YouTube/Vimeo/etc. finds for Original Trilogy making-ofs, documentaries, promos, etc. — Page 2

Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford on Brian Linehan’s City Lights promoting TESB in 1980 ! This one also has Mark talking about how his injuries were greatly exaggerated …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr7TbrPqYec

DominicCobb said:

ZkinandBonez said:

How Star Wars was saved in the edit:
https://youtu.be/zEHRNS-Scrs - from the RocketJump Film School YouTube channel (2017 video essay - 18 minutes).

“A video essay exploring how Star Wars’ editors recut and rearranged Star Wars: A New Hope to create the cinematic classic it became”

Written by David Welch.
Narrated and edited by Joey Scoma.

Not to nitpick, but I’d think video essays might be a different category from documentaries? Your thread of course.

The thread title also includes “making ofs” and “promos”, and there’s been interviews added as well. Plus, I only wrote “video essay” because that’s what they called it. It’s basically a short documentary, and a really interesting one at that, so I felt it was worth sharing here.

‘Clapperboard: The Empire Strikes Back Special’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJRqkV1ATs0 - at the Neil Bowyer youtube channel. (A 1980 documentary. 26 mins)
 

The Blurb:-

"Originally broadcast in 1980, this edition of Clapperboard (a weekly film show hosted by Chris Kelly on the UK ITV network) was filmed during the Empire Strikes Back exhibition at Selfridges in London (a further exhibition was held at Harrods for Return Of The Jedi in 1983).

Interviewed on the programme are Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), David Prowse (Darth Vader) and Brian Johnson (Special Visual Effects)."
 

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‘ILM - Creating the Impossible’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZGkneixgpg - at the Trigger Work Studio youtube channel (A 2010 Documentary. 60 mins)
 

The blurb:-

"A look over the incredible work of ILM and how they revolutionised the way we see film with the introduction and advances of CGI or Computer Generated Image.

This documentary takes us from the incredible start of effects to creating Star Wars and then advance to really demonstrate how it can be blended in with Jurassic Park to now a culture of films that can’t avoid the technology and is another tool for the directors belt."
 

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DominicCobb said:

ZkinandBonez said:

DominicCobb said:

ZkinandBonez said:

How Star Wars was saved in the edit:
https://youtu.be/zEHRNS-Scrs - from the RocketJump Film School YouTube channel (2017 video essay - 18 minutes).

“A video essay exploring how Star Wars’ editors recut and rearranged Star Wars: A New Hope to create the cinematic classic it became”

Written by David Welch.
Narrated and edited by Joey Scoma.

Not to nitpick, but I’d think video essays might be a different category from documentaries? Your thread of course.

The thread title also includes “making ofs” and “promos”, and there’s been interviews added as well. Plus, I only wrote “video essay” because that’s what they called it. It’s basically a short documentary, and a really interesting one at that, so I felt it was worth sharing here.

As I said I will of course defer to you. I haven’t seen the video in question but I tend to think of a ‘video essay’ as an analysis of a work, rather than a behind the scenes documentary. But maybe I should watch the video before I critique.

Yeah, that’s what I’d generally associate with the word as well, and the video is partially an analysis, though I’d say it’s 80% a documentary about how ANH was re-edited after Lucas screened the rough cut to several filmmaker friends; incl. Spielberg and Brian De Palma, the latter of which was not particularly impressed (to put it mildly).

great stuff here ! found this a while back …the making of ROTJ , I could be mistaken , but I believe this is from the supplementary material packaged with Rinzler’s making of book …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T80urCQBxlU&list=PLZ4POPAfakSFaYHl4noUQI4f5ZLtIdZvi&index=1

Mark Hamill interviewed on set of Star Wars (1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-XGbzcGx7s&t - from mielr’s YouTube channel.

Bit of a rarity this one as the first film didn’t really have much promotion until after it started making money on in the box office, so it’s interesting to see an interview on the DS set. We’re so used to ESB and ROTJ interviews done during the production, but I can’t recall having ever seen the same done for ANH.

Does anyone know where this is from? Or if the whole thing has been posted somewhere?

Standby…Lights! Camera! Action! - Leonard Nimoy hosts the making of Return of the Jedi (fragment)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwhDLngwNY - from the Filmumentaries com YouTube channel (7 mins long)

Short promo/commercial for the episode; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThW0Zt_J4pA

“Standby…Lights! Camera! Action! was an American educational television series hosted by Leonard Nimoy. The program aired on Nickelodeon from October 1982 to December 31, 1987. Episodes of the show include interviews with film crew members and examine the stages of production for various motion pictures in a behind-the-scenes format.”
Wikipedia link.

