1 00:00:01,479 --> 00:00:03,307 [FILM CLICKING] 2 00:00:08,834 --> 00:00:10,619 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 3 00:00:10,662 --> 00:00:11,794 NARRATOR: The Phantom Menace 4 00:00:11,837 --> 00:00:13,752 had overcome a critical panning 5 00:00:13,796 --> 00:00:17,321 to become the highest-grossing film of 1999. 6 00:00:17,365 --> 00:00:21,108 As the most eagerly-anticipated film in probably 20 years. 7 00:00:21,151 --> 00:00:23,240 All these people are lined up to get tickets to a movie 8 00:00:23,284 --> 00:00:24,763 that hasn't even been released yet. 9 00:00:24,807 --> 00:00:28,289 JONES: It makes a ton of money. 10 00:00:28,332 --> 00:00:30,465 NARRATOR: But despite recruiting a new legion 11 00:00:30,508 --> 00:00:32,858 of younger fans, the old guard was... 12 00:00:32,902 --> 00:00:34,947 [EXHALES] left cold. 13 00:00:34,991 --> 00:00:37,689 EDLUND: I remember going to see the first prequel 14 00:00:37,733 --> 00:00:40,431 and we were about halfway through the movie... 15 00:00:40,475 --> 00:00:45,436 The only other choice would be to submit a plea to the courts. 16 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:48,787 The courts take even longer to decide things than the Senate. 17 00:00:48,831 --> 00:00:51,703 and I said, "What the hell is this movie about?" 18 00:00:51,747 --> 00:00:54,358 I couldn't figure out where it was going 19 00:00:54,402 --> 00:00:55,794 or what it was building towards. 20 00:00:55,838 --> 00:00:57,666 NARRATOR: Convoluted plot aside, 21 00:00:57,709 --> 00:01:00,625 it was building toward a sequel. 22 00:01:00,669 --> 00:01:03,150 There was a lot of pressure on George 23 00:01:03,193 --> 00:01:05,326 to somehow make 24 00:01:05,369 --> 00:01:08,459 Episode IImore likeable. 25 00:01:08,503 --> 00:01:10,853 Better than Episode I. 26 00:01:10,896 --> 00:01:12,681 NARRATOR: But if George Lucas was to make 27 00:01:12,724 --> 00:01:15,727 a superior Star Wars Episode II, 28 00:01:15,771 --> 00:01:17,773 the question to be asked was... 29 00:01:17,816 --> 00:01:21,994 had he learned any lessons fromEpisode I? 30 00:01:22,038 --> 00:01:23,126 I may have gone too far 31 00:01:23,170 --> 00:01:24,258 in a few places. 32 00:01:25,041 --> 00:01:27,609 [MUSIC PLAYING] 33 00:01:57,465 --> 00:02:00,163 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 34 00:02:00,207 --> 00:02:03,123 NARRATOR: George Lucas began work onStar Wars Episode II 35 00:02:03,166 --> 00:02:06,300 in the wake of its predecessor's mixed reception. 36 00:02:06,343 --> 00:02:07,997 I'm not too big on the acting. 37 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:09,955 I was kind of disappointed in the ending. 38 00:02:09,999 --> 00:02:12,001 Thumbs way down. 39 00:02:12,044 --> 00:02:16,484 NARRATOR: Not even his juggernaut merchandising machine hit the mark. 40 00:02:16,527 --> 00:02:18,703 It was too much product. Too quickly 41 00:02:18,747 --> 00:02:21,750 with too much confidence that just anything would sell. 42 00:02:21,793 --> 00:02:23,578 WOMAN: The Dark Side. 43 00:02:23,621 --> 00:02:26,537 -First off, you like your coffee dark. -MAN: Yes, absolutely. 44 00:02:26,581 --> 00:02:29,975 About a year later those things were in the clearance bin. 45 00:02:30,019 --> 00:02:32,978 You couldn't give away your Jar Jar figure. 46 00:02:33,022 --> 00:02:34,502 Believe me, I tried. 47 00:02:34,545 --> 00:02:35,938 NARRATOR: Star Wars 48 00:02:35,981 --> 00:02:38,636 would need to pull itself out of the discount bin 49 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,595 by pulling out all the stops. 50 00:02:40,638 --> 00:02:43,250 But could it be that the prequels 51 00:02:43,293 --> 00:02:47,428 were missing something... or rather someone? 52 00:02:47,471 --> 00:02:49,430 He didn't have Marcia with him 53 00:02:49,473 --> 00:02:51,606 and Marcia warmed everything up. 54 00:02:51,649 --> 00:02:53,695 NARRATOR: None of the prequels would benefit 55 00:02:53,738 --> 00:02:57,525 from the deft touch of the woman who helped craft the originalStar Wars. 56 00:02:57,568 --> 00:03:00,354 MORTON: By the time you got to the prequel trilogy 57 00:03:00,397 --> 00:03:04,445 Lucas is working more on his own than he probably ever had been. 58 00:03:04,488 --> 00:03:07,404 NARRATOR: Secluded and cut off from the film industry 59 00:03:07,448 --> 00:03:09,711 in his Northern California Ranch. 60 00:03:09,754 --> 00:03:11,887 MORTON: I think he was working in a bubble 61 00:03:11,930 --> 00:03:14,498 in which he's not getting maybe a lot of feedback 62 00:03:14,542 --> 00:03:16,370 to see how things are playing. 63 00:03:16,413 --> 00:03:18,894 G. LUCAS: Finally glad to be working on my own again. 64 00:03:18,937 --> 00:03:20,635 NARRATOR: But George's preference 65 00:03:20,678 --> 00:03:22,419 for this solitary autonomy 66 00:03:22,463 --> 00:03:24,421 should come as no surprise. 67 00:03:24,465 --> 00:03:27,685 On the first three extraordinary successful movies 68 00:03:27,729 --> 00:03:31,123 George had still laid blame on his various collaborators. 69 00:03:31,167 --> 00:03:34,214 Especially his producer Gary Kurtz. 70 00:03:34,257 --> 00:03:36,651 He was not reporting the figures. 71 00:03:36,694 --> 00:03:39,393 Because of that, George never forgave him. 72 00:03:39,436 --> 00:03:41,960 NARRATOR: However, it seemed that ifThe Phantom Menace 73 00:03:42,004 --> 00:03:45,225 was anyone's fault, it was probably Jar Jar's. 74 00:03:45,268 --> 00:03:47,357 -Hello. -NARRATOR: Which is why Lucas 75 00:03:47,401 --> 00:03:49,272 was more than happy to welcome producer 76 00:03:49,316 --> 00:03:51,796 Rick McCallum back with open arms. 77 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,277 JONES: McCallum's an incredibly competent producer. 78 00:03:54,321 --> 00:03:56,192 Really great at what he does. 79 00:03:56,236 --> 00:03:58,499 Filled the Kurtz role for Lucas, but in a different way. 80 00:03:58,542 --> 00:04:00,805 Kurtz was willing to push back. 81 00:04:00,849 --> 00:04:03,286 McCallum was the one who just said, "Whatever you need 82 00:04:03,330 --> 00:04:04,983 "we'll get you and whatever vision 83 00:04:05,027 --> 00:04:06,855 "you want onscreen, it's yours to go with." 84 00:04:06,898 --> 00:04:09,423 NARRATOR: With McCallum returning as wingman, 85 00:04:09,466 --> 00:04:12,426 George felt comfortable doing something he passed on 86 00:04:12,469 --> 00:04:15,211 during the first trilogy. returning as director 87 00:04:15,255 --> 00:04:18,127 and, of course, he'd be returning as writer. 88 00:04:18,170 --> 00:04:21,870 So the first order of business was... a script. 89 00:04:21,913 --> 00:04:24,438 One of the historical things about Episode II 90 00:04:24,481 --> 00:04:27,397 is that they wanted it filmed entirely using digital cameras. 91 00:04:27,441 --> 00:04:29,312 NARRATOR: Oh, okay. We'll get to the script. 92 00:04:29,356 --> 00:04:31,314 -[CLACKS] -Digital cameras, sure. 93 00:04:31,358 --> 00:04:33,882 Everybody does that these days. 94 00:04:33,925 --> 00:04:36,841 MORTON: The digital cameras were basically prototypes. 95 00:04:36,885 --> 00:04:39,279 They had not really been fully employed. 96 00:04:39,322 --> 00:04:41,672 NARRATOR: On any other movie...ever. 97 00:04:41,716 --> 00:04:44,109 And even at the time there was a lot of talk about, 98 00:04:44,153 --> 00:04:46,068 -"Well, that may not work." -George fully believed 99 00:04:46,111 --> 00:04:47,722 that he could control everything. 100 00:04:47,765 --> 00:04:50,290 Light, performances, sets, 101 00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:52,553 -all of it. -Almost all the sets 102 00:04:52,596 --> 00:04:54,468 inAttack of the Clones are digital sets. 103 00:04:54,511 --> 00:04:56,426 NARRATOR: But before the cameras rolled, 104 00:04:56,470 --> 00:04:58,559 if indeed digital cameras can do that, 105 00:04:58,602 --> 00:05:00,648 finally it was time to work on the script. 106 00:05:00,691 --> 00:05:03,346 -Casting auditions. -NARRATOR: Well, yes, casting. 107 00:05:03,390 --> 00:05:04,913 That's very important, too. 108 00:05:04,956 --> 00:05:06,958 And speaking of which, 109 00:05:07,002 --> 00:05:09,091 you may remember this funny, little boy... 110 00:05:09,134 --> 00:05:10,527 You're a funny, little boy. 111 00:05:10,571 --> 00:05:12,486 NARRATOR: But now he'd have to be replaced 112 00:05:12,529 --> 00:05:15,489 with a much larger... angrier boy. 113 00:05:15,532 --> 00:05:18,230 -PADME: Annie... -Anakin. 114 00:05:18,274 --> 00:05:20,015 Annie makes me sound like a little boy. 115 00:05:20,058 --> 00:05:23,061 A challenge with casting Anakin is that 116 00:05:23,105 --> 00:05:26,369 you need someone who looks like a more mature Jake Lloyd, 117 00:05:26,413 --> 00:05:28,240 but has a rebellious streak. 118 00:05:28,284 --> 00:05:30,025 NARRATOR: So, they naturally cast their eyes 119 00:05:30,068 --> 00:05:33,507 over Hollywood's bad boys and in the year 2000 120 00:05:33,550 --> 00:05:36,510 none was hotter than... this guy. 121 00:05:36,553 --> 00:05:38,729 MORTON: Leonardo DiCaprio was one of the original choices 122 00:05:38,773 --> 00:05:40,165 as I understand it. 123 00:05:40,209 --> 00:05:42,864 WOMAN: Have you been to Skywalker Ranch? 124 00:05:42,907 --> 00:05:43,995 Yeah, I was there. 