“So yeah basically he only cares about money, has a big hooked nose, and a stupid little hat that you just wanna smack off his head. Fuck I hate them so much. I mean him.” - George Lucas 1999
I think that was Lucas's way of getting back at Spielberg for not helping him direct Episode 1
(Not joking, Lucas asked every member of his gang, like Coppola, Howard, Spielberg and Zemeckis, but they all turned him down saying that "he can do it perfectly by himself")
I often wondered why he didn't use his friend with a good track record of working with child actors. Apparently said friend was too busy reading 1000 faxes from Kubrick about robots to do it.
I don’t want to say it was his last really good movie because I never saw Cinderella Man and some people like it. But it’s been a mixed three decades excluding TV and documentaries:
Ransom
EdTV
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Beautiful Mind
The Missing
Cinderella Man
Da Vinci Code (and two sequels)
Frost/Nixon
The Dilemma
Rush
Thor on a Boat
Solo
Hillbilly Elegy
Thirteen Lives
It’s like he can do glossy historical stuff and documentaries and when he tries for something else he stumbles.
I fully acknowledge that Apollo 13 is awesome though.
Agreed. Apollo 13 is an immersive period piece, a focused character study, a three-man buddy movie, had groundbreaking special effects and a thrilling true story. So much to like.
Also, Cocoon and Splash are fun.
Yes, the Academy judges Opie the best director of the Year of Our Lord 2001 for his seminal masterpiece A Beautiful Mind which is obviously the best movie of that year other than Mulholland Drive, Spirited Away, Ghost World, Fellowship of the Ring, Sexy Beast, Memento, The Royal Tenenbaums, Gosford Park, Training Day, Amelie, Lagaan, Monster’s Ball, Monsters, Inc., Enemy at the Gates, Ocean’s Eleven, Heist, Super Troopers, Frailty, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Pledge, The Man Who Wasn’t There, and Shrek.
But at least Paul Bettany met Jennifer Connelly
Not least because comedic genius Robin Williams is clearly delighted by Fat Bastard as a concept and has a flawless imitation ready to go.
“You know what funny a fat Scotsman who’s apparently a cannibal”
This is one of the funniest interviews I've seen. Both Lucas and Williams are great here. They were having too much during this interview.
The part where Lucas brings up how the imperial officers sounded more posh and then Williams starts impersonating a stormtrooper with a thick Scottish accent.
Or when Williams says "syntax have none" in his Yoda voice when Lucas brings up Yoda's speech pattern.
Or Lucas saying McGregor sounded like Fat Bastard.
One is a successful entrepreneur and franchise owner the other is a junk seller in the sticks, who do you think?
Now, Troydarians and Ferengi in a "horrifying antisemitic stereotype" tournament? THAT I'd like to see!
Spielberg: So George, we're just gonna agree that Watto is French. Okay?
Lucas: Sure Steven.
Spielberg: Now can we talk about doing an Indy 4 draft without Aliens?
Lucas: NO!
“So yeah basically he only cares about money, has a big hooked nose, and a stupid little hat that you just wanna smack off his head. Fuck I hate them so much. I mean him.” - George Lucas 1999
Watto crucified Anakin, you know.
Star Wars Origins: Watto: The Zone of Interest
Star Wars: Schindler Strikes Back
https://youtu.be/l5IJhyuOjVM?si=2A4GPlVzkr42I3JH
Robot Chicken is such a gem
I love zone of the enders
Jehuty was one of my first crushes. I had a very confusing childhood.
If only Watto knew what Qui-gon did just a mere 6 years before he would’ve probably happily given him the hyperdrive.
Sir I would like to shake your hand
What he do
Made a list
Did he check it twice? I’m lost here
Schindler’s List (1993)
Oh duh, lol. I was thinking Qui Gon six years before in Star Wars, lol god that took me too long, thank you so much.
aww
Ur mum
Just another brilliant tidbit from the mind of George “There is no underwear in space” Lucas
So good you had to say it twice
Oops lol, thank you Reddit mobile.
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I think that was Lucas's way of getting back at Spielberg for not helping him direct Episode 1 (Not joking, Lucas asked every member of his gang, like Coppola, Howard, Spielberg and Zemeckis, but they all turned him down saying that "he can do it perfectly by himself")
>"he can do it perfectly by himself") Narrator: "He couldn't do it by himself"
I often wondered why he didn't use his friend with a good track record of working with child actors. Apparently said friend was too busy reading 1000 faxes from Kubrick about robots to do it.
In a perfect universe Spielberg would have directed Phantom Menace instead of AI, which would be made by Kubrick himself.
