Post by geoffrey on Dec 16, 2014 22:40:21 GMT -6
Falconer reminded me of this thread: odd74.proboards.com/thread/6136/star-wars
Here's the pertinent part of that thread to this thread:
I know who should have been involved in those films: Ray Harryhausen! I recently completed my collection of his 15 full-length feature films by purchasing The Valley of Gwangi. Check-out this collection of rollicking, pure fun movies:
1. Mighty Joe Young (1949)
2. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
3. It Came from beneath the Sea (1955)
4. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
5. 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
7. The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
8. Mysterious Island (1961)
9. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
10. First Men in the Moon (1964)
11. One Million Years B. C. (1966)
12. The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
13. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
14. Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
15. Clash of the Titans (1981)
Now imagine if Ray Harryhausen worked on Star Wars 2 (1978), Star Wars 3 (1979), and Star Wars 4 (1980). Stop-motion is very Star Wars, as far as I'm concerned. The little "chess" pieces on the Falcon in the 1977 film are stop motion. Some shots of the Tauntauns (or however that's spelled) in ESB are stop-motion.
The fun, boys' adventure, borderland between G and PG that Ray inhabited would suit Star Wars very well.
Here's the pertinent part of that thread to this thread:
The old Flash Gordon serials were typically 12 episodes long, so back in late 1977/early 1978 Lucas planned on there being 11 more Star Wars films. Each would be relatively self-contained, rather than a part of an over-arching saga. (Think of the old James Bond films, and you'll know what I mean.) George planned on hiring 10 other directors, one each to direct Star Wars 2 through Star Wars 11. Then George himself would return and direct Star Wars 12, the last of the bunch. As he said:
"It's a competition. I'm hoping if I get friends of mine they will want to do a much better film, like, 'I'll show George that I can do a film twice that good,' and I think they can, but then I want to do the last one, so I can do one twice as good as everybody else." (from an interview by Paul Scanlon, published in Rolling Stone, August 25, 1977)
"It's a competition. I'm hoping if I get friends of mine they will want to do a much better film, like, 'I'll show George that I can do a film twice that good,' and I think they can, but then I want to do the last one, so I can do one twice as good as everybody else." (from an interview by Paul Scanlon, published in Rolling Stone, August 25, 1977)
I know who should have been involved in those films: Ray Harryhausen! I recently completed my collection of his 15 full-length feature films by purchasing The Valley of Gwangi. Check-out this collection of rollicking, pure fun movies:
1. Mighty Joe Young (1949)
2. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
3. It Came from beneath the Sea (1955)
4. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
5. 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
7. The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
8. Mysterious Island (1961)
9. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
10. First Men in the Moon (1964)
11. One Million Years B. C. (1966)
12. The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
13. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
14. Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
15. Clash of the Titans (1981)
Now imagine if Ray Harryhausen worked on Star Wars 2 (1978), Star Wars 3 (1979), and Star Wars 4 (1980). Stop-motion is very Star Wars, as far as I'm concerned. The little "chess" pieces on the Falcon in the 1977 film are stop motion. Some shots of the Tauntauns (or however that's spelled) in ESB are stop-motion.
The fun, boys' adventure, borderland between G and PG that Ray inhabited would suit Star Wars very well.
