George Lucas: Star Wars is based on mythic and psychological motifs

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JarJar Abrams

4 жыл бұрын

George Lucas at AFI 2005.

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@AvelierPlays 4 жыл бұрын

George is Star Wars. There is no Star Wars without George.

@techno639 4 жыл бұрын

Well i mean there's lots of stories that weren't made by him before disney but ok

@DayTripperrr 3 жыл бұрын

techno639 he is Star Wars

@techno639 3 жыл бұрын

@Go Away Filoni is still here tho

@techno639 3 жыл бұрын

@Go Away Lucas didn't even like those stories, at least Rian Johnson pulled from his sequel plans

@LSelecDgns 4 жыл бұрын

Disney-Lucasfilm watched this video and then did the exact opposite of what George said Star Wars was about. There’s no mythological aspect to any of the sequel characters or stories.

@SpoonySamurai 4 жыл бұрын

Lol so George basically says: I wrote a good story that I thought would be interesting to modern people at the time and put in special effects afterwards. And Disney goes PEW PEW BRRRRRRR WAHMEH BRRRRR

@Jared_Wignall 4 жыл бұрын

What George is saying is what Disney and Lucasfilm don’t get. Star Wars is more than just special effects, space ships flying, shooting laser guns and laser swords while also having the force as a mystical energy. There’s various influences from film and literature that Lucas took inspiration from as well as religious elements put into the films from Christianity to Buddhism. Disney and Lucasfilm just see surface level stuff with the franchise and don’t try to do anything more than that.

@condew6103 4 жыл бұрын

But to KK, the hero's journey is about boys, and boys are icky.

@JohnnyTortel 4 жыл бұрын

At least Dace Filoni does understand these concepts

@techno639 4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyTortel He does. That's why he likes The Last Jedi

@A_Salted_Fishe 4 жыл бұрын

tHey FLy nOW!!1!!!!

@castizodonkeykong282 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t sell that to the Chinese though

@TarekSabra 4 жыл бұрын

That is why HE is The Maker. Happy Birthday Mr. Lucas 🎈

@PredatorWookiee 4 жыл бұрын

The ST is so unimaginative compared to the originals, even the prequels. George is creative and was able to imagine new things. That’s what Star Wars needs now.

@TheCatWatches 4 жыл бұрын

love u George! miss u bro!

@ScaryManiac 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure he misses you, too with his 4.5 billion dollars

@shawne7228 4 жыл бұрын

He forgot the part about having a super strong Mary Sue whamon character

@nenjutsu1774 4 жыл бұрын

That is what was missing from the sequel trilogy. The philosophical DNA lucas had infused into the OT and Prequels.

@SombreroBeanieHat 2 жыл бұрын

Lets not forget the consequences for the main character. Anakin & Luke and almost every character experiences consequences except anyone In the sequel trilogy.

@guileniam 4 жыл бұрын

Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, ancient Greek, legends of King Arthur, Mesopotamian, westerns, comic books, world war 2, vietnam war, flash Gordon, the famous Heros journey etc The film is a brilliant mash up of so many influences, mythologies and theologies that's it no wonder it struck a chord and hit big. Anyone and everyone could relate to it even on a purely psychological level even if they hadn't experienced any of the above. The story of a hero being made by going on an adventure to the "lions den" to retrieve something/someone is found in so many cultures to the earliest human history it's crazy.

@geert574 4 жыл бұрын

Kylo's motif is 'I have to simp for Rey maybe she'll appreciate me one day' 😆

@RegularGuyism 4 жыл бұрын

How was Kylo Ren a simp?

@Tareltonlives 4 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday George. Star Wars without you is a sad parody

@rebelthehutt1398 4 жыл бұрын

He totally called out Disney! Why'd you have to sell to them George? DOWN WITH DISNEY

@vinckduck9690 4 жыл бұрын

Because of The Prequel Backlash.

@RoScFan 3 жыл бұрын

@@vinckduck9690 The people responsible for that backlash should be whipped until bloodied. The prequels are the best star wars. Phantom menace is one of the best movies ever made in history.