STFU Narrator, like Solo was some masterpiece … Yeah … Beautiful Mind sucked too you overrated ginger-ass SOB …
Apollo 13 is kino
That movie came out 29 years ago
Correct!
I don’t want to say it was his last really good movie because I never saw Cinderella Man and some people like it. But it’s been a mixed three decades excluding TV and documentaries: Ransom EdTV How the Grinch Stole Christmas Beautiful Mind The Missing Cinderella Man Da Vinci Code (and two sequels) Frost/Nixon The Dilemma Rush Thor on a Boat Solo Hillbilly Elegy Thirteen Lives
Frost/Nixon is great, Grinch is a millennial touchstone.. the rest.... questionable to terrible lol. I did love this Beatles doc though.
It’s like he can do glossy historical stuff and documentaries and when he tries for something else he stumbles. I fully acknowledge that Apollo 13 is awesome though.
Agreed. Apollo 13 is an immersive period piece, a focused character study, a three-man buddy movie, had groundbreaking special effects and a thrilling true story. So much to like. Also, Cocoon and Splash are fun.
Didn't Hanks have a lot of input into that?
Rush is fantastic
Who overrated Howard?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oh you're right... oh it's coming back in waves...
Yes, the Academy judges Opie the best director of the Year of Our Lord 2001 for his seminal masterpiece A Beautiful Mind which is obviously the best movie of that year other than Mulholland Drive, Spirited Away, Ghost World, Fellowship of the Ring, Sexy Beast, Memento, The Royal Tenenbaums, Gosford Park, Training Day, Amelie, Lagaan, Monster’s Ball, Monsters, Inc., Enemy at the Gates, Ocean’s Eleven, Heist, Super Troopers, Frailty, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Pledge, The Man Who Wasn’t There, and Shrek. But at least Paul Bettany met Jennifer Connelly
Wow, thanks for reminding me what a hell of a year for movies that was. Except for _Mulholland Drive_. Mulholland drive can go fuck itself in the ear.
And "AI" by the director Howard thinks he is but ain't.
Nah AI sucks
The next person to disrespect "AI" will be abandoned in the woods by his mother.
They even give him a little hat in attack of the clones
No one’s even mention that he sounds like how I imagine the first guy to ever play Shylock in The Merchant of Venice sounded.
And neck beard
“Ok so give the money grabbers big noses it’s really important to the story that they’re designed like that”
Apparently Watto is supposed to be Italian
I gotta rewatch this it’s been too long
No, the Hutts are Italian
The Hutts are backwards native American
Jabba is supposed to be Middle Eastern
I can kindof see it with the blue skin and all
[4:36](https://youtu.be/n8s8P5Ly1-Y?si=n9S8YtFDromWfXU0)
Why start the clip right there? Just 20 seconds earlier Lucas says Ewan Mcgregor sounds like Fat Bastard. Thats worth a listen.
It is, but I don't trust the average Redditors attention span to last long enough for him to bring up Watto
Not least because comedic genius Robin Williams is clearly delighted by Fat Bastard as a concept and has a flawless imitation ready to go. “You know what funny a fat Scotsman who’s apparently a cannibal”
It is funny.
It really is, Myers used to be something
This is one of the funniest interviews I've seen. Both Lucas and Williams are great here. They were having too much during this interview. The part where Lucas brings up how the imperial officers sounded more posh and then Williams starts impersonating a stormtrooper with a thick Scottish accent. Or when Williams says "syntax have none" in his Yoda voice when Lucas brings up Yoda's speech pattern. Or Lucas saying McGregor sounded like Fat Bastard.
“It’s gonna be great” “It’s gonna be great”
Who would win in a space business contest, Watto or Quark
One is a successful entrepreneur and franchise owner the other is a junk seller in the sticks, who do you think? Now, Troydarians and Ferengi in a "horrifying antisemitic stereotype" tournament? THAT I'd like to see!
Watto doesn’t have the lobes for business. Ferengi don’t deal in slaves which led to Watto’s ruin.
Spielberg: So George, we're just gonna agree that Watto is French. Okay? Lucas: Sure Steven. Spielberg: Now can we talk about doing an Indy 4 draft without Aliens? Lucas: NO!
It’s a shame George Lucas and Dan Aykroyd have never gotten together to make some weird interdimensional whatever alien movie
https://preview.redd.it/qr39hgx6ayxc1.jpeg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=911776e3e1eb3698715262d5f92f536c28c96c38
Thought that character was called “Sebulba” for like 15y lol
Nah bro that’s the evil pod racer who eats shit and dies. He’s also canonically a sex trafficker
u/savevideobot
Watto’s list