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LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT

[LAUGHTER]

SENATOR ORGANA TAKES
LEIA TO ALDERAAN,

AND--AND--AND, UH...

DARTH SIDIOUS DOESN'T
FEEL A DISTURBANCE
IN THE FORCE?

I MEAN, SERIOUSLY.
YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE

THAT HE CAN RAISE LEIA
ON ALDERAAN,

AND--AND--
AND THE SITH LORDS--

THE SITH LORDS,
THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO PICK UP ANYTHING.

I MEAN, KENOBI IS
ON TATOOINE.

HE'S LIVING
RIGHT UP THE STREET!

♪ AND NOW,
I'M GONNA SCHOOL, KID ♪

♪ ON JUST HOW COOL
GEORGE LUC-IS ♪

[CHEERING
AND APPLAUSE]

DEAR GEORGE LUCAS...

WILL YOUR FECKLESS FANS
BUILD A MONUMENT
TO YOUR MASTERPIECE

AND SLAY THE MAKER
WITH THEIR SCORN?

GEORGE LUCAS FINGERED
MY LATE ADOLESCENCE.

[CROWD CHEERING
AND WHOOPING]

I LOVE-HATE
GEORGE LUCAS.

I LOVE-HATE HIM HARD,
YOU KNOW?

THERE WAS A DAY
WHERE HE WAS JUST--

HE WAS JUST
A SCRUFFY NERF HERDER FROM
TATOOINE, IF YOU WILL.

YOU KNOW,
HE WAS ONE OF US.

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT
OUR LOVE FOR "STAR WARS"

THAT IS DIFFERENT
FROM OUR LOVE
FOR OTHER THINGS.

IT'S FUNNY THAT
THIS CAN MAKE
PEOPLE ANGRY,

THAT THESE MOVIES
CAN MAKE PEOPLE ANGRY.

BUT IT DOES MAKE
YOU ANGRY.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
IN THE WORLD TO ME.

LIKE, DON'T EVER SAY
IT'S JUST A FILM.

IT'S NOT JUST A FILM!

WITHOUT GOOD OL' G.L.,

WE WOULDN'T HAVE
ANY OF THIS!

OR THIS!

[WHOOPING]

[CHEERING]

[LOUD CHEERING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CHEERING]

[HOOTING]

[CHANTING]

HUH?

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Woman:
STOP THAT SHIP!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

CHEWIE, GET US
OUT OF HERE!

[GROWLS]

[AUDIENCE
LAUGHS]

I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING
CREATIVELY INSPIRING

ABOUT THE "STAR WARS"
UNIVERSE

THAT CHILDREN OF
THE SEVENTIES WANTED TO

NOT JUST WATCH IT
AND ENJOY IT,
BUT ACTUALLY MAKE IT.

WHAT HE'S GOT THERE IS
SOMETHING VERY POWERFUL,

SOMETHING THAT
REALLY TOUCHES PEOPLE

AND PROPELS PEOPLE
TO WANT TO BRING ABOUT
CHANGES IN THEIR WORLD.

I THINK THERE ARE
JUST THESE...

ESSENTIAL BUILDING BLOCKS
TO WHO I AM NOW

THAT ARE "STAR WARS."

I THINK THEY'RE BRANDED.

GEORGE LUCAS' TRADEMARK
IS ON THESE LITTLE
ELEMENTS OF MY LIFE.

♪ SITTIN' IN
THE ROOM UPSTAIRS ♪

♪ WATCHIN' HER WIND UP
THE BUNS IN HER HAIR ♪

I REMEMBER SOMETIME
IN MY LATE TEEN YEARS
REALIZING,

IN A LITTLE POPPING
EPIPHANY,

THAT "STAR" WARS HAD
CREATED MY ENTIRE
MORAL UNIVERSE. [LAUGHS]

THE MOST REMARKABLE THING
ABOUT "STAR WARS,"

PEOPLE STANDING IN
A LINE-UP ON ONE OF
THOSE OPENING DAYS--

WITHIN THAT LINEUP,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

SCREENWRITERS, DIRECTORS,

COMPOSERS,
VISUAL EFFECTS ARTISTS.

YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE
PHYSICISTS, ASTROLOGERS,

AND ASTRONOMERS,
LINGUISTS--

PEOPLE FROM
ALL WALKS OF LIFE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING.

AND THEY'LL SAY,
"'STAR WARS' INSPIRED ME
TO DO THIS."

THAT GUY AND HIS WORK
UNLOCKED A GENERATION'S
IMAGINATION.

Narrator: GEORGE LUCAS,
THE MAN WHO CREATED
"STAR WARS,"

THE STORY THAT HAS CHANGED
THE WORLD,

A MAN OF 1,000 IMAGINATIONS
AND IDEAS,

GEORGE HAS ACHIEVED IN
20 YEARS MORE THAN MOST
WOULD IN A LIFETIME.

A SHY,
RETIRING INDIVIDUAL,

GEORGE LUCAS IS A SIMPLE MAN
WHO, LIKE THE REST OF US,

ENJOYS THE FINER THINGS
IN LIFE.

BUT INSIDE
THAT QUIET EXTERIOR IS

A MAN WHO HAS BROUGHT TEARS
OF JOY AND SORROW

TO SO MANY MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE ACROSS THE PLANET.

George Lucas: I GREW UP
IN A SMALL TOWN,
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA,

AND I WAS KIND OF
AN UNDERACHIEVER,

TYPICAL KID WHO GOT INTO
A FAIR AMOUNT OF TROUBLE.

MY FATHER SAID, "WELL,
HE'LL BE A LATE BLOOMER."

HE ALWAYS USED
TO SAY THAT.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
VERY INTO BUILDING THINGS.

MY TEENAGER YEARS,
THEY WERE COMPLETELY
DEVOTED TO CARS.

I WAS A TERRIBLE STUDENT
IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I WAS AT THIS
SORT OF CROSSROADS.

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT
THAT, IN THEORY,
NO ONE COULD SURVIVE.

SO I WAS LIKE,
"WELL, I'M HERE,

AND EVERY DAY NOW IS
AN EXTRA DAY."

AND SO,
FOR THE FIRST TIME,

I THINK I SAT DOWN
DURING THAT SUMMER

AND DID
A LOT OF MEDITATING
ON MY FUTURE

AND WHAT
I WAS HERE FOR.

I GOT VERY EXCITED
ABOUT ANTHROPOLOGY

AND ABOUT SOCIAL SCIENCES
AND PSYCHOLOGY,

AND I WAS ABLE TO PUSH
MY PHOTOGRAPHY EVEN FURTHER

AND EVENTUALLY
DISCOVERED FILM.

Man: CAN YOU TELL US
SOMETHING ABOUT

YOUR YOUNG ASSISTANT
GEORGE LUCAS?

WELL, HE'S NOT
MY ASSISTANT, ACTUALLY.

Lucas:
I LIKE CINEÉMA VERITEÉ
DOCUMENTARIES.

I LIKE NON-STORY,
NON-CHARACTER,

UM, TONE POEMS
THAT WERE BEING DONE

IN SAN FRANCISCO
AT THAT TIME.

AND THAT'S THE FILMMAKING
THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN.

MOST OF MY FIRST STUDENT FILMS
WERE VERY TECHNICALLY ORIENTED.

THEY WERE MOSTLY
VISUAL EXERCISES.

AND THE FIRST [INDISTINCT]
WAS REALLY A VISUAL EXERCISE.

JUST NOW, I'M BEGINNING
TO GET INTO SAYING THINGS.

HERE, YOU'VE GOT
SOMEONE FILLED WITH
ALL THIS PROMISE

COMING OUT OF USC,

AND THEN, YOU GET
SMACKED DOWN SO HARD
FROM THE SYSTEM.

FEELINGS HURT IS
PUTTING IT MILDLY.

I THINK THERE WAS
THIS FEELING OF
PERSONAL OUTRAGE.

IT'S A FACT OF
KIND OF RESENTMENT,
I GUESS,

THAT EVERYONE FEELS
WHEN ONE FINDS THAT

SOMEBODY WHO HAS
THE MONEY OR HAS,

AS A RESULT
OF THE MONEY,
HAS THE POWER,

THEY CAN MAKE, LIKE,
ASCETIC DIRECTORIAL
WRITING DECISIONS

WHICH THEY HAVE, REALLY,
NO BUSINESS MAKING.

IN ORDER TO GET
MY VISION OUT THERE,

I'VE REALLY GOT
TO LEARN HOW TO
MANIPULATE THE SYSTEM.

'CAUSE IT'S DESIGNED,
REALLY, TO TEAR YOU DOWN

AND DESTROY EVERYTHING
THAT YOU'RE DOING AND
PUSH IT OFF OT THE SIDE.

Dale Pollock:
HE, FOR SOME REASON,

WAS SO TRAUMATIZED
BY HIS EXPERIENCES

WITH UNIVERSAL ON
"AMERICAN GRAFFITI,"

WITH WARNER BROTHERS
ON "THX,"

THAT THESE BECAME
DEFINING MOMENTS
FOR HIM.

I WAS FORTUNATE THERE
WAS ONE GUY IN THE FILM
BUSINESS BACK WHEN.

HE SAID, "YOU KNOW,
I DON'T UNDERSTAND
YOUR FILMS.

"I DON'T UNDERSTAND
YOUR SCRIPT.

BUT I THINK YOU'RE
A TALENTED GUY, AND I'M
GOING TO INVEST IN YOU."

Woman:
WHO WAS THAT?

THAT WAS AL LADD JR.
AT FOX,

AND THAT'S HOW
I GOT "STAR WARS" MADE.

Pollock: THESE FILMS
REPRESENT, TO HIM,

NOT JUST WHAT
HE CAN ACHIEVE
TECHNOLOGICALLY,

BUT HE SEES THESE AS
BREAKTHROUGH FILMS
FOR THE INDUSTRY.

HE'S INTERESTED IN
A LARGER AGENDA,

WHICH IS TRANSFORMING
THE WAY MOVIES ARE MADE.

EVERYBODY WHO LOOKED
AT "A NEW HOPE" THOUGHT
HE WAS CRAZY.

IT WAS A VERY PERSONAL FILM
FOR HIM.

AND PEOPLE WERE
TELLING HIM LEFT AND RIGHT
WHAT A DOOFUS HE WAS.

TURNS AROUND,
EVERYBODY'S WRONG.

IT'S THE BIGGEST THING
EVER.

Announcer:
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA,

AUGUST, 1977.

A TRIUMPHANT MOMENT
IN SCREEN HISTORY

AS THE 2 HEROES OF
"STAR WARS" MAKE

THEIR INDELIBLE
IMPRESSIONS ON

THE GROUND RESERVED
FOR MOVIELAND'S LEGENDS.

THE WORLD RESOUNDS
WITH THE FACT THAT

"STAR WARS" ITSELF HAS
BECOME A FULL-FLEDGED
SOCIAL PHENOMENON.

I FOUND THE INVITE
TO THE FIRST PREVIEW
OF "STAR WARS."

I REMEMBER WHEN
THE TITLE FIRST CAME UP,
WENT UP, DISAPPEARED--

WHICH WAS
QUITE IMPRESSIVE.

AND THEN,
WHEN THAT SPACESHIP
CAME IN OVER THE TOP,

THE AUDIENCE WENT WILD.

WHEN YOU SEE "STAR WARS,"
IT GOES--[IMITATES CRASH]
THROUGH THE SCREEN,

AND THE MUSIC STARTS UP,
THAT'S THE BEST,

'CAUSE ONCE THAT STARTS,
YOU'RE JUST LIKE,
"YES! COME ON!"

AND THEN--
[IMITATES LASERS]

WE'VE ALL GOT
A MOVIE LIKE THAT

THAT GRABS US AS A KID
AND JUST SHAKES
THE INNARDS.

GEORGE LUCAS WAS
EVERYTHING TO ME,

BECAUSE HE WAS THIS GOD,
THE GREAT CREATOR.

♪ BUM-BUM-BUM

♪ BUM, BUM-BUM-BUM,
BUM, BUM-BUM-BUM ♪

WELL, THE MAN IS
A CERTIFIABLE GENIUS.

HE KIND OF TOOK "NO"
AND TURNED IT INTO
A VERY BIG "YES."

YOU CAN'T OVERESTIMATE
JUST HOW IMPORTANT

THAT FIRST "STAR WARS"
MOVIE WAS.

THE WHOLE WORLD WAS
BLOWN AWAY.

I REMEMBER GETTING
A PHONE CALL FROM,
OF ALL PEOPLE, MY MOTHER,

WHO HAD BEEN IN AMERICA,

AND PHONING UP TO TELL ME
THERE WAS THIS THING
CALLED "STAR WARS."

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

I ACTUALLY SAW
"STAR WARS" WITH
MY GRANDMOTHER.

THE TRANSITION BETWEEN
THE END OF THE FIRST
"STAR WARS" MOVIE

AND THE PARKING LOT
IN WEST COVINA,

THAT HAS GOT TO BE
ONE OF THE MOST JARRING
TRANSITIONS

I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED.
IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE
BEING BORN.

1977, THAT WAS
LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE.

YOU HAD A PERFECT STORM
OF JUST SOCIAL,
ECONOMIC PRESSURE

FORCING PEOPLE
TO GO TO A THEATER
AND ESCAPE FOR 2 HOURS.

AND YOU GAVE THEM
A PRODUCT AND A STORY
THAT WAS GREAT.

WHILE OUR FAITH
IN THE OLD RELIGIONS
OF OUR PARENTS WAS DYING,

HE GAVE US A NEW MYTHOS
TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES
AND OUR WORLD.

IT'S LIKE TOUCHING ON
SOMETHING UNIVERSAL

AND SUBLIME ABOUT
JUST THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

IT'S TOUGH TO PUT
GEORGE LUCAS ON A LEVEL

WITH SHAKESPEARE AND
WITH HOMER RIGHT NOW,

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S
NOT ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

IT'S ABOUT THE CULTURE
THAT EMBRACES IT.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT
THAT AUTHOR EVOKED.

[CHEERING
AND APPLAUSE]

HE'S A GENIUS,
AND I CAN PROVE IT,

BECAUSE
HE DID "STAR WARS."

PART OF THE GENIUS
OF "STAR WARS" AND
OF GEORGE LUCAS WAS

REALLY UNDERSTANDING
HOW TO MARKET IT.

HE HAD ALREADY ACHIEVED,
ACCIDENTALLY,

A LEVEL OF EXPECTATIONS
THAT HE COULDN'T MEET,

BECAUSE THEY
SIMPLY COULDN'T MA--

THEY COULDN'T MAKE
THE TOYS FAST ENOUGH
TO GET THEM OUT,

SO THEY SAID, "WELL,
WHY DON'T WE SELL
AN EMPTY BOX

"WITH
A CERTIFICATE IN IT

WHERE WE'LL MAIL YOU
THE TOYS ONCE THEY'RE
DONE?"

ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY WE HAVE SUCH
FOND MEMORIES

OF THOSE MOVIES ARE
THE TOYS.

WE CARE AS MUCH
ABOUT THE TOYS AS
WE CARE ABOUT THE MOVIES.

I STILL REMEMBER
THE SMELL OF
THOSE ACTION FIGURES,

OPENING IT UP,
AND JUST--
[INHALES]

SMELLING IT. OHH.

I DON'T HAVE
ANY OTHER THING IN PRINT

THAT HAS THE UNIQUE SMELL
OF THIS.

I'M SERIOUS!

IF YOU WANTED TO WEAR
"STAR WARS" PAJAMAS,
YOU COULD GET THEM.

IF YOU WANTED
TO HAVE A RAY GUN

JUST LIKE HAN SOLO,
YOU COULD GET IT.

IT WAS LIKE BEING
LET LOOSE IN
A CANDY STORE.

I AM YOUR FATHER.

DAD, I'M ANAKIN.

I'M ANAKIN.

"STAR WARS" BECOMES
PARTICIPATORY CULTURE

THE MOMENT IN WHICH
A KID PLAYING WITH
AN ACTION FIGURE

BEGINS TO MAKE UP
THEIR OWN STORY.

FANS WHO ARE DOING
ALL OF THIS PARTICIPATING,

THEY'RE REALLY
CONTRIBUTING
TO THIS WORLD.

THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE
TO THIS WORLD

THAT THEY SENSE IS BIGGER
THAN THIS FRAME.