The fragment posted above includes footage of the Jabba Sail Barge set, interviews with Phil Tippet & Richard Marquand, and a tour of the creature workshop. It also has Nimoy clarify to 1983 viewers that the title of the film has been changed from “Revenge of the Jedi” to “Return of the Jedi” and that it will be the third episode of a “middle trilogy” of nine films.

PS. I skimmed through YouTube but I couldn’t find more of the episode. Please let me know if you know where I can find the whole thing.

Vimeo backup link (uploaded by Willarob); https://vimeo.com/365776887

As a little follow up to my first post; Michel Parbot’s The Making of The Empire Strikes Back, as well as the interview I found of Mark Hamill on the DS set in 1976, Mielr has two more interesting oddities on her YouTube channel that I felt was worth sharing here.

Mark Hamill & Harrison Ford interviews - The Empire Strikes Back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOiNF8uB4Ho

Carrie Fisher interview - The Empire Strikes Back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-QFbOZJpc4

These clips are clearly outtakes from the Parbot documentary. The backgrounds, camera angles all match, but these particular clips do not appear in the finished film.

DominicCobb said:

Learned about what sounds like a pretty great one, but I can’t seem to find where to watch it!

A Night at the Movies: George Lucas and the World of Fantasy Cinema
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4837300/

“Director George Lucas discusses the fantasy genre of films, covering more than a century of filmmaking, and explains the inspirations for his popular Star Wars saga.”

Seems to be totally unavailable to me but I’d be happy to be wrong. This is one of my favorite aspects of the films!

That sounds really interesting. I did a quick google and YT search myself and only managed to find the TCM intro for it. If it does show up at some point I’m sure someone will post it. Though, just to nitpick, as it’s more about fantasy as a genre and SW in a very broad sense so I think the General Star Wars Documentaries thread might be the better place for it.

Elstree 1976:-

https://videa.hu/videok/film-animacio/elstree-1976-QDJJMOdgbwOIZ8IT - by szlobi31. (2015 release. 102 mins)
 

About:-

“Actors and extras reminisce about their time on the set of Star Wars (1977), and how making the film affected their lives - also sharing stories and insights into how the film was made, how got their roles, and how they filmed their scenes.”
 

IMDB Page
 

Though obviously not one of the most beloved aspects of the OT’s history (especially on this forum), the Special Editions are none-the-less a part of it and the doc. below is a fascinating watch regardless.

Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition - Behind the Scenes (1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzApL8nUyT0&t - from the Trent Pruitt YouTube channel (29 mins long)

I would add an IMDB or Wiki link, or something like that, but I’m honestly not too sure about where this is from. If you do know, please let me know so I can add more info to this post.

Probably the funniest thing in that SE doc is Rick McCallum not knowing what he’s talking about. “The original mix was so complex, so good, but there was no technology to actually hear it.”

"The Force Returns – Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition" (a Sci-Fi Channel Special)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YiDYjX9hHI (with adverts) on ‘Albe Sure’s Star Wars channel’. (1997, 31 mins long)

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x18gdst (no adverts) on ‘Albe Sure’s Star Wars channel’. (1997, 23 mins long)
 

The blurb:-

“The Sci-Fi Channel takes a look at the making of the 1997 Special Edition version of the original Star Wars.”
 

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"Oprah - Star Wars Special Editions":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx3_7flnniU - on StarWarsArchivesCom youtube channel. (1997. 29 mins.)
 

About:-

“An episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show with characters Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and George Lucas promoting the 1997 Special Edition releases of the Oriignal Trilogy.”
 

“Star Wars: An MTV Movie Special”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COCNse6gkBw - on Albe Sure’s Star Wars channel. (1997. 31 mins.)
 

About:-

“This special features the actors of the original films as they discuss the impact of Star Wars on popular culture. George Lucas appears to speak about the upcoming 1997 Special Editions.”
 

“Star Wars - Access Hollywood Special”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkYRM2HVrWg - on the Sturm Antilles youtube channel. (1997. 58 mins.)
 

About:-

“An episode of Access Hollywood with fans and people in the film industry talking about the Orignal Trilogy as well as old interviews of the cast, what made Star Wars what it is, as well as the upcoming 1997 Special Edition releases of the films.”