middle of the night to Obi Wan, not only saved him from certain death by stormtroopers but facilitated the death star plans getting to the rebelian. Or am I just reading to much into it?

[VideoMask93]

@crossriflecom Cracked.com posited a theory that R2D2 and C3PO are actually Rebel agents.

[banthamobile]

Classic Star Wars documentary. Sounds like the narration is done by William Conrad, the narrator for the Buck Rogers TV theme song, that adds an extra-cool touch. Very enjoyable to watch.

[TheRevan1337]

OH CRIPE!(the scottish version of Oh Crap!) thats alotta people

[TheMotionMan112]

"the most successful film ever made"

yeah, until shit throat james cameron had to fuck it up. 2 times.

[LG112108]

lol Han "Bang, bang, bang?"

[SkyFortStudios]

0:10 is that steven spielberg behind C- 3P0?

[gerridae1643]

@SkyFortStudios

No that's not Spielberg. I checked the BluRay version for a better image. Looks a bit like him though.

[tDude666]

nice to see something starwars related from when lucas was still a little creative! ...

[van8ryan]

Funny story. I got this on video....from a ceral box. LOL. But it's a good documentary.

[dalem51]

This video is going to be included on the Blu-Rays :)

[therainbowranger84]

@dalem51 I hope it includes the two ep of Sesame Street that R2 and 3PO are guest!

[georgelewis]

Now is Avatar All-Time Worldwide Box office....

[acrovader]

@georgelewis Factor in inflation, Star Wars mops the floor with Avatar..

[georgelewis]

@acrovader yeah right Whatever :P

[acrovader]

@georgelewis It's the truth. Of course, don't let the facts infiltrate your tiny little mind.

[OrionEffects]

@georgelewis Mainly because people today are mindless, stupid drones who will accept what the media says. I thought Avatar was very pretty, but VERY poorly written.

[ravenshield56]

this is like a nerds version of vintage porn

[Aliendear]

@ravenshield56 please don't equate porn with nerds

[Litshttam]

"Bang, bang, bang, bang". Ford thought Star Wars was a turkey. How wrong he was.

[RoyalPredator]

Tessék végignézni! :D

[razza620]

the b est films eva 

[ingareinar007]

I have kinda always liked STAR WARS, but it was not until I got well over 30 that I fell in love with the films. maybe strange but lovely. It is like seing them for the first time.

[iownage4youi]

Darth Vader must have it really hot under a black suite in a sunny hot day.

[WebVMan]

@iownage4youi Not as hot as he was melting in a pit of lava in Episode III.

[iownage4youi]

@WebVMan Yeah, he's life sucks

[Insorski]

:D

[gs032009]

Why do I II and III?

WHy not another film, another plot also in outer space??!!!

[musicforindies]

this was a great doco, it was officially released on VHS back in the 80s by CBSFOX for rental, I used to rent it all the time on video when I was a kid and then I bought it as an ex-rental along with SPFX The Making of Empire Strikes Back.

[uadesi]

@musicforindies y must u tell us this story?

[legoman769]

@musicforindies really?

[ttt8699]

The narrator is William Conrad, best known as the star of the 70's TV series, "Cannon".

[burtonrules123]

@ttt8699 HAHA yes! i just realized this! my neighbor brang over cannon and weve been watching it, great 70s detective show! what a funny concept, a old fat guy chasing bad guys! ha!

[villeppi]

Hey, wait. C-3PO kinda sounds like Richard Dawkins... if he happened to be gay.

[USSHornett]

OH MY GOD! he had a 74 camaro at 4:49!!!!! : D I had a 76 not too long ago, mr lucas knows how to ride,lol

[Darthbane1988]

I hope he some day brings this documentary to DVD..it's nice to see behind the scenes stuff of ANH..

[alderaan3]

the blonde dude at 0:15 is HOT

[teskio]

this is so ghetto it'S cool!

[joel1975]

I love this video. (The Making to Empire Strikes Back is pretty cool too).

When Star Wars was actually something to look forward to!

[Grymmorgan]

The William Conrad voice over is killing me! x^D

"Star Wars! A Quinn Martin production!"

LAWL!!! 8^D

[hcvang]

Who doesnt love Star Wars? The unborn, that's who.

[bluehiway04]

I can remember watching this in my jammies from my parents house in Whitter, California.

