Star Wars : A New Hope

Leaving the trivial side of Star Wars, when asked as to how the films have succeeded, Lucas seems struggled to answer the question. He stated “None of these explanations can be shown to be wrong. The problem is that none of them can be shown to be right.” Perhaps, the most interesting thing about his deep thinking is that the theme he made appearing in all of the seven films is about the importance of destiny in the Star Wars universe. Some readers may still be unconvinced that the franchise is kind of deep. But Cass Sunstein’s infatuation with the Star Wars series led him to cross-reference the film series to nearly anything from Pokemon to human rights. The force is indeed strong to Mr. Sunstein.

Most notably known for his creation of the Star Wars trilogy, the world renowned film writer created a series which sparked a dutifully loyal fan-base and an ever expanding franchise. However, Lucas did not always want to create stories and produce films. Throughout his journey, the film writer George Lucas experienced many influences; the most prominent being his friends, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg, and a traumatic car crash he experiences as a young adult

George Lucas is by far one of the most influential figures that has been and will be within the show business. He is the creator of huge movie series such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones. He also established a production company for directors and creative people alike, LucasFilms Ltd. However, he did not get to this point of fame out of nowhere. It all started when he was born in May 14, 1944 in Modesto, California. George did not get so good grades in high school. He then attended University of Southern California and the School of Cinema Arts. His early influences include movies about motor racing since this was his passion, motor racing, when he was younger. He used to film car races while in college which sparked his new passion for film.

George Lucas has accomplished much in his 70 years of life. There are many people in Hollywood who would give anything for a fraction of his success. Yet one of the best things about George Lucas is that he is essentially the same person who decided to change career paths from a hospital bed in 1962 to become one of the most influential filmmakers in Hollywood history.

When George Lucas decided to create Star Wars, it needed to grab people’s attention. And so, the special effects had to be great. George Lucas made it so you felt like you were there. Star Wars also has a wonderful plot. It always keeps you on your toes, because there’s never a dull moment-especially when there’s lightsaber duels and pod-races. Star Wars has been very successful due to it’s plot and the special effects.

“We knew there was going to be interest because there are ‘Star Wars’ fans everywhere,” said Martinez, 38, an information technology manager

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the most divisive Star Wars of all time. At the moment, it is the worst reviewed Star Wars movie among audiences EVER. If you had a dime for every time I’ve said “I am not a Star Wars fan” you could buy a house in California. But I said that this time to point out a key problem in Disney’s Star Wars which is why I’m not focusing on characters like Luke and Solo which older fans know and love. I’m going to focus on the new generation of Star Wars Characters and how they have been failed by the brass of Disney.

While observing the set Lucas says that the set is so much better than his set and the movie will make much more money than Star Wars to Lucas’s dismay. Lucas also said “Oh my God, your movie is better than Star Wars! This is gonna be the biggest hit of all time. I can’t believe this set” Lucas said he would trade some earnings with Spielberg. They would each trade 2.5 percent of their movies earnings to each other. Then Spielberg agreed to the bet but actually Star Wars made $775 million at the box office and close encounters only making $304 million. Though Lucas did not lose much money since after the movie he was still a billionaire so there was not a giant hole in his wallet after the bet which surprised Lucas. He was very surprised that Star Wars got almost double the earning of close encounters and now had so much money.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the 7th installment in the Star Wars franchise. It is one of the many great sci-fi movies. The title The Force Awakens makes it obvious that it is a reboot to the previous six movies. This movie had basically everything you would think. There were huge space battles, drama, and it made sure to pay tribute to the past movies. I went to see it in a theatre about a month ago. Almost everyone I knew was impossibly excited for this movie, and it lived up to the expectations.

A little back story about me, I’ve been a huge Star Wars fan for my whole life. I can’t remember any time of my life I didn’t know the existence of reputable Star Wars. When I was a youngster, I fantasized about the Star Wars universe constantly. This franchise was a big motivator when appeared in my life, whether; the movies, books, graphic novels, TV shows, videogames, action

George Lucas founder of Lucasfilm Ltd. (1971), director, writer, producer known for his creativity, due to the film Star wars and TV series Indiana Jones. “ A Filmmaker, visionary and entrepreneur, George Lucas has not only changed the way we experience film and filmmaking but also revolutionized film industry practices and standards.” “ George Lucas, on an economic, aesthetic and cultural level, has contributed more than any other individual to the shaping of the New Hollywood and is, by far, one of the most important figures in film history.”(McCarthy 1) George was born George Walton Lucas Jr. to his parents Dorothy Ellinore Lucas and George Walton Lucas on May 14,1944 in Modesto, California. George Lucas also had three siblings Ann,

George Lucas created a six part movie sequel called Star Wars.Star Wars. Star Wars is a global pop culture icon that is a science-fiction fantasy set in a whole different galaxy. Star wars is an icon because at the time it was made “the technology required to bring the movie's universe to visual life simply didn't exist”(“The Untold Story Of ILM, A Titan That Forever Changed Film”,2015).Critics say George Lucas”Combined Flash Gordon with Akira Kurosawa ,threw in some science fiction novels,comic books,the wizard of Oz,and sewed it up with Joseph Campbell's ideas on the structure of myth.(Kristen Brennan,2006).Star Wars movies use many types of computer tricks like CGI (computer generated imagery) to make certain characters. Lastly George Lucas’s

The last Star Wars film, The Force Awakens grossed $2.06 billion at the box office, making it the third highest-grossing film after Avatar and Titanic. It’s no surprise that Lucasfilm

Despite big budgets and record entries in cinemas, some movies are just not as good as they are thought to be or as at least the expectations of the fans are. Among such movie is the Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Many have reviewed it positively based on its budget and popularity but whereas it might deserve such positive reviews, the fact that the movie is overrated is evident since there are many rip offs, poor cinematography and many other cinematic flaws.

At the time of the 1977 release, Star Wars became a new and innovative film. Seabrook is right when he said that the film was successful because of timing. Lucas had captured something new and seemingly realistic. But he himself never could have imagined the success he endured. Seabrook hints that Lucas, who once set out to make his independence, was now becoming his own powerful self. The thing he had set out for in writing Star Wars was to have freedom to write. Freedom from the big guns of Hollywood. Now Lucas himself had become one of those big guns that controlled all the money. Seabrook describes Lucas as ' 'the first of the great content robber barons ' '. He has built up his fortune and is completely content with Hollywood’s failure.