125 00:05:44,039 --> 00:05:45,997 WOMAN: You were there? LEONARDO: Yeah. 126 00:05:46,041 --> 00:05:48,391 In fact, there was a time where we thought it... that was gonna be the case. 127 00:05:48,435 --> 00:05:50,611 NARRATOR: Instead, 1,500 casting tapes 128 00:05:50,654 --> 00:05:53,875 were whittled down to just five in-person auditions 129 00:05:53,918 --> 00:05:57,269 with George Lucas. One of those was a young actor 130 00:05:57,313 --> 00:05:59,837 who had flirted with the dark side in his previous work. 131 00:05:59,881 --> 00:06:02,927 Hayden Christensen was seen in a film starring 132 00:06:02,971 --> 00:06:05,887 Kevin Kline called Life as a House and he's pretty good in it. 133 00:06:05,930 --> 00:06:08,672 Thanks for talking about me behind my back. 134 00:06:08,716 --> 00:06:11,371 It's useful in court. What are you doing in my room? 135 00:06:11,414 --> 00:06:13,285 I locked the door! Get out! 136 00:06:13,329 --> 00:06:14,809 Fuck you! 137 00:06:14,852 --> 00:06:16,767 MORTON: And I think that is what brought him 138 00:06:16,811 --> 00:06:19,422 to their attention after Leonardo DiCaprio 139 00:06:19,466 --> 00:06:21,032 was not gonna be in the role. 140 00:06:21,076 --> 00:06:22,860 PADME: Don't try to grow up too fast. 141 00:06:26,037 --> 00:06:27,299 I am grown up. 142 00:06:27,343 --> 00:06:29,954 Hayden has good, what we call, shit quality. 143 00:06:29,998 --> 00:06:32,566 That is to say he could bring a touch of 144 00:06:32,609 --> 00:06:35,395 the potentially unpleasant to the role. 145 00:06:35,438 --> 00:06:38,659 There was just the possibility that yes, he could become, 146 00:06:38,702 --> 00:06:41,226 eventually, Darth Vader. 147 00:06:41,270 --> 00:06:42,837 NARRATOR: But Anakin's turn to the Dark Side 148 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,274 wasn't happening just yet. 149 00:06:45,317 --> 00:06:48,103 In the meantime there was a decidedly unpleasant 150 00:06:48,146 --> 00:06:50,279 character that needed to be cast. 151 00:06:50,322 --> 00:06:52,281 Lucas brought Christopher Lee in to be 152 00:06:52,324 --> 00:06:54,936 the nominal villain of the prequel trilogy. 153 00:06:54,979 --> 00:06:57,721 NARRATOR: Lee was cast as Count Dooku. 154 00:06:57,765 --> 00:06:59,941 A former Jedi destined for the Dark Side. 155 00:06:59,984 --> 00:07:03,292 Peter Cushing is the head villain in Star Wars. 156 00:07:03,335 --> 00:07:05,686 Charming to the last. 157 00:07:05,729 --> 00:07:07,949 The famous Hammer horror film star. 158 00:07:07,992 --> 00:07:11,300 His co-star in all those great Hammer horror films 159 00:07:11,343 --> 00:07:12,780 was Christopher Lee. 160 00:07:12,823 --> 00:07:14,390 It was just great to keep that kind of casting going. 161 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:17,741 As you see my Jedi powers are far beyond yours. 162 00:07:17,785 --> 00:07:19,700 Now, back down. 163 00:07:19,743 --> 00:07:21,179 NARRATOR: With casting complete, 164 00:07:21,223 --> 00:07:23,312 George and his trusted producer, Rick McCallum, 165 00:07:23,355 --> 00:07:26,271 started packing their bags for Sydney, Australia... 166 00:07:27,708 --> 00:07:29,797 because much like the situation with the pound 167 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,277 back on the original movies, Australia offered 168 00:07:32,321 --> 00:07:34,758 an excellent exchange rate, tax breaks, 169 00:07:34,802 --> 00:07:36,238 and brand-new cutting-edge film studios. 170 00:07:36,281 --> 00:07:39,154 Perfect for George Lucas' cutting-edge script. 171 00:07:39,197 --> 00:07:43,288 Oh, yeah... the script. Actually...[CHUCKLES] 172 00:07:43,332 --> 00:07:45,552 this was all starting to sound familiar. 173 00:07:45,595 --> 00:07:48,511 On Return of the Jedi, famously, 174 00:07:48,555 --> 00:07:50,382 Lucas didn't get around to the script 175 00:07:50,426 --> 00:07:53,908 until a few months before production began. 176 00:07:53,951 --> 00:07:56,171 The same thing kinda happened on Attack of the Clones. 177 00:07:56,214 --> 00:07:59,479 He had outlines and artwork and pre-production. 178 00:07:59,522 --> 00:08:02,612 NARRATOR: But to the chagrin of Rick McCallum, not a script. 179 00:08:02,656 --> 00:08:04,309 JONES: There were people building models 180 00:08:04,353 --> 00:08:06,181 on stories they're not aware of. 181 00:08:06,224 --> 00:08:07,530 That Lucas isn't really aware of 182 00:08:07,574 --> 00:08:09,401 and they've got soundstages reserved 183 00:08:09,445 --> 00:08:12,187 and they know the date they're gonna shoot. It's flying without a net. 184 00:08:12,230 --> 00:08:14,755 NARRATOR: It was time for Lucas to stop playing with his toys. 185 00:08:14,798 --> 00:08:17,845 No, not those... these. 186 00:08:17,888 --> 00:08:19,455 And start putting pen to paper 187 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:22,327 because the clock was ticking for the crew in Australia. 188 00:08:22,371 --> 00:08:24,112 And they're just waiting for the final script 189 00:08:24,155 --> 00:08:26,288 -to land on the desk. -NARRATOR: But by March 2000, 190 00:08:26,331 --> 00:08:28,290 the only thing on the desk was Lucas' 191 00:08:28,333 --> 00:08:29,639 hand-written rough draft. 192 00:08:29,683 --> 00:08:31,598 Far from a final shooting script 193 00:08:31,641 --> 00:08:33,382 with far from a final title. 194 00:08:33,425 --> 00:08:35,863 The title of the first draft that he put on there was 195 00:08:35,906 --> 00:08:37,691 Jar Jar's Great Adventure. 196 00:08:37,734 --> 00:08:39,170 MADSEN: Yeah, that was tongue-in-cheek. 197 00:08:39,214 --> 00:08:41,564 It was kind of like a slap in the face 198 00:08:41,608 --> 00:08:43,435 to the critics who panned Jar Jar Binks. 199 00:08:43,479 --> 00:08:45,089 NARRATOR: But all joking aside, 200 00:08:45,133 --> 00:08:47,396 was the pressure of having to course-correct 201 00:08:47,439 --> 00:08:50,312 the prequel trilogy getting to George? 202 00:08:52,836 --> 00:08:54,838 Well, I think he was dealing with the fallout 203 00:08:54,882 --> 00:08:56,231 from Phantom Menace. 204 00:08:56,274 --> 00:08:58,625 He'd taken a bit of a pounding on that. 205 00:08:58,668 --> 00:09:00,888 NARRATOR: George decided he would need help 206 00:09:00,931 --> 00:09:03,804 polishing the script, but not to worry because... 207 00:09:03,847 --> 00:09:06,067 MAN: From master storyteller George Lucas, 208 00:09:06,110 --> 00:09:09,418 comesThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones! 209 00:09:09,461 --> 00:09:11,899 NARRATOR: Once again, it was Indiana Jones who saved the day. 210 00:09:11,942 --> 00:09:15,250 Well... Indy and screenwriter Jonathan Hales. 211 00:09:15,293 --> 00:09:17,818 Mm-hmm. I worked with George 212 00:09:17,861 --> 00:09:20,734 onYoung Indiana Jones. We knew each other. 213 00:09:20,777 --> 00:09:23,040 We were used to working together. 214 00:09:23,084 --> 00:09:25,173 It was good. 215 00:09:25,216 --> 00:09:27,915 NARRATOR: So good that George felt comfortable inviting Jonathan to the Ranch 216 00:09:27,958 --> 00:09:30,352 to explain his vision or at least... 217 00:09:30,395 --> 00:09:32,006 what there was of it so far. 218 00:09:32,049 --> 00:09:36,793 He knew how he wanted... Attack of the Clonesto start. 219 00:09:36,837 --> 00:09:38,752 [LOUD EXPLOSION] 220 00:09:38,795 --> 00:09:42,494 And he sort of knew where it should go to end. 221 00:09:42,538 --> 00:09:45,149 [EXCITING MUSIC PLAYING] 222 00:09:45,193 --> 00:09:47,674 [CHUCKLES] What he didn't have clear in his mind 223 00:09:47,717 --> 00:09:49,937 was all the stuff in between. 224 00:09:49,980 --> 00:09:53,331 NARRATOR: Clearly they had their work cut out for them. 225 00:09:53,375 --> 00:09:55,377 For the next couple of days 226 00:09:55,420 --> 00:09:59,250 we sat there and started to put together 227 00:09:59,294 --> 00:10:01,862 the story ofAttack of the Clones 228 00:10:01,905 --> 00:10:05,430 and after going through the outline, 229 00:10:05,474 --> 00:10:09,086 I went into my office... and wrote the picture. 230 00:10:09,130 --> 00:10:11,741 NARRATOR: Top of Jonathan's to-do list, 231 00:10:11,785 --> 00:10:14,309 two of the films most important plot points. 232 00:10:14,352 --> 00:10:17,094 -The first of which... -This wonderful kid... 233 00:10:17,138 --> 00:10:19,140 [BOTH LAUGHING] 234 00:10:19,183 --> 00:10:22,230 who eventually ends up embracing the Dark Side... 235 00:10:22,273 --> 00:10:25,886 -[HUMMING] -and becoming the evil lord. 236 00:10:25,929 --> 00:10:28,192 NARRATOR: Next... 237 00:10:28,236 --> 00:10:31,718 Set up the story of the clones. 238 00:10:31,761 --> 00:10:34,198 NARRATOR: Longstanding inStar Wars lore. 239 00:10:34,242 --> 00:10:36,026 You fought in the Clone Wars? 240 00:10:36,070 --> 00:10:38,986 I mean, we've heard about the Clone Wars since 1977. 241 00:10:39,029 --> 00:10:40,248 That's kind of the mystery. 242 00:10:40,291 --> 00:10:42,163 NARRATOR: But for Jonathan 243 00:10:42,206 --> 00:10:44,426 the biggest mystery involved deciphering just the right 244 00:10:44,469 --> 00:10:46,036 balance of Jar Jar, 245 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,430 who had slightly worn out his welcome. 246 00:10:48,473 --> 00:10:52,042 Me-sa busting' with happiness busting' youse again, Annie. 247 00:10:52,086 --> 00:10:56,177 At one point George wanted, uh, Jar Jar to go with Anakin 248 00:10:56,220 --> 00:10:59,354 and Padme when they leave Coruscant 249 00:10:59,397 --> 00:11:02,183 and go back to her home planet. 250 00:11:02,226 --> 00:11:04,185 JAR JAR: Ex-squeeze me. 251 00:11:04,228 --> 00:11:06,143 -No. -And I said, "No, no, George. 252 00:11:06,187 --> 00:11:08,842 "We-We really... We really won't do that." 253 00:11:08,885 --> 00:11:11,540 So, uh, Jar Jar got left behind. 254 00:11:11,583 --> 00:11:14,325 NARRATOR: But there was one person Hales couldn't get rid of 255 00:11:14,369 --> 00:11:17,851 an increasingly impatient Rick McCallum. 256 00:11:17,894 --> 00:11:20,375 He wanted a script. He was out in Sydney 257 00:11:20,418 --> 00:11:22,812 playing around with the blue screens or whatever... 258 00:11:22,856 --> 00:11:24,727 [SQUEAKS] 259 00:11:24,771 --> 00:11:27,687 and I would get little messages and so on and so forth. 