It’s 1997. You can send George Lucas a magic memo that he has to follow while making the PT.
Here’s the catch. The Magic Memo can be no more than <span style=“text-decoration: underline;”>25 words.</span>
What unbreakable instructions would you send to the man?
(this might be fun. I’ll post one later)
Note to George: Let the actors do their job.
My outlook on life - we’re all on the Hindenburg anyway…no point fighting over the window seat.
Note to GL: Stop saying "quicker and more intense!"
Note to George: Plan entire trilogy ahead, adhere to established continuity, leave out useless fanservice, develop the villains, use montage rather than time jumps to see Anakin's growth.
There. Exactly 25 words.
There is no lingerie in space…
C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
"Fuck you. All the star wars movies were excellent. none of them sucked. Also, revenge of the sith is the best."
- DarthZorgon (YouTube)
They're coming for you George, I can help you but you must do exactly as I say. The cubicle across from you is empty - GO!
Dear George, scrap prequels. Film "Heir to the Empire" instead! Pay Harrison whatever he asks for. Get Lawrence Kasdan to script polish.
Where were you in '77?
Note to George: If u decide to continue the movies, let peter jackson direct. Irvin kershner would be find too.
Note to Spieldberg: Star Wars may be George's baby, but you can make it better. :D! Please PLEASE direct, and don't be a yes-man.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em
My memo...
Remember to write Anakin Skywalker as being a larger-than-life hero, whose fall to evil will deeply resonate with the audience as truly tragic.
"Fuck you. All the star wars movies were excellent. none of them sucked. Also, revenge of the sith is the best."
- DarthZorgon (YouTube)
Note to George: put Steven Spielburg, Timothy Zahn, and Michael Stackpole in charge of everything prequel-related. Then, keep your hands off!
Every 27th customer will get a ball-peen hammer, free!
George - (1)
Remember - kids are first priority. (6) CGI is something all moviegoers enjoy. (12) Rick McCallum is the man needed for this project. (21) And add Jar-Jar Binks. (25)
Sincerely,
Lucas Apologists SW Saga Fans
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These are throwbacks to a lost age: sci-fi swashbucklers. With this in mind, film the Han Solo Adventures.
VADER!? WHERE THE HELL IS MY MOCHA LATTE? -Palpy on a very bad day.
“George didn’t think there was any future in dead Han toys.”-Harrison Ford
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Stop what you are doing - don't make the prequels. Or any more Indiana Jones Films.
War does not make one great.
Dear George: Please ignore your fans.
Dear fans: Han Solo is a bus driver
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain.
"A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes"...James Feibleman (1904-1987)
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The memo should be further sent back in time before he destroys the star wars trilogy in 1996-1997.
Personally i don't give a crap about the prequels, as they are now or if they were never made.
But ruining the very movies that created the Lucas legend is all but unforgivable.
Were he to hand directing chores and writing chores over on a sequel trilogy based on Zahn's books, Spielberg should not be allowed to direct. He helped lucas destroy indiana jones. He ruined HG welles War of the worlds. He helped bay ruin transformers.
Directors on a short list i would pick:
Guillerme Del Toro
Joss Whedon
Peter Jackson
Christopher Nolan
“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.
Note to George: Hey, George, how 'bout them artsy films you've been talking about for so long? Any chance of forgetting Star Wars and working on those? Please...
Exactly 25.
"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape
Right. I bet there will be lines down the street for Red Tales: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen.
It will be as big as a hit as howard the duck, willow, tucker, radioland murders, more american graffiti or the star wars holiday special.
For those who cannot detect sarcasm i'm joking about how the only sucessfull films Lucas has really had after the smash hit of Graffiti are star wars and indiana jones films. And the original indy films did not make much money in comparison to how much the fourth one made. The same thing with the star wars prequels the prequels made Lucas way richer than the oot ever did.
Critically he may be seen as a failure as an artist for the second half of his career. Business wise the guy makes more money with every star wars thing he puts out. The slimpack dvd boxsets are bestsellers on amazon.
The prequels are still netting him money, and so is indy 4, the clone wars cartoon and the force unleashed.