THE WORLD HE CREATED IS
SO MUCH FUN TO PLAY IN.

BOOM.COME ON, BABY.

HE GAVE US A HUGE,
ENORMOUS SANDBOX
TO PLAY IN,

AND HERE WE ARE
PLAYING.

IT KIND OF
ENCAPSULATES YOU,
AND, LIKE, PULLS YOU IN.

GEORGE HAS BEEN
THE ONE FILMMAKER

THAT HAS ENCOURAGED
EVERYBODY TO PLAY
IN HIS SANDBOX.

♪ HUH! BAD DROIDS,
BAD DROIDS ♪

HE ALLOWED
PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF

TO OPENLY MOCK
AND CREATE THINGS.

MOST PEOPLE WOULD CALL THIS
THE ASS-END OF SPACE,

BUT I LIKE
THE SMALL-TOWN FEELING
YOU GET AROUND HERE.

THERE'S FAN FILMS,
AND THEN, THERE'S REALLY
"STAR WARS" FAN FILMS.

PROBABLY THE NEXT
BIGGEST FRANCHISE

WOULD BE
"DOCTOR WHO" FAN FILMS.

AND EASILY,
THERE'S PROBABLY 100
"STAR WARS" FAN FILMS

FOR EVERY ONE
"DOCTOR WHO."

AND WHAT I LOVE ARE
THE ACTION FIGURE FILMS
AND THE LEGO FILMS.

THEY'RE TAKING
THAT MERCHANDISE,

AND THEY'RE USING IT
AS A TOOL KIT TO CREATE
THEIR OWN MEDIA.

I STARTED MAKING
MY FIRST ANIMATION FILMS

WHEN I WAS
IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I WOULD TAKE
THE "STAR WARS" FIGURES

AND ADJUST THEM
2 FRAMES AT A TIME.

AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME,
BUT I WAS STUCK
IN MY BASEMENT,

AND THAT'S--I WAS--
THAT WAS MY OBSESSION.

I THINK WHEN PEOPLE, LIKE,
WANT TO RECREATE SOMETHING,

ESPECIALLY "STAR WARS,"
THE FIRST THING I THINK OF
IS PARODY.

IT'S 'CAUSE PEOPLE LOVE IT,
AND IT'S EASY TO TEASE.

[HEAVY BREATHING]DARTH VADER.

ONLY YOU COULD BE
SO BOLD.

THE IMPERIAL SENATE
WILL NOT DISTILL
FOR THIS.

IT IS POSSIBLE,
HOWEVER UNLIKELY,

THAT THEY MAY FIND
A WEAKNESS
AND EXPLOIT IT.

THE PLANS THAT
YOU REFER TO WILL SOON
BE BACK IN OUR HANDS.

WHAT IF WE TOOK "STAR WARS"
AND JUST SPLIT IT UP

AND SOMEHOW GOT PEOPLE
TO WORK ON IT TOGETHER?

[IMITATES BEEPING
AND WHIRRING]

THAT WOULD BE REALLY FUNNY.
[LAUGHS]

THAT'S THE FIRST THING
I THOUGHT. IT'D BE,
LIKE, REALLY HILARIOUS.

[BEEPS AND WHIRS][PURRS]

[BEEPING]

I'LL TAKE "STAR WARS,"
EPISODE IV,

AND I'LL SPLIT IT UP
INTO 473 15-SECOND PIECES.

WITHIN 3 DAYS,
ALL THE SCENES WERE TAKEN,
ALL 473.

I WAS LIKE, "OH, CRAP."
[LAUGHS] "THIS IS WORKING!"

THE AMOUNT OF CREATIVITY
THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS
PROJECT IS JUST ASTOUNDING.

A LOT OF IT'S AMATEUR.
THAT'S MY FAVORITE.

BUT THERE'S ALSO, LIKE,
YOU KNOW,

HIGH QUALITY ANIMATION,
STOP MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY.

WE CAN RECREATE THE SCENE
IN, LIKE, A CLEVER WAY

AND STILL KEEP
TO THE ORIGINAL SPIRIT.

I THINK THAT'S A LOT MORE
UNIQUE AND INTERESTING.

IT'S NOT WISE
TO UPSET A WOOKIE.

BUT SIR, NOBODY WORRIES
ABOUT UPSETTING A DROID.

THAT'S 'CAUSE
A DROID DON'T PULL

PEOPLE'S ARMS OUT
OF THEIR SOCKETS
WHEN THEY LOSE.

WOOKIES ARE KNOWN
TO DO THAT.

[GROANS]

I SEE YOUR POINT, SIR.

I SUGGEST A NEW STRATEGY,
R2. LET THE WOOKIE WIN.

[GROANS]

YOU KNOW,
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS

THAT DRAWS
"STAR WARS" FANS
TO ACTUALLY MAKE

THEIR OWN VERSIONS
OF "STAR WARS".

AND SOME OF THESE
FAN FILMS ARE, LIKE,

VERY SERIOUS
AND GOING OFF
ON TANGENTS OF,

YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN
"STAR WARS"
CHARACTER.

SOME OF THEM ARE
WILDLY SUBVERSIVE

IN WHAT THEY FIND
TO DO WITH "STAR WARS."

I'M NEVER GOING
TO GET OUT OF HERE.

IS THERE ANYTHING
I MIGHT DO TO HELP?

Man: WHO WILL SURVIVE
THE EVIL OF THE EWOKS?

[WOMEN SCREAMING]BUTCHERED...

AAH!DEGRADED...

[INDISTINCT][SCREAM ECHOING]

"DON'T GO IN
THE ENDOR WOODS."

Henry Jenkins:
THEY ARE TURNING
THE FRANCHISE ON ITS HEAD

USING THE MASTER'S TOYS
TO DO IT.

WHATEVER HE CREATED
HAS OBVIOUSLY SPARKED
SOMETHING OTHER PEOPLE

TO NEED TO CREATE.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
I ENJOY,

BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE ME
WANT TO DO IT, YOU KNOW?

I LOVE REESE'S
PEANUT BUTTER CUPS,

BUT I NEVER ENTERTAINED
THE IDEA OF BECOMING,
YOU KNOW, A CANDY MAKER.

IT REALLY BECAME
A JUMPING-OFF POINT

FOR WHETHER
YOU WANTED TO MAKE MOVIES
OR WRITE FICTION.

I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY
"STAR WARS" NEEDLEPOINT
OUT THERE.

PEOPLE JUST FIND
THEIR OWN THING
THAT THEY LIKE,

AND THEN, THEY FIND
A WAY SOMEHOW TO ADAPT
"STAR WARS" TO IT.

[PERFORMING
"FORCE THEME"]

♪ A LONG TIME AGO,
FAR, FAR AWAY ♪

♪ KISS A WOOKIE,
CAN'T CONTROL IT ♪

♪ FLY THE "FALCON"

♪ THROUGH AN ASTEROID

♪ TILL THE PRINCESS
IS ANNOYED ♪

JULY OF 1981,
I WAS 10 YEARS OLD,

AND I WAS COMING OFF OF
A BIG "STAR WARS"--

YOU KNOW, BIG, HUGE
"STAR WARS" FAN.

I WAS VERY EXCITED
ABOUT "RAIDERS,"

SO I WENT TO THE THEATER
WITH MY DAD,

AND LITERALLY,
IN THAT FIRST VIEWING,

IT JUST SORT OF
BLEW ME AWAY.

IT JUST SPLIT MY BRAIN
COMPLETELY IN HALF.

AND I WANTED
NOTHING MORE THAN TO

INHABIT THE WORLD
OF "INDIANA JONES."

IT WAS REALLY OUT OF
JUST ROLE PLAYING,

JUST, YOU KNOW,
BEING A FANTASY.

AND TOOK IT A LITTLE
FARTHER THAN MOST.

WE HAD NO IDEA
THAT IT WOULD TAKE US

7 YEARS TO DO
OUR LITTLE RECREATION,

BUT WE STUCK TO IT.

[ROCK RUMBLING]

THEY WERE RECREATING
THE SCENE WHERE
INDIANA JONES MEETS MARIAN,

AND BY
THE END OF THE SCENE,

THE NAZI BAD GUYS
HAVE COME IN,

THEY'VE HAD
THIS HUGE GUNFIGHT,

THE WHOLE PLACE IS IN FLAMES
AND FALLING AROUND THEM,

AND IT'S REALLY GREAT,
IN THE ORIGINAL MOVIE.

WHEN YOU WATCH
THEIR VERSION,

YOU KNOW, IT TAKES ON
EVEN MORE TENSION,

'CAUSE YOU'RE HOPING, "GOD,
PLEASE LET THESE KIDS GET
OUT OF THIS THING ALIVE."

THEY BASICALLY JUST GOT

THESE BIG MASON JARS
FULL OF ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL

'CAUSE THEY'D READ
IN A MAGIC BOOK THAT
IF YOU SET IT ON FIRE,

IT WOULD BURN FOR A MOMENT,
AND THEN, IT WOULD
EXTINGUISH ITSELF,

AND IT WOULDN'T ACTUALLY
LEAVE ANY MARKINGS.

THEY SET
THE WHOLE BASEMENT
UP IN FLAMES.

IN THE REAL MOVIE,
ONE OF THE GUYS WINDS UP,
YOU KNOW, UP IN FLAMES.

SO THEY'RE LIKE,
"OH, WE HAVE TO DO THAT."

THE DIRECTOR TOOK IT
UPON HIMSELF.

"OK." WRAPPED HIMSELF UP
IN A RAINCOAT,

WHICH--IT SAID ON IT
IT WAS FIRE RETARDANT,

SO HE FIGURED, "OH, GREAT.
I'M GOING TO BE
PERFECTLY SAFE."

AND THEN,
AT THE LAST MINUTE,
HE DECIDED,

"WELL, FORGET THE ALCOHOL.
LET'S JUST USE GASOLINE."

[SCREAMING]

IT IS, WITHOUT QUESTION,
THE BEST FAN FILM EVER MADE.

I MEAN, THERE ARE ONES
THAT ARE TECHNICALLY BETTER.

THERE'S ONES
WITH BETTER ACTING
AND BETTER EFFECTS.

BUT YOU'D BE REALLY
HARD-PRESSED TO FIND
ANYTHING WITH MORE HEART

AND JUST UNABASHED LOVE
FOR WHAT THEY'RE PAYING
TRIBUTE TO.

Man:
IN THEATER NUMBER ONE,

THE MAIN CHINESE
AUDITORIUM,

WE'RE PRESENTING
"STAR WARS,"
THE NEW EDITION.

Lucas: WHEN I FIRST
FINISHED "STAR WARS,"
AND EVERYBODY SAID,

"WELL, JEEZ,
THIS IS FANTASTIC.
THIS IS GREAT.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT?"
I SAID, "WELL,

"IT DIDN'T REALLY
TURN OUT THAT WELL.

I'M NOT REALLY HAPPY
WITH IT."

THE MOST OBVIOUS THING
THAT'S HAPPENED IS

WE'VE GONE BACK
TO THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE,

CLEANED IT UP
CONSIDERABLY,

RE-DONE A LOT
OF THE OPTICAL EFFECTS--

THE WIPES,
THE DISSOLVES--

AND IMPROVED
THE QUALITY OF THE FILM,

BECAUSE
IT WAS DETERIORATING.

ONE OF THE THINGS
I WANTED TO DO WAS
PRESERVE THE FILM

SO THAT IT COULD BE

STILL A VIABLE PIECE
OF ENTERTAINMENT
IN THE 21st CENTURY.

THIS IS ONLY ABOUT
AN ARTIST GOING BACK

TO DO THE FILM
AND MAKE IT IN THE WAY

IN WHICH HE ORIGINALLY
ENVISIONED IT.

WE WERE ALL ON BOARD.
WE WERE ABSOLUTELY
ON BOARD.

I COULD NOT HAVE
BEEN MORE EXCITED.

WHEN THE TRAILER
WAS RELEASED
ON THE INTERNET,

IT GROUND MY OFFICE
TO A HALT

BECAUSE, LIKE,
THERE WAS 60 PEOPLE

ALL DOWNLOADING
THE SAME LITTLE,
YOU KNOW,

POSTAGE-SIZED TRAILER
JUST SO THEY COULD SEE

THAT ONE SHOT
OF THE X-WINGS GOING BY

ON THEIR WAY
TO THE DEATH STAR.

WHEN I WATCHED IT,
I REALIZED, "OH,
IT'S DIFFERENT."

AND THEN, I REALIZED--
[STAMMERS]

IT'S HIS VISION,
AND I HAVE TO
RESPECT THAT,

BECAUSE THE AUTEUR THEORY,
'CAUSE I WAS TAUGHT
IN FILM SCHOOL,

BUT THERE'S
THIS OTHER VERSION
THAT--AAH!

WHAT HE WANTED TO DO
WAS MAKE IT WHAT
HIS INITIAL VISION WAS.

WHAT HE DIDN'T REALIZE--
THERE'S A SHITLOAD OF
PEOPLE OUT THERE

WHO REALLY LIKED
HIS UNFINISHED
FINAL PRODUCT.

I THINK IF YOU'RE SAYING
YOU'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE
ON ANYTHING

THAT BECOMES THAT MUCH
OF A CULTURAL TOUCHSTONE,

YOU'RE ONLY GOING
TO MAKE IT WORSE.

EVEN IF
YOU MAKE IT BETTER,

YOU'RE STILL ONLY GOING
TO MAKE IT WORSE,

BECAUSE PEOPLE,
THEY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT,

AND THEY DON'T WANT IT
FUCKED WITH.

GEORGE LUCAS TOOK AWAY
YOUR SANDBOX,

HE TOOK AWAY
YOUR COLORING BOOK
AND SAID,

"NO, NO, NO.
IT BELONGS TO ME AGAIN,

"AND I'M GOING
TO CONTINUE TO
REWRITE MY STORIES.

I'M GOING TO DO
A VERY FAN THING TO DO,"

WHICH IS, YOU KNOW,
THE SPECIAL EDITIONS ARE
FAN FILMS.

HE'S A FAN OF HIS OWN
FILM. AND WE FELT HE
DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT.

LOOKING SPECIFICALLY
AT THE EPISODE IV CHANGES,

THERE ARE THE TWEAKS
THAT ARE JUST
SMALL TIMING TWEAKS,

LIKE MOVING
THE 20th CENTURY FOX LOGO
20 FRAMES EARLIER,

MOVING THE INITIAL HIT
OF "STAR WARS" WITH
THE MUSIC 2 FRAMES.

THEN THE NEXT TYPES
OF CHANGES YOU HAVE
ARE INTERNAL TRIMS

TO RESTORE SEQUENCES.

THE CHANGES ARE
DRAMATIC.

I'M TRYING TO THINK
OF SOMETHING

WHERE THE CHANGES
ARE DRAMATIC

THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED
SOME DEBATE--
OH, YEAH. THE BIBLE.

IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE,
ALL OF A SUDDEN, LIKE,
YOU KNOW WHAT?

THERE'S A CHAPTER 5.5 OF
"GENESIS," AND IT TURNS
OUT THAT THEY ACTUALLY--

YOU KNOW,
HERE'S SOME NEW STUFF

THAT HAPPENED
IN CREATION
YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT.

ADDED
THE JABBA THE HUTT
SCENE WITH HAN SOLO,

WHICH WAS A SCENE
THAT HAD BEEN CUT OUT

DUE TO TIME
AND MONEY CONSTRAINTS,

AND ONCE I FINISHED
THE THIRD FILM,

I REALLY WANTED TO GO BACK
AND PUT THAT BACK IN THERE.

IT WAS STUPID.IT WAS, A LITTLE.

IT WAS COOL
THAT HE WAS THERE,

'CAUSE, YOU KNOW,
I HAVE A DEFINITE CONNECTION
WITH THIS BEAST,

BUT HE WAS MORE MENACING
IN "JEDI."

I MEAN, HE WAS
THIS MAFIA GODFATHER BOSS.

HE KNOCKED YOUR ASS DOWN
INTO A HOLE,

AND THAT BEAST CAME OUT
AND ATE YOU.

AND IT WAS, LIKE, COMICAL.

WHEN HE STANDS
ON HIS TAIL...

[SIGHS]
IT'S HIDEOUS.

Lucas: THE SCENE
WAS ORIGINALLY SHOT

WITH AN ACTOR PLAYING
JABBA THE HUTT

TO STAND IN FOR
WHATEVER CREATURE
WE DESIGNED.