260 00:11:27,730 --> 00:11:29,210 NARRATOR: But little messages aren't something 261 00:11:29,253 --> 00:11:31,168 you want from a man like Rick McCallum 262 00:11:31,212 --> 00:11:32,692 and so Hales had to get 263 00:11:32,735 --> 00:11:35,042 this pitbull producer off his back. 264 00:11:35,085 --> 00:11:38,001 Secretly, without telling George, 265 00:11:38,045 --> 00:11:41,439 when I'd done the first draft, before it was revised, 266 00:11:41,483 --> 00:11:45,269 we FedEx'd a copy of it to Rick in Sydney 267 00:11:45,313 --> 00:11:46,749 to keep him happy. 268 00:11:46,793 --> 00:11:48,751 NARRATOR: And soon the little messages 269 00:11:48,795 --> 00:11:50,622 turned into little gifts. 270 00:11:50,666 --> 00:11:53,364 He sent me champagne. So, there you are. 271 00:11:53,408 --> 00:11:55,671 NARRATOR: And in June 2000, just before the start 272 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:57,891 of principal photography, Lucas and Hales 273 00:11:57,934 --> 00:12:00,197 turned in their final shooting draft. 274 00:12:00,241 --> 00:12:05,159 At lastJar Jar's Great... eh,Attack of the Clones 275 00:12:05,202 --> 00:12:08,336 was ready to go before those digital cameras. 276 00:12:08,379 --> 00:12:10,207 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 277 00:12:12,166 --> 00:12:14,342 NARRATOR: With production in Sydney, Australia looming, 278 00:12:14,385 --> 00:12:17,127 the world had reached fever pitch 279 00:12:17,171 --> 00:12:19,303 about the second prequel movie... 280 00:12:19,347 --> 00:12:21,784 whatever it was called. 281 00:12:21,828 --> 00:12:24,482 There was always huge excitement and discussion 282 00:12:24,526 --> 00:12:27,007 among the fan base as to what the title of the... 283 00:12:27,050 --> 00:12:29,357 of the next movie was going to be. 284 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:33,143 So the title was always very carefully hidden 285 00:12:33,187 --> 00:12:35,493 until the last moment. 286 00:12:35,537 --> 00:12:37,931 NARRATOR: And the anticipation was palpable. 287 00:12:38,932 --> 00:12:40,716 Attack of the Clones. 288 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,327 He had these wacky titles, you know? 289 00:12:43,371 --> 00:12:46,200 NARRATOR: Well, palpable excitement is relative. 290 00:12:46,243 --> 00:12:48,550 For some, this wasn't their first rodeo. 291 00:12:48,593 --> 00:12:50,813 I knew you would return. I knew it! 292 00:12:50,857 --> 00:12:52,772 DANIELS: I have to say when I read the script 293 00:12:52,815 --> 00:12:56,210 in my hotel room and saw the role of 3PO in this, 294 00:12:56,253 --> 00:12:59,953 I actually threw it into the corner of the suite. 295 00:12:59,996 --> 00:13:01,302 [THUDS] 296 00:13:01,345 --> 00:13:04,044 I think, perhaps, we'd better go indoors. 297 00:13:04,087 --> 00:13:06,481 NARRATOR: It had taken Anthony much less time 298 00:13:06,524 --> 00:13:09,005 to read his role than he'd expected. 299 00:13:09,049 --> 00:13:11,660 [EXHALES SHARPLY] I don't know why I was out there. 300 00:13:11,703 --> 00:13:13,749 It was like... he was nothing. 301 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:15,577 NARRATOR: Just ten scenes featured 302 00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:17,884 the affable, golden droid that had proved 303 00:13:17,927 --> 00:13:21,452 so golden for the man who gave him a voice. 304 00:13:21,496 --> 00:13:24,107 DANIELS: And it hurt. Not from ego, 305 00:13:24,151 --> 00:13:28,024 but... but almost from a... a brotherly, 306 00:13:28,068 --> 00:13:29,721 um, worry about my friend. 307 00:13:29,765 --> 00:13:32,637 He's too good to... do nothing. 308 00:13:32,681 --> 00:13:34,770 You know, why... why insult him by being... 309 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:36,424 don't invite him at all if this... 310 00:13:36,467 --> 00:13:38,034 this is the crap you're gonna give him to do. 311 00:13:38,078 --> 00:13:41,864 If they had needed our help they would've asked for it. 312 00:13:41,908 --> 00:13:45,172 NARRATOR: Nevertheless, in June of the year 2000 313 00:13:45,215 --> 00:13:48,871 cameras began to roll onAttack of the Clones. 314 00:13:48,915 --> 00:13:52,005 Lucas is renting out the soundstage for something like three years 315 00:13:52,048 --> 00:13:55,182 just so the stage is constantly available to him. If there's footage missing, 316 00:13:55,225 --> 00:13:57,488 he can call people back at the last minute 317 00:13:57,532 --> 00:13:59,403 to go down to film. This is Lucas' ability 318 00:13:59,447 --> 00:14:02,319 to control every aspect of the film making. 319 00:14:02,363 --> 00:14:04,669 NARRATOR: It seemed that now, more than ever, 320 00:14:04,713 --> 00:14:07,542 George had control of everything. 321 00:14:07,585 --> 00:14:10,675 The once essential old-school ILM team... 322 00:14:10,719 --> 00:14:12,112 -[SIPPING] -were now replaced 323 00:14:12,155 --> 00:14:15,550 with a computer graphics based ILM. 324 00:14:15,593 --> 00:14:18,553 And even his disdain for directing actors 325 00:14:18,596 --> 00:14:20,816 -could be eradicated. -G. LUCAS: Well, it's like 326 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:23,297 getting a performance out of a regular actor. 327 00:14:23,340 --> 00:14:27,083 It's just... it takes a lot longer to get there. 328 00:14:27,127 --> 00:14:31,305 NARRATOR: Even for everyone's favorite green, Jedi master 329 00:14:31,348 --> 00:14:34,134 the old ways were being ripped up 330 00:14:34,177 --> 00:14:36,310 and Yoda himself would be ripped. 331 00:14:36,353 --> 00:14:38,225 G. LUCAS: Such an innocent, little thing. 332 00:14:38,268 --> 00:14:40,270 NARRATOR: And, finally, what Irvin Kershner 333 00:14:40,314 --> 00:14:43,360 had envisioned back onThe Empire Strikes Back... 334 00:14:43,404 --> 00:14:45,928 He wanted Yoda to be leaping from here to there. 335 00:14:45,972 --> 00:14:49,192 NARRATOR: ...was now, after more than 20 years, achievable. 336 00:14:49,236 --> 00:14:51,716 Yoda had to go from being a puppet 337 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:53,849 to a CGI character because he needed to do 338 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,199 -all those sick back flips. -JONES: In the script, 339 00:14:56,243 --> 00:14:58,245 all it says is, "Yoda fights." 340 00:14:58,288 --> 00:15:01,378 And they let the animators and the creatives 341 00:15:01,422 --> 00:15:03,119 go for it. 342 00:15:03,163 --> 00:15:05,817 [LIGHT SABERS HUMMING] 343 00:15:05,861 --> 00:15:08,733 It was a huge challenge to make that character 344 00:15:08,777 --> 00:15:11,693 go through those motions and yet keep that realistic. 345 00:15:11,736 --> 00:15:13,695 Fought well, you have. 346 00:15:13,738 --> 00:15:16,176 NARRATOR: And even though The Phantom Menace 347 00:15:16,219 --> 00:15:19,353 might have steered George away from going all-in on digital... 348 00:15:19,396 --> 00:15:21,921 -[GRUNTS] -he did it anyway. 349 00:15:21,964 --> 00:15:24,140 -Great. That's a struggle. -Already? 350 00:15:24,184 --> 00:15:25,837 [ALL LAUGH] 351 00:15:25,881 --> 00:15:27,883 NARRATOR: There was nothing George 352 00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:29,319 couldn't achieve this way, 353 00:15:29,363 --> 00:15:31,365 but what he was dreaming up... 354 00:15:31,408 --> 00:15:35,456 was a digital solution to every problem. 355 00:15:35,499 --> 00:15:38,415 On Attack of the Clones, there was a feeling 356 00:15:38,459 --> 00:15:41,027 that there wasn't enough action at one point in the movie. 357 00:15:41,070 --> 00:15:43,420 [ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYING] 358 00:15:46,728 --> 00:15:50,123 George had this idea about the assembly line. 359 00:15:50,166 --> 00:15:53,822 -The droids. -[MACHINES WHIRRING] 360 00:15:53,865 --> 00:15:55,563 DROID: Uh-oh. 361 00:15:55,606 --> 00:15:58,609 I think it works very well. It's a good sequence. 362 00:15:58,653 --> 00:16:01,264 -[CLANGS, WHIRRING] -Oh, no! 363 00:16:01,308 --> 00:16:03,919 NARRATOR: However, George's long-standing mantra... 364 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:06,530 "Oh, don't worry about it. We'll fix it later in post." 365 00:16:06,574 --> 00:16:09,185 NARRATOR: that had served him so well in the past 366 00:16:09,229 --> 00:16:12,232 now created a very different kind of problem. 367 00:16:12,275 --> 00:16:15,844 It's so dense. Every single image has so many things going on. 368 00:16:15,887 --> 00:16:17,367 So many things going on. 369 00:16:17,411 --> 00:16:19,152 [ECHOES] So many things going on. 370 00:16:19,195 --> 00:16:20,588 So many things going on. 371 00:16:20,631 --> 00:16:23,156 NARRATOR: But was having so many visual effects 372 00:16:23,199 --> 00:16:26,072 replacing practical, actually practical? 373 00:16:26,115 --> 00:16:28,248 REYNOLDS: John Knoll, visual effects supervisor, 374 00:16:28,291 --> 00:16:32,165 was asking, "When are we gonna outfit some actors 375 00:16:32,208 --> 00:16:34,776 "as clone troopers so we can get all of these close ups?" 376 00:16:34,819 --> 00:16:36,952 And the answer was, "We're not gonna build 377 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:39,041 "a single clone trooper outfit. 378 00:16:39,085 --> 00:16:41,130 "We're not gonna film any actors." 379 00:16:41,174 --> 00:16:44,090 "Even if it's an insert shot of somebody pulling a trigger, 380 00:16:44,133 --> 00:16:46,092 "it's all gonna be digital." 381 00:16:46,135 --> 00:16:48,181 [EXCITING MUSIC PLAYING] 382 00:16:48,224 --> 00:16:50,922 -The army? -Yes. 383 00:16:50,966 --> 00:16:54,752 And, so, even the great champion of digital, John Knoll, 384 00:16:54,796 --> 00:16:59,018 was saying, "Wouldn't that just be easier to do practical?" 