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Content warning: this video features the language of a man who has nothing left to give.
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Kenny Baker was an essential part of the Star Wars saga. Baker truly brought R2-D2 to life, and we all find ourselves in mourning over his death at 81 years old. George Lucas shared the following in tribute to the late actor's passing:
“Kenny Baker was a real gentleman as well as an incredible trooper who always worked hard under difficult circumstances,” said Lucas. “A talented vaudevillian who could always make everybody laugh, Kenny was truly the heart and soul of R2-D2 and will be missed by all his fans and everyone who knew him.”
LucasFilm President Kathleen Kennedy also added, “We’re all saddened to learn of Kenny’s passing,” said Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. “There is no Star Wars without R2-D2, and Kenny defined who R2-D2 was and is. He will be greatly missed.”
Via Charlie Rose
The great George Lucas does not care about your needs, simple fan; he wants only to deliver the plot.
When discussing being approached about Star Wars VII, Lucas revealed that the team behind the film saw his stories, but scrapped them in favor of something that might actually please movie-goers:
They looked at the stories and they said 'we want to make something for the fans,' so I said 'all I wanted to do was tell a story-- what happened, you know, it started here and went there. It's all about generations and issues of fathers and sons and grandfathers; it's a family soap opera.'
If Lucas' focus on plot getting from a to b and generational soap opera issues doesn't clue you in to why there was a serious lack of meaningful development in the prequels, I don't know what will. Thank you for the Star Wars universe, George, but maybe your departure was for the best.
P.S. If you haven't yet heard the way Lucas describes his "breakup" with the series, this is worth a watch. As much as we all give him grief for the prequels, letting go seems like a really painful process, and he deserves a lot of credit for being so graceful about it.
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There are a whole lot of trilogies out there, but not many of them appeal to us or have as much staying power as the original Indiana Jones films. It's really hard to go wrong with epic archaeological adventures and the eternal hunkiness of Harrison Ford.These memes combine these epic movies with some seriously relatable jokes. Almost as fun as sitting down for a marathon. Almost.
The official Star Wars YouTube channel just published a short sneak peak video for the upcoming new film, The Rise of Skywalker and all anyone can talk about is "Dark Rey" and "Red-Eyed C-3PO," who looks like he just smoked a sh*tload of weed.
As a result, the Twitter reactions have exceeded our expectations - you definitely won't be disappointed with what we found below!
Before Star Wars was ripped from his wonderful creative grasp by that fascist mouse, Lucas was well on his way to making Star Wars better than anyone had ever dreamed possible. A long line of brilliant changes and directorial decision making had brought the series to new creative heights. The brilliant character design of Jar Jar Binks and intuitive dialogue had us excited for more of what Lucas had to offer. Decisions like retroactively making Greedo shoot first only added depth to existing characters.
'Glum George Lucas' is a wonderful insight into what could have been had Disney not seized the reigns of Star Wars.
You ready? We're almost as excited as young Anakin over here.