[superhamzah85]

Chewbacca - awoogie

[MikeAM78]

I always thought it was funny when Lucas would say something about not having much behind-the-scenes footage of the original film because back then nobody documented productions like they do nowadays, then you see this, with all the great behind-the-scenes footage, and realize that Lucas is just whacked.

[Baldenlong77]

@MikeAM78

When did he say there wasn't behind the scenes footage?

[MikeAM78]

@Baldenlong77 It was an interview I read somewhere years ago. He was asked about an eventual DVD release of the films with documentaries and stuff, and he said it was something that would take time because back then nobody documented film productions like they do nowadays, so there was very little behind-the-scenes footage. Obviously, ol' George was pulling our chain like he typically does.

[Darthbane1988]

@MikeAM78 I call BS too. If he had enough footage to make this one, as well as the Empire of Dreams documentary, i'm sure he has loads of footage never seen before//

[FrozenSparky]

bang bang bang :D

[nx01alpha]

And with the original William Conrad voiceover...

[Retrofan]

Hopefully, this special is saved in the Lucasfilm archives, so it can be reissued when the whole saga comes to Blu-ray in October 2011.

[james65508]

@Retrofan your kidding right all star wars movies in Blu-Ray!!!

[Retrofan]

@james65508 No. I'm not kidding. Lucas made the announcement at Celebration V in Orlando, FL. He said the entire saga would be released onto Blu-ray in October 2011. And they announced today that all six films would be re-released in 2012 theatrically......IN 3D!!!!

[james65508]

@Retrofan thanks dude and also im sick and tired of starwars being in Orlando FL why is it always Florida cant it be in California!!!!! no offence!!!

[NARATO0]

@Retrofan whats so bad about 3d

[Retrofan]

@NARATO0 For me, nothing. I just thought it was interesting to note that in the aftermath of the excitement of the saga finally arriving on blu-ray, that they are going to re-issue the saga, starting w/The Phantom Menace, on 3D.

[Gingividus]

lol harrison ford is like, bang bang, bang

[Nogger86Germany]

@BeBop2012

haha yeah kinda! the ypical american male, strong narrator voice. i love it.

[DCRJReloaded]

Thanks for uploading this. I have a copy of this in Betamax format and my player broke down decades ago.

[ryorta]

lol 5:00 I love Lucas youthful voice, he sounds just like me, and I am 23 years old. Is it true that he spent 2/3 of his entire life working on the star wars franchise?

[emdiuenmaxi]

Aaaaaaahhhh Wow! I didn't know that this documentary was uploaded to youtube. Many thanks! BANGARANG!

[cellfart]

in 0:41 it looks like r2d2 wants do give c3po a blowjob

[HarryPotter87]

Is R2 and C3PO gay?

[AlucardZero]

@HarryPotter87 Can robots reproduce?

[RideMyBMW]

Lucas introduced a whole generation to technology and gadgets n stuff...now if only we could get the spaceships right.

[PuuberZ]

Good upload. Thanks.

[therainbowranger84]

I got this video at a Pawn of America store in Souix Falls. A must for Star Wars fans and for collecting Star Wars videos.

[vladimir998]

Wow. This take me back. Part of me feels like a kid again seeing this for the first time in over 30 years and another part of me feels so darn old.

[thebttfchannel]

@vladimir998 its really cool that you are around to tell us about how it was back then.

[IamTheRune]

someone who was upset about Ray only picking questions of hot chicks...

[BigBrotherMateyka]

Magical. :,)

[megatrends]

Cool, I'll move the coffee table and do a frickin' cartwheel.

[greypilgrim26]

damn space parrot!!

[alexforever411]

They keep showing this big event (apparently in August) in every 'making of Star Wars' documentry made like it was the opening of which there wasn't one. They just opened it because it was supposed to be a flop nobody cared about.

[whatever678]

Weird, I have this on VHS but the narration is done by a different guy. Exact same script though.

[tobar1p]

This is awesome, though a mercenary space parrot? =P

[therainbowranger84]

@tobar1p Why "space parrot?"

[tobar1p]

@therainbowranger84 That's what it sounds like he says. =P

[CultureJudge]

The ILM footage on this is the best of any SW doc.

[quietcloak]

Fascinating vintage video.

[skeletal13]

This was re-released as a promo on VHS around the time the special editions were out.

[sharkpedal]

I remember when this was broadcast on CBS

[NorthWriter]

GOOD LORD! I've been looking for this since 1985!

[AmusedChild]

Nice to see this again! Thanks!