385 00:16:59,061 --> 00:17:02,064 You are the one that has to deal with the overall picture. 386 00:17:03,587 --> 00:17:04,936 NARRATOR: But for the actors who still 387 00:17:04,980 --> 00:17:07,765 hadn't been replaced, the green and blue voids 388 00:17:07,809 --> 00:17:10,899 they found themselves working in every day 389 00:17:10,942 --> 00:17:13,075 presented their own challenge. 390 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:14,903 Green screen can be a nightmare. 391 00:17:14,946 --> 00:17:16,600 And also it's just green screen. There's nothing there. 392 00:17:16,644 --> 00:17:19,908 It can be kind of deadening process. 393 00:17:19,951 --> 00:17:22,476 NARRATOR: Also disheartening for certain members of the cast was having 394 00:17:22,519 --> 00:17:24,739 to watch their more nuanced work. 395 00:17:24,782 --> 00:17:28,525 fall by the wayside to make room for more action and excitement. 396 00:17:28,569 --> 00:17:30,484 The scene I really liked the most? 397 00:17:30,527 --> 00:17:33,356 Padme is alone at night with 3PO in a garage whatever. 398 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,880 And she asks 3PO if he's happy. 399 00:17:35,924 --> 00:17:37,882 And he said, "Well, it's very difficult being like this." 400 00:17:37,926 --> 00:17:40,059 "What do you mean?" "Well, naked... 401 00:17:40,102 --> 00:17:41,756 if you'll pardon the expression." 402 00:17:41,799 --> 00:17:44,237 You suddenly saw this terrible pathos 403 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,763 of a character who is walking around totally naked. 404 00:17:48,806 --> 00:17:52,245 J. TENUTO: And, so, Padme is the one who puts the pieces on C-3PO 405 00:17:52,288 --> 00:17:55,074 and there's something very sweet about that. 406 00:17:55,117 --> 00:17:56,814 NARRATOR: Or there might've been, but... 407 00:17:56,858 --> 00:17:59,904 The decision was made that the scene slowed the film down. 408 00:17:59,948 --> 00:18:02,864 NARRATOR: We never got to see how C-3PO went from 409 00:18:02,907 --> 00:18:05,693 his birthday suit to his golden armor. 410 00:18:05,736 --> 00:18:09,305 And Lucas said, "Nope, he's already gonna have it on." 411 00:18:09,349 --> 00:18:11,568 -I am C... -3PO? 412 00:18:11,612 --> 00:18:14,267 It was one of the tragedies for me. 413 00:18:14,310 --> 00:18:18,097 One of the things 3PO's not had ultimately 414 00:18:18,140 --> 00:18:22,318 was an ability to share his... humanity. 415 00:18:22,362 --> 00:18:25,626 NARRATOR: Which it seemed there wasn't much room for 416 00:18:25,669 --> 00:18:28,803 in this very heavily digital movie. 417 00:18:28,846 --> 00:18:32,285 Sometimes the computer graphics take over too much. 418 00:18:32,328 --> 00:18:34,374 It's a very dangerous thing to do 419 00:18:34,417 --> 00:18:37,420 because it's about storytelling. 420 00:18:37,464 --> 00:18:39,683 That's what the movies do 421 00:18:39,727 --> 00:18:42,077 and if you lose sight of the story, 422 00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:44,340 you could find yourself in trouble. 423 00:18:44,384 --> 00:18:46,864 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 424 00:18:47,996 --> 00:18:50,607 Question: Are you feeling the Force yet? 425 00:18:50,651 --> 00:18:54,089 NARRATOR: Attack of the Clones was released in May of 2002. 426 00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:58,180 The movie would cost $115 million 427 00:18:58,224 --> 00:19:02,445 and earned it over $650 million. 428 00:19:02,489 --> 00:19:05,883 But despite the numbers, byStar Wars standards 429 00:19:05,927 --> 00:19:07,842 this was a disappointment. 430 00:19:07,885 --> 00:19:09,060 It did open to, you know, 431 00:19:09,104 --> 00:19:10,584 a strong presence... 432 00:19:10,627 --> 00:19:13,152 These are my people. 433 00:19:13,195 --> 00:19:17,068 It definitely was hurt a bit by the critical reviews 434 00:19:17,112 --> 00:19:18,505 of Phantom Menace. 435 00:19:18,548 --> 00:19:21,160 NARRATOR: Attack of the Clones had been knocked off 436 00:19:21,203 --> 00:19:22,770 the top perch by an arachnid. 437 00:19:22,813 --> 00:19:24,989 For the first time a Star Warsfilm was not 438 00:19:25,033 --> 00:19:27,035 number one at the box office. It was Spider-Man. 439 00:19:27,078 --> 00:19:28,906 NARRATOR: This was not the deflation 440 00:19:28,950 --> 00:19:31,561 many fans felt afterThe Phantom Menace. 441 00:19:31,605 --> 00:19:33,737 Better reviews than Phantom Menace, 442 00:19:33,781 --> 00:19:36,523 not great reviews, though, overall. 443 00:19:36,566 --> 00:19:38,612 It has too many climaxes. 444 00:19:38,655 --> 00:19:40,657 You know, it has the big battle in the arena. 445 00:19:40,701 --> 00:19:42,616 Die, Jedi dogs! 446 00:19:42,659 --> 00:19:44,487 MORTON: It goes to the chase across the desert. 447 00:19:44,531 --> 00:19:46,794 -It's Dooku! -And then there's another... 448 00:19:46,837 --> 00:19:48,578 -[SCREAMS] -light saber duel 449 00:19:48,622 --> 00:19:49,884 with Count Dooku 450 00:19:49,927 --> 00:19:52,147 and Yoda shows his stuff in that sequence. 451 00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:54,497 Then, I think, some people love that, 452 00:19:54,541 --> 00:19:57,283 some people maybe wish there was a little less of it. 453 00:19:57,326 --> 00:19:59,807 NARRATOR: In the dizzying array of digital artistry, 454 00:19:59,850 --> 00:20:02,592 the drama and intensity ofStar Wars seemed to have 455 00:20:02,636 --> 00:20:05,856 fallen through George Lucas' hands like... sand. 456 00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:08,511 ANAKIN: I don't like sand. 457 00:20:08,555 --> 00:20:11,949 It's coarse and rough and irritating 458 00:20:11,993 --> 00:20:14,561 -and it gets everywhere. -[LAUGHTER] 459 00:20:14,604 --> 00:20:16,302 "I hate it. It gets everywhere." 460 00:20:16,345 --> 00:20:17,825 -[LAUGHS] -NARRATOR: It was arguably 461 00:20:17,868 --> 00:20:20,131 the worst line in the franchise. 462 00:20:20,175 --> 00:20:21,829 You shouldn't have done that. 463 00:20:21,872 --> 00:20:23,744 NARRATOR: Regardless the film had its fans. 464 00:20:23,787 --> 00:20:25,920 I think most people consider it a better film 465 00:20:25,963 --> 00:20:27,400 than Phantom Menace. 466 00:20:27,443 --> 00:20:29,750 NARRATOR: Like a pilot headed toward a mountain, 467 00:20:29,793 --> 00:20:32,361 George had managed to pull up at the last possible moment, 468 00:20:32,405 --> 00:20:34,058 but the bad news was that he was still 469 00:20:34,102 --> 00:20:36,496 miles from the height of the original trilogy. 470 00:20:36,539 --> 00:20:38,672 Still he had one more shot to clear those peaks 471 00:20:38,715 --> 00:20:41,283 and he'd be doing it once again in Sydney. 472 00:20:41,327 --> 00:20:45,026 Warm weather, pleasant people, and the same 473 00:20:45,069 --> 00:20:48,029 cutting-edge film studio at his disposal. 474 00:20:48,072 --> 00:20:50,597 Ideal working conditions for George. 475 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,252 Making the trilogies... especially between two and three 476 00:20:53,295 --> 00:20:55,906 is kind of like, just continuous production. 477 00:20:55,950 --> 00:20:57,734 NARRATOR: Unfortunately, the thing George 478 00:20:57,778 --> 00:21:00,520 was most in love with, was what many people 479 00:21:00,563 --> 00:21:02,348 didn't love at all. 480 00:21:02,391 --> 00:21:04,654 BENNETT: There was just too much CGI. 481 00:21:04,698 --> 00:21:07,440 It took away from the narrative and the heart of the story. 482 00:21:07,483 --> 00:21:09,703 NARRATOR: But love is blind as they say. 483 00:21:09,746 --> 00:21:12,532 I think he really falls in love with that tech 484 00:21:12,575 --> 00:21:14,534 to the detriment of everything else. 485 00:21:14,577 --> 00:21:16,013 To the detriment of the story. 486 00:21:16,057 --> 00:21:18,451 NARRATOR: For Marcia, the prequels were a reminder 487 00:21:18,494 --> 00:21:21,541 of what the original trilogy managed to never lose sight of. 488 00:21:21,584 --> 00:21:25,196 Movies and film are about storytelling. 489 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,548 It has to work. The performances have to work, 490 00:21:28,591 --> 00:21:31,768 the story has to work, the exposition has to be told. 491 00:21:31,812 --> 00:21:34,945 NARRATOR: And even the guy who wrote the story wasn't convinced. 492 00:21:34,989 --> 00:21:36,991 HALES: I thought it was too long. 493 00:21:37,034 --> 00:21:40,429 I thought there was, occasionally, an over-reliance 494 00:21:40,473 --> 00:21:44,607 on special effects and I was disappointed 495 00:21:44,651 --> 00:21:47,131 -with Obi-Wan Kenobi. -What? 496 00:21:47,175 --> 00:21:49,873 NARRATOR: More specifically, Ewan McGregor's performance 497 00:21:49,917 --> 00:21:53,399 -of the great Jedi. -Curious. 498 00:21:53,442 --> 00:21:55,836 I don't think he had a great deal of respect 499 00:21:55,879 --> 00:21:59,274 -for what he was doing. -You're sweating. Relax. 500 00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:02,582 And, sometimes, in the movie he can hardly keep the sneer 501 00:22:02,625 --> 00:22:04,975 -off his face. -[CHUCKLES] 502 00:22:05,019 --> 00:22:07,500 It's a very lazy performance. He phones it in. 503 00:22:07,543 --> 00:22:09,589 Patience. Use the Force. 504 00:22:09,632 --> 00:22:12,287 If he had brought one quarter 505 00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:15,682 of the commitment and the wit 506 00:22:15,725 --> 00:22:19,729 that, say, Harrison brings to his performance in the others... 507 00:22:19,773 --> 00:22:22,471 Well, that's the real trick, isn't it? 508 00:22:22,515 --> 00:22:24,604 ...it would've made a huge amount of difference. 