fuck yeah george lucas

that bloke who made them movies about them star wars was a top lad

[tatooineknights]

Academy Award winner Marcia Lucas has died. While winning major awards for her work as an editor for Star Wars (alongside a team of editors, including Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew; some of her contributions outside of her work with George Lucas include Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Taxi Driver, and New York, New York), she mostly disappeared from the public eye following her divorce and essentially retired.

While Marcia dispelled the belief that she singlehandedly saved Star Wars in the edit (and very passionately defended George's craftmanship and ideas, which she felt were undercredited, as well as the work of their team in general), there was a lot of work she specifically did and I thought it would be good to highlight just how much she did and give her credit where it is due. There is a lot that came from her that most don't know about. Most of those examples are from Howard Kazanjian's biography, A Producer's Life, published in 2021.

On some of the uncredited dialogue and story revisions for Star Wars:

On some of her work in Star Wars:

On having the iconic trench run on the Death Star as her biggest work while working on Star Wars:

On her uncredited work in The Empire Strikes Back:

On how her input changed the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark:

On her joining the Return of the Jedi crew, an emphasis in finding the right cut for actors, cutting together footage of Luke in ROTJ after she and George disagreed with the characterization the director had given to Mark Hamill and unable to reshoot footage:

On editing the climactic ending in the Throne Room in ROTJ:

[fuckyeahgeorgelucas]

Marcia Lucas, Oscar-Winning ‘Star Wars’ Editor, Dies at 80

Marcia Lucas, George Lucas' former wife and Oscar-winning editor of 'Star Wars,' died Wednesday. She was 80.

:( inevitable of course but very sad

[tesb]

The Force will be with you, always. HAPPY STAR WARS DAY!

[memecucker]

[batrachised]

thinking about the rancor handler at the beginning of ROTJ mourning his monster's death is foreshadowing for Luke and Vader

[batrachised]

@dandelionsandderivatives yes of course!

We're all familiar with the scene at the beginning of ROTJ where Luke beats the mighty beast that looks like something out of space Jurassic park. It has a face that one might say only a mother could love.

Everything about this creature emphasizes how monstrous it is. There's obviously the design, but there's also the fact that it is Jabba's method of destroying those who displease him. The horror is mild, but there are undertones of monster movie-esque themes in the scene. Luke waiting for the rancor to emerge from the shadows, etc etc. For all that, it's typical action movie stuff, and it ends in a moment that the audience might find a little humorous. After Luke defeats the rancor in a Jedi hero moment, the movie turns to the rancor keeper - who cries over the monster's death.

It's a ludicrous contrast, and although perhaps a bit touching, more funny than anything else. Monsters are meant to be beaten - what else would you do with one? Even this monster had someone who loved him is the underlying message, but there is a little bit of "pet owner of savage dog" type thing going on. I would say it's primarily meant to be humorous in the moment. After all, who would mourn the death of a brutal monster?

Fast forward to the last part of the movie, though, and all of a sudden...

Much like the rancor keeper, Luke is alone in his grief. A major theme of ROTJ is how solitary his journey is. He's set apart from the others. Although I would argue the potentially scorching hot take that Leia would also feel grief over Vader (just an entirely different grief), Luke stands alone.

If we turn back to the rancor keeper and his grief for an attack monster now (notably, a monster kept at the beck and call of a corrupt ruler), it suddenly has a new light, and the question implicit in the moment - monsters are meant to be beaten; after all, what else would you do with one? - suddenly has a new answer.

[albaydehset]

«I used to bring Qui-Gon here as a boy. He was fascinated with this tree, having been born here on Coruscant, a planet of steel and stone. He knew nothing like it».

[thats-ee]

had to get this out before we collectively move on from coldplay ceo

[seven7arts]

"You was my brother, Anakin. I loved you." || Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

This poster celebrating the 20th anniversary is INSANE.

[princesserica84]

"So this is how liberty dies... With thunderous applause."

[gffa]

"When I was your age, all I cared about was not starving. I was living in a hole in the ground, and a Jedi found me. She may have been desperate and ragged like me, but she told me I had potential. And that was…Well, she only taught me a little before they hunted her down. And they made me watch whilst they killed her." Just thinking about how, even in this Jedi's darkest hour, even when she was as run thin and desperate as a starving kid on the streets, even when she was being hunted down just for existing, this Jedi still saw a starving kid and took him under her wing, still told him he was worth something, still taught him about not hurting innocent people. This Jedi would have had so little left to her, but still saw someone she could help and took the chance. That this is who the Jedi are--even when they're ragged to the bone, they still look to help others, they still look to care for a kid they find on the street that they can teach things to, they still care so much about a kid that probably had no one who ever cared about him before, that her effect on Jod's life STILL shapes who he is. He tries so hard to be a murderous pirate who doesn't care about anyone, but you can see that he never actually wants to hurt anyone innocent and even lets his plans go down in flames rather than truly attack any of the parents or the kids. This Jedi may not have been with Jod for long, but even decades later, you can still see the echoes of how much she meant to him, how her loss shaped him, but also how her philosophy still rings in his ears.

[gffa]

#star wars#skeleton crew#skeleton crew spoilers#jod na nawood#jod’s backstory is so much more satisfying than I was expecting#I was expecting an escaped youngling or super young padawan who became disillusioned with the world post order 66 and chose to leave the#order that ‘failed’ them and turned to pirating after a life of scraps when they realized they could be rich and not wanting anymore#and instead we got a hurt man clinging to the memories of a woman he likely only knew a short year or two because she was the first person#to ever show him kindness#she taught him discipline and compassion and just enough skills that when she was gone (and she knew she would be gone sooner or later) he#could fend for himself and eke out something like a living#I wonder if he thinks of her and their time together and feels guilty that he chose to use the skills she risked her life to teach him to#enact his own form of vengeance against the world that took the only person he ever cared about away from him#if he wonders at night when he can’t sleep if she would be proud of him#he obviously cares about her and respects what she taught him but wanted to be as far away from that lonely starving kid he once was that he#is discriminate about who he applies those teachings too#oh it must eat him right up and meeting the four kids from nowhere seemingly plucked from the annals of history much have dragged it all#right back up to the surface#oh jod na nawood you beautifully complex character I’m going to be thinking about you for awhile @irisofthemoon's tags punching me right in the feelings place

[fuckyeahgeorgelucas]

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[hayden-christensen]

HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN to Ewan McGregor during Ewan's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony | September 12, 2024

[gffa]

Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures | Jedi vs Sith

[is-that-sand-in-my-waffles]

Qimir explaining his backstory to Osha:

[jeronandor]

manny jacinto as qimir in the acolyte (2024)

[roselightfairy]

man, rip to anyone who doesn't read the "I didn't actually come here to free slaves" line as anything other than deep, deep regret, but I'm different.

[fuckyeahgeorgelucas]

seconded

[scarymoviesss-deactivated202410]

“If you live long enough, you see the same eyes in different people.”