A young filmmaker who ended up creating one of the most iconic movies in history once said, “Ive been toying with this idea of a space-opera fantasy film in the view of Flash Gordon.” (Taylor 85) Little did George Lucas, director of Star Wars, know that idea that was stirring in his head would become one of the most well known movies in history.
There are few people in the world who have not hear of Star Wars. The daring tale of Luke Skywalker’s journey to defeat the evil Empire led by Darth Vader and restore peace to the galaxy is so well-known that people who have never seen the movies know the basic plot line or at least know the phrase said multiple times, “May the Force be with you.” Star Wars immediately changed the world because of
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This movie was very difficult to film because of the weather conditions and the sets. Tunisia, where many of the Tatooine scenes were filmed, was very rainy and cloudy. This caused extreme stress for George which would only get worse with time. After filming in Tunisia, they traveled to London to film scenes in the spaceships and the Death Star. There Peter Diamond, the stunt coordinator and the tusken raider in the movie, was in charge of one of the hardest scenes to shoot in Star Wars. Luke and Leia are trying to escape the stormtroopers when they find that they are at a dead end. Behind them are the stormtroopers trying to break open the closed door and in front of them is a giant chasm and no bridge to get across. Diamond said “... remember we are about 20 meters up, and as we swung across there was a terrible tear and my buddy said to me, ‘Peter your harness has snapped.’” (Empire of Dreams) When Mark Hamill, the actor who played Luke Skywalker, asked what happened Diamond lied and said he ripped his pants. The scene was shot in only one take and no one got hurt. Not very many movies during that time had people swinging across chasms which explains why this kind of dangerous filming was never really done before. Star Wars opened up filmmakers a new way of conveying danger and action in movies other than martial arts or gun
In Star Wars: A New Hope, John Williams brought back the film score renaissance, shifting perceptions of greatness back in the direction of large orchestras. Star Wars was significant in the history of film and art because it gave prominence to the beginning of a neoclassic era. Star Wars appeared in 1977, when sound film was exactly 50 years old.
to destroy the Death Star is made. Luke is chased by Vader and Solo comes to the
“Bang!” The sound of the Death Star getting destroyed sending echoes across the galaxy, “Cut.”. George Lucas is one of the galaxy’s known filmmakers of all epochs, making two of the biggest movie series ever, “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones”. George Lucas has nostalgic early years, many gargantuan accomplishments, he filmed and wrote many movies, and there are many other crazy facts about this filmmaker.
In the beginning of the film, we see Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), the leader of the Rebel Alliance was captured and taken to the Death Star; a planet destroying mobile space station. Meanwhile, a young farmer named Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) unintentionally buys the two brave and ingenuous droids, who have stolen the architectural plans of the Death Star in the hope of finding its weakness. This leads Luke Skywalker to meet Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), who has lived in seclusion for years on the desert planet of Tatooine. When Luke's home is burned and his aunt and
Star Wars IV A New Hope is a science fantasy film written and directed by George Lucas. Fictional characters help us understand ourselves. Star Wars IV A New Hope teaches us about life and ourselves in many ways such as death,loss,pain and courage are experiences that we will go through during our lives.
Episode IV was set during a time of war between the Rebellion, the good side, and the Empire, which is considered the evil side. The science fiction story is about a young man, Luke Skywalker, who travels into space to fight against the Empire. Luke is from the planet Tatooine, a desert, where he farms water with his uncle. Luke’s uncle buys two droids, R2D2 and C3PO, who happen to have been involved in the war and worked for the rebellion. Luke discovers a recording in one of the droids of Princess Leia saying she needed help, and that sparks the beginning of his journey. He meets Ben, also known as Obi-Wan Kenobi, who becomes his mentor, and teaches him how to use “the force”. In Star Wars, “the force” is a magical way for people to control things using their unconscious minds. Luke sets out on a journey into space to rescue the princess and join the Rebellion in the war effort. Luke and Obi-Wan meet Han solo, a pilot, and ask him to take them into space. They plan to go to Alderaan, Princess Leia’s home planet; however, they are unintentionally sucked into the Death Star, the spacecraft and weapon of the Empire. They find out that Princess Leia is being held in the Death Star, and they plan to help her escape. While Han and Luke try to help Leia, Obi-Wan is fighting Darth Vader, the evil leader of the Empire. Unfortunately, Obi-Wan is killed by Darth Vader; although, Luke, Han and Leia escape the Death Star. They go to a Rebellion headquarter and find the weak spot of the Death Star.