“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.
skyjedi2005 said:Right. I bet there will be lines down the street for Red Tales: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen.
It will be as big as a hit as howard the duck, willow, tucker, radioland murders, more american graffiti or the star wars holiday special.
How many of those were actually directed by George? I still think if he hadn't veered off into the ditch of infinite Star Wars, he would have continued to kick ass as a film maker for quite sometime. He had the right attitude going for him, and by the time he made the first Star Wars film, he certainly had the respect and recognition.
Seems George hit a fork in the road in his career. One direction said, "Business Man" the other said, "Film Maker". I am of the belief that when art becomes all about money and not about the art itself, then there is little chance it will strike that chord that made people line up around movie theaters bad in 1977. Sure, SW 1999, 2002, and 2005 all had people lining up around theaters, but that is due to the resonance of SW 1977.
"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape
AxiaEuxine said:Dear George: Please ignore your fans.
Dear fans: Han Solo is a bus driver
When it comes to the content of the prequels, he did indeed listen to fans. Jar-Jar Binks' role is greatly mitigated to cameos in AOTC and ROTS (which is a positive thing)... while he also listened to the Boba Fett fans and gave the character a prime role in the saga when initially he was a just a cool, but relatively inconsequential bounty hunter. Believe it or not, seeing suited Darth Vader in ROTS is also a pandering to fans, because he's admitted he originally wanted what so many fans around here did: for it to be a surprise in ANH.
Lucas listens at the wrong times, and shirks advice at the wrong times. I think the stories of the prequels would have greatly benefited Lucas NOT caving in to fans... yet when it comes to restoring the originals without the SE changes, he's apathetic. My only hope is that he caves in this one last time to answer the calling of fans like us here at Originaltrilogy. There's so many groups pleading for him to restore the originals, that it's nonsensical to not do so, when he so readily listened to other groups when it came to Jar-Jar/Fett/suited Vader.
I don't consider myself a "purist"... I didn't even exist when the originals were released in theaters... but I became a close friend to the original Star Wars (1977) by watching it repeatedly on an old VHS tape years ago. So I'm an example of someone who isn't an "old, grouchy conservative purist" stereotype fan who does want to see the original restored to great picture quality. Too many fall under the impression that fans who want this are "old, grouchy, conservative purists". Fact is, many demographics have this wish. It isn't some niche group. It's prominant. If only Lucas realized this so there was incentive... money. A lot of people will buy it. It's a win-win situation, which is part of why it sucks so bad that it isn't happening right now.
"Fuck you. All the star wars movies were excellent. none of them sucked. Also, revenge of the sith is the best."
- DarthZorgon (YouTube)
Good post DF. The fact of the matter is, you can't please everyone. And if you try you are just going to make a mess. From what I understand, Lucas changed the course of the PT on multiple occasions to appease fans, and as a result we have an uneven trilogy. Fans get rather... fanatical, they want all sorts of things that might sound like a cool idea in their head, but end up being an awful idea in the end. It is the creators job to put the foot down and say, these are MY movies, I'M making them, you just sit back and watch them when I'm done, or don't.
George has proven himself perfectly able to say such things to fans, if fact it is what he always says. But then his actions often show that he goes back on what he said in order to conform to public opinion on the matter.
No Star Wars on DVD until after Episode 3 is out, he went back on it. No original trilogy, he went back on it (in a very halfassed kind of way). I suppose, this sort of liquid spined behavior should be comforting, as it is the sort of thing that may possibly get us the OT on DVD.
"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape
I'll throw in my two cents: The PT is a supplement to the OT, not the main story; at least make your Anakin believable.
I'd send the memo back further in time to 1979.
George you might not get this yet but the team you have here is ideal, trust them and don't get upset if they do things better than you could (take pride in the fact that you made that success possible) and take a bit of a break when this one is finished a whole year off and spend some quality time with your family.
Try and rescue your marriage but if you can't stay very close friends with Marcia and don't let Gary Kurtz and Lawrence Kasdan out of your sight (you need each other).
Let Kersh direct all of them, just come up with the basic story, give it to Tom Stoppard to write and direct something that isn't Star Wars from the money you are making.