@The-Shut-Up-Nazi Жыл бұрын

@@RoScFan Also attack of the clones might be underrated but it was a great film.

@hoppy303 4 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what Disney doesn’t get. If it’s not Lucas it’s not canon.

@orsenal 4 жыл бұрын

happy birthday, George lucas. and my condolences for the dead of star wars....

@IsoSubject5 4 жыл бұрын

@Patrick Kiani SW isn't gone either. 1-6, CW and the old EU will always be there.

@yrrej9696 2 жыл бұрын

I believe that this is one of the major reasons why modern films generally lack quality. Modern “artists” are either unable or unwilling to grasp and utilize basic psychological, mythological, and religious motifs that have and will continue to appeal to the masses whether they are conscious of it or not.

@nahuelcutrera Жыл бұрын

amazing how honest the guy is... he is just telling to this day nobody seems to get it ... haha I love this guy.

@thx1138thecrane 4 жыл бұрын

Shaking my damn head, yeah we dogged on Attack of the Clones when it came out, but it had great epic lore historical moments and at the end of the day, and with even hindsight on my side I'd dare say with even the fandom to back me up, that we'd take athousand Attack of the Clones over anything disney makes. As long as it a Lucas.

@StudioSmith 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to own the 2011 Complete Saga bluray set. OG star wars.

@judasbooth5455 4 жыл бұрын

Ugh, disgusting Lucas' Special Editions

@slipperysqueef5284 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@lenircotia 4 жыл бұрын

Long live George Lucas I-VI ✊

@Pedro8675309 4 жыл бұрын

Regret is universal. We fucked up driving this man away.

@rayo1366 4 жыл бұрын

He said it long ago. Democracies aren't overthrown. They're given away. That's the crux of the political themes in the original six films. But right from TFA, the democracy wasn't given away, it was overthrown. Congrats, JJ.

@RoScFan 3 жыл бұрын

George Lucas is a genius world builder. Phantom menace is my favorite movie. He s right about the original series having poor characterization, poor dialogue etc. The only star wars that truly does justice to star wars is phantom menace because it s movie purely about the star wars world.

@JJSR_99 2 жыл бұрын

Legend!

@samcats123 Жыл бұрын

This is why I think Rian Johnson understands Star Wars incredibly well. By making a movie that is essentially about Star Wars and the legacy/myth, as well as commentating on the Rich’s obsession with profiting from war. And on top of that, George always said that he never had an interest in doing the same old thing. Rian Johnson completely changed the sequel trilogy for the better by making Luke abandon the Jedi way, by killing Snoke, and by making Rey’s parents nobodies

@davidlewis6728 4 жыл бұрын

jj "empty mystery boxes and special effects guy" abrams, director of the worst starwars movies to ever be released, clearly didn't use enough special effects.

@Sams.Videos 4 жыл бұрын

Amen George.

@MedalionDS9 4 жыл бұрын

It's not about the characters or stories or the special f/x or ships... it's about Poetry... cuz it rhymes!

@autisticlegionnaire3624 4 жыл бұрын

This pretty much sums everything up. Love George joining all the dots together for the creatively challenged currently running Lucasfilm into the ground. They ignore his wisdom... and that is why they fail.

@CloneShockTrooper 2 жыл бұрын

FX trooper standing guard.

@wilde4945 4 жыл бұрын

Epic.

@paulodenobrega1500 11 ай бұрын

George is a genius and Hollywood and in particular KK hates that he’s smarter than all of those doofusses in charge and writing now.

@patrickallen13 4 жыл бұрын

You had one job.

@JbodMC 4 жыл бұрын

I love George but to a certain extent the prequel trilogy seems directly contrary to a lot of the ideals that make the original trilogy undisputed timeless films.

@UnknownUser-gd3ls 4 жыл бұрын

The Prequels did not contradict The Originals. The Sequels did exactly that.

@GeorgeWLucas 4 жыл бұрын

You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

@trevorrandom 4 жыл бұрын

There's absolutely no hope for Star Wars as long as Kathleen Kennedy is still in a job it's that simple!

