Bookzombie @bookzombie.bsky.social

From what I've heard, Star Wars is the very definition of a film saved by the edit.

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:02 UTC

That's what Good editing does. The other thing which they have menrioned repeatedly is how important John Williams' score was in pulling everything together and creating gravitas.

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Voder of BORG @crosis101.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:12 UTC

When they were shooting Empire Lucas kept tinkering and screwing up the story, they wound up shooting super narrow coverage so Lucas couldn’t fuck it up in the edit.

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SteveBikes @stevebikes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:41 UTC

Yes but it was saved by George Lucas, who fired the original editor for doing a bad job, then hired three editors to work with him to fix the movie. One of these was his talented wife.

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