IT WAS GOING TO COST
WAY TOO MUCH MONEY

AND TAKE TOO MUCH TIME
TO DO IT,

AND I FIGURED--

I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER
I WAS EVER GOING TO GET
TO MAKE THE OTHER MOVIES.

FROM A DRAMATIC POINT
OF VIEW,

THE SCENE IS
TOTALLY UNNECESSARY.

WE HAD TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES SHOOTING
THAT SCENE ORIGINALLY,

AND THAT CHARACTER
WAS GOING TO BE
A HUMAN BEING.

WE SHOT IT
3 DIFFERENT TIMES,

AND WE HAD
CAMERA PROBLEMS

AND OTHER DAMAGE TO
THE NEGATIVE AND THINGS.

SO WE ABANDONED IT.

BUT IN THAT PROCESS, WE
PUT ALL THE INFORMATION
IN THAT SCENE

INTO THE GREEDO SCENE
IN THE CANTINA.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,
I WAS JUST GOING
TO SEE YOUR BOSS.

TELL JABBA
THAT I'VE GOT HIS MONEY.

THE NEXT TYPE OF CHANGES
ARE CHANGES THAT...

I THINK WERE MADE, UH,

PROBABLY MORE BECAUSE
GEORGE IS A DIFFERENT
FILM DIRECTOR

THAN HE WAS IN
THE MID-SEVENTIES.

WHEN I SAW
THE FIRST "STAR WARS"
GROWING UP IN DEERING,

WHEN GREEDO CONFRONTS HAN
IN THE CANTINA,

HAN PULLS HIS PISTOL
RIGHT OUT OF THE HOLSTER

AND, WITHOUT ANY WARNING,
FIRES THROUGH THE TABLE

AND HITS GREEDO
IN THE CHEST,
AND GREEDO DIES.

YES, I'LL BET
YOU HAVE.

THEN YOU DID
THE SPECIAL EDITIONS,

AND GREEDO SHOOTS FIRST
AND MISSES FROM 2 FEET AWAY.

YES, I'LL BET
YOU HAVE.

I STOOD UP
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THAT THEATER,

AND I SHOUTED,
"GREEDO NEVER SHOT FIRST!"

THE ONLY GUN THAT'S FIRED
BELONGS TO COCKADOODIE HAN!

DID HAN SHOOT FIRST?YES.

DUDE.PERIOD.

[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

IT COMPLICATES
A SITUATION

THAT ISN'T
EVEN COMPLICATED
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT,

GREEDO MISSES!

HE MISSES,
AT CLOSE RANGE!

[INDISTINCT]

WHAT'S THE POINT
OF SENDING, LIKE,
A BOUNTY HUNTER ASSASSIN

WHO CAN'T SHOOT FROM, LIKE,
3 FEET AWAY? [LAUGHS]

HE COULD'VE, LIKE,
SPAT ON HIM.

FANBOYS SAY THAT--

I GREW UP
WITH THOSE MOVIES.

"HAN SOLO FIRED FIRST!

YEAH. THAT--
THAT WAS--

HAN SOLO FI--RIDICULOUS.

AND WHEN WE DO IT
IN THE TRILOGY,

HAN SOLO FIRES FIRST,
AND FANS GO CRAZY.

HUGE, HUGE REACTION
OFF OF THAT.
CRAZY!

[GREEDO SPEAKING
HUTTESE]

Han Solo: YES,
I'LL BET YOU HAVE.

[PIANO PLAYING]

WHO SHOT FIRST?
WHO GIVES A SHIT.
Man: YEAH.

YOU GOT TO ADMIT,
IT'S WHAT'S CALLED
SUPER NERD NITPICKING

OVER SOMETHING
THAT'S NOT REALLY
THAT IMPORTANT.

IT'S NOT GEEKY NITPICK.

WHEN YOU GO INTO
THE HEART OF A CHARACTER,

AND YOU DO SOMETHING
WHICH CHANGES THAT
CHARACTER'S DYNAMIC,

THAT'S NOT NITPICKING,
THAT'S DESTROYING STORY.

THAT'S BETRAYAL.

TO PEOPLE
WHO LIKE "STAR WARS,"

THAT IS LIKE ENGLAND
LOSING ON PENALTIES
AGAINST GERMANY.

IT'S THAT DISAPPOINTING.
IT'S LIKE, UGH!

I FEEL LIKE PINOCCHIO,
BEING MANIPULATED

BY THE STRINGS
OF A CRAZY, POWER-MAD
DIGITAL PUPPETEER.

[SPEAKING HUTTESE]

HOW CAN YOU NOT HAVE
HAN SHOOT FIRST?

AND STILL
JUST IGNORE THE FACT

THAT HE AND CHEWIE ARE
RUNNING DRUGS

BACK AND FORTH
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE?

EVEN AS A CHILD,
I UNDERSTOOD

THAT THIS WAS
THE KIND OF MAN
THAT HAN SOLO WAS.

HE WAS DANGEROUS.

SO, YES,
IT'S A SMALL CHANGE,

BUT IT'S A CHANGE
THAT IS INFORMING
THE WHOLE CHARACTER.

BETTER HER THAN ME!

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE IMPULSE IS

TO GO BACK
AND A TAKE A CHARACTER

AND PUT
THIS LACQUER ON IT,
THIS SORT OF, LIKE,

VARNISH TO CHANGE
THE INTENTION.

SHE'S RICH.

[SPEAKING
IN SHYRIIWOOK]

THAT'S THE PART
THAT THEY DIDN'T
TELL US ABOUT

WHEN THEY TOLD US
HOW COOL THE SPECIAL EDITIONS
WERE GOING TO BE.

YOU KNOW,
THE PARTS THEY TOLD US
ABOUT WERE, YOU KNOW,

"WE'RE GOING TO DRESS UP
THE SPECIAL EFFECTS.

WE'RE GOING TO DO,
YOU KNOW, NEAT THINGS
WITH THE EXPLOSIONS."

IT'S ALSO GOING
TO LIE TO US ABOUT
THESE CHARACTERS.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE
THE EDGE OFF OF
"STAR WARS"

AND MAKE IT
A SAFER, DUMBER PLACE.

[SPEAKS IN HUTTESE]

[PLAYING]

[SINGING IN HUTTESE]

THE THINGS THAT
GEORGE IN THE SEVENTIES,

I DON'T THINK,
WAS SHYING AWAY FROM

BECAUSE HE WAS TAKING
THE POINT OF VIEW AS

IT'S ACTION,
AND IT'S FUN.

BUT NOW,
AS A PARENT OR MAYBE
AS AN OLDER FILMMAKER,

HE'S LOOKING AT IT
SAYING, "WOW,
THAT'S REALLY BRUTAL."

YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

MARTIN SCORSESE'S MAKING
"THE DEPARTED."

IT'S LIKE, "WELL,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE I--

YOU KNOW,
MAYBE I'LL HAVE
A FEW LESS DEATHS

AT THE END
BECAUSE I HAVE
AN 8-YEAR-OLD CHILD."

IT'S LIKE...SERIOUS?
ARE YOU SERIOUS?

WHEN THE NAME OF YOUR SAGA
IS "STAR WARS,"

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO--
YOU PRETTY MUCH--

THERE'S PRETTY MUCH
2 THINGS YOU HAVE TO
INCLUDE IN THE SAGA,

YOU KNOW,
ONE OF WHICH IS STARS,

AND THE OTHER OF WHICH
IS WARS.

[EXPLOSION]DID YOU HEAR THAT?

WE'LL BE DESTROYED
FOR SURE.

RED 2?

WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU DOING?

HE WENT FROM, YOU KNOW,
BEING ONE FILMMAKER

WHO JUST DID IT HIS WAY,
HE WAS A MAVERICK,

AND NOW,
ALL OF A SUDDEN, LIKE,

RETHINKING EVERYTHING
AND SECOND-GUESSING
HIMSELF

AND DECIDING THAT
HIS STUFF WAS MAYBE
TOO HARD EDGED.

BUT I CAN'T ASK YOU
TO CONDEMN A MAN

ALREADY CONDEMNED
TO SERVITUDE,

EITHER TO TECHNOLOGY
OR HIS RELENTLESS NEED

TO KEEP TINKERING
WITH HIS ART.

WELL, IF DA VINCI
WERE ABLE TO JUMP
IN A DELOREAN

AND GO THROUGH TIME
AND APPEAR TODAY,

AND THEN TELL EVERYONE,
YOU KNOW,

"THE MONA LISA,
YOU KNOW, DIDN'T HAVE
THE MOUTH QUITE RIGHT.

LET ME GO AND REPAINT
SOME OF THIS."

THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO LET HIM.

SOMETIMES, YOU HAVE TO SAY
"THE WORK IS FINISHED.

IT NOW BELONGS
TO THE AGES."

IF IT AIN'T BROKE,
GEORGE.
IF IT AIN'T BROKE.

ART IS NEVER FINISHED.
IT'S JUST ABANDONED.

AND--HOWEVER,
IT'S ABANDONED
AND THEN SHOWN.

AND THOSE THINGS,
WITH THEIR FLAWS,

ARE WHAT AFFECT PEOPLE.

IF JACKSON POLLOCK
CAME BACK LATER AND SAID,

"YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE'S A BOOT PRINT THERE,

AND I DROPPED MY CIGARETTE.
LET ME PULL THAT OUT."

WE'D BE LIKE,
"NO, THE CIGARETTE IS

THE KEY PART
OF THE PAINTING."

HE'S LIKE, "NO,
I DROPPED MY CIGARETTE.

YOU JUST THOUGHT IT WAS
A KEY PART OF THE PAINTING
FOR 40 YEARS."

IF YOU GO BACK, SAY,
TO THE MIDDLE AGES,

OR THE 1500s, 1600s,
ARTISTS DID.

WE KNOW, THANKS TO
X-RAY TECHNOLOGY.

WE CAN LOOK WHAT'S
BEHIND THE PAINTING,

AND WE CAN FIND THERE
WAS ANOTHER PAINTING

THAT'S SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT.

SO, IN A WAY,
ARTISTS HAVE ALWAYS
CHANGED THEIR WORKS.

FILM IS A PRODUCT
OF ITS TIME
AND CONDITIONS.

ALL OF THE CONDITIONS
THAT WE HAD IN 1977,

THE CONSTRAINTS OF MONEY,
THE CONSTRAINTS OF TIME

AND EVERYTHING ELSE

CREATED THAT ORIGINAL FILM.

[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

IT REALLY BOTHERED ME
THAT THIS WAS BEING DONE,

OR CERTAINLY, BEING DONE
WITH AN UTTER DISDAIN

FOR THE ORIGINAL RELEASE
OF THE MOVIES THAT MEANT
SO MUCH TO US,

AND ALSO,
THE ORIGINAL FILMMAKERS.

GEORGE LUCAS MAY BE
THE BRAINCHILD BEHIND
"STAR WARS."

HE MAY HAVE COME UP
WITH THE STORY AND
A LOT OF CHARACTERS.

BUT EVERYONE
WHO PARTICIPATED
IN MAKING THOSE FILMS

HAD SOME TYPE
OF CREATIVE INPUT.

I MEAN,
THEY WON AN OSCAR FOR
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS.

SOME OF THOSE EFFECTS
ARE STRIPPED OUT

AND REPLACED WITH
CGI ENHANCEMENTS,

IF YOU WANT
TO CALL THEM THAT.

I THINK THAT THAT'S
REALLY DISRESPECTFUL

TO THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED
ON THOSE MODELS

AND DID THOSE SHOTS.

IS THE VERSION OF
"STAR WARS" EPISODE IV

THE VERSION THAT WON
THE ACADEMY AWARD
FOR BEST EDITING?

I--I WOULD SAY
MAYBE NOT.

I'M VERY SORRY
YOU ALL FELL IN LOVE WITH
A HALF-COMPLETED FILM,

BUT I WANT IT TO BE
THE WAY I WANT IT TO BE.

GEORGE LUCAS IS TRYING
TO REVISIT HISTORY,
REWRITE HISTORY.

HE'S IS ALMOST, LIKE,
A HOLOCAUST DENIER,

BUT HE'S
A "STAR WARS" DENIER.

IT'S LIKE,
"THIS NEVER EXISTED.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT."

IT'S AN AWFUL THING TO
SAY TO SOMEBODY WHO GREW
UP LOVING SOMETHING.

ONCE WE SAW
THE ORIGINAL FILMS

AS THEY WERE ORIGINALLY
PRESENTED THEATRICALLY,

AND THEY WERE
PRESENTED TO US,
IMPRINTED ON OUR MINDS,

THAT WAS IT.

IT HURTS.
IT PHYSICALLY HURTS YOU.

IT'S LIKE
YOU'RE BEING FORCE-FED

SOMEONE ELSE'S MEMORIES
INSTEAD OF YOUR OWN.

Announcer:
"SINGIN' IN THE RAIN,"

DIGITALLY REMASTERED
AND RESTORED IN WIDESCREEN

BY GEORGE LUCAS HIMSELF.

AUDIENCES WANT
TO BE ABLE TO SEE
THE ORIGINAL VERSIONS

THAT CREATED
THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT
FOR THEM.

BY TAKING AWAY
THAT CHOICE,

IT'S SOMETHING THAT,
I THINK,

IS A BIT OF A SLAP
IN THE FACE TO THE FANS
OF GEORGE LUCAS.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT
TO MR. LUCAS,

IT'S NOT JUST YOUR DREAM.
IT'S NOT JUST YOUR FANTASY.

IT'S A UNIVERSE THAT
WE ALL LIVE IN NOW.

THIS IS
AN INTERESTING QUESTION--

DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE
THE RIGHT TO THE MATERIALS
OF ITS OWN CULTURE?

AND I WOULD SAY YES.

I THINK THAT ONCE
YOU PUT IT OUT THERE--

'CAUSE I KNOW WHAT--
THINK ABOUT IT.

YOU'RE PUTTING
YOUR STUFF OUT THERE.

IS IT YOURS,
OR IS IT EVERYONE ELSE'S?

YEAH.I THINK IT'S SHARED.

I LIKE TO MAKE
THE ANALOGY OF THE SHIRT
THAT YOU ACTUALLY OWN.

AND "STAR WARS" IS THAT
SHIRT FOR GEORGE LUCAS.

HE ACTUALLY OWNS
THIS SHIRT.

AND HE CAN DO WITH IT
WHATEVER HE WISHES.

NOW, THE THING IS--

BUT IT'S
A DICK THING TO DO.

GOT TO RESPECT THE FANS,
A LITTLE BIT.

I MEAN, THESE ARE
THE SAME PEOPLE
THAT BOUGHT

AN EMPTY CARDBOARD BOX
FROM KENNER IN '77.

IT'S JUST IRRESPONSIBLE,
BECAUSE WHAT,
YOU'RE LIKE,

"I'VE BUILT
THIS FUCKING EMPIRE

"ON ALL OF YOU PEOPLE,

WHO I HAVE
YOUR BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS,"

AND YOUR REWARD IS
"BITE ME."

ON A CERTAIN LEVEL,
THAT PLACES AN UNDUE BURDEN
ON ANY ARTIST.

WHO CAN COPE
WITH THE FACT THAT
ALL OF A SUDDEN,

EVERYONE FEELS
THEY OWN YOUR ART?

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

Jay Sylvester:
I STARTED THE SITE CALLED
"ORIGINAL TRILOGY,"

AND THE WHOLE POINT
OF THE SITE WAS

TO PROVIDE A GATHERING PLACE
FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE UNHAPPY.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE IDEA
OF THE PETITION CAME FROM.

WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS,
WE HAD, LIKE,
10,000 SIGNATURES.

AND OVER
THE COMING MONTHS,

IT MADE IT UP TO ABOUT,
I THINK IT WAS 78,000
CONFIRMED SIGNATURES.

THIS COMES FROM
THE P.R. DEPARTMENT
AT LUCASFILM.

"WE HOPE THAT RELEASING
THOSE 'ORIGINAL' MOVIES
ON A BONUS DISC--"

"ORIGINAL" WAS IN QUOTES,
BY THE WAY,

AS IF THEY'RE NOT REALLY
THE ORIGINALS.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING
WE MADE UP.

"THE NEGATIVES OF
THE MOVIES WERE
PERMANENTLY ALTERED

"FOR THE CREATION
OF THE SPECIAL EDITIONS,

AND EXISTING PRINTS
OF THE FIRST VERSIONS
ARE IN POOR CONDITION."