“Do or do not,” says Yoda, in the acclaimed science fiction movie Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, “there is no try” (Empire). This quote is perhaps the most famous of the character’s, and perhaps one of the most famous in the whole franchise. It highlights an idea that the scene perpetuates: the fact you intend to do something doesn’t matter, only whether or not it is done. This is not a perfect metaphor for the application of knowledge, but it fits in rather easily. Without an effect, an application, all you have is abstract knowledge – that trying that Yoda denies – and in that way value has been diminished. Two areas of knowledge which especially highlight the values and limitations of that claim are the natural sciences and religion.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens shows us something in an instant that took the franchise three movies to develop for Darth Vader. The struggle toward the dark side is not something that should be taken lightly. Instead of convicting Kylo as weak we should enjoy the journey that he has to under go to achieve his goals.
Star wars is a story of an ordinary boy turned extraordinary what each person in society aspires to be. For example. Luke is a meak and unassuming farmer he harvests water a necessity for his dismal desert environment. Luke has large aspirations to be a pilot for no other than the empire itself. Luke unaware of is ever changing environment will lose everything just to gain it back. The death of his childhood home and his uncle and aunt only pushes him out of his comfort zone to live in a world that he doesn’t know about. Obi won conbi his mentor and guide through life's trials give him hope when he teaches Luke of the faith in the force. Through battle and decisions the choices Luke makes are the same ones that Inspire us today. Luke is no
Recently, we, as a galaxy, celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the first “Star Wars” movie. Since that fateful premiere in May 1977, the franchise has produced about a dozen films, numerous TV shows, thousands of spoofs and parodies, and millions of devoted fans. Here’s an overview of the series.
• Luke Skywalker is a sensitive human male Force who helped defeat the Galactic Empire in the Galactic Civil War and helped found the New Republic, as well as the New Jedi Order.
"A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." (Lloyd) is the infamous beginning of one of the biggest, if not the biggest pop culture phenomenon of our time. Star Wars is a famous trilogy well known for it's action-packed scenes and technological achievement. The movies center around the all-powerful, all-controlling "Force". With all that we have come to know about Star Wars, we have yet to discover the true meaning of "The force" and if it is really a representation of some thing much bigger and much closer to us than we think.
From flying across the galaxy to massive space battles and interactions between multiple species of aliens and other worldly creatures. just about everyone nowa something about George Lucas’s famous space sage Star Wars and has at least watched a few of the movies and so,e people may even think they know everything about this movie and it's creators but most likely there are things you do not know about these famous and successful movies so today I am going to talk about six fun facts that you most likely do not know about Star Wars.
Not including a Rey action figure on new Star Wars: The Force Awakens shouldn’t cause any trouble, should it? Apparently, it did. This hot topic has enraged fans at home and is all over social media. The toy company that made the Star Wars toys and Lucasfilm have both been sent many complaints about Rey’s absence. Many other big companies have received complaints about their lack of female toys. These big industries are not bias towards boys. These companies didn’t have toys for girls for many reasons including, but not limited to: careful planning and misconceptions.
It seems rather difficult to browse the internet without seeing anything related to 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens.' Similarly, people could not stop talking about the highly-acclaimed Broadway hit 'Hamilton: An American Musical.' The two events have dominated over social media for a long time.