509 00:22:24,647 --> 00:22:27,128 But he doesn't. 510 00:22:27,171 --> 00:22:28,999 NARRATOR: And, so, you may not be surprised to hear 511 00:22:29,043 --> 00:22:31,393 that Jonathan Hales wasn't so keen to come back 512 00:22:31,437 --> 00:22:33,526 for the next movie. 513 00:22:33,569 --> 00:22:36,703 Not really. Um... 514 00:22:36,746 --> 00:22:41,316 No, I was perfectly content with... with what had happened. 515 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:44,014 NARRATOR: Well, at least Jonathan's happy. 516 00:22:44,058 --> 00:22:48,192 So now George set his sights on everybody else 517 00:22:48,236 --> 00:22:51,065 starting with Anthony Daniels who would be back again. 518 00:22:51,108 --> 00:22:52,719 There have been so many. 519 00:22:52,762 --> 00:22:55,112 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 520 00:22:55,156 --> 00:22:57,593 Uh, yeah, Revenge of the Sith here we go. [CLEARS THROAT] 521 00:22:57,637 --> 00:23:00,944 [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] 522 00:23:00,988 --> 00:23:03,686 -This is where the fun begins. -[MUSIC WINDS DOWN TO STOP] 523 00:23:03,730 --> 00:23:05,427 Pause a minute. 524 00:23:05,471 --> 00:23:08,212 [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] 525 00:23:08,256 --> 00:23:09,605 What happened in it? 526 00:23:09,649 --> 00:23:11,477 NARRATOR: Well, that would be for George 527 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:13,348 and a new screenwriter to work out. 528 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:15,872 And on that front, it would be... 529 00:23:15,916 --> 00:23:18,397 George Lucas wrote the screenplay for Revenge of the Sith. 530 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,442 NARRATOR: George Lucas himself. 531 00:23:20,486 --> 00:23:22,705 Having writtenA New Hope, George would now 532 00:23:22,749 --> 00:23:26,579 bookend the franchise as the sole writer/director on the final film. 533 00:23:26,622 --> 00:23:28,450 But based on George's track record... 534 00:23:28,494 --> 00:23:30,365 MORTON: [ECHOES] He's not an actor's director. 535 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:34,064 BENNETT: [ECHOES] Wasn't so fantastic at writing dialogue. 536 00:23:34,108 --> 00:23:36,980 NARRATOR: Maybe that wasn't the best idea. 537 00:23:37,024 --> 00:23:38,678 I agree. Bad idea. 538 00:23:38,721 --> 00:23:40,984 MUIR: Rick McCallum, love him or hate him, 539 00:23:41,028 --> 00:23:43,465 if you look at the prequels, it's clear he's not 540 00:23:43,509 --> 00:23:45,685 what George Lucas needed which was somebody 541 00:23:45,728 --> 00:23:47,817 who could tell him "No." Or that, "This isn't good." 542 00:23:47,861 --> 00:23:50,385 The thing you need as a filmmaker 543 00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:53,214 is not someone who says, "Gosh, you're so brilliant. 544 00:23:53,257 --> 00:23:55,564 "Gosh, this is gonna be so great. Aren't you a genius?" 545 00:23:55,608 --> 00:23:57,914 But who says, "This isn't working. 546 00:23:57,958 --> 00:24:00,569 "Rethink this." 547 00:24:00,613 --> 00:24:02,919 That's the voice you need. 548 00:24:02,963 --> 00:24:05,182 -NARRATOR: And, so, with... -No. 549 00:24:05,226 --> 00:24:07,402 NARRATOR: off the table, Rick and George 550 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,360 set about making the third film 551 00:24:09,404 --> 00:24:12,799 -in the prequel trilogy. -And... action! 552 00:24:12,842 --> 00:24:16,542 NARRATOR: As filming began on June the 30th, 2003, 553 00:24:16,585 --> 00:24:19,980 Revenge of the Sith was a smooth operation. 554 00:24:20,023 --> 00:24:22,025 From the camera to the computer, 555 00:24:22,069 --> 00:24:23,940 shooting, editing, and even rewriting 556 00:24:23,984 --> 00:24:26,116 were all happening at the same time. 557 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,815 Then Tom Stoppard was brought in to do a lot of re-writes, 558 00:24:28,858 --> 00:24:30,425 but he was uncredited. 559 00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:33,036 NARRATOR: Not onIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade... 560 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:34,777 And the Oscar goes to... 561 00:24:34,821 --> 00:24:36,475 NARRATOR: OrShakespeare in Love... 562 00:24:36,518 --> 00:24:38,607 Tom Stoppard. Shakespeare in Love. 563 00:24:38,651 --> 00:24:40,957 NARRATOR: for which he won an Oscar. 564 00:24:41,001 --> 00:24:43,351 -Thanks. -MORTON: Technology allows you 565 00:24:43,394 --> 00:24:45,571 to keep changing things and coming up with 566 00:24:45,614 --> 00:24:47,442 so many different variations of things. 567 00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:50,271 That gives him the luxury of making the movie 568 00:24:50,314 --> 00:24:52,055 the way he wants to make it. If other film makers think 569 00:24:52,099 --> 00:24:53,622 that's crazy... eh. He didn't care. 570 00:24:53,666 --> 00:24:55,319 This is the way he was gonna work it. 571 00:24:55,363 --> 00:24:56,886 That's it. Match it. Match it. 572 00:24:56,930 --> 00:24:58,671 That's exactly what we want. 573 00:25:03,458 --> 00:25:05,460 NARRATOR: With near limitless digital potential, 574 00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:08,332 George had more creative control than he'd ever had. 575 00:25:08,376 --> 00:25:10,596 Or as more fanatical advocates would call it... 576 00:25:10,639 --> 00:25:13,207 [SCREAMS] Unlimited... 577 00:25:13,250 --> 00:25:16,558 power! 578 00:25:16,602 --> 00:25:18,952 MORTON: He was still trying to create new stuff. 579 00:25:18,995 --> 00:25:21,911 His imagination is really working overtime. 580 00:25:21,955 --> 00:25:25,262 Like, new environments. New creatures. New ideas. 581 00:25:25,306 --> 00:25:27,482 He's always trying to do something new. 582 00:25:27,526 --> 00:25:29,092 First of all, he really took miniatures 583 00:25:29,136 --> 00:25:30,703 out of the picture which had been the bread and butter 584 00:25:30,746 --> 00:25:32,792 of the original Star Wars films. 585 00:25:32,835 --> 00:25:34,315 And, you know, all the spaceships, things like that, 586 00:25:34,358 --> 00:25:36,447 -were computer generated. -Eh, you know, 587 00:25:36,491 --> 00:25:38,580 I get it. You know, George was always 588 00:25:38,624 --> 00:25:41,844 very supportive of technological changes 589 00:25:41,888 --> 00:25:44,760 and he would embrace them. 590 00:25:44,804 --> 00:25:48,068 I-I think even to the point of, you know, 591 00:25:48,111 --> 00:25:50,766 the stuff doesn't actually look very good. 592 00:25:50,810 --> 00:25:52,942 -[CHUCKLES] You know? -NARRATOR: And this time 593 00:25:52,986 --> 00:25:55,162 George was determined to get it right. 594 00:25:56,076 --> 00:25:57,556 Enter all-digital... 595 00:25:57,599 --> 00:25:59,558 General Grievous. 596 00:25:59,601 --> 00:26:01,037 [THUDS] 597 00:26:01,081 --> 00:26:04,737 A character first seen in 2003's animated series 598 00:26:04,780 --> 00:26:06,477 The Clone Wars. 599 00:26:06,521 --> 00:26:09,524 BENNETT: General Grievous was brought in as our new adversary. 600 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:11,352 Our new, uh, super soldier villain. 601 00:26:11,395 --> 00:26:13,006 NARRATOR: Grievous was no Jar Jar, 602 00:26:13,049 --> 00:26:15,530 but like George's other digital inventions, 603 00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:17,532 he was hard to work out. 604 00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:19,447 You know, Grievous is one of those characters 605 00:26:19,490 --> 00:26:21,536 that, um... I still can't quite figure out. 606 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:23,799 He's, like, he's asthmatic I guess. 607 00:26:23,843 --> 00:26:26,019 [COUGHS] 608 00:26:26,062 --> 00:26:27,629 He's got, like, an organic heart... 609 00:26:27,673 --> 00:26:30,153 -[WHIRRING] -but then he's a robot. 610 00:26:30,197 --> 00:26:31,894 [LIGHTSABERS HUM] 611 00:26:31,938 --> 00:26:34,201 I never quite got that. [CHUCKLES] 612 00:26:34,244 --> 00:26:36,856 NARRATOR: But with general grievances 613 00:26:36,899 --> 00:26:39,510 about going overboard with digital 614 00:26:39,554 --> 00:26:42,339 and subsequent criticism... 615 00:26:42,383 --> 00:26:45,299 there was still a little room inRevenge of the Sith 616 00:26:45,342 --> 00:26:48,084 for more traditional, analog filmmaking techniques. 617 00:26:48,128 --> 00:26:49,912 [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] 618 00:26:49,956 --> 00:26:53,133 ELSEY: My name is Dave Elsey and I was in charge 619 00:26:53,176 --> 00:26:56,963 of the creature workshop on Revenge of the Sith. 620 00:26:57,006 --> 00:26:58,965 NARRATOR: It fell on Dave to create creatures 621 00:26:59,008 --> 00:27:01,881 not with pixels, but with paint and prosthetics. 622 00:27:01,924 --> 00:27:04,535 ELSEY: I think something transformative happens 623 00:27:04,579 --> 00:27:07,016 when you put people into those makeups 624 00:27:07,060 --> 00:27:08,931 and they see the character in the mirror. 625 00:27:08,975 --> 00:27:11,630 -I think it's better without. -Yeah, so do I. 626 00:27:11,673 --> 00:27:13,632 That's not something you get by putting dots 627 00:27:13,675 --> 00:27:15,242 on someone's face and going, 628 00:27:15,285 --> 00:27:17,244 "Well, it'll be fine in the end." 629 00:27:17,287 --> 00:27:18,637 NARRATOR: Makeup artist Nikki Gooley 630 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,203 was also trying to bring a sense 631 00:27:20,247 --> 00:27:21,857 of naturalism to the film. 632 00:27:21,901 --> 00:27:23,642 Filming in an environment that might've had 633 00:27:23,685 --> 00:27:26,427 one prop or a little bit of furniture or something. 