Around when episode 1 came out, I saw an interview with Lucas on Canadian TV* where he said he was a monarchist. Anyone remember seeing this? I can't find it online. (*note: around 40% of Canadian TV is from the US so I don't know where it came from.)
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Sunday, 3 January 2016 02:55 (eight years ago) link
what if it was a weird canada-only interview where he misunderstood the relationship to the queen and was trying to ingratiate himself
― μpright mammal (mh), Sunday, 3 January 2016 03:17 (eight years ago) link
http://www.clickhole.com/theysaidwhat/find-out-what-george-lucas-john-cena-and-helen-mir-3755?utm_campaign=default&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_source=facebook
― how's life, Monday, 4 January 2016 16:14 (eight years ago) link
"Mm." - George Lucas
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Monday, 4 January 2016 16:28 (eight years ago) link
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― glandular lansbury (sic), Monday, 4 January 2016 21:55 (eight years ago) link
thinking about jedis and luke: how lame is it that for the prequels, apart from all the other blandifications of the jedi (huge centralized bureaucracy rather than a bunch of independent guardians of peace and justice, etc etc), he insisted on giving them all obi-wan's desert robes from the first film, rather than luke's BADASS black outfit from ROTJ? it had always just been obvious to me: the jedi are returning, and this is what they wear. vader's look is like a corrupted jedi outfit, dark side, cool. ugggghghhhhhhhhh.
― yellow is the color of some raisins (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 12:33 (six years ago) link
Good point, but Yoda wore beige robes in the OT as well. It's inconsistent.
― how's life, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
As did Ghost Anakin (OG version).
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3S2auEHR4rg/hqdefault.jpg
Luke dresses differently because he is different, at least until he confronts Vader and the Emperor. The first thing we see him do in ROTJ is force-choke one of Jabba's guards, which is decidedly not a light-side thing to do.
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 15:12 (six years ago) link
That black outfit made a big impact on me as a kid (also loved the Luke in black/stormtroopers in white imagery).
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
yeah okay good point with the force ghosts. but still, man, you imagine a world where the jedis are still around, fighting the CLONE WARS, and idk it always seemed more like black-outfit luke being awesome on the ROTJ poster. maybe this is just because of ROTJ's fumbling script failing to establish what luke's actual moral arc is in that film. but i lived for years with a pretty clear, kick-ass vision in my head and then it was just a bunch of sluggish people shuffling around in robes insisting that it was inappropriate for them to do anything or act on any information.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
the cloak and robes are a jedi order thing, we just don't really see jedi outside the order in any of the prequels because they're such an orthodoxy
that's why the jedi fell, all that restrictive, inflexible orthodoxy that forced them to wear bad clothes
― mh, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
We did have at least one non-robed Jedi in the prequels:
http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/23700000/Jedi-Master-star-wars-jedi-23758068-397-500.jpg
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:10 (six years ago) link
And this dude dressed more like a Tolkein LARPer
https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_small/0/8572/338543-ki_adi_mundi.jpg
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
Here we have the Met Gala version of Jedi robes.
https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/14/149056/4448465-barriss+offee.jpg
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
Many, many years ago, on this thread, DJP in a previous life said this:
You know, they could have played the Ewoks exactly as they did and no one would have complained if they'd added scenes with them eating the fallen Stormtrooper clones.― suddenly, everything was dark and smelly (HI DERE), Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:35 PM
― suddenly, everything was dark and smelly (HI DERE), Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:35 PM
And now the dream is true, kinda.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/leia-tries-to-stop-ewoks-from-consuming-human-flesh-in-1819977244
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 October 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link
This is glorious.
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Monday, 30 October 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
star wars prequels: most embarrassing and hacky attempt at fan-service and plot resolution
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 11 November 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
seeing this thread revive and its title provoked different thoughts than usual
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 11 November 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
Also: never forget how Lucas, Spielberg, and Kasdan initially conceptualized Marion Ravenwood in early brainstorming sessions for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. pic.twitter.com/JiQUOwBrWT— Kate Hagen (@thathagengrrl) April 4, 2018
― Orwonty Nelson (latebloomer), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link
jesus christ
― alvin noto (mh), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
And her saying "i was a *child*" is still in the movie!
