The Making of Star Wars-Part 2/5

[bjknngbhh]

were the jawas midgets like when filming and stuff? and how were the cars hovering? and how did the robots move, were there people in the robot suits? I know r2 had a midget inside of him.

[shairaptor]

what I like in the original movies so much is the mixture of fantasy (like neverending story the movie) and science fiction which completeley lacks in the prequels.

[randallmckay]

R2: "could you hold this bag for me??"

[burtonrules123]

lol artoo gets scared of vaders hologram haha

[Xtoaster090]

Why do he call him Obi-Wan Ben Kenobi, Ben is Obi's Nickname

[Jasandia]

where are they? the power rangers command center??

[nyran125]

Lucas said this whole movie only cost a million dollars.

[TheDASChris]

@nyran125 10 million

[TheZeps]

Screw the prequels and all their associated problems .... run with the great old stuff ! There are lessons to be had here !

Someone might want write prequel scripts based upon the episodes 4-6, where Anakin is not a kid, where Yoda is afraid of the Emperor, where the Jedi are more mysterious myth (ie secretive), and few older folks, like Tuck, realise their role in the Republic.

[zazozung]

@TheZeps Exactly, Lucas sure destroyed everything with those terrible prequels. (Episode one was horrible.)

[mariojuggernaut22]

to me it was darth vadar

[pistonfan33]

Whoever the one person is that disliked this video clearly has deep psychological issues.

[Khultan]

The holy trinity: Leigh Brackett (R.I.P.), Lawrence Kasdan and, of course, Irvin Kerschner (R.I.P).

[Khultan]

Among the disappointing phenomenon soon after the 1977 template is the slew of clownish imitator studio from all over the world that nipped and napped trying to ride the wave with unoriginal and inevitiably ridiculous versions.

[HCShannon]

@Khultan Yes in fact the original Battlestar Galatica series got a lot of critism because everyone thought they were copying off Star Wars, even though Glen Larson the shows original creator had orignally come up with the idea in the late 1960s.

[Khultan]

@HCShannon That's information I never knew until now, thanks, HCShannon. Still, I did, sometime in 1978, buy the BattleStar Galactica picture book (soft cover book with hundreds of on set photos of the actors and actresses and props etc) but having done that, just the fact that, initially, Ralph McQuarrie's involvement, made me dismiss BG as a Star Wars rip off though somewhat more dignified than the hand-me-downs from all over the world that tried to ride the sci-fi new wave.

[ingareinar007]

I have always kinda liked STAR WARS. But I feel fortunate to have "fallen in love" with it many years well into my 30`s. I didn`realise that it all is trough a kids mind.

[Xytan4]

Wouldn't it be amazingly awesome if they include this in the blu-ray release of star wars?

[CHEdumbo]

At 2:20 sounds like the song "cant take my eyes of you"

[prlwctd]

LOVE this documentary! And Lucas can't tell me that, when this was made, he thought of Vader building 3PO

[Khultan]

@prlwctd It is HIS story so he can do whatever he pleases, regardless of the initial story and it's later development many years later.

[prlwctd]

@Khultan I'm not disputing that it's his story; what I dislike is his insistence that he had things in the prequels in his head even in '77

[Khultan]

@prlwctd The man is the godhead of his space fantasy mythos, but yes, I can agree with your sentiment. Something happened during the time of his raising full time of his children that kind of put at the forefront his weakness in storytelling and being engaging. Remember, he had people that he looked up to to critique his script treatments, not entirely but mostly. There is an earthier, honesty, and earnestness in the first movie that's genuine. The 2nd movie with the holy trinity has depth.

[Litshttam]

@prlwctd Who's to say he didn't?

[prlwctd]

@Litshttam The fact that midichlorians & that "Chosen One" crap were NEVER mentioned in the original trilogy suggests that George pulled those out of his ass when writing the prequels

[Litshttam]

@prlwctd By Episode IV, the Jedi Order was defunct and therefore no-longer tested midichlorian counts - and why test the son of Skywalker, anyway? So why mention them?

Also, by Episode IV, the Chosen One prophecy was seemingly a fallacy - what with Anakin siding with the Sith (incidentally a word not uttered once in the original trilogy, but one as any ardent Star Wars fan will know has been bandied-about since the Seventies).

Again, who's to say he didn't?

[prlwctd]

@Litshttam Since Sith was bandied since the 70s, why weren't midichlorians & that Chosen One shit? Answer: because no one, not even George, knew what they were.

[Litshttam]

@prlwctd That's an assumption. Dislike the prequels if you must, but don't presume to know his creative process.

[prlwctd]

@Litshttam So you think George always wanted to put in Hayden Christensen at the end of "Jedi"?

[Litshttam]

@prlwctd SOME younger actor, perhaps; it would've made no sense to have a young man appear back in '83. We'd yet to see Sith, featuring Yoda clutching himself in 'pain' when Anakin's (pardon the pun) christened Darth Vader. Skywalker - from a certain point-of-view (!) - died at that point. Sith lords apparently can't transcend death, so a 46 year-old spirit (Vader's age at corporeal death) now makes no sense. Hey, Shaw's still the Anakin unmasked by Luke on Death Star II.

[prlwctd]

@Litshttam but by George's logic, Anakin died when he became Vader, so was it Vader that eventually killed the Emperor, or Anakin?

[Litshttam]

@prlwctd ...and if the Expanded Universe is anything to go by, Palpatine didn't really die; his spirit moves from clone to clone of himself (!).

I would say Vader 'killed' the Emperor, as Anakin opted to save him from Mace Windu 23 years earlier. As it was a selfless act though (he knew Palpatine would likely take him with him), Vader died a somewhat redeemed man, allowing his true - good - self to return (of the Jedi).

[prlwctd]

@Litshttam ahhh, the old 'read all the Star Wars novels & the prequels will make sense' excuse. Does this mean George had all those in his head in '77, too?

[Litshttam]

@prlwctd I thought you'd be sharp enough to infer that the comment was an acknowledgment of your confusion. Who the Hell mentioned reading the novels to make sense of the prequels?!

[prlwctd]

@Litshttam well, you're the one who said the Emperor didn't really die & that the novels were the reason for that. Others have said that they fill in the gaps (i.e. plotholes) found in the prequels

[Litshttam]

@prlwctd I meant that confusion over who really killed the Emperor - Anakin or Vader - is understandable when there's EU elements like the cloned emperors that could perpetuate that confusion.

[novoneiro]

The narrator reminds me of Troy McClure from the Simpsons.

[Urbanfire123]

How did they make those gigantic dinosaur-like animals in that desert city? They look like something from Jurassic park! yet this film was made in the 70s!! How can this be?

[celebpaws]

@Urbanfire123 They were elephants with costumes



[tripwilliams2]

Great to see this again. Use to have it on video tape but that was a long time ago. Thanks for saving it from oblivion and sharing it with the world.

[CK2890]

how could they "recreate the planet of tatoine" do they think its a real place that got destroyed or sumtin ?

[PunkyKid02]

At 8:38 could've sworn he said sex, not sets. x)

[existentaeinutila]

great stuff

[PINGOtheDISMEMBERED]

I remember watching this back in the 80's :) thxs for posting

[therainbowranger84]

1:18 What is the name of that face on the cliff?

[DaisyChainMassacre]

I'm finding this series slightly excruciating.

[draysonvideo]

love the star wars music on this documentary, specially made for this?

[tDude666]

@draysonvideo maybe or just one unused version they found in the basement^^

[capricochipy]

great to see this amazing video