Harrison Ford has a non-spoilery discussion about The Force Awakens whilst wearing a Hot Dog suit
All you can do is tell the story your way, the best that you can. I must say I like the way George made Star Wars, the way he set it up and did it was extremely clever. He made it seem to have a very simple surface, but, in fact, it had a very dense, complex background to it.
I preferred that surface naiveté to the much more sophisticated way Kershner told his story. His style very much suited this rather more dark, metallic second section of the saga. I think this third segment has a different kind of glow and flavor to it. But, I tried to make it simple because the textures in Jedi are so very, very complex. There’s a world of new people and some of them are incredibly difficult to appreciate at first meeting.
Once George and I selected a writer, we then locked ourselves in a room for about two weeks. It was very exciting. Larry, George, Howard and I literally just gave our ideas. Each of us had a different way of seeing how the story could be structured and slowly it was built up.
There were a number of things I wanted to introduce, characters I wanted to bring into the movie. In every way, George was absolutely ready to listen and Larry and I saw eye-to-eye about many new things we wanted to do.
You could not, as a director of this extremely complicated saga, go away to England and start working unless you had examined the screenplay very closely. If you work on the script, you know it.
Hah, this was a surprising little bit of marketing today involving Lucas and Abrams. :
That was hilarious! GL was clearly poking fun at the EU purist crowd. =P
I fit the bill in that it seemed like they were looking for a younger man who has a great deal of experience, can work hard and fast, make up his mind and stick to it, and run a crew very quickly. I knew then what George was searching for was not the old school movie director who would wait for the weather to get the shot he wanted. He wanted someone who could improvise, think on his feet.
When we met, I felt extremely comfortable. It was one filmmaker talking to another filmmaker. It was very good. We talked about our films and how we dealt with certain problems. It was not in any sense an interview or the kind of thing that happens in Hollywood where you must put on a tremendous performance to impress somebody.
I told George that, if I was going to direct this adequately, I would need loyalty and support in the areas that were new to me. In a way, being the director of a film of this size is rather like being the President of the Ford Motor Company. You don’t necessarily have to know how to weld a car door, but you must make damn sure the guy who is doing it for you is someone you know, that you know his skills and that he’ll do a good job.
If you are the director you are really the man who says what goes. There are always stories in the movie industry about directors getting pushed around by producers. But, all those producers are people who really don’t understand how movies get made. You can only really have one person doing that job. The good thing about George Lucas is he knows that fact.
Welp, they’ve gone back to the motion posters.
Let us not forget that when they announced George was leaving and he was handing the keys over that they made a big deal about the fact that they had the entire EU to mine for stories, characters and settings.
I’d love more films without Force users. Which is why I’m the most excited about Rogue One. A series of films that cover the GCW would be awesome.
Last week’s episode was great. Loved the face off between the Clones and the Empire.
I spent a good portion of it playing THIS.
As well as listening to Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas.
TV's Frink said:
The worst part is the way it repeats. It's like there was no editor on the show.
^genuine LOL
I needed that after all of the sticks in the mud that popped up in this thread. =P
Ehhhhhhhh, I wouldn't go that far. At the very least it could be inferred that it was very rare to come across a Jedi and because of that their powers were questioned by the skeptical.
Well Ezra was born on the day the Empire was founded. They make that explicit. In ROTS it seems like the same day as Order 66 but if someone were inclined they could wave it away with some head canon.
The Inquisitors have been a part of the greater lore since the first WEG source books in the 80s, which were the very foundation for the galaxy outside of the films.
Yeah, I loved the whole Jaws homage.
MMMMMMMMMMmmmm....I'd love that. So much good cosmic stuff tied up with the FF at Fox. Silver Surfer, Galactus, the Skrull....
Good on Zahn. Dark Empire should have been nixed in the early concept phase.
Perhaps slightly off-topic but in that ToD sample: did they digitally erase the candles in that skull's eye sockets for blu-ray?
Sounds like a lot of unnecessary effort. Sound files are pretty easy to extract from PC games.
I'm more disturbed by the kid on the packaging. =|
I'm alarmed at the number of people here who seem to have such a loose grip on reality. Or bad eyes.
How in the world does that look shopped?
HD TNG on Netflix? YESSSSSSSS.
What problems were there on the blus? Other than crappy DNR on season 3.
Some choice reviews of the first episode of Jessica Jones:
If you think #Daredevil's dark, wait 'til you see #JessicaJones. Some moments left me breathless. Very different, and yet just as brilliant.
I just saw the first episode of Jessica Jones. You guys, this show goes there. Fantastic storytelling and cinematography. Cant wait for more
Jessica Jones marks another amazing notch in the belt of Marvel’s Netflix deal, exploring a world that few comic book movies and television shows have dared to enter. Without a doubt, this premier episode will reel you in hook, line, and sinker, leaving you gasping from the surprises it has in store. This fall, Jessica Jones may be the show to beat!
Jessica Jones starts out with a strong premiere episode that firmly marks the series as the most mature Marvel Cinematic Universe project to date. Yes, Daredevil took the MCU into much darker, more violent places, but Jessica Jones not only matches that, it goes further.