"SINCE THESE MOVIES
DO NOT REPRESENT GEORGE'S
ARTISTIC VISION..."

WELL, WE WERE JUST TOLD
THAT THEY DIDN'T
EVEN EXIST ANYMORE.

IT'S NOT EVEN POSSIBLE.

WHY EVEN FALL BACK
ON THE WHOLE ARTISTIC
VISION ARGUMENT?

"WE WANT YOU TO BE AWARE
THAT WE HAVE NO PLANS,

"NOW OR IN THE FUTURE,

TO RESTORE
THE EARLIER VERSIONS."

HE'S SAYING THAT
BASICALLY,

THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
NOW NO LONGER EXISTS

BECAUSE OF
THIS RESTORATION.

BUT HOW COULD THAT BE?

BECAUSE HE MUST HAVE
TRANSLATED
THE FILMS TO DIGITAL,

AND THEN,
HE MUST HAVE WORKED ON
HIS NEW SPECIAL EFFECTS

WITH
THE DIGITAL VERSION.

AND THEN,
THAT NEW DIGITAL VERSION

WOULD BE TRANSLATED
BACK INTO FILM.

SO YOU'VE GOT
THE FILM AS NOW
THE NEW VERSION, OK.

BUT THEN,
YOU'VE STILL GOT
THE ORIGINAL FILM

THAT YOU
STARTED OUT WITH.

NOBODY ACTUALLY,
PHYSICALLY CUTS
A NEGATIVE.

YOU KNOW,
AN ARCHIVAL NEG--

YOU DUPE THE NEGATIVE,
AND THEN, YOU MAKE
THE CHANGES FROM THAT.

SO I FIND IT
VERY HARD TO BELIEVE

THEY'VE ACTUALLY
PHYSICALLY DESTROYED
THE NEGATIVE OF THE FILM.

AND IF THEY DID,
I MEAN, THAT IS JUST,
YOU KNOW, HEINOUS.

YOU CAN NEVER SEE
THE ORIGINAL AGAIN.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S--

LUCASFILM IS CLAIMING,
BUT IT'S PROBABLY
NOT TRUE.

[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

WELL, SEE,
I HAD NEVER HEARD THAT.

THAT--THEN
I JUST WANT TO SAY
"FUCK HIM" ALL THE WAY.

'CAUSE, LIKE,
"YOU CAN'T COLORIZE
YOUR OLD MOVIES,

"BUT I'M GOING TO
COMPLETELY CHANGE MINE,

AND THAT'S JUST
THE WAY IT IS."
AND THAT'S OBSCENE.

THAT'S OBSCENE.

YOU YOURSELF LED
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST
THE COLORIZATION OF FILMS.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHY FILMS
SHOULDN'T BE CHANGED.

THAT'S DIFFERENT.
THESE ARE MY MOVIES.

Anthony Slide:
I THINK AN ARGUMENT
COULD BE MADE

THAT ONCE A FILM IS IN
THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY,

IT BELONGS TO EVERYONE.

IT BELONGS
TO ALL AMERICANS,

BECAUSE IT'S
SO IMPORTANT CULTURALLY
TO THE UNITED STATES.

SO WHEN YOU SAY
INDISCRIMINATELY,

"WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT,
AND WE'RE GOING TO
MAKE IT BETTER,

AND IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE
WITH THE TIMES,"

AND, UM,
IT'S LIKE CARVING,

YOU KNOW,
BILL CLINTON
ON MT. RUSHMORE.

HE DEFINITELY HAS
A RESPONSIBILITY
TO FILM HISTORY.

YOU KNOW, I--
YOU KNOW, IT--

CAN YOU GET CONGRESS TO,
SAY, ENACT--

SAY, "LOOK, YOU GOT
TO HAND THAT OVER TO
THE SMITHSONIAN NOW"?

PROBABLY NOT,
BUT IT WOULD BE AWESOME
IF IT HAPPENED. [LAUGHS]

MR. LUCAS, PLEASE,
JUST RELEASE THEM, OK?

RELEASE THEM.
MAKE THEM AVAILABLE
TO PEOPLE.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE,
GIVE US THE ORIGINAL
FILM FOREVER.

JUST GIVE US
THE ORIGINAL.

EVEN IF
HE ONLY RELEASED THAT
IN THIS 70-DISC BOX SET

WHERE YOU HAVE TO BUY
ALL 70 DISCS--

LIKE, EVERY VERSION
WITH "THE CLONE WARS,"

FINE. I'LL BUY IT,
SELL THE REST OF
THAT GARBAGE ON eBAY,

AND KEEP
THE 3 FUCKING DISCS
THAT I WANT.

THAT'S FINE.

STEVEN SPIELBERG PUT OUT
AN EDITION OF "E.T."

IT'S A DOUBLE DISC SET.

HE DIGITALLY CHANGED
SOME STUFF.

AND THE ORIGINAL VERSION
OF "E.T." IS ALSO IN THAT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK
"BLADE RUNNER" EXISTS IN
5 DIFFERENT VERSIONS.

"BRAZIL" EXISTS IN
3 DIFFERENT VERSIONS.

TERRY GILLIAM EMBRACES
THOSE VARIOUS VERSIONS.

WHEN CRITERION PUT OUT
THEIR BOX SET,

IT INCLUDES
EVERY VERSION,

INCLUDING THE ONE
THAT HE HATED AND HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH.

WHAT BETTER WAY FOR LUCAS TO
DEMONSTRATE HIS CONFIDENCE
IN THE CHANGES HE'S MADE?

PUTTING BOTH OF THEM
ON THE SAME DISC

AND SAYING,
"HERE, WATCH ONE RIGHT
AFTER THE OTHER.

COMPARE THE TWO.
I THINK THIS ONE'S BETTER."

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH CREATIVITY.

IT'S TO DO WITH
MARKETING AND BUSINESS

AND SALES OF HOME VIDEOS

AND RELICENSING
ON TELEVISION
AND ALL THE REST OF IT.

WHEN I WENT TO FILM SCHOOL,
I SWORE TO MY FATHER,
WHO WAS A BUSINESSMAN,

THAT I WOULD NEVER, EVER,
EVER BE A BUSINESSMAN.

"STAR WARS," YOU KNOW,
BECAME SO SUCCESSFUL THAT IT
KIND OF TOOK OVER MY LIFE,

IN TERMS OF IT WAS
AN OPPORTUNITY THAT
I COULDN'T PASS UP.

TO HAVE CREATED
SOMETHING, I THINK,

SO POPULAR,
SO INCREDIBLY
SUCCESSFUL,

MUST BE A VERY,
VERY HEAVY LOAD.

SOMETIMES, I WISH
I'D NEVER MADE
"STAR WARS."

THE GREAT SUCCESS
OF "STAR WARS" DIDN'T LEAD

TO THE INDEPENDENCE
AND THE PERSONAL FILMMAKING.

GEORGE NEVER MADE
ANOTHER FILM AFTER THAT.

INSTEAD, HE BECAME,
YOU KNOW, A PRODUCER

AND AN ENTREPRENEUR.

IT'S KIND OF
THE WORST THING
THAT HAPPENED

TO GEORGE LUCAS,
IN A WAY.

HE COULD HAVE HAPPILY
MADE A CAREER MAKING

SOME DRAMAS
AND DOCUMENTARIES
AND AVANT-GARDE STUFF.

AND INSTEAD, HE'S
KIND OF BEEN TURNED INTO

THIS BIG,
CORPORATE ENTITY.

HE BECAME SOMEONE
WHO WAS FIGHTING
THE ESTABLISHMENT

AND BECAME
THE ESTABLISHMENT
ALMOST OVERNIGHT.

IT'S ARGUABLE THAT

THE SUCCESS OF "STAR WARS"
DESTROYED GEORGE LUCAS
AS A FILMMAKER.

WE WERE DEPRIVED
OF THOSE FILMS

THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE
AND MIGHT HAVE MADE.

AND INSTEAD,
WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW,

AN ENORMOUS, YOU KNOW,
KIND OF INDUSTRIAL
MARKETING COMPLEX.

WHEN
A FRANCHISE BECOMES
SO SUCCESSFUL,

IT'S PLUGGED INTO
A GREAT MACHINE.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

"RETURN OF THE JEDI" WAS
THE BEGINNING,

WHEN MERCHANDISING
RAISED ITS UGLY HEAD.

AND THEN,
THE WHOLE THING BECAME

SUPER COMMERCIAL
FROM THEN ONWARDS.

Joe Nussbaum:
IT FEELS LIKE
AT SOME POINT,

THE STORYTELLER WENT AWAY
AND THE BUSINESSMAN
TOOK OVER.

ALL THE ANCILLARY THINGS
OF "STAR WARS,"

I DON'T THINK, ARE TRUE
TO THE REBELLIOUS NATURE
OF THE REBEL ALLIANCE

GOING AGAINST
THE BIG BEAST.

I CAN'T RECONCILE
THE 2 GEORGES.

IT'S ALMOST
A JEKYLL AND HYDE
KIND OF THING

BECAUSE I HAVE
SO MUCH ADMIRATION FOR HIM,

AND AT THE SAME TIME,

I DON'T KNOW WHY
THE LESSONS
THAT HE'S ESPOUSING,

HE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE
IN THE MIRROR.

Nussbaum:
I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT
FOR THE GUY, THOUGH,

BECAUSE BUSINESS-WISE,
HE BUILT A BRAND
THAT YOU CANNOT BREAK.

HE'S A BRILLIANT
MARKETEER.

HE'S LIKE THE EVIL
GENIUS OF MARKETING.

I THINK OF MYSELF
AS A FILMMAKER.

AND I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT
ONCE AT A FILM CONFERENCE

WITH GEORGE CUKOR,
WHO REALLY DOESN'T LIKE
THE WORD FILMMAKER.

HE LIKENS IT
TO TOYMAKER.

I LIKE BEING THOUGHT OF
AS A TOYMAKER
THAT MAKES FILMS.

THE MERCHANDISE
IS INSANE.

I MEAN, EVEN IN "SPACEBALLS"
THEY MAKE FUN OF IT WHEN--

YEAH!MEL BROOKS IS LIKE--

"SPACEBALLS"
THE LUNCH BOX.

"SPACEBALLS"
THE TOILET PAPER.

I MEAN, I'M WEARING
"STAR WARS" UNDERPANTS,
FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.

[GIGGLING]

WE'RE BASICALLY OLIVER
GOING, "PLEASE, SIR,
MAY I HAVE SOME MORE?"

AND INSTEAD OF
GEORGE LUCAS SAYING NO,

HE'S GOING, "YEAH! I'VE GOT
A WHOLE VAT OF PORRIDGE."

I CAN'T IMAGINE
THE LANDFILLS THAT,

AFTER THIS GENERATION
PASSES ON,

THE LEGACY WE'RE GONNA LEAVE
IS LOTS OF PLASTIC.

AND I'M PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE.

YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT
THAT'S JUST--THAT'S JUST

GLOBAL CAPITALISM
AND GLOBAL CONSUMERISM.

THAT'S NOT--I MEAN,
GEORGE LUCAS DIDN'T
INVENT THAT.

HE FOUND HIMSELF IN A
WEIRD RELATIONSHIP WITH IT,

AND AS A RESULT, LIKE,
ALL OF US FOUND OURSELVES

IN A WEIRD RELATIONSHIP
WITH IT THROUGH HIM.

I WILL BUY JUST ABOUT
ANYTHING THAT SAYS
"STAR WARS" ON IT.

THAT'S A CONTRACT.

OK? IT'S LIKE...

YOU PUT SOMETHING
OUT OF QUALITY,

WE'LL BUY IT.

WE'RE GONNA ASSUME
IT'S QUALITY IF IT
SAYS "STAR WARS" ON IT.

BUT THAT'S NOT
HAPPENING ANYMORE.

THEY JUST THROWING
SO MUCH STUFF AT YOU.

YOU ONLY HAVE
SO MUCH SPACE,

AND YOU ONLY HAVE
SO MUCH MONEY.

GEORGE LUCAS--
WHAT CAN I SAY?

THE MAN HAS RUINED
MY LIFE.

TOOK MY HUSBAND AWAY,
TOOK MY SON AWAY,

AND CONSUMED EVERY DOLLAR
THAT I'VE EVER HAD

THAT I COULD NEVER SAVE.

EVERY TOY IN THIS ROOM
THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME

IS A CHIP AWAY AT MY HEART
FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.

THINK I'LL REALLY
RELEASE A BOX SET,

AND SELL IT FOR
WAY TOO MUCH,

AND NOT LET PEOPLE KNOW
THAT IT WOULD BE CHEAPER
TO BUY EACH INDIVIDUALLY.

THAT WOULD BE PRETTY FUN.

I PURCHASED IT ON VHS--

PROBABLY 3 OR 4 TIMES
I BOUGHT THE BOX SET.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE LATEST
BOX SET, AND I BOUGHT IT
LIKE AN IDIOT.

THIS ONE 'CAUSE IT HAS
FROM "STAR WARS" TO "JEDI"
INCLUDED WITH IT,

AND THEN THE NEXT ONE
BECAUSE IT WAS, UM,

IT WAS REMASTERED SO THAT
IT GOT RID OF SOME OF
THE IMPERFECTIONS.

AND THEN I BOUGHT IT AGAIN
BECAUSE IT WAS WIDESCREEN.

AND THEN I BOUGHT IT
AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS
A SPECIAL EDITION.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY
I DID THAT, ONE, BUT...

IT'S LIKE HE'S
WANKED US OFF,

JUST GIVEN US
A REALLY GOOD HAND JOB.

WE'VE COME,
AND NOW HE'S GOING,

"COME ON,
THERE'S MORE IN THERE.
THERE'S MORE IN THERE."

AND WE'RE GOING,
"JUST LEAVE IT ALONE.
LEAVE IT.

I JUST WANT
TO SLEEP NOW."

THE WHOLE THING OF
"I'M BEING EXPLOITED,"
I MEAN, COME ON.

SERIOUSLY, DUDE.
SOMEONE PROVIDES A PRODUCT,

YOU CHOOSE TO BUY IT.

IF YOU WANT TO VIEW IT,
OR IF YOU WANT TO OWN IT,

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE PERSON WHO MADE IT.

THEY MADE IT 'CAUSE
THEY THOUGHT THERE
MIGHT BE A MARKET FOR IT.

IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE RIGHT.

IF FANS FEEL LIKE THEY
HAVE TO BUY EVERYTHING

GEORGE PUTS OUT--
LIKE, THEY FEEL
OBLIGATED TO DO THAT,

IT'S--IT'S LIKE
CHASING THE DRAGON
WITH HEROIN ADDICTS.

YOU CAN SAY SOMEONE GOT
YOU ADDICTED TO DRUGS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY,
YOU STUCK THE FREAKIN'
NEEDLE IN YOUR ARM.

[SPEAKING JAPANESE]

WE'D LOVE TO LIVE IN A WORLD
WHERE WE DON'T BUY ANYTHING,

BUT REALISTICALLY WE DON'T,

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WE LOVE THE STUFF WE BUY.

SO YOU ADD THAT
ONTO THE RESENTMENTS

THAT "STAR WARS" FANS
INCREASINGLY HAVE
TOWARD GEORGE LUCAS,

AND YOU HAVE A PARTICULARLY
TORTURED RELATIONSHIP
TO MERCHANDISE.

OH, GOD! YOU--

YOU KNOW, YOU THINK
IT WOULD BE EASY
TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS.

SEE, NOW I FEEL
LIKE I'M IN THERAPY
TALKING ABOUT THIS.

HI, MY NAME'S CHRIS.

THE FANS KEPT IT ALIVE

WITH THE TOYS
AND THE STORIES

AND THE SPECULATION
ON WHETHER THERE

WOULD BE MORE
"STAR WARS" ADVENTURES,
WHAT THEY WOULD BE.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD
"CARAVAN OF COURAGE,"
BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY COUNT.

YOU BASICALLY
JUST WANT MORE OF IT,

AND WHEN THERE ISN'T
ANY OF IT AROUND,

YOU'RE BASICALLY GOING
CRAZY YOURSELF FOR IT.

FROM MAYBE III ONWARDS
UNTIL "PHANTOM MENACE,"

THERE WAS NOTHING EXCEPT
FAN WORKS.