634 00:27:26,470 --> 00:27:30,083 So, I-I really wanted them to look a part of the environment 635 00:27:30,126 --> 00:27:32,389 rather than look like they were a couple of actors 636 00:27:32,433 --> 00:27:34,174 -sitting on a stage. -[BELL RINGS] 637 00:27:34,217 --> 00:27:35,871 [INDISTINCT SHOUTING] 638 00:27:35,915 --> 00:27:38,744 In order to do that I tried to make their skin tones 639 00:27:38,787 --> 00:27:41,094 and their skin textures as real as possible. 640 00:27:41,137 --> 00:27:44,401 To me it's like a good costume, a fantastic set, 641 00:27:44,445 --> 00:27:47,230 a great prop, or any other thing, really, 642 00:27:47,274 --> 00:27:51,234 raises the excitement level of everybody involved. 643 00:27:51,278 --> 00:27:53,889 The crew, of the actors, everybody. 644 00:27:53,933 --> 00:27:55,369 NARRATOR: Well, one excited actor 645 00:27:55,412 --> 00:27:57,545 would be absolutely caked in makeup. 646 00:27:57,588 --> 00:27:59,982 ELSEY: The Emperor's not gonna be digital. 647 00:28:00,026 --> 00:28:01,288 He was a guy in makeup. 648 00:28:01,331 --> 00:28:02,550 He's gonna be a guy in makeup again. 649 00:28:02,593 --> 00:28:03,682 [EVIL LAUGHTER] 650 00:28:03,725 --> 00:28:06,467 George said, "Hey, great nose." 651 00:28:06,510 --> 00:28:09,078 ELSEY: You couldn't replace what Ian McDiarmid 652 00:28:09,122 --> 00:28:11,167 was doing as the Emperor. 653 00:28:11,211 --> 00:28:14,040 Once more the Sith 654 00:28:14,083 --> 00:28:17,260 will rule the galaxy. 655 00:28:17,304 --> 00:28:20,655 DANIELS: Watching Ian McDiarmid suborning Anakin 656 00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:24,180 and thinking, "Gosh, this is a real actor. 657 00:28:24,224 --> 00:28:26,400 "This is beautiful. This is... 658 00:28:26,443 --> 00:28:27,880 "unusual." 659 00:28:27,923 --> 00:28:31,361 Is it possible to learn this power? 660 00:28:31,405 --> 00:28:34,103 "Not from a Jedi." [EXHALES SHARPLY] 661 00:28:34,147 --> 00:28:37,846 Sorry, terrible impersonation. [CHUCKLES] 662 00:28:37,890 --> 00:28:40,022 NARRATOR: Ian McDiarmid turned in a performance 663 00:28:40,066 --> 00:28:43,330 worthy of the stage. Speaking of which... 664 00:28:43,373 --> 00:28:44,897 One of the scenes is the opera scene. 665 00:28:44,940 --> 00:28:48,509 Yes, it was originally another desk scene. 666 00:28:48,552 --> 00:28:50,816 ANAKIN: Chancellor. McDIARMID: And George said, 667 00:28:50,859 --> 00:28:53,340 "I think we need something different for this scene." 668 00:28:53,383 --> 00:28:55,385 And he had this idea and he said, 669 00:28:55,429 --> 00:28:57,039 "You'll appreciate this, Ian." 670 00:28:57,083 --> 00:28:58,693 He knew I was a man of the theater. 671 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:00,260 A theater actor. "They're in a theater. 672 00:29:00,303 --> 00:29:01,609 "They're watching something. 673 00:29:01,652 --> 00:29:03,393 "I don't think we need to change the dialogue. 674 00:29:03,437 --> 00:29:05,134 "I think it'll probably make sense." 675 00:29:05,178 --> 00:29:06,919 And I said, "Okay, what are they watching?" 676 00:29:06,962 --> 00:29:09,312 He said, "Oh, I don't know. 677 00:29:09,356 --> 00:29:13,403 "A squid ballet or something." I thought, "A squid ballet?" 678 00:29:13,447 --> 00:29:15,841 NARRATOR: And so the Emperor Palpatine 679 00:29:15,884 --> 00:29:18,757 became a patron of the cephalopod arts 680 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,236 in this famous scene. 681 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,151 McDIARMID: People say, "Is there anything positive 682 00:29:22,195 --> 00:29:24,197 "you can say about this evil person?" 683 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,634 I say, "Yes, one thing. He likes going to the theater." 684 00:29:26,677 --> 00:29:29,289 NARRATOR: However, people wouldn't be lining up forSquid Lake. 685 00:29:29,332 --> 00:29:32,901 George had nearly completed three prequels 686 00:29:32,945 --> 00:29:36,687 for a total cost of nearly $350 million. 687 00:29:36,731 --> 00:29:40,343 The ultimate prologue to one of the greatest stories ever told. 688 00:29:40,387 --> 00:29:43,303 I do think one of the problems with the prequel trilogy 689 00:29:43,346 --> 00:29:45,827 is it's really only one movie worth of story. 690 00:29:45,871 --> 00:29:48,221 -What? -The only thing that's relevant 691 00:29:48,264 --> 00:29:50,571 in Phantom Menaceis that Obi-Wan and Anakin meet. 692 00:29:50,614 --> 00:29:53,530 -Pleased to meet you. -And the Emperor meets them. 693 00:29:53,574 --> 00:29:56,272 We will watch your career with great interest. 694 00:29:56,316 --> 00:29:58,492 And the only thing that's relevant in Attack of the Clones 695 00:29:58,535 --> 00:30:00,929 is that Anakin and Padme fall in love. 696 00:30:00,973 --> 00:30:03,323 -You love me? -The rest of it is filler. 697 00:30:03,366 --> 00:30:06,369 I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe. 698 00:30:06,413 --> 00:30:08,154 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 699 00:30:09,068 --> 00:30:10,286 Really? 700 00:30:10,330 --> 00:30:12,593 NARRATOR: And really all the prequels 701 00:30:12,636 --> 00:30:15,422 were leading to just one moment. 702 00:30:15,465 --> 00:30:17,598 MORTON: How does Anakin become Darth Vader? 703 00:30:17,641 --> 00:30:20,122 And that's told in the third film 704 00:30:20,166 --> 00:30:23,082 -of the prequel trilogy. -You have done that yourself! 705 00:30:23,125 --> 00:30:24,997 NARRATOR: And for the PG-rated movie, 706 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:26,999 what a story it is. 707 00:30:27,042 --> 00:30:29,784 This is about somebody good collapsing 708 00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:32,308 into something bad and the whole galaxy 709 00:30:32,352 --> 00:30:33,919 going with him. 710 00:30:33,962 --> 00:30:35,485 You know, the other ones are about 711 00:30:35,529 --> 00:30:37,792 climbing out of that hole. About finding goodness. 712 00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:39,750 Those are all inherently positive stories. 713 00:30:39,794 --> 00:30:41,752 This is the one that was always gonna be dark. 714 00:30:41,796 --> 00:30:43,450 We know how it ends. 715 00:30:43,493 --> 00:30:45,234 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 716 00:30:45,278 --> 00:30:47,367 NARRATOR: The entire prequels were leading up to one 717 00:30:47,410 --> 00:30:50,457 -hotly anticipated moment. -You've changed. 718 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,415 ELSEY: The thing that I've never seen as a kid, 719 00:30:52,459 --> 00:30:53,939 but I'd always envisioned 720 00:30:53,982 --> 00:30:57,464 was how Vader becomes Vader. 721 00:30:57,507 --> 00:30:59,814 NARRATOR: And for this George Lucas 722 00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:01,772 simply could not fail. 723 00:31:01,816 --> 00:31:03,774 And to make sure he got it right... 724 00:31:03,818 --> 00:31:06,125 he went to extraordinary lengths. 725 00:31:06,168 --> 00:31:08,344 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING] 726 00:31:12,087 --> 00:31:13,741 NARRATOR: Revenge of the Sith 727 00:31:13,784 --> 00:31:16,613 was in some ways the revenge of George Lucas 728 00:31:16,657 --> 00:31:18,354 toward his many doubters. 729 00:31:18,398 --> 00:31:20,835 It finally delivered on the moment all fans 730 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:23,490 had been waiting for. A moment so important 731 00:31:23,533 --> 00:31:26,058 that George Lucas... 732 00:31:26,101 --> 00:31:28,843 asked his pal Stephen Spielberg for help. 733 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:32,368 Stephen Spielberg plays a role behind-the-scenes 734 00:31:32,412 --> 00:31:35,589 as a kind of almost second unit director. 735 00:31:35,632 --> 00:31:37,852 And Stephen Spielberg wanted to learn 736 00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:40,899 how to use this new technology using the computer. 737 00:31:40,942 --> 00:31:43,466 You underestimate my power! 738 00:31:43,510 --> 00:31:45,338 The climax of Revenge of the Sith 739 00:31:45,381 --> 00:31:49,037 is the light saber battle between Obi-Wan and Anakin. 740 00:31:49,081 --> 00:31:51,692 NARRATOR: Lending his talents to this crucial scene... 741 00:31:51,735 --> 00:31:55,348 Spielberg worked with Lucas to design a lot of the shots 742 00:31:55,391 --> 00:31:57,524 and a lot of the way the whole thing was gonna go. 743 00:31:57,567 --> 00:31:59,874 The choreography. He was an integral part 744 00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:01,789 of designing that entire sequence. 745 00:32:01,832 --> 00:32:04,705 NARRATOR: It was just like the good ole days. 746 00:32:04,748 --> 00:32:06,359 That's what those guys always used to do 747 00:32:06,402 --> 00:32:07,838 way back in the beginning. 748 00:32:07,882 --> 00:32:09,884 They'd all help on each other's movies. 749 00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:11,886 NARRATOR: In the safe hands of none other than 750 00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:14,802 Stephen Spielberg, this exciting sequence 751 00:32:14,845 --> 00:32:16,673 is one of the best in the prequels. 752 00:32:16,717 --> 00:32:18,980 -[ANAKIN SCREAMS] -[LIGHTSABERS HUM] 753 00:32:19,024 --> 00:32:20,851 [ANAKIN GROANS] 754 00:32:20,895 --> 00:32:22,897 But, gee, it does get dark quick. 755 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:25,421 -[SCREAMING] -Or should we say, "PG?" 756 00:32:25,465 --> 00:32:27,032 [ANAKIN CONTINUES SCREAMING] 757 00:32:27,075 --> 00:32:30,296 A problem for the makeup artist Dave Elsey. 758 00:32:30,339 --> 00:32:33,168 George says, "Oh, remember... 