Sell Star Wars

We already saw Twilek tits in RotJ

>How does George Lucas crush someone's soul in two words?

>This is sometime between the release of Episode 1 and Episode 2 - probably fall of 2000. We had a continually running class that took on one or two directors for the entire semester. The year before I had taken the Hitchcock class. This semester it was on George Lucas. The class filled super quickly because it was open to all students and film students didn't get priority, so basically if you weren't a senior or lucky junior you didn't get in. Unless you were working in the projection booth for that class, like I was.

>The class is roughly 250 people with a makeup of what you probably suspect. The Q and A with George was week 14, so by then we had been able to recognize certain people from up in the booth. One of those people was basically a tall, skinny guy who was obviously a HUGE fan of Star Wars. He wasn't a jerky pedantic fan, but you could tell from his questions throughout the year (and from random conversations we would hear him in before class) that he absolutely adored the films and the characters. He was also one of the big Jar Jar apologists in the class and would passionately defend Episode 1, which seemed to be what half of the questions and conversations outside of the class and during the break were about. Frankly, he seemed like a nice enough guy and was much more tolerable than a lot of the other "noticeable" people in that class. For simplicity I'll just call him Tim because it is short to type.

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>Cut to George Lucas day. The professor gives a thirty minute spiel waxing poetic about University Board Member and huge donor Mr. Lucas. Gorge Speaks for about twenty minutes. Then there is a Q and A session which lasts about an hour. One microphone on each of the two aisles, people standing in line to ask questions, professor stepping in from time to time to expand on things. This class runs from 7 to 11 at night, so it is around 9 as the session wraps up. There are only a couple of people left in line to ask questions, and we notice up in the booth that Tim has slowly made his way down one of the aisles and now is the last person in that line.

>Tim's time finally comes, and it looks like he will be the second to the last question. He approaches the mic and starts his question - or more correctly his explanation. He goes on about how he always felt the strength of the films was in the protagonists, and how thoughts of Luke, Leia, Han and Chewey always helped get him through sad times because they were such fun and life-embracing people (people, not characters). I can't even paraphrase everything he said, or how his excitement and joy grew with each word, but after a couple of minutes he finally got to the question. "So, basically, my question is to ask what happened to them after Jedi. Did they stay friends? Go on more adventures? Did they ever have kids of their own?"

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>This whole time George has been sitting in his chair with the table and water at his side on the stage in front of the screen. He doesn't move or blink during the question, and appears to be giving Tim his rapt attention. After Tim finishes, he looks up for a moment or two in a "pondering" pose, then looks back and slowly says "They died." He then turns to the other aisle for the final question.

>Tim just sort of slowly stood at the mic after that. I couldn't see his face, but his entire body just sort of slumped. The person in the other aisle just quietly said "I think you answered my question already" and went back to his seat. The theater was pitch quiet, Lucas had turned back to face the center of the theater and took a sip of water, and the professor just sort of slowly walked forward and said "If there are no more questions, lets take our break and start the film in ten minutes."

>People slowly shuffled out of the theater. I had to stay in the booth to get things set up, so I never saw Tim's face, but I do know it took him about two minutes before he left that now dead mic on the left aisle. I didn't see anyone in his seat once we got the film going after break. Tim didn't show for the final class, although to be fair there was only one more class left, and that is the one that they screened Episode 1. I can't honestly say I blame him.

>I knew a few people who took the class, and I guess Tim turned in his final about thirty minutes into the test. Those finals are two to three hour multi-part essay tests, and you take them in the big theater, so everyone saw him turn it in way, way before anyone else finished. I'd love to have read what he wrote in that bluebook.

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Based Alec

Lucas is a weird guy, but Disney seems more than willing to cater to his nihilism.

There's an argument to be had that popular culture has replaced religion to many of our generation. Its where they seek solace and guidance. Its where they gain excitement and insight. It becomes their world. Is there harm in that?

>12 years old are idiots
Was the plot of TPM that hard to follow to you? Because the movie where fucking Jar Jar Binks was the key to everything was pretty clearly aimed at a young audience.

>Was the plot of TPM that hard to follow to you?
Not really, but it was full of plot holes*. Dude, I like TPM, but it wasn't made just for kids.

*Obi-Wan is a Jedi knight in the crawl, becomes one at the end by Yoda's word; et al.

>Because the movie where fucking Jar Jar Binks was the key to everything
Another strike against Lucas' narrative since no one knew of Darth Jar Jar, which has all but been confirmed by Ahmed Best.= and Lucas. Lucas simply claims it was all for kids as an excuse for his horrible writing.

