Star Wars… The Reason I Became A Film Maker – My Story (Part I)
Star Wars… The Reason I Became A Film Maker – My Story (Part I)
It was May, 1977…
My Brother, Mom and I went to see the Original “Star Wars”
My Brother and My Lives would never the same
That Opening Sequence…
The Size of the Ship
And in Walked My Favorite All Time Villain, Darth Vader
The Cape, The Helmet, The Voice
The Force…
He’s Affected me forever in regards to Villains
He has, in fact, Set The Bar
And has Lead me Directly to my Theory that
In a Story where there are ‘Good Guys’
And there are ‘Bad Guys’
(Be it Movie, Book or Other)
A Story can only be as good as ‘The Bad Guy’
Cuz who cares if the Good Guy Defeats some Fool, Lol
Check My Theory Out on some of your Favorite Good Guy Bad Guy Films
Flashback to
“Robin Hood Prince of Thieves”
That Movie would have been Horrible without Alan Rickman as The Sheriff of Nottingham
(It’s Still Pretty Horrible, and Dated, Lol but Rickman was Hilarious)
Flash Forward to
“Avengers”
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
Guarantee you, if Loki had been Played by anyone less then him
It wouldn’t have done nearly as well
Onward
Luke…
At the time I saw “Star Wars”, I was 8 years old
And, in Truth, I was more of a ‘Han Solo’ guy
My Bro was into ‘Luke’
Which worked out good in regards to Toys, and/or Acting out Scenes Etc.
But Looking back now, I have really gained an Appreciation for Luke’s Character
He is Hope… He is Light
And I do believe, Visually, George Lucas was inspired a bit by…
Peter O’toole as Lawrence…
The Desert…
The White Clothing, and White/Blonde Hair
Very Luke-esq
Also, did you see Alec Guiness in it as a Sheik?
Probably where Lucas got the idea to bring him into “Star Wars”
Which leads us to… Ben
Enter… The Force
And… Light Sabers
Which are a Simply Elegant Weapon
And Damn Cool Looking, Lol
But I Love Knights, so
The Blend of Sci-Fi, and Knights…
Yeah…
I was Done
But it’s Time For ‘The Man’
He was My Favorite Man…
I wanted to be ‘Han Solo’
Me, and a Million other young Boys, Lol
So a Young Hopeful Hero (Luke)
And an Aging Knight of the Jedi Order (Ben)
Along with a Roguish Pilot (Han Solo)
An Annoying Nagging Robot (C-3PO)
With a Hilarious Beeping Robot (R2d2)
Oh, an a Giant Wolf/Bear Growling Co-Pilot (Chewbacca)
off to Save a Princes (Leia)
From the Coolest Evil Dude in Film (Darth Vader)
Great Start, Right?
Oh, and did I mention the Millennium Falcon?
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Star Wars… The Reason I Became A Film Maker – My Story (Part II)
COMING SOON
May 2, 2014 at 10:53 am
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