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Post by Finarvyn on Jul 24, 2011 11:26:39 GMT -6
Apologies if this has been posted before, but I ran into it today and thought I'd share. Interesting how they didn't have the classic soundtrack at that point. The voice-over is sort of dull and hypnotic.
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Post by geoffrey on Jul 24, 2011 20:42:25 GMT -6
It's amazing that though Star Wars is my single favorite movie, that trailer bores me to tears. It illustrates, I think, my contention that John Williams's music is the single most important ingredient (out of many fine ingredients!) in making Star Wars the film it is.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2011 21:00:11 GMT -6
They had a radio spot with the same VO that was somewhat more interesting. I was home for the summer from college when I was awakened to "You are a 'droid that has just been kidnapped by a jawa!" followed by artoo and jawa sound effects. It was followed by something about a "alien bar and a fight breaks out" with sound f/x of a blaster and lightsaber. It was kind of cool.
Funny thing is, I was pretty disconnected while I was at college and hadn't heard of this new thing called "Star Wars". It certainly piqued my interest. The article in Newsweek after the film opened didn't hurt, either.
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Post by thorswulf on Jul 24, 2011 22:13:24 GMT -6
I had a friend of mine who knew a sci fi prop and costume maker through Lasfas in San Diego. Apparently Lucas approached him to do the weapons for Star Wars. Lucas rejected the guys work becuase it looked TOO Sci fi! Well, I think old George made the right decision with converting modern guns to blasters they look like they mean business!
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Post by Finarvyn on Jul 25, 2011 4:33:20 GMT -6
It's amazing that though Star Wars is my single favorite movie, that trailer bores me to tears. It illustrates, I think, my contention that John Williams's music is the single most important ingredient (out of many fine ingredients!) in making Star Wars the film it is. I second this! I don't think that folks realize how important a good soundtrack is in making a great movie great. You don't really pay attention to the soundtrack, but it helps to control the tempo and suspense and mood of the whole film.
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Post by blackbarn on Aug 4, 2011 12:35:49 GMT -6
The most successful sci-fi film at that point had been 2001, and they were trying to sell it more in that fashion. The studio folks had no idea what to do with all these outrageous things they were seeing in Star Wars, and it scared them. The same thing goes on today... they are always afraid of something genuinely new or different from what is already known to work and do everything they can to convince audiences it will be something familiar to them.
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Post by coffee on Aug 4, 2011 20:10:20 GMT -6
The most successful sci-fi film at that point had been 2001, and they were trying to sell it more in that fashion. The studio folks had no idea what to do with all these outrageous things they were seeing in Star Wars, and it scared them. The same thing goes on today... they are always afraid of something genuinely new or different from what is already known to work and do everything they can to convince audiences it will be something familiar to them. That's exactly the problem. Take a look at the movies made today from TV shows of the past. They want to be 'familiar', but they change so many things (especially the tone) that the result is often unwatchable. Even Star Wars fell victim to this. The tone of the original trilogy was adventure. The tone of the prequels was "Adventure!" \rant mode\ I get it, George, I really do. Do you? If I care about the characters, like I did with Luke and Leia and Han, then I'll buy the adventures. If I don't (and I'm looking at you, Annie and Jar Jar), then I won't. Just making the explosions bigger won't make me care more. \end rant mode\ (I'm not sure if that was clear, but I feel better for having vented.)
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