IT WAS THE FANS WHO
KEPT THAT SAGA ALIVE

WITH THE EXPANDED
UNIVERSE AND
THE VIDEO GAMES.

PEOPLE WANTED MORE.

HE CALLED "A NEW HOPE"
EPISODE IV,

SO HE SET HIMSELF UP.

TODAY IS MY FIRST DAY OF WRITING
THE NEW "STAR WARS" SERIES.

GOT A FRESH BOX OF PENCILS.

I'M ALL SET.

ALL I NEED IS AN IDEA.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN WAITING
AND WAITING AND WAITING

FOR THEM TO MAKE EPISODES
I, II, AND III

SINCE I WAS, YOU KNOW,
14 YEARS OLD

WHEN THE LAST ONE CAME OUT.

WHEN, UH, THEY
ANNOUNCED THEY WERE
FINALLY GONNA COME OUT,

THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT
WENT THROUGH MY HEAD

IS THAT THIS IS GONNA BE
THE GREATEST THING

TO COME DOWN THE PIKE EVER.

LIKE, EVERYONE'S GONNA
WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE.

THIS IS GONNA BE LIKE
A GIANT, GENERATION
DEFINING MOMENT.

EVERY SINGLE
"STAR WARS"
FAN OUT THERE...

WHAT'S IT GONNA BE LIKE?

CREATED THEIR MOVIE,
CREATED THE MOVIE RIGHT
AWAY IN THEIR HEAD.

YEAH.

THE SECOND THOUGHT
I HAD WAS, OH, MY GOD,
EVERYONE'S GONNA HATE IT.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT
THEY WON'T HATE IT

BECAUSE IT'S GOT--

THEY'RE SO EMOTIONALLY
INVESTED IN THE FIRST ONE.

I REMEMBER THE DAY
THEY ANNOUNCED THE NAME,

AND "THE PHANTOM MENACE"
HIT THE AIRWAVES,

AND EVERYONE WENT Y--

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

WHAT THE FUCK DOES
THAT MEAN?

STARTING FRIDAY,
THOUSANDS OF THEATERS
AROUND THE COUNTRY

BEGAN SHOWING A NEW
2-MINUTE TRAILER

FOR WHAT CAN POSSIBLY
BE DESCRIBED

AS THE MOST EAGERLY
AWAITED NEW MOVIE
OF THE DECADE.

TWO WORDS: "STAR WARS."

"STAR WARS.""STAR WARS."

"STAR WARS."
"STAR WARS."
"STAR WARS."

MOVIE FANS LINED UP--JUST TO SEE THE TRAILER.

THE "HOLLYWOOD REPORTER"
SAYS AT L.A.'s MANN'S
CHINESE THEATER,

ATTENDANCE SHOT UP 1,100%

THE NIGHT THEY RAN
A SNEAK PREVIEW

OF THIS "STAR WARS" TRAILER.

NO, I THINK I MIGHT LEAVE
AFTER THE TRAILER, THOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW, 'CAUSE--

YOU ACTUALLY PAID
TO GO IN AND SEE A MOVIE
JUST TO SEE THE TRAILER,

AND THEN YOU LEFT.
YES.

'CAUSE IT'S AN AWESOME
TWO AND A HALF MINUTES.

THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

THERE WAS NOTHING EVER,
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

OH, MY GOD!

I WELLED UP.
I MEAN, I HAVEN'T
WELLED UP IN YEARS.

I JUST HEAD A HEART ATTACK.

I THINK GOD MUST BE
ASHAMED AS A CREATOR

ONCE HE SAW THE PREVIEW
FOR THIS MOVIE

AND REALIZED HE HASN'T MADE
SOMETHING THIS GOOD.

THIS IS GONNA BE
SOMETHING I'LL REMEMBER
AND TELL MY CHILDREN.

IT'S WONDER--
I KNOW, I SOUND CRAZY.

IT WAS LIKE
A BEATLES CONCERT.

IT WAS LIKE, WHEN, LIKE,
"OBI-WAN KENOBI,
MEET ANAKIN SKYWALKER,"

AND YOU THOUGHT, LIKE,
THE WORLD WAS GOING TO END.

LIKE, MY GOD,
IF THE WORLD ENDS,

I HOPE I'M STILL ALIVE
BY MAY 19th TO SEE THIS

'CAUSE I CAN'T BELIEVE
THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN.

THERE WAS NEVER
ANYTHING MORE HYPED UP
THAN EPISODE I.

NO.

IN THE HISTORY OF FILM.

EVEN JESUS
WAS LESS HYPED.

YOU JUST MAY HAVE NOTICED
THAT "STAR WARS,"
THE LATEST EPISODE,

OPENS NATIONALLY
AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

SOME 2.2 MILLION AMERICANS
FROM NEW YORK TO L.A.

ARE EXPECTED TO
SKIP WORK TODAY

JUST TO BE AMONG
THE FIRST VIEWERS

OF THE NEW "STAR WARS"
PREQUEL.

YOU SEE WE'RE HERE OUTSIDE
MANN'S CHINESE THEATER,

AND PEOPLE ARE REVVED UP.

I'VE COME ALL THE WAY
FROM AUSTRALIA,

AND LINING UP HERE
FOR A THOUSAND HOURS.

I'M HERE FROM LONDON.

WE'RE FROM SWITZERLAND.

CAME HERE FROM POLAND.

IT'S LIKE A HISTORICAL EVENT
FOR THIS GENERATION.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
IF THE MOVIE REALLY SUCKS?

HEH! UH, PROBABLY
SEE IT AGAIN.

I CAN'T SEE ANY WAY
THAT IT COULD SUCK.

THERE'S JUST NO WAY
THE MOVIE COULD SUCK.
DON'T SAY THAT.

THERE IS NO WAY
IT'S GONNA SUCK.

WELL, IT COULD SUCK.

IT COULD NOT SUCK.

IT COULD--HOW COULD IT SUCK?

ONCE THE OPENING SCROLL
STARTS, I'M GONNA
BE IN ECSTASY.

THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE
CRYING HERE, YOU KNOW?

53 MINUTES AND COUNTING
UNTIL "THE PHANTOM MENACE."

"STAR WARS!" WE'RE GONNA
SEE "STAR WARS!"

I WAS THERE,
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE WAS

IN MAY OF '99,
WAITING IN LINE,

YOU KNOW,
LIGHTSABER IN HAND,

MIDNIGHT SHOW.

I SAW THAT MOVIE
IN SAN FRANCISCO

WITH I.L.M.

WE'RE SEEING IT IN A PLACE
IN MADISON, WISCONSIN
CALLED THE ORPHEUM,

A HUGE, HUGE THEATER.

IT HAD 1,700 SEATS,
I BELIEVE,

AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FULL.

EVERYBODY'S IN THERE.

THE AIR IS ELECTRIC.

THEY'RE PRACTICALLY,
YOU KNOW, THROWING
THEIR HATS IN THE AIR,

JUMPING UP AND DOWN.
PEOPLE ARE JUST CRAZY
WITH EXCITEMENT.

AND THEN THE
LIGHTS WENT DOWN,
AND EVERYBODY CHEERED.

AND THE PREVIEWS
CAME ON, AND THEY BOOED.

AND THE LUCASFILM LOGO
CAME UP, AND EVERYBODY
CHEERED AGAIN.

THE HAIR STANDS UP
ON YOUR NECK

AS SOON AS YOU SEE
"A LONG TIME AGO IN A
GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY..."

AS SOON AS IT COMES UP
ON THE SCREEN.

[CROWD CHEERS]

THE OPENING SCROLL,
AND EVERYONE'S
FREAKING OUT...

IT'S LIKE, THIS--
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

I MEAN, WHOEVER THOUGHT
THIS DAY WAS GONNA COME?

AND THAT WAS ONE OF
THE GREAT MOMENTS

OF ANYBODY'S
MOVIE-GOING LIFE.

[CHUCKLING]
THEN THE MOVIE STARTS.

ALREADY I KNEW.

IT'S LIKE, JUST THE LANGUAGE
OF THE CRAWL WAS WRONG.

IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT.

BUT I'M LIKE,
OK, I'M GONNA STAY
WITH IT YOU KNOW?

IT WENT FROM THIS GLOW
UP HERE IN YOUR HEART,

AND THEN IT DESCENDED,
AND THEN IT WENT DOWN,

AND THEN IT JUST
SAT HERE, RIGHT?

AND I JUST REMEMBER,
YOU KNOW, THINKING,

OH, MY GOD,
IS IT REALLY THIS--

IS IT ACTUALLY THIS BAD?

IT JUST FELT LIKE BEING
SLAPPED IN THE FACE
WITH A WET FISH.

IT WAS LIKE, WHAT?

THIS COULD SUCK?

YOU KNOW, I'M STARTING
TO DEFLATE A LITTLE BIT,

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL,
IT'S "STAR WARS."

YOU KNOW, OK. YOU KNOW,
"JEDI'S" NOT GREAT,

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
IT'S GONNA BE GOOD.
IT'S GONNA BE GOOD.

WHAT I WAS USED TO
SEEING, YOU KNOW,

FROM WATCHING
THE ORIGINALS
IN THEATERS,

WAS PEOPLE CHEERING,
THOSE BIG APPLAUSE
MOMENTS,

YOU KNOW,
BIG LAUGHS.

THIS WAS LITERALLY
AN ALMOST, LIKE,
SILENT SCREENING.

MAYBE IT WAS
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

MAYBE WE DIDN'T SEE THAT.

MAYBE THIS IS
A "STAR WARS" FILM THAT
WE NEED TO WATCH AGAIN.

THAT WAS THE FIRST
TIME IN MY LIFE

THAT A MOVIE HAS
EVER PROPERLY
DISAPPOINTED ME

AND GUTTED ME

TO THE POINT WHERE
I HAD TO LIE

ABOUT MY FEELINGS
TO SAFE FACE.

I MEAN, I EVEN REMEMBER
INTERVIEWS ON THE LOCAL NEWS

AND THEY'RE ALL SAYING,
"YEAH, BUT WE'RE GOING
BACK AGAIN TOMORROW."

THERE WAS STILL A HOPE.

AND I DON'T THINK
IT REALLY SUNK IN
FOR EVERYBODY

UNTIL THEY SAW IT
THAT SECOND TIME,

BECAUSE EVERYBODY SAW IT
A SECOND TIME.

WE ALL SAW IT AGAIN.

DID I WAIT 4 DAYS
IN THE RAIN,

PEEING INTO MY OWN HAND
AND DRINKING IT

TO GET "PHANTOM MENACE"
TICKETS FOR THE THIRD TIME?
YES, I DID.

IT'S LIKE ABUSE VICTIMS
RETURNING

TO THE SITE OF
THEIR ABUSE

IN ORDER TO
CONQUER IT SOMEHOW.

I WENT TO IT OVER
AND OVER.

BUT NOT LIKE
HAVING FUN,

BUT MORE LIKE TRYING
TO--TRYING TO
CONVINCE MYSELF

THAT I WAS
HAVING FUN.

I SAW "PHANTOM MENACE"
IN THE THEATER 13 TIMES.

PART OF THAT WAS ME
NOT BEING ABLE

TO SEE A "STAR WARS"
FILM FOR 17 YEARS.

PART OF IT WAS
COMING TO TERMS
WITH WHAT IT WAS.

JUST SITTING THERE
THE SECOND TIME
THROUGH IT

AND JUST REALIZING,
IT'S NOT GROWING
ON ME,

THAT WAS A BUMMER,
DUDE.

THAT WAS
A FUCKIN' BUMMER.

Insane Ian:
♪ IT ALL STARTED
THE NIGHT BEFORE ♪

♪ EPISODE ONE WITH
MY GIRLFRIEND'S HAIR
ALL DONE UP IN BUNS ♪

♪ BUT IT TURNS OUT
THE MOVIE WASN'T QUITE
WHAT I HAD HOPED TO SEE ♪

Yoda: HMM. TELL ME
WHAT YOU WANT.

"STAR WARS,"
JUST DIDN'T, I THINK,
TAKE CARE

OF THE PEOPLE
WHO LOVED IT SO MUCH.

IS THIS THE BEST
YOU COULD DO?

18 YEARS, MAN.

WE'RE NOT SO READY
TO SEPARATE THE WAY
WE SEE THINGS NOW

AND THE WAY
WE SAW THINGS THEN

AND THE WAY THAT WE SEE THINGS
BASED ON HOW WE SAW THINGS THEN.

WHEN THE
"PHANTOM MENACE"
CAME OUT,

THAT'S WHEN
I NOTICED A REAL
SHIFT IN FANS

FROM BEING LIKE FANS
AND THEY REALLY
ADMIRED GEORGE LUCAS

TO TAKING IT
SO PERSONALLY

THAT GEORGE LUCAS
ACTUALLY WROTE
A MOVIE

TO PISS THEM OFF.
YEAH.

WHO HERE LOVED
THE PREQUEL MOVIES?

[SCATTERED APPLAUSE]

SHUT UP![LAUGHTER]

YOU'RE WRONG.

WE ALL KNEW PALPATINE
WAS GONNA BE THE EMPEROR.

YOU ALL KNEW
ANAKIN SKYWALKER WAS GONNA
BE DARTH VADER.

BUT WE NEVER EXPECTED IT
TO BE LIKE THIS.

IN MY "STAR WARS"
UNIVERSE, THE NUMBERS
1, 2, AND 3 DON'T EXIST.

GEORGE LUCAS TALKED
ABOUT MAKING PREQUELS,

BUT THEY NEVER MADE IT
PAST SCREENPLAYS

BEFORE HE DIED ON
THE VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY

IN A FIERY CAR CRASH
IN 1989.

RIGHT AFTER MAKING
"THE LAST CRUSADE."

BRANDON, WANTING
SOMETHING VERY BADLY

DOESN'T MAKE IT
TRUE.

[TYPING]

THESE PEOPLE JUST MADE
IT SEEM LIKE IT WAS
THE WORST MOVIE EVER.

IT DIDN'T MATTER TO ME.
I STILL SAW IT
IN THE THEATER

ABOUT 13 OR 14 TIMES.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY, LIKE,
A FAN APPRECIATION SITE

OF THE NEW TRILOGY,
WHICH WAS PRETTY FUNNY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE
A GROUP OF PEOPLE

THAT ARE LIKE, "YO, WE
REALLY LIKE THE NEW MOVIE."

"WE REALLY WANT
TO LIKE IT.
WE REALLY DO."

I MEAN, I GUESS HE HAS
LICENSE TO DO ANYTHING
HE WANTS,

BUT I THINK HE JUST
DISAPPOINTED
A GENERATION OF FANS.

I'D SAY THAT.
ME BEING ONE OF THEM.

FANS KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT THEY WANT.

FANS WANT MORE OF
THE LAST THING THEY READ
AND THEY LOVED.

THAT'S WHAT FANS WANT.

IF THEY LIKED
THAT THING YOU DID,

THEY WOULD LIKE ANOTHER
ONE OF THOSE, PLEASE.

I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY
RESPONSIBILITY

TO THE AUDIENCE
AT ALL.

I THINK THERE'S
NONE.

I THINK YOU GOT TO
JUST DO WHAT
YOU WANT TO DO.

YOU'VE GOT TO DO
STUFF THAT YOU LIKE.

FOR ME, IF A COMIC
STRIP DOESN'T MAKE
ME LAUGH

OR I DON'T LIKE IT,
THEN I WON'T
PRINT IT.

I'M NOT GONNA TAKE
ADVICE FROM ANYBODY.

HIS RESPONSIBILITY
TO THE FANS IS TO
TAKE THEIR MONEY.

I'VE GOT REAL BAD NEWS,
REAL BAD NEWS, FOR US FANS.

WE'RE OLD.
WE'RE PUNCHY.

AIN'T GONNA BE LIKE
"STAR WARS" IN 1977,
THAT SUMMER.

WHAT I TRIED TO DO
TO MYSELF

IS JUST SAY, OK,
LET ME REMIND MYSELF

IT'S JUST A BIG,
DUMB MOVIE ABOUT
SPACE WIZARDS.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE.

SO AS LONG AS IT'S
GOT SPACE WIZARDS
IN IT,

I'M GONNA BE HAPPY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT
TURNED OUT TO BE HARDER
THAN I THOUGHT

BECAUSE OF JAR JAR.