759 00:32:33,212 --> 00:32:34,474 "a lot of kids are gonna see this. 760 00:32:34,517 --> 00:32:36,911 "So this should be like a PG burn". 761 00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:39,435 NARRATOR: That raised an obvious question. 762 00:32:39,479 --> 00:32:41,916 "What's a... What's a PG burn?" 763 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,310 What does that mean? He's just fallen 764 00:32:44,353 --> 00:32:47,269 in a pit of lava. How are we gonna do this? 765 00:32:47,313 --> 00:32:49,880 And he goes... 766 00:32:49,924 --> 00:32:52,013 "Yeah, you're right. 767 00:32:52,057 --> 00:32:54,146 "Okay, you do whatever you were gonna do 768 00:32:54,189 --> 00:32:56,409 "and it'll be a different rating then." 769 00:32:56,452 --> 00:32:58,367 I was like, "Okay. 770 00:32:58,411 --> 00:33:01,631 "They're gonna change the rating because of what I'm doing?" 771 00:33:01,675 --> 00:33:03,459 NARRATOR: Well, that's how Revenge of the Sith became 772 00:33:03,503 --> 00:33:07,855 the firstStar Wars film to receive a PG-13 rating. 773 00:33:07,898 --> 00:33:11,859 People forget just how gory Star Warscan become. 774 00:33:11,902 --> 00:33:14,470 [OVERLAPPING SCREAMS] 775 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:20,911 -[CHUCKLES] -NARRATOR: But for a scene 776 00:33:20,955 --> 00:33:23,479 at the very center of everything that isStar Wars 777 00:33:23,523 --> 00:33:25,438 -it was worth it. -ELSEY: It's something that 778 00:33:25,481 --> 00:33:26,743 you need to see to understand 779 00:33:26,787 --> 00:33:29,181 what's inside the Vader suit 780 00:33:29,224 --> 00:33:32,314 and why Vader is actually quite tortured. 781 00:33:32,358 --> 00:33:34,316 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 782 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,362 NARRATOR: The birth of Darth Vader had delivered 783 00:33:36,405 --> 00:33:38,625 Star Wars back to its beginnings. 784 00:33:38,668 --> 00:33:41,062 As the prequel trilogy finally dovetailed 785 00:33:41,106 --> 00:33:43,195 with the original films. 786 00:33:43,238 --> 00:33:45,371 I mean, that's the moment the door slammed shut. 787 00:33:45,414 --> 00:33:48,635 NARRATOR: Well, when the movie opened May the 15th, 2005, 788 00:33:48,678 --> 00:33:50,289 Revenge of the Sith grossed 789 00:33:50,332 --> 00:33:53,683 $850 million worldwide. 790 00:33:53,727 --> 00:33:56,164 It's... It's the film that I think holds up the best. 791 00:33:56,208 --> 00:33:57,731 It's the one that makes the most sense. 792 00:33:57,774 --> 00:34:00,603 It's the one that... it's the most dramatically sound 793 00:34:00,647 --> 00:34:01,952 but you still do get the Vader, "No" 794 00:34:01,996 --> 00:34:03,432 at the very end, unfortunately. 795 00:34:03,476 --> 00:34:06,435 [SHOUTS] No! 796 00:34:06,479 --> 00:34:10,918 NARRATOR: Regardless, there was nooo doubt 797 00:34:10,961 --> 00:34:12,876 thatRevenge of the Sith was for both 798 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,792 new fans and old ones. Finally delivering 799 00:34:15,836 --> 00:34:18,578 on elements of theStar Wars story that audiences 800 00:34:18,621 --> 00:34:20,623 -had been waiting for. -[BABY COOS] 801 00:34:20,667 --> 00:34:22,930 But asRevenge of the Sith graced screens 802 00:34:22,973 --> 00:34:26,238 around the world, George Lucas had found himself 803 00:34:26,281 --> 00:34:29,023 in an altogether different scenario 804 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:31,852 he had no more Star Wars to make. 805 00:34:31,895 --> 00:34:33,767 [GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING] 806 00:34:33,810 --> 00:34:36,335 As the dust settled, the world now had 807 00:34:36,378 --> 00:34:39,512 sixStar Wars movies and one George Lucas 808 00:34:39,555 --> 00:34:41,514 to thank for them. 809 00:34:41,557 --> 00:34:43,603 With the original trilogy, George had moved 810 00:34:43,646 --> 00:34:46,562 the entire entertainment industry forward 811 00:34:46,606 --> 00:34:49,696 and with the prequels, well,[CHUCKLES] 812 00:34:49,739 --> 00:34:51,089 he kind of did it again. 813 00:34:51,132 --> 00:34:53,047 Lucas is a visionary. 814 00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:56,659 He saw the future and made it happen. 815 00:34:56,703 --> 00:34:59,009 Everything he did on the prequel trilogy, 816 00:34:59,053 --> 00:35:01,316 in terms of its production, is now standard. 817 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,102 A lot of people talked about things for years 818 00:35:04,145 --> 00:35:07,192 he actually put it all into practice. 819 00:35:07,235 --> 00:35:09,890 Everything we do with this stuff now 820 00:35:09,933 --> 00:35:12,501 started with George Lucas. 821 00:35:12,545 --> 00:35:14,155 [DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS] 822 00:35:14,199 --> 00:35:15,504 -[DRUM BANGS] -[MUSIC STOPS] 823 00:35:17,637 --> 00:35:19,508 NARRATOR: After an incredible six movies 824 00:35:19,552 --> 00:35:24,034 grossing a cumulative total of $4.3 billion 825 00:35:24,078 --> 00:35:28,082 and counting, this young boy from Modesto 826 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:32,217 had looked up at the stars and dreamed. 827 00:35:32,260 --> 00:35:36,003 But that's where the comparison to Luke Skywalker ends 828 00:35:36,046 --> 00:35:39,311 because George Lucas didn't harness the Force, 829 00:35:39,354 --> 00:35:43,053 George Lucasis the Force. 830 00:35:43,097 --> 00:35:44,620 BENNETT: If you think about it, 831 00:35:44,664 --> 00:35:46,970 if George had stopped with Return of the Jedi, 832 00:35:47,014 --> 00:35:50,322 he would've just become an '80s cultural phenomenon, 833 00:35:50,365 --> 00:35:53,412 but that's not who George Lucas is. 834 00:35:53,455 --> 00:35:57,503 He is a businessman, he is a tortured director, 835 00:35:57,546 --> 00:36:00,462 he's an ex-husband, a father, and a son 836 00:36:00,506 --> 00:36:03,422 that had something to prove to his father 837 00:36:03,465 --> 00:36:05,250 and he proved it. 838 00:36:05,293 --> 00:36:07,208 NARRATOR: Having achieved what he set out to do... 839 00:36:07,252 --> 00:36:09,297 POLLOCK: [ECHOES] Own your own business. 840 00:36:09,341 --> 00:36:11,778 Don't work for other people. 841 00:36:11,821 --> 00:36:14,911 NARRATOR: The question was, what next for George? 842 00:36:14,955 --> 00:36:16,435 LUCAS: George always said to me, 843 00:36:16,478 --> 00:36:19,699 I will never, ever sell my company. 844 00:36:19,742 --> 00:36:23,398 I will never, ever put my company on the stock market. 845 00:36:23,442 --> 00:36:26,227 I'm a success. I made all this money. 846 00:36:26,271 --> 00:36:29,274 I will never, ever give up my company. 847 00:36:30,231 --> 00:36:33,756 And guess what? [GIGGLES] 848 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,845 He sold it. [EXHALES] 849 00:36:36,846 --> 00:36:39,284 [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING] 850 00:36:39,327 --> 00:36:41,764 That made me sad. 851 00:36:41,808 --> 00:36:44,550 -NARRATOR: In October 2012... -[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 852 00:36:44,593 --> 00:36:47,379 for the first time Star Wars would be in the hands 853 00:36:47,422 --> 00:36:49,250 of another creative force. 854 00:36:49,294 --> 00:36:52,732 Headline: "George Lucas sells Star Warsto Disney." 855 00:36:52,775 --> 00:36:56,170 Why not? He's done his time. 856 00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:59,042 He's put it in and that's a chunk of money. 857 00:36:59,086 --> 00:37:01,219 I think I'd be tempted. 858 00:37:01,262 --> 00:37:05,962 I think the $4.2 billion that George sold was low. 859 00:37:06,006 --> 00:37:08,095 I think it was worth much more than that. 860 00:37:08,138 --> 00:37:10,880 NARRATOR: It's hard to put a price on a cultural phenomenon. 861 00:37:10,924 --> 00:37:14,493 The valueStar Wars has to us all is priceless 862 00:37:14,536 --> 00:37:16,799 and the galaxy George Lucas created 863 00:37:16,843 --> 00:37:19,280 continues to enrich our lives, 864 00:37:19,324 --> 00:37:21,282 but George Lucas paid a high price 865 00:37:21,326 --> 00:37:23,850 to revolutionize the film industry. 866 00:37:23,893 --> 00:37:26,287 Divorce in California is a 50/50 divorce. 867 00:37:26,331 --> 00:37:28,637 So we split that personal money 868 00:37:28,681 --> 00:37:30,378 that we owned personally. 869 00:37:30,422 --> 00:37:32,424 When it came to the business... 870 00:37:32,467 --> 00:37:35,209 the company had to be appraised. 871 00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:39,300 NARRATOR: According to Marcia, George signed a promissory note 872 00:37:39,344 --> 00:37:42,608 promising to pay her for her share of LucasFilm. 873 00:37:42,651 --> 00:37:44,262 And that's what George owed me. 874 00:37:44,305 --> 00:37:47,047 And then my lawyer said to me, "You know, Marcia, 875 00:37:47,090 --> 00:37:49,441 "you're making a really big mistake here 876 00:37:49,484 --> 00:37:53,706 "because if you have this note and its unsecured, 877 00:37:53,749 --> 00:37:56,361 "George could bankrupt the company tomorrow". 878 00:37:56,404 --> 00:37:58,493 NARRATOR: Meaning Marcia's fate would be linked 879 00:37:58,537 --> 00:38:00,408 to LucasFilm's future. 880 00:38:00,452 --> 00:38:03,672 At that time George didn't need to pay Marcia anything. 881 00:38:03,716 --> 00:38:06,545 The promissory note was for a percentage of LucasFilm 882 00:38:06,588 --> 00:38:09,243 when he sold it which at the time 883 00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:11,289 was 30 years away, 884 00:38:11,332 --> 00:38:14,770 but it seems that was too long for George. 885 00:38:14,814 --> 00:38:16,946 I never asked him to pay down the note, 886 00:38:16,990 --> 00:38:18,731 but he wanted to. He wanted every... 