How Star Wars Reinvented Cinema

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In 1977 one of the most important films ever made was released, Star Wars. Following this, the film industry underwent a dramatic reinvention, becoming more commercially orientated. Many new blockbuster franchises were made in the wake of Star Wars - Indiana Jones, Back to the Future and Ghostbusters to name a few. This video explores the impact Star Wars had on the film industry, and how its legacy is still felt today.
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00:00 - How Star Wars Changed Cinema
03:04 - The First Blockbusters
04:57 - The Birth of Franchises
06:36 - So Much Merchandise
09:17 - The Start of Modern Visual Effects
11:24 - Reinvention of Sci-Fi
12:36 - Legacy of Star Wars

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@ArcherGreen Жыл бұрын

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@jesustovar2549 Жыл бұрын

This is probably the best video I've seen that easily summarizes the importance of Star Wars in cinema and global culture, I wish it had more views, I always try to remind people of the importance of Star Wars by telling them that many of the sci-fi, fantasy and even superheroe movie franchises they love from the 80s to the present would not have been possible if it weren't for Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound, Hollywood truly owes George Lucas.

@ariesroc Жыл бұрын

What's even more impressive with Star Wars is what it did with digital effects/CGI or whatever term you want to use in the PT where it makes the OT look quaint in comparison. The whole drive of ILM was to get to a place where Lucas could finally do the movies he wanted with the visual scale he always imagined but simply wasn't possible. He didn't have to tailor his movies to the technology anymore. As we see even thought others have access to those tools they still don't have the bold imagination to use them to the degree he did.

@ArcherGreen Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment! Didn't know that about ILM, very interesting

@AlexiosTheSixth Жыл бұрын

Thought this was from a larger channel then I saw the subscriber count and view count. This is underrated as heck, subscribed.

@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568 7 ай бұрын

Lol 1:58 there's a montage of effects that were done without CGI, but one short clip of Xwings approaching was CGI, from the special edition.

@Plathismo 4 ай бұрын

Also the shockwave ring from the Death Star explosion was a digital add.

@kaiyanui 4 ай бұрын

yeah he should have used the theatrical version

@NotRadeio 7 ай бұрын

your channel is criminally underrated

@josephrocco2954 Жыл бұрын

Blockbusters existed before Star Wars. SW ushered in the era of sci fi/fantasy blockbusters. The 70s wasn't just about small movies, either. Patton, The Poseiden Adventure, and The Towering Inferno weren't exactly "small." Also, 2001:A Space Odyssey had groundbreaking special effects in 1968.

@scottyg262 Жыл бұрын

and jaws

@omegalitico Жыл бұрын

Yeah, even before that there was Gone with the Wind, which was massive (although now is a problematic film). Really good and entertaining video but really wrong premises. Still I subscribed lol

@LuckyBastardProd Жыл бұрын

and John Dykstra was an assistant to Douglas Trumbull, who did the SFX on 2001, and he used the same techniques with the addition of motion control cameras and shooting the efx on long outdated VistaVision cameras which was Paramount widescreen format in the 50s.

@jesustovar2549 Жыл бұрын

@@LuckyBastardProd And makeup artist Stuart Freeborn who worked in 2001 also worked on Star Wars designing the faces of Chewbacca and Yoda, Freeborn relied on his own face to create Yoda after saying "let's see something on my face that's funny" and adding some of the Albert Einstein's face too.

@jesustovar2549 Жыл бұрын

@@omegalitico Both Gone with the Wind and Star Wars became the highest grossing movies of their times, the young people of that time simply recreated what their parents or grandparents probably experienced with GWTW or Ben-Hur which they were the great blockbusters of their era, of course we are talking about very different movies, but the great romantic music with the title of the film covering the entire screen and even presenting an introductory text are the common points between GWTW and Star Wars that occur to me the most, not to forget the important cinematic innovations, one being the most expensive production of its time and the other had a relatively low budget. To think that 70 years after GWTW, Avatar smashed the box office worldwide and 10 years Avengers: Endgame broke that record.

@ggabe2865 Жыл бұрын

this was a fantastic video essay. definitely deserves more views

@spitzfire1107 Жыл бұрын

Star Wars is revolutionary since it set the standards for Sci Fi genre.

@Wilhelmofdeseret Жыл бұрын

Got recommended, good video, deserves more views!

@Zed-fq3lj 6 ай бұрын

Great video, almost equally important to emphasize revolutionary power of 'Star Wars for the world of movies as the documentary 'Empire of Dreams' but in short time, 15 minutes were apparently enough😉, good job!

@nathancrever5161 Жыл бұрын

5:10 best music.

@MBP1918 Жыл бұрын

Interesting

@holdingpattern245 Жыл бұрын

I genuinely can't decide whether Star Wars or Birth of a Nation is the more important and influential movie.

@jesustovar2549 Жыл бұрын

There are several films that I could assign that title, Birth of a Nation was very innovative and is one of the most important films in history, however it is controversial perhaps more than Gone with the Wind since it resurrected the KKK, but in terms of relevance, cinematic innovation and market, I think Star Wars takes the torch.