JAR JAR'S THE KEY
TO ALL THIS,

IF WE GET JAR JAR WORKING,

'CAUSE HE'S
A FUNNIER CHARACTER
THAN WE'VE EVER HAD

IN ANY OF THE MOVIES BEFORE.

YOUR HONOR, I HAVE
DIGITALLY GENERATED
MY OWN LAWYER

THROUGH THE MAGIC
OF CGI.

NOTICE HOW
SEAMLESSLY
HE'S INTEGRATED

INTO THIS LIVE
ACTION COURT ROOM.

AMAZING.

I CALL HIM
PUDDLES McPOOPOO.

YOU HAD
A BEAUTIFUL BALLOON,
"STAR WARS" BALLOON,

AND EVERYONE LOVES
A BALLOON,

AND THEN HE BRINGS
JAR JAR BINKS ALONG,

WHICH IS A BIG NEEDLE,

AND JUST POPS
THAT BALLOON.

[EXHALES]

[BABBLING]

JAR JAR BINKS.

WHAT KIND OF A NAME
IS THAT FOR A SPACE FREAK?

YOU ARE A CRAZY ASS
SON OF A BITCH.

YOU ARE A NO GOOD
BASTARD.

YOU ARE FULL
OF BULLSHIT.

YOU CAN PUCKER UP
AND KISS MY ASS GOOD-BYE.

♪ JAR JAR BINKS

♪ JAR JAR BINKS

♪ JAR JAR BINKS

♪ JAR JAR BINKS

EX-SQUEEZE ME.
EX-SQUEEZE ME.

♪ YOU ARE A CRAZY
JACKASS ♪

HE DOESN'T
LIKE YOU.

THAT'S OK,
NOBODY LIKES HIM.

♪ YOU ARE AN EVIL ASSHOLE

♪ YOU ARE A STUPID
LOW-LIFE FOOL ♪

Man: HOW DOES IT
FEEL, JAR JAR?

♪ JAR JAR BINKS

HUH? YOU WANT
TO DANCE NOW?

♪ JAR JAR BINKS

IN THE "NEW HOPE,"
YOU HAVE THIS
VERY ORGANIC FLOW

OF, YOU KNOW, GOING
THROUGH ALL THE CHARACTERS,
MORE OR LESS.

AND HERE, THEY'RE ALL
LIKE A BUNCH OF
POKER FACED GITS.

AND THE PERSON WHO'S
SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY

IS THE LEAST FUNNY THING
IN THE HISTORY OF
LEAST FUNNY THINGS.

[LAUGHTER]

IT'S A CARTOON
CHARACTER INVADING
THIS WORLD

THAT I WAS TAKING
SERIOUSLY, YOU KNOW,
UP TO THAT POINT.

MY HEART SANK
WHEN HE STARTED TALKING.

I WAS LIKE, "OH, IT'S
THAT KIND OF MOVIE."

HE HAD TAKEN US
TO THIS LEVEL,

AND THEN HE WAS LIKE,
OK, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK

TO KIND OF CHILD
POTTY HUMOR,

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE
SOME WEIRD ANIMAL
FART IN OUR FACE

AND SAY PEE YOOSA,
AND YOU'RE GONNA
LAUGH, RIGHT,

BECAUSE YOU LIKE
BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD.

JAR JAR BINKS IS
WHAT SOMEONE WITH
NO SENSE OF HUMOR

THINKS HUMOR IS.

HE TALKS FUNNY,
HE WALKS FUNNY.

HE'S GOT THE SPEECH
IMPEDIMENT THAT'S
FUNNY, RIGHT?

SOME PEOPLE SAID
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
THE RACIST STEREOTYPES

IN A THIRTIES COMEDY

WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE
STEPIN FETCHIT
OR MANTAN MORELAND

COME OUT, "OH, FEETS,
DO YOUR STUFF!"

HE WAS LIKE
THE HIP-HOP VERSION
OF C-3PO.

THE DIFFICULTY
WITH THAT, THOUGH,

IS THAT IF JAR JAR BINKS
IS RACIST

BECAUSE HE LOOKS LIKE
BLACK-FACED ENTERTAINMENT,

BUT NOBODY'S SEEN
BLACK-FACED ENTERTAINMENT

WHO'S 12 YEARS OLD
WATCHING THE "STAR WARS"
PREQUELS,

DOES A RACIST CHARACTER
WHOSE RACISM IS SO CODED
IN HISTORY

REMAIN A RACIST CHARACTER?

THE SHITTIEST PART
ABOUT JAR JAR IS THAT
JAR JAR EXISTS.

WE CAN'T FIGHT IT.

IF YOU'RE
A "STAR WARS" FAN,

IN YOUR HEART YOU KNOW
THAT JAR JAR BINKS NOT ONLY
IS IN THE FILMS,

BUT AN INTEGRAL PART
OF THE FILMS.

JAR JAR BINKS IS
ONE OF THE LYNCH PINS
OF THE ENTIRE SAGA.

ME-SA PROPOSE THAT
THE SENATE GIVE
IMMEDIATELY

EMERGENCY POWERS TO
THE SUPREME CHANCELLOR.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

HE'S THE DECIDING
VOTE ON GIVING

THE EMPEROR
A BUNCH OF POWER.

SO YOU KNOW
THAT LUCAS IS
LIKE FUCK YOU.

BUT THANKS, GEORGE,
FOR TAKING HIM OUT
OF THE SECOND MOVIE,

OR AT LEAST
ONLY INCLUDING HIM
FOR 5 MINUTES.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.
HE DOES LISTEN SOMETIMES.

BUT THAT ONE SHOT IN
EPISODE II WHERE JAR JAR
FIRST COMES IN,

HAS THAT LITTLE MEETING
WITH, YOU KNOW, ANAKIN
AND EVERYONE,

AND THEN COMES,
HE LOOKS AT THE CAMERA

AND KIND OF SMILES,

AS IF TO SAY, "HEY,
I'M STILL AROUND, GUYS.

I KNOW YOU HATE ME,
BUT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE."

LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU
TRYING TO DO?

ARE YOU--ARE YOU ACTUALLY
TRYING TO ANTAGONIZE US?

I LIKE THE
BULLISHNESS IN HIM

THAT MAKES HIM
PERSIST WITH
THE CHARACTER,

AND THAT HE WILL PUT
THEM IN EPISODE II,

HE'LL KEEP WITH THEM
IN EPISODE III,

AND HE WON'T
GIVE IN TO WHAT
THE FANS WANT.

I THINK HE THINKS
HE'S ABSOLUTELY STICKING
TO HIS GUNS.

I HAD 3PO REALLY
RAILING ON JAR JAR,

AND I GOT NOTES BACK
TO TONE IT DOWN
AT FIRST.

THEN I HEARD NOTES
CAME BACK FROM
GEORGE SAYING,

NO, 3PO SHOULD BE
HARDER ON JAR JAR.

HE SHOULD TREAT HIM
LIKE THE FANS DO.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

THE PROBLEM WITH
JAR JAR BINKS
ISN'T THE CHARACTER.

IT'S WITH YOU OLDER FANBOYS
WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE KIDS.

KIDS LIKE JAR JAR!WHY?

WHAT ABOUT THE EWOKS, HUH?

THEY WERE RUBBISH.
YOU DON'T COMPLAIN
ABOUT THEM.

YEAH, BUT
JAR JAR BINKS
MAKES THE EWOKS

LOOK LIKE FUCKIN'
SHAFT.

KIDS LIKE
JAR JAR BINKS, MAN.

HAD TO DRESS UP AS
THAT FREAKIN' THING
AND GO TO BIRTHDAY PARTIES.

I THINK PEOPLE
YOUR AGE HATE
JAR JAR BINKS

BECAUSE HE'S ONE
OF THE NEW
CHARACTERS.

HE IS ONE OF THE NEW
CHARACTERS, ACTUALLY.

WHAT'D YOU GUYS
THINK OF JAR JAR?

JAR JAR BINKS, YEAH.

I THINK
HE'S REALLY FUNNY.

I JUST LIKE THE NAME.

Man: DOES YOUR DAD
DISAGREE WITH YOU?

DO YOU?

I DON'T LIKE HIM
AS MUCH AS YOU.

YOU HAVE SWEETER
TASTES, I THINK,

WHEN YOU'RE A CHILD,
DON'T YOU?

YOU HAVE MORE
SACCHARIN, KIND OF
OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

SO MAYBE JAR JAR IS
A WORK OF GENIUS.

WHO KNOWS?

YOU WEREN'T THERE
AT THE BEGINNING.

YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW GOOD IT WAS,
HOW IMPORTANT.

THIS IS IT FOR YOU.

THIS JUMPED UP FIREWORK
DISPLAY OF A TOY ADVERT.

PEOPLE LIKE YOU
MAKE ME SICK.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

MY FRIEND WHO HAS
A 7-YEAR-OLD SON,

HE LOVES
"STAR WARS."

BUT TO HIM, IT'S
ALL "STAR WARS,"
YOU KNOW.

EPISODES I
THROUGH VI, PLUS
THE "CLONE WARS,"

PLUS
THE VIDEO GAMES.

WHATEVER LUCAS WAS
DOING RIGHT BY US,

KIND OF SEEMS LIKE
HE'S STILL DOING
RIGHT BY KIDS TODAY.

WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE
OF THE FILM?

ME?

I LIKE THAT ONE.

HI-YAH.

THE FILMS CAN'T
FIGHT EACH OTHER,
CAN THEY?

HE IS PURPOSEFULLY
CONDESCENDING

'CAUSE HE'S MAKING
THESE MOVIES FOR KIDS.

HE SAID THAT
NUMEROUS TIMES.

GEORGE HAS SAID, "THESE
MOVIES ARE FOR CHILDREN.

I MAKE THEM
FOR CHILDREN."

AND WHEN WE LOVED
THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY,
WE WERE CHILDREN.

IS THE OLDNESS
ON GEORGE OR ON US?

SHOULD WE AS ADULTS
BE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
HE'S DOING AS A FILMMAKER

OR SHOULD HE HAVE MADE FILMS
FOR AN AGING AUDIENCE
THAT ENJOYED THE FIRST?

I THINK THAT SAYING
THAT IT'S MADE
FOR KIDS

AND, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S WHY I
COULDN'T GET IT

IS--IS BULLSHIT.

YEAH, IT'S HARD TO TELL
WHETHER HE GENUINELY
BELIEVES THAT

OR HE JUST GOT CAUGHT
WITH HIS PANTS DOWN

AND NEEDED A RATIONALE
FOR IT.

IF HE WAS MAKING IT
FOR KIDS,

DO KIDS REALLY CARE
ABOUT TRADE FEDERATION

AND TARIFFS AND TAXES
AND SENATE MEETINGS

AND BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH?

I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN
TO MY 5-YEAR-OLD SON,

WELL, YEAH, THE TRADE
EMBARGO BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH.

YOU JUST LOSE THEM.YEAH. HE WENT...

ONE WORD SUMMARIZES
EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG

AND HOW HE TOOK
A BIG F-YOU TO
THE ENTIRE FAN BASE--

MIDI-CHLORIANS.

MIDI-CHLORIANS.
[LAUGHS]

TELL ME ABOUT
MIDI-CHLORIANS.

MIDI-CHLORIANS.
THAT'S MY OTHER
FAVORITE THING.

MIDI-CHLORIANS.

AND THE FORCE?
WELL, THAT'S JUST
MICROSCOPIC BACTERIA

IN YOUR BLOODSTREAM
CALLED MIDI-CHLORIANS.

LOOK, IF YOU'RE
NOT GONNA TAKE
THIS SERIOUSLY,

I'M OUT.

WHEN OBI-WAN KENOBI
FIRST INTRODUCES
WHAT THE FORCE IS,

HE DESCRIBES IT AS
AN ENERGY FIELD THAT
BINDS THE GALAXY TOGETHER.

EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE
KNOWS HE'S TALKING ABOUT
A PSYCHIC FIELD.

HE'S TALKING ABOUT
A SPIRITUAL THING.

THAT'S A LOVELY IDEA,
A BEAUTIFUL NOTION.

THEN TO KIND OF REDUCE
IT TO THIS KIND OF
BIOLOGICAL DETERMINATE.

THAT TAKES THIS THING,
THE FORCE,

THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
TIED TO YOUR SENSE
OF SPIRITUALITY

AND YOUR MORAL CODE

AND TAKES IT FROM THAT
INTO, LIKE, SOME CRAP

THAT YOU GOT FROM
YOUR MOM AND DAD.

WHAT A BUNCH OF NONSENSE.

THAT'S SORT OF LIKE
PAINTING THE FACE OF GOD,
ISN'T IT?

YOU HAVE MIDI-CHLORIANS,
YOU DON'T.

YOU WILL NEVER BE A JEDI
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY.

AH, THANKS, GEORGE.

EVERY ONE OF US
WHO GREW UP WITH
THE ORIGINAL SERIES

HAS HAD THAT MOMENT
WHERE YOU'VE SAT AT
HOME IN YOUR BEDROOM

AND YOU DON'T ADMIT
IT, AND YOU TRY TO
LEVITATE SOMETHING

WITH THE POWER
OF YOUR MIND.

IT'S
AN ACCESSIBLE
THING, THEN.

IT WASN'T YET
THIS MUTANT

UBER MENSCH
DEMAGOGUE THING.

IT BECAME
A MEASURABLE THING.

IT'S LIKE SAYING,
HEY, LOOK.

LOOK AT HOW MUCH
RELIGION YOU HAVE.

LOOK AT HOW MUCH SPIRIT
AND FAITH YOU'VE GOT.

THE IDEA OF THE FORCE,
THE IDEA OF--

IS RUINED.

NO, IT'S--
HOW IS IT RUINED?

YES, IT IS.WHAT IS THE ESSENTIAL--

WHAT IS THE ESSENTIAL
TEACHINGS OF THE FORCE?

TO LIVE WITHOUT FEAR,
TO LIVE WITHOUT ANGER,
RIGHT,

TO DO GOOD FOR YOURSELF
AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

TO BE OPEN, RIGHT?

MY BLOOD TEST SAYS
I CAN'T DO THAT.

HA HA HA!
THAT'S BULLSHIT.

IT'S LIKE
SCIENTOLOGISTS
AND THEIR THETANS.

NOW STOP IT.
DON'T BRING SCIENTOLOGISTS
INTO THIS.

YOU CAN'T BE
PREOCCUPIED WITH WHAT
OTHER PEOPLE THINK.

LIKE "STAR WARS,"
FOR INSTANCE,
IS MY STORY.

JUST LIKE MY HOUSE,
YOU KNOW, IS MY HOUSE.

SO IF I WANT TO PAINT
MY HOUSE GREEN,

EVEN IF EVERYONE ELSE
THINKS IT SHOULD BE RED,

GUESS WHAT? I'M GONNA
PAINT IT JAR JAR.

I THINK THE REASON THAT
THE ORIGINAL "STAR WARS" MOVIES,

OR AT LEAST "A NEW HOPE"
AND "EMPIRE STRIKES BACK,"
ARE SO GREAT

IS BECAUSE THEY WERE
REALLY MADE IN COLLABORATION
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

ONCE GEORGE DECIDED
TO APPROACH THE PREQUELS

AND REALLY DO IT
IN A VACUUM,

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT
IS THE BEST WAY FOR
AN ARTIST TO FUNCTION.

HE'S BEYOND A CERTAIN LEVEL
OF CRITICISM NOW.

HE'S BEYOND THE IDEA
OF TRUE COLLABORATION.

AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT
SOME INTERIOR CHANNELING

OF THESE STORIES
HE'S HELD IN HIS MIND NOW
FOR WAY TOO LONG.

I DID HAVE
A VERY STRONG FEELING

ABOUT BEING ABLE
TO BE IN CONTROL OF MY WORK

AND NOT HAVING
PEOPLE TAMPER WITH IT.

THE ONLY REASON IT'S FUN
IS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO
ANSWER TO ANYBODY.

I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY
TELLING ME WHAT TO DO.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE EARNED.

IF YOU'VE
GOT A WHOLE
MOVING-MAKING EMPIRE

TO HELP YOU
MAKE MOVIES,

WHAT GOOD IS IT
IF IT'S NOT AT LEAST
ABLE TO GIVE YOU

A LITTLE BIT
OF FEEDBACK?

I THINK HE TOOK
SOMETHING WONDERFUL,

AND IN AN EFFORT
TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER IT

WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
CAPITALIZING ON IT,

I THINK HE BROKE IT.

