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John Scalzi@scalzi.com |
Marcia Lucas in fact won an Oscar for her film editing of Star Wars. George Lucas was up for two that year and won neither (he was beaten out by Woody Allen for both of them). He has still not won a competitive Oscar.
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Meat Sweats Enthusiast
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Lucas is a visionary and an amazing idea man but everyone needs someone to rein them in.
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Bookzombie
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From what I've heard, Star Wars is the very definition of a film saved by the edit.
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Voder of BORG
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And the story I heard was that the “Special Editions” were made to screw her out of royalties.
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John Lyons
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Neither did Donald Sutherland.
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Jeremy Dauber
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The thing that strikes me the most about Star Wars now are the continuities with American Graffiti....
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@sezneg.bsky.social
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The entire “Death Star approaching Yavin 4 to blow the rebels up” was created wholecloth in editing to add needed tension to the attack on the Death Star. They reuse the same “pull the lever to fire” shot both times they attempt to fire the Death Star laser.
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Life Is Not A Test
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To be fair, Marcia Lucas worked on the original edit of the film (the one everyone hated). It was completely reworked when the studio brought in Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew.
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Jorge Mourinha
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also, Spielberg actually liked the film and told Lucas he had a hit in his hands.
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@jinjifra.bsky.social
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I firmly believe that 80% of the magic from the original star wars is purely from sound design
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