@holdingpattern245 Жыл бұрын

@@jesustovar2549 if you think that Star Wars beats Birth of a Nation in cinematic innovation, I have to assume that you have no idea what you're talking about

@judgegiant8951 Жыл бұрын

You kind of forgot about the Planet of the Apes movie series

@captaintrash3195 Ай бұрын

What’s the clip of Hamill explaining the camera from?

@richardmoores Жыл бұрын

The 80’s was the best decade ever!!!

@Zatom Жыл бұрын

90s

@Rishi123456789 Жыл бұрын

@@Zatom Based, I completely agree with you. The 90s was the best decade ever.

@travus111 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if Steven or George regret their films success? It's because of Jaws and Star Wars that now every movie in cinemas is franchise studio owned sequels and reboots.

@infectioussneeze9099 Жыл бұрын

Dumb question

@travus111 Жыл бұрын

@@infectioussneeze9099 how so?

@infectioussneeze9099 Жыл бұрын

@@travus111 regret their success because of sequels and reboots?, cmon dude.

@K_J_Coleman_Composer 4 ай бұрын

600th Like, nice

@_michantter_8671 4 күн бұрын

Great video! Very Enjoyable. I have one complaint though. My oppinion on this topic is not shared by the majority, but i stand by it. Star Wars is not sci-fi at all. It is purely fantasy and has always been. Why? Space does not equal Science Fiction. Star Wars is set in space and they travel via spaceships. But the focus of the story never is about their technological advancements. The Death Star is merely an imposing threat and not at all the central focus of the story. "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force." It is essentially a fairy tale. "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." sure sounds a lot like "Once upon a time...". I view it as a fairy tale that happens to be set in a polyplanetary world, but treats these like different social groups would be treated in a fairy tale (you know the princess courageous knight). It is for all the above mentioned points in my oppinion clearly a fantasy franchise. I do understand if you don't share that oppinion, I just felt the need to share it, since I feel like too few people are talking about Star Wars' fantasy aspects. Anyways all this did not take away from the fact, that your video is very well done, and I look forward to watching more of your stuff!

@oobrocks Жыл бұрын

I’d argue the biggest change was 1968’s 2001

@jesustovar2549 Жыл бұрын

In a way, we wouldn't have Star Wars if it weren't for 2001 first, it was the only movie that could be compared to in terms of realism and visual effects which aged well, even in an interview I read Stanley Kubrick said that American Graffiti and Star Wars were very good and he regretted that George Lucas didn't want to direct anymore.

@LukeLovesRose Жыл бұрын

The Godfather reinvented cinema. It was the most popular film before Jaws, before Star Wars.

@LukeLovesRose Жыл бұрын

@pyropulse I'm not saying it didnt.

@ariesroc Жыл бұрын

The point is that on the cinematic level where movie storytelling on a visual level intersects with box office Star Wars, first with the OT then even more so with the PT was a harbinger of what was to come. Not just in fantasy as in SF and superheroes but movies that aren't considered "fantasy" but use all the same tools.

@jesustovar2549 Жыл бұрын

I call The Godfather, Jaws and Star Wars the three pilars of 70s cinema, they were the highest grossing films of the decade, all by three directors that were friends, even George Lucas edited a part in The Godfather which is a little known fact.

@LukeLovesRose Жыл бұрын

@@jesustovar2549 that's true. And now James Cameron is reinventing cinema

@Rishi123456789 Жыл бұрын

@@LukeLovesRose James Cameron has said that he was inspired to become a film-maker because of the first Star Wars movie from 1977. So James Cameron's film-making career is itself a legacy of Star Wars.

@johnsiorek1630 8 ай бұрын

And 10 commandments was a small film? No spectacle? Wizard of oz 1939 had no visuals? James bond? 2001?. 1970s were a lull in big spectacle films.

@johnhealy6490 Жыл бұрын

I am sorry this video says jaws is the first blockbuster.

@Rishi123456789 Жыл бұрын

"jaws is the first blockbuster." Yes, but Star Wars is the first franchise blockbuster.

@johnhealy6490 Жыл бұрын

jaws is the first blockbuster.

@Rishi123456789 Жыл бұрын

"jaws is the first blockbuster." Yes, but Star Wars is the first franchise blockbuster.

@andrewkulubi9919 Жыл бұрын

In a way it ruined everything

@chomuss Жыл бұрын

brought the kids to the movies

@johnmonarch1375 Жыл бұрын

@@chomuss not really a new thing though, kids used to be in theaters all the time because it was a cheap way to keep them entertained and safe for hours at a time.

@MrMice... 5 ай бұрын

@johnmonarch1375 what movies were kids/teens lining up to see at the theaters in the 60s and 70s? (Disney would send films directly to schools and we'd watch in the cafeteria as a reward for good behavior.)

@rcdune7132 4 ай бұрын

No, that was Disney

@K_J_Coleman_Composer 4 ай бұрын

Or everyone else ruined it. Star Wars did nothing wrong, but be a work of art with a great amount of effort and intent.

@sebastianm.2901 2 ай бұрын

I always hated Star Wars and now i hate it even more.. cinema was objectively better before that overrated shit!

@uncletrick1 Жыл бұрын

Jaws changed cinema in all the ways you describe here, but did it before Star Wars. Cinema would have changed due to Jaws alone, even if SW. ever existed.