What I love about the prequels is the world building. Disneys sequel trilogy just feel so lacking in comparison.

"George didn't want to just make things bigger for biggness sake" And man, speaking of George, he looked really tired at the end. Like he'd just got to his hotel room at the end of shooting and then dragged him out again to do these featurettes.

You can say what you want about the end result and the directing of the prequels, but as far as effort and creativity they are possibly the best movies of the saga. Visually, George Lucas is a genius

Doug Chiang is a master designer! the naboo fighter is absolutely stunning!

"I think George really wanted to come up with a new idea because he didn't want to build something bigger than the last film to make a statement about bigness. I think he wanted something, a look that was really interesting." - Rick McCallum This was an important lesson the makers of the Sequel Trilogy forgot.

It's big shame that this movie wasn't nomintad for Oscar for the desingn. Whole of the Star Wars universe is unbelievable!

The Phantom Menace might be in my top three, I loved seeing the universe when it was mostly at peace

One of the most beautiful films ever made. All the hatred directed at George and the makers of this film is insane.

Im so damn happy I got to experience these films when they released. George is Legendary.

LOVE the designs, especially Naboo. And even though I'm not the biggest fan of Jar Jar Binks or the Gungans, I do love the design of the Gungan city.

I always thought that the design of the prequel trilogy was just on another level even compared to the classic first trilogy, and especially comparing it to the current trilogy, whicg has produced no cool new designs for aliens, ships or worlds, they're all just recycled from the priginal trilogy. You would think that Disney would have had more creativity than that.

So much more love and beauty went into the prequels compared to the sequels. Sad they could have done so much and n 3 movies.

Pure Genius!!!

Honestly, I think people didn't like this movie not because it was bad, because our was a pretty good storyline. They didn't like it because it was different, so it was shocking at first, but after you think about it for a while, it makes sense and it's a good movie (minus Jar Jar).

@giobbecovattacol These videos are from the bonus disc that came with the movies. Thanks for the nice comments :)

"I think George really wanted to come up with a new idea... he didn't want to build something bigger than the last film to make a statement about bigness." This is where the sequels failed. If they were really made passionately, we wouldn't have something so unoriginal as a Starkiller Base or the First Order.

mranderson0001 where do you find all these amazing vids? I mean... you are just the man! :D Real big thanks! :D

Thank you! Keep 'em coming:D Merry Christmas

I'm not a big fan of the prequel movies, but one thing I can really respect is the unique architecture that goes into the buildings, vehicles, weapons and clothing of every planet, as well as the logic behind it all (the Naboo fighters being sleek and shiny because the Naboo were crappy fighters and just liked aesthetics, everything in the EMpire being boxy and utilitarian, etc.).

Nice!!

Jar Jar is the key to all this

Despite the many failings of Phantom Menace as a movie, the design work is awesome. Doug Chiang's work never fails to impress. Thanks for uploading this.

Dude,take a break for hollyday! and Merry christmas!

@Regelegorila Thanks dude, back at ya.

I think someone was really a Dinotopia fan.

2:32 Title card says: Star Wars A New Hope 1977. Sequence shows: Special Edition alteration from 1997.

Now if only the acting was as good as the designs. Then we would have a great movie on our hands!

With that neck he could have been stronger than Brock Lesnar

dave feloni get"s him

People doesn't aprecciate this.

see even doug chiang said George wanted the ships sleeker and more 'mordern'. which doesn't make a lot of sense cause the events in these movies r taking place 18 years before the events in the original. a lot of the gadgets and tech we see in this film looks way more advanced than Wat we see in 4,5 and 6.

It was the ultimate movie that became its own universe. People want more of the same just bigger if the original was seen as perfect by so many. If someone was going to make Michelangelo's david sculpture better, they would just make it bigger for more people to see the minute details of what make it so great, and to make it the same spectacle for the younger, newer generation that it was for the old. if its just more of the old who cares, but if its "new and improved" of something great of the old then everyone will give it a shot, whether they end up hating it or not. The main problem is george lucas is not Michelangelo. Only the original genius could truly "add" to the original. People falsely believed it was george when the reality is that star wars was a group project, and was only so amazing because of the devotion of tons of talented people. George is no genius. It was everyone else who was the genius, george was just the name on the project who okay'd the right things at the time. He isnt a fool, but he is far from an artistic genius with vision. Its everyone else who made it coherent and incredible to the public. Try watching the uncut version of star wars and you can see where George's dated mentality and lack of vision is blatant. If george had his reign with A new hope like he did on episode 1, it would have been as forgettable and dated as any other sci-fi.

So...George did NO design work and just showed up and said yes or no to what work others have done? And takes credit.

Hope they got paid well for putting up so much crap frm u know who.

4:47 there's your problem right there. Star Wars is character driven, not plot driven. This is why Empire is considered the best because it has the least plot but the most character development. This is also why Force Awakens succeeds where the prequels utterly failed - the characters and character development took a back seat to silly plots and pretty environments.

Maybe one of the problems with this movie was that it was overdesigned. The visuals were just too perfect--lacked character.

all these promissing designs (Naboo looks like italian Renaissance with modern technology, for example; Coruscant is Manhattan in the 30th Century) ruined by Jar Jar and Ben Burtt's annoying sound effects