887 00:38:18,774 --> 00:38:21,560 He wanted me gone forever... 888 00:38:21,603 --> 00:38:24,563 with no contact. 889 00:38:24,606 --> 00:38:28,610 NARRATOR: Marcia says that George found the cash to pay her then 890 00:38:28,654 --> 00:38:31,744 so he would never owe her anything in the future. 891 00:38:31,787 --> 00:38:34,050 The common belief is that George had to sell 892 00:38:34,094 --> 00:38:36,662 The Graphics Group to Steve Jobs in 1986 893 00:38:36,705 --> 00:38:38,316 to pay for his divorce. 894 00:38:38,359 --> 00:38:41,406 Graphics Group eventually became Pixar. 895 00:38:41,449 --> 00:38:43,321 [BOINGS] 896 00:38:43,364 --> 00:38:45,627 NARRATOR: But George didn't just want Marcia gone 897 00:38:45,671 --> 00:38:47,455 from his life financially. 898 00:38:47,499 --> 00:38:50,502 It looked like he wanted something else altogether. 899 00:38:50,545 --> 00:38:52,068 This is painful. 900 00:38:52,112 --> 00:38:54,332 [MUSIC PLAYING] 901 00:38:56,595 --> 00:38:58,292 LUCAS: [ECHOES] We didn't just make it work, 902 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:02,383 we made something really, really, really special. 903 00:39:02,427 --> 00:39:05,430 NARRATOR: After the divorce in 1983, 904 00:39:05,473 --> 00:39:10,173 George Lucas completely severed all financial ties 905 00:39:10,217 --> 00:39:12,654 with his ex-wife, but for Marcia, 906 00:39:12,698 --> 00:39:14,917 there were heavier losses to come. 907 00:39:14,961 --> 00:39:18,660 This is painful, but when I left George, 908 00:39:18,704 --> 00:39:20,445 he was very unhappy. 909 00:39:20,488 --> 00:39:22,577 He was very hurt. 910 00:39:22,621 --> 00:39:25,928 And the way he dealt with my leaving him 911 00:39:25,972 --> 00:39:29,149 was to decide that I never existed. 912 00:39:29,192 --> 00:39:32,370 KAZANJIAN [ECHOES] She was an inspiration to George. 913 00:39:32,413 --> 00:39:34,589 BENNETT: [ECHOES] She was with him every step of the way. 914 00:39:34,633 --> 00:39:37,244 He erased me from history. 915 00:39:37,287 --> 00:39:40,639 He went... As far as I know, my daughter wasn't even 916 00:39:40,682 --> 00:39:42,554 supposed to mention my name in his house. 917 00:39:42,597 --> 00:39:45,600 You know, he just was so... resentful 918 00:39:45,644 --> 00:39:47,907 and so angry at me for leaving 919 00:39:47,950 --> 00:39:49,561 and he just sort of... 920 00:39:49,604 --> 00:39:51,650 that's the way he had to deal with it. 921 00:39:51,693 --> 00:39:53,913 KAZANJIAN: [ECHOES] And Marcia was the shining, 922 00:39:53,956 --> 00:39:56,611 bright light of LucasFilm. 923 00:39:56,655 --> 00:39:58,744 LUCAS: They wrote a book called 924 00:39:58,787 --> 00:40:01,181 The First 20 Years of LucasFilm. 925 00:40:01,224 --> 00:40:04,053 I opened up the book and I looked at the index 926 00:40:04,097 --> 00:40:08,797 and it said "Marcia Griffin Lucas one page. 927 00:40:08,841 --> 00:40:12,192 "Marcia Griffin Lucas was an assistant editor 928 00:40:12,235 --> 00:40:14,586 "I married in 1969." 929 00:40:14,629 --> 00:40:18,241 KAZANJIAN: [ECHOES] And she was George's love of his life. 930 00:40:18,285 --> 00:40:20,766 You don't think that hurts? You don't think that was... 931 00:40:20,809 --> 00:40:22,855 a knife in my heart? 932 00:40:22,898 --> 00:40:24,639 NARRATOR: George and Marcia's relationship 933 00:40:24,683 --> 00:40:27,294 is a long, long way from where it all began. 934 00:40:28,164 --> 00:40:32,386 -I love you. -I know. 935 00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:34,910 Is he still in love with her? 936 00:40:34,954 --> 00:40:37,696 I think deep down he is, 937 00:40:37,739 --> 00:40:41,134 but if you talk to him and you watch his movements... 938 00:40:42,004 --> 00:40:43,963 I hate to use this word, 939 00:40:44,006 --> 00:40:46,444 but I think he... hates her. 940 00:40:46,487 --> 00:40:48,837 MAN: Did you ever call him or e-mail him 941 00:40:48,881 --> 00:40:50,448 or send him a letter ever 942 00:40:50,491 --> 00:40:51,840 and just say, "What are you doing?" 943 00:40:51,884 --> 00:40:53,320 Like, "I know you hate me, but..." 944 00:40:53,363 --> 00:40:57,846 No I didn't because it... it's been how many years now? 945 00:40:57,890 --> 00:40:59,892 Forty years? 946 00:40:59,935 --> 00:41:02,068 And our daughter got married, you know? 947 00:41:02,111 --> 00:41:03,678 We went to her wedding. 948 00:41:03,722 --> 00:41:07,116 He never spoke to me at the wedding. 949 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,250 He didn't want to have anything to do... 950 00:41:10,859 --> 00:41:13,035 with me ever. 951 00:41:13,079 --> 00:41:14,950 [MUSIC PLAYING] 952 00:41:14,994 --> 00:41:16,822 I don't think he's forgiven me... 953 00:41:17,387 --> 00:41:19,607 leaving. 954 00:41:19,651 --> 00:41:21,827 I don't think he ever will. [SNIFFLES] 955 00:41:23,568 --> 00:41:27,659 I won't ever be able to say goodbye to him. 956 00:41:27,702 --> 00:41:30,139 NARRATOR: With the tragic lost love 957 00:41:30,183 --> 00:41:33,055 of these two extraordinary filmmakers... 958 00:41:33,099 --> 00:41:35,101 Yeah, that's a sad thing. 959 00:41:35,144 --> 00:41:37,756 That's the sad thing about divorce. 960 00:41:37,799 --> 00:41:40,715 NARRATOR: The magic of the first three Star Wars movies 961 00:41:41,847 --> 00:41:43,936 is fading into history, 962 00:41:43,979 --> 00:41:47,200 but like the desert sands of Tatooine 963 00:41:47,243 --> 00:41:49,898 things change with time. 964 00:41:49,942 --> 00:41:52,901 Marcia did remarry soon after the divorce. 965 00:41:52,945 --> 00:41:56,470 Then divorced again in 1993 966 00:41:56,514 --> 00:42:00,343 and in 2013, George also remarried. 967 00:42:00,387 --> 00:42:03,390 He has a new wife. I was at his wedding. 968 00:42:03,433 --> 00:42:05,392 Uh, she's wonderful. 969 00:42:06,785 --> 00:42:09,004 He has a whole new life. 970 00:42:09,048 --> 00:42:12,573 NARRATOR: In the 45 years sinceStar Wars 971 00:42:12,617 --> 00:42:15,445 for those who made the film and history, 972 00:42:15,489 --> 00:42:18,361 much has changed. 973 00:42:18,405 --> 00:42:20,146 I've called him many times 974 00:42:20,189 --> 00:42:21,930 and I don't get a return phone call. 975 00:42:21,974 --> 00:42:25,499 NARRATOR: But what they created all those years ago, well... 976 00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:27,022 it hasn't changed. 977 00:42:27,066 --> 00:42:29,329 Maclunkey! 978 00:42:29,372 --> 00:42:31,113 NARRATOR: Well, it's changed a little, 979 00:42:31,157 --> 00:42:34,073 but since that first opening crawl... 980 00:42:34,116 --> 00:42:37,206 the impact this film has had on so many 981 00:42:37,250 --> 00:42:38,599 in so many different ways 982 00:42:39,774 --> 00:42:41,950 across multiple generations 983 00:42:41,994 --> 00:42:43,778 is a testament 984 00:42:43,822 --> 00:42:47,086 to these most extraordinary people. 985 00:42:47,129 --> 00:42:49,131 Somebody were to ring and say, 986 00:42:49,175 --> 00:42:52,961 "We're gonna make a Star Wars10, 11, 12." 987 00:42:53,701 --> 00:42:55,921 "Ah... do I have to?" 988 00:42:55,964 --> 00:42:59,925 [SOFT SWEEPING MUSIC] 989 00:42:59,968 --> 00:43:03,145 But I am the Anthony Daniels who has, is, 990 00:43:03,189 --> 00:43:05,626 and forever will be... 991 00:43:05,670 --> 00:43:08,107 C-3PO. Human cyborg relations. 992 00:43:08,150 --> 00:43:09,848 [MUSIC PLAYING] 993 00:43:09,891 --> 00:43:11,719 NARRATOR: From the people who love the movies... 994 00:43:11,763 --> 00:43:13,678 to the people who made them. 995 00:43:13,721 --> 00:43:15,636 From in front of the camera... 996 00:43:17,029 --> 00:43:19,727 to the people who actually built the camera. 997 00:43:19,771 --> 00:43:23,426 The story of the first sixStar Wars films 998 00:43:23,470 --> 00:43:27,430 is vast and complicated... 999 00:43:27,474 --> 00:43:29,868 but at the heart of this epic franchise, 1000 00:43:29,911 --> 00:43:31,609 everyone can agree 1001 00:43:31,652 --> 00:43:34,960 lies the most important ingredient of them all... 1002 00:43:35,003 --> 00:43:38,354 that being an absolutely incredible, 1003 00:43:38,398 --> 00:43:40,530 compelling story. 1004 00:43:40,574 --> 00:43:42,184 HIRSCH: What's wonderful about Star Wars 1005 00:43:42,228 --> 00:43:44,796 is that when you watch the movie, you're not watching 1006 00:43:44,839 --> 00:43:47,059 a movie... you're watching "the movies" 1007 00:43:47,102 --> 00:43:51,106 because Star Warsincorporates all the genres. 1008 00:43:51,150 --> 00:43:53,195 The films that we've loved through our whole lives. 1009 00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:56,372 Western saloons. There's the Indians on the ridge 1010 00:43:56,416 --> 00:43:58,723 watching the stagecoach go by, 1011 00:43:58,766 --> 00:44:01,116 and the WWII fighter-pilot films, 1012 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:04,380 and Robin Hood and fighting... sword fights in the castle, 1013 00:44:04,424 --> 00:44:06,034 and swinging across moats. 1014 00:44:06,078 --> 00:44:08,297 It's fresh, but it's familiar at the same time. 1015 00:44:08,341 --> 00:44:10,952 NARRATOR: George Lucas... 1016 00:44:10,996 --> 00:44:15,870 and Marcia Lucas made incredible movies. 1017 00:44:15,914 --> 00:44:19,352 Unlike anything the world has seen before 1018 00:44:19,395 --> 00:44:21,006 or since. 1019 00:44:21,049 --> 00:44:25,358 But what George Lucas has built is a staggering legacy. 1020 00:44:25,401 --> 00:44:27,752 He's building his museum now. 1021 00:44:27,795 --> 00:44:30,668 NARRATOR: And he's still building it. 1022 00:44:30,711 --> 00:44:32,539 He hasn't stopped building. 1023 00:44:32,582 --> 00:44:35,324 You know, he's always building. 1024 00:44:36,108 --> 00:44:39,198 [EXCITING MUSIC PLAYING]