YEAH, HE'S LIKE
AN OVERPROTECTIVE
PARENT.

AND BY DOING THAT,
HE'S RETARDED
HIS CHILD.

AND THAT'S ANNOYING,
'CAUSE HE HAD
A BRILLIANT CHILD.

THIS IS A VERY BIG DAY
FOR YOU.

NOW, HOLD ON
WHILE I SET IT UP.

SET WHAT UP?

YOUR NEW STUDIO,
SILLY.

SO YOU CAN KEEP
WRITING "STAR WARS."

WHAT?

YOU'RE GOING TO
REWRITE EPISODE III,
GEORGE.

BUT THIS TIME,
YOU'RE GOING TO
DO IT CORRECTLY.

YOU'RE GOING TO
MAKE IT THE WAY
I WANT TO SEE IT.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

THIS IS PROBABLY
ONE OF THE BETTER ONES.

IT'S CREDITED AS
EPISODE I.II.

THIS VERSION IS
ABOUT 70 MINUTES.

AND A MUCH BETTER MOVIE.

BUT I LOVE HOW IT'S--
HOW IT'S CREDITED HERE.

IT SAYS, "SEE WHAT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN."

AND THEN THERE'S
A GRAPHIC OF A BAND-AID.

IT'S HARD TO READ
MOST OF THE FAN EDITS

AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN
A DIRECT CRITICISM

OF THE CREATIVE
DECISIONS THAT
GEORGE LUCAS MADE.

SO THESE PROBABLY CUT
DEEPEST IN GEORGE LUCAS.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

MY MOTIVATION FOR RE-DOING
THE "PHANTOM MENACE,"

QUITE FRANKLY WAS BECAUSE
I THOUGHT THE MOVIE
WAS ABSOLUTE ASS.

IN THE ORIGINAL "STAR WARS,"
THERE WERE NO FART JOKES,

NOBODY STEPPED IN
CGI DOO-DOO.

IN MY FAN EDIT,
YOU WON'T FIND MENTIONS OF
MIDI-CHLORIANS, YOU KNOW.

THAT'S NOT PART OF
MY "STAR WARS."

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

SO A FANDOM IS BORN

OUT OF A MIX OF
FASCINATION
AND FRUSTRATION.

AND THE FAN EDIT
IS ITS CLEAREST
EMBODIMENT.

IT'S NOW AN ART FORM
IN AND OF ITSELF.

BUT IT IS AN ART
FORM THAT DARE NOT
RAISE ITS HEAD.

IT'S AN ART FORM
THAT EXISTS
IN THE SHADOWS.

YOU'VE GOT THIS EXTRA SMALL
EXTREME OF FANS
THAT THREATENED ME,

SAID I SHOULDN'T TOUCH
"STAR WARS,"

IT'S NOT MY FILM TO TOUCH,

HOW DARE I DO THIS?

BUT THE SCARY THING
WAS WHEN I STARTED
RECEIVING DEATH THREATS

FROM A FEW FANS.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE
MY VERSION,

DON'T WATCH IT.

WATCH THE ORIGINAL.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM
AT ALL WITH FAN EDITS,
FAN REMIXES.

Announcer:
SPIELBALL DER MAÄCHTE.

IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY
LEGITIMATE AND REALLY
COOL RESPONSE

TO THE ART.

I TOLD YOU KIDS
TO SLOW DOWN!

BUT I ALSO DON'T BELIEVE
THAT ANY OF THOSE FANS

HAS THE RIGHT TO GO
AND KNOCK ON MY DOOR

AND SAY, I DON'T LIKE
THIS CHARACTER.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE HIM
OUT OF YOUR BOOK.

'CAUSE IT'S LIKE, NO,
I GOT TO MAKE THIS.

THIS CAME OUT OF MY HEAD.
LEAVE ME ALONE.

HOW DO YOU FEEL,
LORD VADER?

WHERE IS PADMEÉ?

IS SHE ALL RIGHT?
IS SHE SAFE?

UM, I'M AFRAID
IN YOUR ANGER

YOU KILLED HER.

FOR GOD SAKE, GEORGE,
YOU HAVE GOT TO FIX
THE ENDING

WHERE VADER SAYS--

NO!
NO!

NO!

NO!

NO!

THIS IS A CRUCIAL,
CRUCIAL SCENE, GEORGE,

AND YOU FUCKED IT UP.

HOW ARE YOU GONNA
UN-FUCK THIS?

I THINK IT WOULD BE
BETTER IF VADER IS
JUST STANDING THERE,

YOU KNOW, GROWLING
AT THE TOP OF HIS VOICE

LIKE, [GROWLS].

AND THEN MAYBE YOU CAN
HAVE SOME SPARKS COMING
OUT OF HIS THROAT

AS HIS BRAND NEW,
YOU KNOW, VOICE BOX THING

STARTS BREAKING ON HIM.

THAT WOULD BE SO MUCH
MORE EFFECTIVE.
IT WOULD GO...

PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE
TO WANT TO PUT
THEIR FINGERPRINTS

ON THE THINGS
THAT THEY LOVE

AND TO FIX THE THINGS
ABOUT THE THINGS THEY
LOVE THAT THEY HATE.

DID THAT MAKE SENSE?
HA HA HA!

EVERYONE KNOWS
THAT OUR CULTURE

IS GOING TO BECOME
MORE PARTICIPATORY.

WHAT'S AT STAKE
ARE THE TERMS OF
OUR PARTICIPATION.

THAT LUCAS
AND LUCAS FILM

ARE GONNA HAVE TO
CEDE MORE CONTROL
TO THE FANS

IF THEY'RE
GONNA SURVIVE

AND REMAIN VALUABLE
AS MEDIA PROPERTIES.

TAKE "ALICE
IN WONDERLAND."

WITHIN THE FIRST
20 YEARS

AFTER "ALICE
IN WONDERLAND"
WAS PUBLISHED,

THERE WERE MORE THAN
200 COMMERCIALLY
PUBLISHED BOOKS

THAT TOOK OUT
WONDERLAND
OR ITS CHARACTERS

AND EXPANDED THEM
IN NEW DIRECTIONS.

AND LITERARY CRITICS
BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY
WHY "WONDERLAND,"

AFTER THE BIBLE
AND SHAKESPEARE,

IS STILL
THE MOST QUOTED WORK IN
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,

THAT LEWIS CARROLL
EMBRACED

THE TRANSFORMATION
OF HIS STORY.

HE'S THE BIGGEST
PROPONENT OF
THE FANS.

HAS HE GONE AFTER
ANYBODY FOR DOING
A FAN FILM?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

HE'S ACTUALLY--
OH, MY GOD,

HE HOLDS A CONTEST
FOR YOU.

HE MAKES LIBRARY
SOUNDS AVAILABLE
TO YOU.

LUCAS HAS BEEN, I THINK,
FAR MORE GRACIOUS

TO HIS FANS THAN HIS FANS,
PERHAPS, HAVE BEEN TOLERANT
OF LUCAS.

WE WANT THE AUTHORS
OF OUR TEXTS TO BE DEAD

AND FOR US TO HAVE
COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THEM

AND THEM NOT TO TELL US
WHAT TO DO WITH IT ANYMORE.

WE LIKE THE IDEA THAT
THERE ARE THESE SORT OF
MAGICAL CHARACTERS

WHO CREATE AMAZING THINGS
AND THEN LEAVE THEM TO US

TO GO FIND
OUR OWN WAY HOME.

THIS THING THAT
HE MADE, YOU KNOW,

WHATEVER HIS
INTENTIONS WERE,

IT'S DEFINITELY NOT--
HE'S NOT IN CONTROL
OF IT ANYMORE.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE FIGHTING
THE ULTIMATE UPHILL BATTLE.

YOU KNOW, THE FANS ARE
NEVER GONNA WIN ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK
WE WILL HAVE TO
PRY "STAR WARS"

OUT OF GEORGE LUCAS'
COLD DEAD HANDS.

UH! YOU WANT
YOUR "STAR WARS?"

EAT IT.

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
THAT MY MIDDLE NAME
IS ACTUALLY "W."

I AM THE OTHER G.W.RIGHT.

AND I AM MORE
THAN THE DECIDER,
I'M THE CREATOR.

YOU ARE THE CREATOR.

I AM THE GEORGE
WITH A CAPITAL "G."

I SEE, YEAH.

I THINK FROM THE POINT
OF VIEW OF CONTROL,

IT BELONGS
TO GEORGE LUCAS.

HE CONTROLS HOW THE FANS
ARE GOING TO SEE IT,

UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS
THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IT.

AND THEY HAVE TO
ACCEPT THAT.

HE'S VERY
CONTROLLING
OF HIS IMAGE.

HE MADE
ONE FATAL ERROR,

AND HE'S DONE
EVERYTHING
IN HIS POWER

TO ERASE THAT.

AND THAT WAS
THE "STAR WARS
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL."

Announcer: THE STAR WARS
HOLIDAY SPECIAL.

THE STORY GOES THAT
FOR MANY YEARS HE DENIED
IT EVER HAPPENED.

WHEN LUCAS DOES OCCASIONALLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT EXISTS,

HE GENERALLY SAYS,
"IF I COULD TRACK DOWN
EVERY COPY

AND SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER,
I WOULD."

IT IS THE SINGLE WORST
PIECE OF TELEVISION
EVER TO BE PUT TOGETHER.

THE GRAND CONCEIT OF
THE "STAR WARS
HOLIDAY SPECIAL"

IS THAT CHEWBACCA NEEDS
TO RETURN TO HIS HOME PLANET
OF KASHYYYK

FOR LIFE DAY,
WHICH IS THE WOOKIE
PLANETARY HOLIDAY.

HAPPY LIFE DAY,
PAL.

[GROANS]

AT LEAST 20 MINUTES
OF THE 2-HOUR SPECIAL

OCCURS WITHIN
CHEWBACCA'S HOUSEHOLD

IN WOOKIE LANGUAGE
WITH NO SUBTITLES.

[BOTH GROANING]

WHAT WERE THEY SMOKING?

PEOPLE WERE TUNED IN
TO WATCH JUST GROWLING,

A HALF-HOUR OF
CHARACTERS GROWLING
AT EACH OTHER.

IT'S SURREAL.

THE GRANDFATHER
OF THE CLAN, ITCHY,

PUTS ON SOME
SORT OF HEAD GEAR

AND IS ABLE TO SEE
A HOLOGRAM OF
DIAHANN CARROLL

SINGING TO HIM.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY A KIND
OF GALACTIC PORNOGRAPHY.

[GROWLS]

OH. OH, WE ARE EXCITED,
AREN'T WE?

HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE
HAVE SEEN THE "STAR WARS
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL"?

YOU KNOW,
IN SOME CULTURES,
IT'S A WAR CRIME.

HE VERY QUICKLY
REALIZED THAT
THIS WAS DAMAGING

TO THE LUCAS IMAGE
AND TO THE
"STAR WARS" BRAND,

AND SO HE'S TRIED
TO EXCISE THAT
FROM HISTORY.

NOT QUITE
SUCCESSFULLY.

SO HERE'S MY LEGALLY OBTAINED,
PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE COPY

OF THE "STAR WARS
HOLIDAY SPECIAL."

IF IT HAPPENS TO LOOK
LIKE A VHS RIP
SHODDILY ENCODED

TO AN INTERNET FORMAT,
JUST A TRICK OF THE LENS.

YOU KNOW, IT IS PART
OF "STAR WARS" HISTORY.

THIS IS LIKE THE HOLY GRAIL.

THIS IS FINDING BIGFOOT
OR THE LOCH NESS MONSTER.

IT'S LIKE FINDING
YOUR MOM AND DAD'S SEX TAPE.

IT SHOULD JUST EXIST
FOR A CULTURAL TOUCHTONE
FOR THE SEVENTIES.

IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM.

CHRISTMAS OF 2008
IT WAS ANNOUNCED
THAT THE PALEY CENTER,

WHICH IS A MUSEUM DEDICATED
TO TELEVISION HISTORY,

THEY WERE DOING
AN ONLINE POLL

AS TO WHAT PEOPLE'S FAVORITE
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL WAS.

AND THEY WERE GONNA SCREEN
THE TOP 5 WINNERS.

AND THEY HAD
"CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS,"

"RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED
REINDEER," "FROSTY,"
ALL THAT.

"STAR WARS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL"
RAN AWAY WITH IT.

WHEN I SAW THE POLL,
I THOUGHT, EVEN IF THIS WINS,

THERE'S NO WAY LUCAS
WILL LET IT BE SCREENED.

AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE
YET ANOTHER BOOTLEG
WITH THE COMMERCIALS INTACT.

THE "STAR WARS
HOLIDAY SPECIAL"

CREATES ATTENTION FOR LUCAS,

IN THAT IF HE IS TO BE
THE ALL-CONTROLLING,
ALL-ENCOMPASSING,

ALL-KNOWING CREATOR
OF THE UNIVERSE

WHO THEN LETS THINGS
RUN OUT OF HIS CONTROL,

IT INDICATES THAT
HE'S NOT ALL-KNOWING,

ALL-CONTROLLING,
ALL-ENCOMPASSING.

EVERYONE GEEKS OUT
FOR ONE THING.

WILL THERE BE AN END
TO GEEKING OUT
FOR "STAR WARS"?

GEE, I DON'T KNOW,
MAN.

HOW LONG CAN YOU RUN
A CHEESE GRATER
ALONG YOUR FACE

AND STILL LIKE IT?

I NEVER SAW EPISODE III.

HE NEVER SAW--

HE ACTUALLY--HE FELT
BURNED ENOUGH TO NOT
SEE EPISODE III.

SO I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE
TO BREAK THE CHAIN.

I STOPPED COMPLETELY.

I BURNED ALL MY TOYS.

I DIDN'T--I DIDN'T
HAVE ANY TOYS.

BUT IF YOU DID.I WOULD HAVE BURNED THEM.

I DON'T LIKE THESE
ANYMORE.

I DON'T--
ESPECIALLY DON'T
LIKE THE DROID WARS.

WHAT GEORGE LUCAS DID
TO A LOT OF WHAT I ENJOYED

WAS HORRIBLE.

ONE OF THE WORST THINGS
THAT A NERD CAN DO--

IF I CAN USE
THE WORD "NERD"--

IS WHEN THEY LOVE
SOMETHING SO MUCH

THAT IN ORDER TO
CONTINUE TO BE MORE INTO
IT THAN THE NEXT PERSON,

THEY HAVE TO HATE IT.

YOU THINK THIS REALLY
COULDN'T GET,

YOU KNOW, SO FUCKIN' BAD,

BUT IT JUST GETS WORSE
AND FUCKIN' WORSE.

GEORGE, YOU MUST OWN
UP TO YOUR MISTAKE.

GEORGE, YOU NEED TO TAKE
A LONG FUCKIN' WALK

OF A SHORT FUCKIN' PIER
AT THE MOMENT

BECAUSE YOUR MOVIES ARE
THE WORST PIECES OF SHIT

I HAVE EVER, EVER,
EVER SEEN.

YOU USED TO BE SO GOOD.

AND THEIR NERD LOVE
KIND OF EATS
ITS OWN TAIL

LIKE A SNAKE EATING
ITS OWN TAIL.

AND ALL OF THE SORT
OF LOVE THAT WAS
MOTIVATING THAT NERD

TO WANT TO GO ON
THE INTERNET

AND TALK ABOUT
"STAR WARS"

HAS NOW TURNED IN
ON ITSELF.

AND, LIKE, THEY'RE
LIKE SITH LORDS,
YOU KNOW.

THEY NOW ARE JUST
CONSUMED WITH HATRED
OF "STAR WARS."

THAT'S HOW YOU CAN
TELL THEY'RE
"STAR WARS" FANS

IS THAT THEY HATE
"STAR WARS" SO MUCH.

I GO OUT OF MY WAY
FOR YOU.

I WATCH YOUR MOVIES.
I BUY YOUR TOYS.

I EVEN BURNED MY COPY
OF THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL
JUST TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.

AND WHAT THANKS
DO I GET?

DO "STAR WARS" FANS
NEED TO GET OVER THINGS?

NOT NECESSARILY.

I MEAN,
THEY'RE NOT PROFESSIONALS.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

INDIANA JONES SURVIVES
A FUCKIN' NUCLEAR BLAST
IN A FRIDGE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE
SWINGING FROM VINES
LIKE FUCKIN' TARZAN.