@G360LIVE 4 жыл бұрын

What's ironic is that George says, "It's not about the special effects," with seemingly no self-awareness that he released the Star Wars OT: Special Editions. I still love you, though, George. :)

@fridaynightnicktoons6885 4 жыл бұрын

Those were about enhancing the experience and fulfilling the filmmakers vision. What he's talking about is focusing on effects and not story(the force awakens and it's pRaCtIcAl EfFeCtS campaign>an original story)

@JarJarAbrams 4 жыл бұрын

A painting is never finished.

@G360LIVE 4 жыл бұрын

@@fridaynightnicktoons6885 I know what he's talking about. The point I'm making is that he says it's not about special effects but released the Special Editions (making it about the special effects), and he did it after publicly going against the idea of movies being changed or "enhanced" for the sake of art and our cultural heritage. He also said that he wanted the original theatrical versions to go away, essentially rewriting history, which is what George tends to try to do: rewrite history.

@G360LIVE 4 жыл бұрын

@@JarJarAbrams That's not the correct context for what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the preservation of art as it is. If Da Vinci could come back and change one of his paintings while making sure the original is lost to time, would you be okay with that? I know I wouldn't. "Art is never finished; it's abandoned," isn't an excuse to ruin a piece of history; it's more of a guide for artists to let them know that at some point they have to stop fixing a creation and simply let it be.

@fridaynightnicktoons6885 4 жыл бұрын

@@G360LIVE thats fucking retarded mental gymnastics. Thinking like that is why we lost Lucas and got the last jedi

@farside8625 3 ай бұрын

$10 million movie = Low budget.

@autisticlegionnaire3624 4 жыл бұрын

The Boring as hell trilogy = Sequel Trilogy

@lookingforwookiecopilot 4 жыл бұрын

,...then he became successful and we got the Ewoks, then the original "stories" muddied up with cgi,...and of course the prequels. :( What happened to Flash Gordon George?

@grumpy9721 4 жыл бұрын

Ewoks are tight!

@THEBATMAN28AHH 4 жыл бұрын

The people that are having fun hating the Disney trilogy are seriously part of those who still to this day do not understand those strong psychological underpinnings. JJ and Rian Johnson emulated George's storytelling incredibly and it's sad to see that the majority of vocal star wars fans are the ones who do nothing but critisize and hate what they don't understand.

@RSBounceLegend 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think YOU understand. JJ and Rian are fucking hacks. Stop trying to defend them.

@THEBATMAN28AHH 4 жыл бұрын

@@RSBounceLegend wow. Good timing. I was wondering when i was gonna get those hate comments to prove me right. Thanks a bunch 👍

@hourmazdmar7135 4 жыл бұрын

@@THEBATMAN28AHH how can you be proved wrong? Simple reaction to your opinion or no one arguing with you seems to declare you winner Pretty convenient

@dookie_12 4 жыл бұрын

JJ is a copycat and Ruin is a cultural arsonist. What else is there to understand?

@friktogurg9242 4 жыл бұрын

@@hourmazdmar7135 Yeah the sequel fans in general, these are the idiots that celebarted when Lucas sold star wars and look at where we are at now.

@radaroreilly9502 4 жыл бұрын

Says the man who then made the prequels...

@ilovebeingood 4 жыл бұрын

How does the prequels not show any of his mythic and psychological motifs? I'd argue it even showed more of it through Anakin's story growing up.

@MrJamesBourne 4 жыл бұрын

Patrick Kiani the sequel trilogy is literally worse than the prequels. Don’t try to argue, you can’t win that.

@marceloabad8545 4 жыл бұрын

The prequels are actually among the most brilliant top 10 films in the last two decades or more

@YTWanderer 4 жыл бұрын

@@marceloabad8545 that's just laughable. They are among YOUR most brilliant top 10 films in the last two decades or more. Nothing more. Have you watched more than 10 movies in the last 20 years ?

@BLACKHAWK-xj5bc 4 жыл бұрын

@@ilovebeingood Exactly. 👍