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david-talks-sw · 1 year

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"If it's amazing, they'll know."

When talking about "George Lucas' vision" and the original six Star Wars films, there's one thing to bear in mind and that's Lucas' style of filmmaking.

These are movies for kids, designed to emulate the Saturday matinee serial format from the '30s, à la Flash Gordon. You see this most of all in the dialog. But something else you notice is George Lucas' filmmaking style, particularly in how he films and edits.

Take Darth Vader's introduction, for example.

Look at the composition: Vader stands tall, in contrast to the - as the script puts it - "fascist white armored suits of the Imperial stormtroopers". They're all in white, he's all in black, he's bigger badder, emerging from a cloud of smoke. What an entrance.

But if you think about it, it's just a single full shot. Very basic.

Compare this to Kenobi, wherein Vader is treated like a monster out of a horror movie. First, you glimpse his shadow, people reacting...

... then ominous bits and pieces like his boots or his lightsaber...

... and finally Vader himself, in all his terrifying glory.

That's a modern way of shooting it and it admittedly makes ol' Darth seem that much more imposing and absolutely badass.

But Lucas comes from a background of editing, experimental filmmaking and used to work as a documentary cameraman.

So what he did is just put the camera down and have Vader walk in. It's a faster yet differently-efficient way to introduce the character. It's more about dynamic pacing and visuals.

And that is Lucas' style. In his words:

"The way these films were put together, they're shot very much like a documentary film and the action of stage, and then I shoot around it. I don't stage for the camera. And as a result, there are a lot of things that happen pretty much by accident. It lends an aura of authenticity to everything." - Star Wars - Episode I: Podracing Featurette, 1999

Another example: the introduction of General Grievous.

A door opens revealing his ugly mug and he walks in. Boom.

But in Star Wars Storyboards: The Prequel Trilogy, you find that - as envisioned by the storyboard artists - our introduction to Grievous would've been very different.

"We wanted to have the introduction to Grievous be a series of really close shots that would be a series of details: his creepy foot, his creepy hand...

... his scary alien eyes...

... but George brought up an interesting point. He didn't want the film to concentrate on one design detail or one element— but rather let the world be there and let the viewer find those things without necessarily having it shoved in their face." - Derek Thompson, SW Storyboards: The Prequel Trilogy, 2013

"George nixed the idea, saying: 'I don't want something to be special because of how it's filmed, but because of what it is. Just put the camera on it and let it play out in front of the audience. If it's amazing, they'll know.'" - Iain McCaig, SW Storyboards: The Prequel Trilogy, 2013

That's it in a nutshell. "If it's amazing, they'll know."

The above storyboards look awesome and seeing Grievous be introduced that way would be great... but it wouldn't be Lucas' Star Wars. It would be some other director taking a crack at it.

And this way of shooting can be weird, even boring, at times. I mean compare Mace leading his troops into battle...

... to Aragorn leading his, in Return of the King.

The latter is so much more emotionally impactful. For a number of reasons (eg: Aragorn is a deuteragonist, Mace is a secondary character with less development), but one of them is that the moment is just shot in a way that's more interesting.

First we have an angle on Aragorn as he smiles and charges. Then the rest of the other characters as they react and follow suit, then the troops do the same.

With Mace it's, uh, *checks notes* he flourishes his saber and charges, the clones follow. Hell, for half a second we're looking at just an empty screen.

But y'know what the shot does look like?

It looks like something out of a WW1 documentary.

It's that authenticity he was mentioning further up.

At the end of the day, you can call it campy or bad... it's Lucas' style. It's cinema. There's a logic to it.

"To me, the script is just a sketchbook, just a list of notes, and, sometimes, I prefer the documentary feel of free flow, so I let my instincts tell me where to go. I like to create cinematically; I don't like to have a plan. I like to have a rough idea of what I'm going to do-certain themes, certain issues I'm going to deal with-and then I try to do so." - The Making of Revenge of The Sith, page 116, 2005

He doesn't try to make a character look particularly badass with camera angles or make the shot too choreographed, he just goes with the flow, and makes the deliberate choice to shoot it that way, because for better or for worse... it's his movie.

So yeah, just a tidbit I thought would be interesting.

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@schilkeman added this very interesting point in the replies:

"He doesn’t stage for the camera, but he does compose for the camera. The documentary style, while somewhat detached, requires the filling of the screen with motion and light. The way things move through frame seem very important to him. These are things his films excel at."

#george lucas #lucas quotes #cinema

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shieldofiron · 6 months

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Is a word of this a lie?

#ShieldofIron #lucas sinclair #mine #incorrect stranger things quotes #stranger things #lumax

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intermundia · 24 days

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[Anakin's] scar, of course, was Lucas's idea. "I just put it there," Lucas said. "I think Anakin got it slipping in the bathtub, but of course, he's not going to tell anybody that."

nobody says "Darth Vader's actually a pathetic cringefail loser asshole and always has been" more than George Lucas lmao everyone took the scary evil space wizard he made sooooo seriously and he was like "no..... the people must understand...... the true Anakin Skywalker behind the mask is just a regular guy who sucks"

#i love how unserious lucas can be about him #but also like. pointed bc. regular losers do war crimes irl #anakin skywalker #darth vader #sw #quote from 'complete vader' p.127 #if i were an artist i would draw this lmao

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oautincorrectquotes · 3 months

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Ruby: I dare Emma to prank call her mom.