AND THERE ARE
FUCKIN' ALIENS.

WHAT THE FUCK?

THEY DID AN EPISODE
OF "SOUTH PARK"

WHERE, YOU KNOW,
THE BOYS ARE KIND OF
TALKING AMBIGUOUSLY

ABOUT THIS RAPE
THAT'S OCCURRED
IN TOWN,

AND THEY'RE REALLY
EMOTIONAL AND UPSET.

LOOK, WHAT HAPPENED
HAPPENED.

WE CAN'T CHANGE IT NOW.

WE ALL HAVE TO
MOVE ON.

MOVE ON?

OUR FRIEND
WAS RAPED, STAN.

AND AS
AN AUDIENCE MEMBER,
YOU'RE WONDERING,

WHAT ARE THEY--
WHO GOT RAPED?

AND THEN BAM.

WELL, WELL,
INDIANA JONES,
YOU'RE LOOKING NICE.

LUCAS AND SPIELBERG
GRAPHICALLY RAPING
INDIANA JONES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY
"DELIVERANCE."

[SPEAKING JAPANESE]

I TOOK A COUPLE
OF MY ANIMATORS,

THE ANIMATORS
FROM "SOUTH PARK,"
WE WENT TO GO SEE IT.

WE ALL FELT LIKE
GEORGE LUCAS
AND STEVEN SPIELBERG

WERE TREATING US
LIKE WE WERE IDIOTS,
LIKE WE WERE STUPID.

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT
TO "INDIANA JONES"?

THE "SOUTH PARK"
EPISODE, I THINK,

REALLY HAD MORE
OF AN IMPACT

ON THE INDY FANS
THAN INDY 4.

I THINK THAT--THAT
WAS THEIR CLOSURE.

WE FELT THE SAME WAY
AS THE BOYS DID.

WE'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW,
WE REALLY HAVEN'T
TALKED ABOUT IT

SINCE IT HAPPENED.

WHAT DOES GEORGE THINK
ABOUT THE "SOUTH PARK" EPISODE?

GEORGE, WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT IT?

IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT I THINK.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT SAYS?

WHENEVER I THINK
OF GEORGE LUCAS,

I THINK OF CAPTAIN EO.

WHENEVER I THINK
OF CAPTAIN EO,

I THINK OF MICHAEL JACKSON.

SO WHENEVER I THINK
OF MICHAEL JACKSON,

I THINK OF DISNEYLAND.

SO THEN WHENEVER I THINK
OF MICHAEL JACKSON

AND I THINK OF GEORGE LUCAS
AND I THINK OF CAPTAIN EO

AND I THINK OF DISNEYLAND,
I THINK OF MY CHILDHOOD.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
I GO INTO THIS WEIRD PLACE

WHERE IT'S GEORGE LUCAS,
MY CHILDHOOD SELF,

AND MICHAEL JACKSON.

OH, MY GOD.

I WAS AT
A CONVENTION

AND I SAW SOME GUYS
SELLING A T-SHIRT

THAT ACTUALLY DID
SAY "GEORGE LUCAS
RAPED MY CHILDHOOD."

ISN'T THERE A SONG,
"GEORGE RAPED MY CHILDHOOD"?

♪ GEORGE LUCAS
RAPED OUR CHILDHOOD ♪

♪ GEORGE LUCAS
RAPED OUR CHILDHOOD ♪

♪ GEORGE LUCAS
RAPED OUR CHILDHOOD ♪

NO ONE RAPED
MY CHILDHOOD,

LEAST OF ALL
GEORGE LUCAS.

AND QUITE FRANKLY,
IF SOME METAPHORICAL

VERSION
OF GEORGE LUCAS

WANTED TO HAVE
SEXUAL CONGRESS

WITH SOME METAPHORICAL
VERSION OF MY CHILDHOOD,

IT WOULD BE THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL, CONSENSUAL
OF LOVEMAKING.

I DON'T THINK YOU
CAN SAY GEORGE LUCAS
RUINED MY CHILDHOOD

BECAUSE YOU'RE
STILL LIVING IN
YOUR CHILDHOOD.

YOU'RE ACTING
LIKE A CHILD.

TOOK AWAY WHAT CHILDHOOD?

DID YOU BUY THE TOYS?
DID YOU HAVE FUN?
WERE YOU INSPIRED?

SHUT UP.

IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S
TAKING THOSE CHARACTERS

AND DOING TERRIBLE
THINGS WITH THEM.

WELL, HE KIND OF IS, THOUGH.

WE WERE ASKING FOR IT
IN A WAY.

IT'S LIKE WHY WERE
WE DRESSED LIKE THAT

IN THAT PART OF TOWN
AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT

IF WE WEREN'T LOOKING
FOR SOME TROUBLE?

AND IN GEORGE'S MIND,
HE GAVE US WHAT WE WANTED.

HE GAVE US NEW "STAR WARS."

WE NEVER SAID
WE WANTED GOOD "STAR WARS,"

WE JUST SAID
WE WANTED "STAR WARS."

YOU COULD SAY LIKE
GEORGE LUCAS IS A SEDUCER.

I'D SAY LIKE
BATTERED WIFE IS PROBABLY
A BETTER EXAMPLE.

WE KEEP GETTING BEATEN
BY BAD DAD,

BUT KEEP GOING BACK
TO BAD DAD TO GET
BEATEN SOME MORE.

NO!

[SIZZLING]

HOW DID HE RUIN
YOUR CHILDHOOD?

BECAUSE OF SLOPPY
STORYTELLING.

WHEN I WAS IN
THE THEATER,

I REALLY FELT LIKE,
FUCK, THERE GOES--

FUCK, THERE GOES
MY CHILDHOOD.

THAT WAS EXCITING.

I'M GONNA STEP AWAY
FROM ACCUSING THE MAN
OF LYING TO HIMSELF,

FOR CHEATING ANY OF US,
OR, YOU KNOW, PILLAGING
THE PLAYGROUNDS OF OUR MIND,

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT ONLY BECAUSE I'VE MADE
FUN OF HIM IN MY COMIC STRIP
AND I DON'T WANT HIM TO SUE ME.

I THINK WE'RE GIVING HIM
SUCH A HARD TIME

BECAUSE THE FRANCHISE
OF "STAR WARS" STANDS
FOR SOMETHING.

IT WAS THE THING
THAT WE HARKIN BACK TO
AS BEING MOST PURE

IN REGARDS TO OUR
CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE.

IT'S THE FOUNDATION.

THERE'S NO VILLAIN
IN THIS STORY.

IT'S BETTER FOR US
AS GEEKS

TO HAVE A SUIT
TO BLAME FOR THINGS,

BUT WHEN WE DON'T
HAVE A SUIT TO BLAME

AND WE REALIZE,
OH, GEORGE IS THE SUIT.

HE'S ALSO THE CREATIVE GUY
AND HE'S THE--GAH.

IT'S A LOT OF
CONFLICTING FEELINGS.

LUCAS' OWN CAREER
IS LIKE--

IS LIKE THE RISE
AND FALL OF
ANAKIN SKYWALKER.

I CAN'T HAVE BEEN
THE FIRST PERSON
TO SAY THAT.

I WAS SORT OF FIGHTING
THE CORPORATE SYSTEM,
WHICH I DIDN'T LIKE,

AND I'M NOT HAPPY
WITH THE FACT
THAT CORPORATIONS

HAVE TAKEN OVER
THE FILM INDUSTRY.

BUT NOW I'VE FOUND MYSELF
BEING THE HEAD OF
A CORPORATION.

SO THERE'S A CERTAIN
IRONY THERE

IS THAT I'VE BECOME
THE VERY THING THAT
I WAS TRYING TO AVOID.

THAT IS DARTH VADER.

HE BECOMES THE VERY THING
THAT HE'S TRYING TO PROTECT
HIMSELF AGAINST.

YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY
LOOK AT THE
"STAR WARS" MOVIES

AS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL.

THERE ARE CLEARLY
A LOT OF THESE PARALLELS

IN THE VERY FIRST
"STAR WARS" MOVIE

WITH LUKE SKYWALKER BEING
SORT OF THE LONELY
ADOLESCENT KID

WHO YEARNS TO GET OUT
OF HIS CULVER CITY
OF A PLANET.

MAYBE GEORGE LUCAS
HAS HAD THAT
NIGHTMARE

WHERE HE GOES
INTO THE TREE

AND HE SEES THAT
VERSION OF HIMSELF,

LIKE LUKE SAW
THE VERSION
OF HIMSELF

THAT HAD TURNED
INTO VADER.

HERE'S A REALITY
CHECK, GEORGE.

YOU DID BECOME
THAT GUY.

FOR A LOT OF GEEKS,
YOU DID BECOME
THE VERSION OF LUKE

IN THE TREE THAT IS
IN VADER'S MASK.

I WONDER IF HIS SON
IS GONNA KILL HIM

AND THEN MAKE HIS GHOST
SAY SORRY.

I WILL SAY ONE THING
ABOUT GEORGE LUCAS.

REGARDLESS OF
HIS WEAKNESSES
AS A FILMMAKER,

HE IS A--HE DESERVES
RESPECT BECAUSE HE
IS A TOWERING GIANT

IN THE HISTORY
OF CINEMA.

I THINK MAYBE WE MADE
HIM FEEL LIKE HE
COULDN'T REALLY MAKE

ANYTHING BUT
"STAR WARS."

PARAMOUNT WANTS
ANOTHER FRANCHISE
FILM FROM HIM.

THE DISTRIBUTORS
OF "STAR WARS,"

THEY WANT ANOTHER
"STAR WARS" FILM.

THERE'S A LOT OF
PRESSURE ON
GEORGE LUCAS

TO MAKE THESE
BECAUSE THEY'RE
BUSINESS VENTURES.

I'M HOLDING OUT
THAT HE'S STILL

GOT SOMETHING
IN HIM

AND HE COULD
MAKE ANOTHER

"AMERICAN
GRAFFITI,"
ANOTHER "THX,"

ANOTHER
"STAR WARS."

NO WAY.I THINK HE COULD.

HE'S GOT TO
GET OUT OF
"STAR WARS."

HE'S GOT TO JUMP
OUT OF IT.

I THINK GEORGE
IS A BIG, BLOATED
BILLIONAIRE

THAT STILL HAS
THE SOUL OF AN
IDEALISTIC HIPPIE.

AND INSIDE THAT
IDEALISTIC HIPPIE

IS AN ALIENATED KID
WHO USED TO GO OUT
TO THE GARAGE

AND WORK ON MOTORS
WHEN HE FELT LIKE
HE DIDN'T FIT IN.

AND THEN ALL THAT
IS INSERTED INSIDE

A GIANT DEATH STAR
LIKE CORPORATION

THAT GREW UP
AROUND HIM.

AND I SUPPOSE
ALL OF THOSE
4 VERSION OF HIM

ARE BATTLING IT OUT.

AND I'M ROOTING
FOR THE LITTLE KID
IN THE MIDDLE.

I HOPE THAT HE
EVENTUALLY COMES OUT

AND MAKES
SOME MORE MOVIES.

NO MATTER HOW MANY
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
"STAR WARS" COULD EARN

AND NO MATTER HOW VALUABLE
THAT FRANCHISE
THAT THEY CALL IS,

IT ISN'T WORTH A TENTH
OF WHAT HE'S WORTH
AS AN ARTIST

AND WHAT HE'S
CAPABLE OF DOING.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

HE INSPIRED ME TO
GET ON YOUTUBE,
DO MY THING,

AND BE PRETTY DANG GOOD
AT WHAT I'M DOING.

[SPEAKING JAPANESE]

[SPEAKING
JAPANESE]

[HUMMING "STAR WARS" THEME]

ALL THE FANS ARE STILL
RIGHT THERE WITH HIM.

AND I THINK THAT'S
ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS

ABOUT THE WORLD OF FANDOM

IS THAT WE'RE
PRETTY FORGIVING PEOPLE.

LOOK, HE GAVE US
HOURS AND HOURS
OF ENJOYMENT.

100%. THAT HAS BEEN
A LIFETIME OF ENJOYMENT.

IF I SAW GEORGE LUCAS,
I'D GIVE HIM A BIG HUG
AND SAY THANK YOU.

AND THE END OF THE DAY,
HE'S A HUMAN BEING.

HE'S A HUMAN BEING WHO'S
PLACED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY
CIRCUMSTANCE.

YOU KNOW WHAT,
WHEN WE GET DOWN
TO IT,

NONE OF US
HAVE ANY HUGE RIGHT

TO COMPLAIN
ABOUT 3 MOVIES
WE DON'T LIKE.

'CAUSE HE GAVE US
THOSE 3 MOVIES THAT
WE LOVE FOREVER.

DID WE PAY TOO MUCH
TO GO SEE THOSE 3 MOVIES?

DID I HAVE SOMETHING
REALLY BETTER TO DO

AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING
OPENING NIGHT OF EPISODE II?

NO.

COULD HAVE STAYED HOME
AND PLAYED SOME
"STAR WARS" VIDEO GAMES.

THIS CONVERSATION
WILL NEVER GO AWAY.

WHEN WE'RE IN
RETIREMENT HOMES
ARGUING ABOUT THINGS

WE'LL BE HAVING
A CONVERSATION ABOUT

WHAT WENT WRONG
WITH THE
"PHANTOM MENACE"?

WHY DIDN'T IT WORK?
WHAT ABOUT THAT
JAR JAR BINKS?

BECAUSE THAT'S THE THING.

THE HATRED'S COUPLED
WITH SUCH LOVE

OF SOME OF THE THINGS
HE'S DONE, YOU KNOW.

YOU CAN'T FIGHT IT.
I WANT NEW--I STILL WANT
NEW "STAR WARS."

WE'RE THE FIRST
CIVILIZATION IN ALL
OF HUMAN HISTORY

THAT MADE FUN,
IMPORTANT...

AND GOSH,
BY THAT FUNDAMENTAL
MORAL STANDARD,

GEORGE LUCAS IS
A FREAKIN' SAINT.

WE LOVE YOU, GEORGE.

YEAH. WE LOVE YOU.

THAT'S WHAT IT ALL
COMES DOWN TO.

WE LOVE YOU.

WE LOVE YOU,
UNCLE GEORGE.

I GOT HIM!GREAT, KID.

DON'T GET COCKY.

♪ DEAR GEORGE LUCAS

♪ YOU SHOULD CELEBRATE

♪ 'CAUSE I JUST SAW
"REVENGE OF THE SITH" ♪

♪ AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT

♪ BUT THEN I HEARD A RUMOR

♪ YOU'RE CALLING IT A NIGHT

♪ AIN'T GONNA BE
NO MORE "STAR WARS" MOVIES ♪

♪ THAT JUST CAN'T BE RIGHT

♪ WELL, I KNOW
YOU'RE TIRED ♪

♪ I'M SURE YOU NEED
A BREAK ♪

♪ BUT YOU CAN'T
END THE STORY NOW ♪

♪ THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH
AT STAKE ♪

♪ SO I'M GONNA HELP YOU

♪ WE'LL KEEP
THIS THING ALIVE ♪

♪ I'LL PICK UP RIGHT
WHERE YOU LEFT OFF ♪

♪ FOR "STAR WARS 3.5"

♪ 'CAUSE THERE'S
ANOTHER STORY TO TELL ♪

♪ FOR THE JEDI
AND THE SITH ♪

♪ I CAN HARDLY WAIT

♪ 'CAUSE "STAR WARS 3.5"
IS GONNA TAKE THE CAKE ♪

♪ DEAR GEORGE LUCAS

♪ YOU MADE A PRETTY GOOD START

♪ BUT IT'S NOT WHERE
THE STORY ENDS ♪

♪ SO I WROTE THE NEXT PART

[APPLAUSE]

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David Hinzmann:
♪ LUCAS

♪ LUCAS

♪ LUCAS

♪ LUCAS

♪ LUCAS

[SINGING IN GERMAN]

ALL RIGHT, LET ME DO THIS
WITH AS FEW WORDS
AS POSSIBLE.

[KISSING SOUNDS]

OOPS, I DIDN'T KNOW.

I DIDN'T KNOW, EITHER.

BLECH!

BLECH!

OK, I'M OVER IT.

WANT TO GET SOME COFFEE?

YEAH, I COULD GET
SOME COFFEE.

LET'S GO GET SOME COFFEE.