>the virgin Lucas
>creates the most iconic movie franchise in pop culture history
>sells out to jews because manchildren bullied in in the internet
vs
>the chad Stoklassa
>revolutionizes movie reviews with a feature length comedy video entirely demolishing the prequels on every aspect as a film
>makes Space Cop

Funny, because I first saw Star Wars when I was 12 and loved it. My parents scratched their heads and just said "well he really enjoys it".

It rhymes.

Pottery

>Not really, but it was full of plot holes
Beside the point.
>but it wasn't made just for kids.
They were the primary target.

>Obi-Wan is a Jedi knight in the crawl, becomes one at the end by Yoda's word; et al.

I always thought he becomes a Jedi Master at the end, he now has his own apprentice - Anakin. I can't remember. Does Yoda definitely say "Knight"?

TPM has its issues, but its by far the best of the Prequels.

I liked ROTS more.

>Does Yoda definitely say "Knight"?
Yes.
"Confer on you, the level of Jedi Knight, the council does." And I agree it's the best of the prequels.

>liked ROTS more.

at least it has the decency to live up to its name.

Thanks for clearing that up. George clearly wrote one draft and thought "fuck it, that'll do".

>Watch video where some nerds are trying to get autographs off Lucas
>He point blank refuses and instead offers to take a selfie with them instead
>They refuse and eventually leave
>Guy recording asks why he wouldn't sign things for fans
>Tells him those fat fags aren't fans, they're just looking for a handout by putting signed merch on eBerg, that's why he offered the selfie, it's much more personal and they didn't want it

I don't think George will spare Spielberg on the DOTR, I think he's sick of it now.

I laugh each time I see this. It tickles me inside how much that old faggot probably spent his final years detesting the fact he would be remembered for Star Wars and not his broadway/stage shit.

Good riddance.

are those scenes supposed to make me think it's not for 12 year olds? what sort of soifag made this

Shit was cool when I was 12. What's the problem?

He was a good friend.

i agree on it but it gives good nostalgia

Why does no one discuss the fact that Lucas states that III goes right to IV when there's 18-20 years between the two, but the Death Star that was almost ready 20 years ago is just now finally done? Were they waiting for Luke to mature into a Death Star-slayer?

i never really thought about it but rogue one kind of indicates that the superlaser was difficult to build and was the hold up

>but the Death Star that was almost ready 20 years ago is just now finally done?

Sounds like when Israel talks about Iran's nuclear weapons program. Although they've been doing it for the last 30+ years and have remained "two months away" for that entire time.

This is a way to wiggle out of criticism. In the 90's people were saying he was this epic genius artist, a true visionary. Now he's like "lmao! it's just for 12 year olds"...hehehe. what a clown.

>i never really thought about it but rogue one kind of indicates that the superlaser was difficult to build and was the hold up
For two decades?

>Sounds like when Israel talks about Iran's nuclear weapons program. Although they've been doing it for the last 30+ years and have remained "two months away" for that entire time.
this is about Vader's strict no sand people policy, isn't it?

He's always said TPM was a kid movie though.

they're struggling with it 10 years later so they draft jyn's dad and then in rogue one they're still mining the crystals for the laser

Lucas isn't nihilistic at all

Disney is very poisnous though and completely misunderstood the series on purpose in order to lower the standards for themselves and the audience

Lame. Btw the Star Wars Radio Drama (1981) already covered how the plans got stolen just fine.

yes

I always loved Star Wars, grew up with the characters and fun universe. Eventually prequels are announced and I'm so excited. George takes full control and craps out three painful movies simply because his wife took most of his money in the divorce. Turns out most of what was good about the original films had very little to do with him and his terrible instincts as a filmmaker. Alright that sucked but at least I always have the original films. Out of pure bitterness George goes back and CG fucks the original trilogy and refuses to ever release the original films again.

Then he sells to Disney and sequels are announced I get excited again (I know) Turns out the people in charge now think what every fan who loved the original films wanted was to see that their childhood Heroes lived miserable lives and died fighting the Empire that they actually never defeated in the first place, while passing down the aliens and droids like used furniture to a new group of characters to continue the cycle ad naseum.

I really don't understand how you fuck up more Star Wars this bad. Who at any point in the process thought this was the way to go. They could have easily jumped the story forward a few centuries leave the legacy and the characterization of the original cast alone while telling an all new story in the same universe.

Fuck George he’s an asshole.