Emma taking her phone out: Pftt thats it? Siri call mom.

Siri: *Calling 'Mommy'*

Emma: no no no no

*Regina's phone rings*

Ruby:

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lavenderstobins · 3 days

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stranger tweets part 2

[part 1]

#stranger things #incorrect quotes #incorrect stranger things quotes #steve harrington #robin buckley #jonathan byers #nancy wheeler #eddie munson #lucas sinclair #dustin henderson #argyle stranger things #jargyle #platonic stobin #stobin #fake tweets #*mine

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harringroveera · 1 month

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The Byers’ fight scene just got so much more interesting

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muttbark · 4 months

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The Final Act

#luca #alberto scorfano #luca paguro #luca pixar #luberto #luca x alberto #giulia marcovaldo #luca incorrect quotes #i think we're gonna have to kill this guy #ercole visconti #pixar luca #luca 2021

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onstoryladders · 1 year

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stranger things text posts, prev and next

#HELLO LOOK WHO'S BACK <3 #this is my fave so far so please reblog 🙏🏻#stranger things #will byers #mike wheeler #el hopper #el jane hopper #max mayfield #steve harrington #steddie #jonathan byers #lucas sinclair #st txt post #stranger things textposts #incorrect quotes #noah schnapp #finn wolfhard

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doctorwhoincorrectquotes · 1 month

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Missy: I could kill you if I wanted to.

Nardole: Yeah? So could a human being.

Missy:

Nardole: So could a dog.

Missy:

Nardole: So could a dedicated duck.

Missy:

Nardole: You aren't special, Missy.

#doctor who #dw #incorrect quotes #dw incorrect quotes #doctor who incorrect quotes #source: tumblr #nardole #missy #The Master #gomez!master #Matt Lucas #Michelle Gomez

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freshmoviequotes · 1 year

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Bones and All (2022)

#bones and all #luca guadagnino #movies #film #quotes #2022

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piliharrington · 1 year

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Lucas: Mike isn't asnwering his phone.

Will: I'll call.

Dustin: Lucas and I have both tried six times, what makes you thi-

Mike: Hello?

#stranger things #st incorrect quotes #st4 #lucas sinclair #will byres #dustin henderson #mike wheeler #byler #caleb mclaughlin #noah schnapp #gaten matarazzo #finn wolfhard

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david-talks-sw · 1 year

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For the record, here's another "difference between what Dave Filoni and George Lucas said" post (for more, check here). Real quick.

When it comes to Dooku's motivations, George had this to say:

"[The scene with Obi-Wan and Dooku] allows you to kinda have some sympathy for Dooku in that he carries the sympathies of most of the Jedi which is that the Senate is corrupt and is incapable of carrying out any meaningful actions because they argue about everything all the time.”

Dooku carries the sympathies of *MOST* 📢 of the Jedi.

To be clear, he's not the only Jedi who sees things for what they are, who sees the Senate is corrupt and is incapable of carrying out any meaningful action because a majority of them are now self-serving assholes. MOST of the Jedi see this and acknowledge this.

It's not that the Jedi don't see it and thus don't do anything about it. They see it, but they're not allowed to do anything about it.

"Even the Jedi are [present when Palpatine gets emergency powers]. But the Jedi aren't really allowed to be involved in the political process. They're there, but they can't suddenly step up and say, "No, no. You can't do that." They have to let the political process go."

Which is why they do their best to help everyone within the confines of their mandate.

Whereas the narrative of 'Tales of the Jedi' phrases it as-- what was the line? Oh, right.

"The Jedi BLINDLY serve a corrupt Senate that fails the Republic it represents."

And there you have it. That's the difference.

Filoni, through 'Tales of the Jedi', frames Dooku's perspective on the Senate's corruption as him and Qui-Gon being the only ones ahead of the curb when every other Jedi is blind to it.

Lucas literally says it's most of the Jedi Order who know this sad truth but they're not allowed to interfere. So they do the best they can with their hands tied.

#dooku #tales of the jedi #lucas quotes

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shieldofiron · 7 months

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Do you think his back ever hurts from carrying the whole party?

#ShieldofIron #Lucas Sinclair #also i love him in burnt orange it looks great #mine #incorrect stranger things quotes

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ineffablelvrs · 1 year

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#gasp they came back with more textposts #stranger things #jonathan byers #argyle st #jargyle #max mayfield #lumax #dustin henderson #eddie munson #mike wheeler #byler #will byers #el hopper #el hopper byers #st4 #stranger things textposts #stranger things incorrect quotes #lucas sinclair

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xstevex-world · 2 years

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-During stoner night-

Jonathan: I think Will likes Mike…

Argyle: The dude with the fake threads? Really?

Steve: Why Mike!? Lucas is right there!

Eddie: Wheeler? Jesus H Christ that’s so embarrassing, Baby Byers.

Steve: Dustin! Dustin would treat him so much better than Mike could!

Argyle: This is worse then when we had to bury that super secret agent man in the desert.

Jonathan:…thank you all for understanding what I’m going through.

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sp1derdads · 2 years

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Steve: [removes Eddie from his lap to do work]

Eddie: husband is... evil? husband is unyielding? husband hates me? I am running away. I am packing my little rucksack and going into hiding again. I can no longer thrive in this household.

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