― piscesx, Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
there was a pdf of the whole conversation doing the rounds a while back and there’s some pretty gross stuff in there iirc
― star wars ep viii: the bay of porgs (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
Mmhm yeah, it's being taken apart on Twitter line by line as we speak
https://moedred.livejournal.com/2009/03/04/
― piscesx, Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
"it was wrong and you knew it!"
― omar little, Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link
Turned out a number of friends hadn't heard about that before so I'm glad it is making the rounds again.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:17 (six years ago) link
spielberg was a big fan of the racism as i recall
― adam the (abanana), Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link
1978 was before the '90s iirc
― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/lVWMYk8.png
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 5 April 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link
you think that's bad? this thread came into being in 2009
― alvin noto (mh), Thursday, 5 April 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
"He should have a mentor in this. Somebody you never see, but he refers to from time to time, somebody you want to see. The man who taught him everything. The man who gave him whatever power he has now. Maybe some supreme archeologist who's maybe ninety years old like Max Von Sydow, and is dying now."
Maybe they're just really bad at estimating ages.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 5 April 2018 21:19 (six years ago) link
"when they open the Ark all the animals should come out, marching together as couples, and they move slowly through the crowd of Nazis, devouring them or masticating them or crushing them, whatever power they possess will be unleashed. Indy and Marion will be untied by a pair of raccoons, since they're good with their hands or rather paws."
― omar little, Thursday, 5 April 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
The 70s was a real weird time for a lot of age-of-consent pushing, huh
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 5 April 2018 23:06 (six years ago) link
I'm pretty sure this has come up on ILX before, possibly on a thread not about crimes from the '90s
― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Thursday, 5 April 2018 23:14 (six years ago) link
hey man if you want to create a “crimes of george lucas (pre 1990)” thread, have at it
― alvin noto (mh), Friday, 6 April 2018 00:09 (six years ago) link
Imagine sic in a book group; someone saying 'on page 50', and he's like 'actually, if you include the publisher's imprint and title page THAT'S PAGE 54!'
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 6 April 2018 00:42 (six years ago) link
the naive days when we thought the worst of george’s crimes were creating prequels and re-editing decades-old films
― alvin noto (mh), Friday, 6 April 2018 00:46 (six years ago) link
As far as I've seen, these are the first specifics George Lucas has shared about what his vision of Episodes 7-9 would have been. This comes from @insighteditions awesome companion book to "James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction series" on AMC: pic.twitter.com/Wtlw8zlrqv— Livio Ramondelli (@LivioRamondelli) June 12, 2018
wow george, that really would have been something.
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/32/Micronauts-1.jpg/250px-Micronauts-1.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
I think Lucas was only able to make the prequels because he didn't work consistently enough after SW for the world to realize how bad his ideas are.
― Not with a bang but a MAGA (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
Like I'm convinced that a Lucas who was productive through the '80s and '90s would've decisively burned up all of his capital a la Shyamalan.
― Not with a bang but a MAGA (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:00 (six years ago) link
If the Force is powered by the Whills, the Sith must be powered by the Whonts.
I read that post hearing the voice from Patton Oswalt's routine about time-travelling to kill Lucas pre-prequels.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
lmao ‘this story would have been shit and everyone would have hated it but at least it would have been complete’
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:08 (six years ago) link
“I regret not getting to stink up that public restroom like I intended to”
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:44 (six years ago) link
the best creative ethos
― mh, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:44 (six years ago) link
http://500daysasunder.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/screen-shot-2012-10-11-at-2-05-27-pm-e1349978764535.png?w=694what you talking about, whills?
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
tbf to lucas though at least he had a new idea for the series even if it was terrible - i don’t get much of a sense that disney have much interest in doing something innovative
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
gee really
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:55 (six years ago) link
dunno what could've given you that impression, was it the trailer for Tim Burton's live action Dumbo?
Disney stopped being concerned with innovation about 15 years ago
lol sparkle motion
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:23 (six years ago) link