All credit to screams in the void for posting this video elsewhere on the site - I thought it also deserves a mention in here…
‘Star Wars Visual Effects Pioneers Highlight The Academy’s “Galactic Innovations: Star Wars & Rogue One” Event’:-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOxfmq0nCEs - a 2 and a half hour video from the Alexis Alcázar youtube channel. (2019)
The blurb: 'Watch live as VFX pioneers behind “Star Wars” and “Rogue One” share the journey of creating the impossible with their breakthrough visual effects.
We’ll share rare images that compare the technology and visual results from both films. Guests include John Dykstra, Dennis Muren, John Knoll, Ben Burtt, Marcia Lucas, Bill George, Harrison Ellenshaw, Bruce Nicholson, Richard Edlund and Rachel Rose.’
Marcia Lucas’s two main segments in the above video start at… 1h 5m 30s - and later at 2h 6m 50s. Obviously as the video only cover the Star Wars (1977) film & Rogue One - and so doesn’t cover Marcia’s editing work on Empire Strikes Back or Return Of The Jedi.
More info about the above event in 2019 (the main focus is on Original Trilogy and some on Rogue One) can be found here:-
www.indiewire.com/2019/06/star-wars-tech-academy-1202152588 & www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2019/06/266867
a 2024 edit; this 27 minute documentary style youtube video may also be of interest…
‘The Marcia Lucas Effect | Star Wars documentary | The Jedi Beat’:-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgfwi1gO8mQ - a 27 minute video from the Force Center youtube channel. (2024)
The blurb: ‘On this episode of The Jedi Beat, Jennifer Landa takes a closer look at Marcia Lucas and her editing career. How did she shape the story of Star Wars: A New Hope? What fueled her passion for editing? And how was she a “secret weapon” for the story of Star Wars?’
‘Star Wars 40th with Marcia Lucas and Duwayne Dunham’:-
https://vimeo.com/224132896 - a 10 minute video at the Athena Studios vimeo channel. (2017)
The blurb: ‘Academy Award-winning editor and George Lucas’ former wife Marcia Lucas discusses the creation of Star Wars with Emmy-winning editor Duwayne Dunham who worked on The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
From the 40th Anniversary ILM reunion held at 32ten Studios on May 27th, 2017.’
‘A Conversation with Marcia Lucas’:-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2CPTf5J_5g - a 75 minute video at the AVFilm youtube channel. (2024)
The blurb: ‘AVFilm is proud to present a conversation with Marcia Lucas, renowned Academy Award-winning film editor of Star Wars: A New Hope. Her most notable works include American Graffiti, the Star Wars trilogy, Taxi Driver, and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Any More. Marcia Lucas was joined on stage by AVFilm Executive Director Kathryn Hecht and Sundance Director Emeritus John Cooper for an intimate, deep dive into the world Ms. Lucas navigated and shaped with her landmark contributions to filmmaking.’
‘How Star Wars Was Saved In The Edit’ (in nearly that all films are saved or made in ‘The Edit’):-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFMyMxMYDNk - an 18 minute video at the RocketJump youtube channel. (2017)
The blurb: ‘A video essay exploring how Star Wars’ editors recut and rearranged Star Wars: A New Hope to create the cinematic classic it became’.
‘Marcia Lucas: The Heart of Star Wars | Deep Focus’:-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGQt5J0Tk-M - a 20 minute video at the Jim Gisriel youtube channel. (2018)
The blurb: ‘Marcia Lucas: The Heart of Star Wars | Deep Focus’.
Some OriginalTrilogy•com threads on Marcia Lucas (from the ‘An Index & Help Thread for Original Trilogy Discussion’):-
• The Lucas Film Edit (aka ‘How Star Wars was saved in the edit’ video) (2017 - re Marcia Lucas, Paul Hirsch & Richard Chew)
• Do Star Wars fans have appreciation for the wrong Lucas? (2008 thread)
• 3 ways Marcia Lucas (then wife of George Lucas) saved Star Wars (2011 thread)
• Marcia Lucas Speaks! (2017 thread)
• The Academy Award winning editing of Episode IV (2006 thread)
• Star Wars Visual Effects Pioneers Highlight The Academy’s “Galactic Innovations: Star Wars & Rogue One” Event (2019 event)
• Icons Unearthed - new 6 part documentary on the Original Trilogy (on VICE) (2022; feat. Marcia Lucas interviewed & others BTS)
^ Caution: even discussing Marcia Lucas’ editing work on all three of the Original Trilogy films will likely trigger some George Lucas fans / zealots into anger, rage, and even threats… to say nothing of the attempted justifications and excuses on offer from them when highlighting the fact that George & Lucasfilm have tried to erase or downplay Marcia’s contributions from official Star Wars history.
This in-depth ‘In Tribute to Marcia Lucas’ article written by the author of The Secret History of Star Wars - Michael Kaminski (aka zombie84):-
http://fd.noneinc.com/secrethistoryofstarwarscom/secrethistoryofstarwars.com/marcialucas.html
An article on Marcia Lucas - and Charles Lippincott’s contributions to the Marcia Lucas segment in ‘The Secret History of Star Wars’ book and article (above). It also touches upon the some of the people who contributed to / worked on the film - and were later written out of the official history of Star Wars - such as Lippincott himself, Gary Kurtz, and Marcia Lucas…
“The ‘secret weapon’ behind Star Wars” (from 2015, by Charles Lippincott. RIP.)