How Did Star Wars Change The World
How Star Wars Changed the World
George Lucas was a young Hollywood director in the mid-1970s that had the opportunity from 20th Century Fox after his hit movie American Graffiti to create his own original space adventure movie that will soon be known as Star Wars. It has been forty years since Lucas has transported us to a “Galaxy Far, Far away.” The huge blockbuster franchise movie that we all know as Star Wars has truly changed the film industry, special effects and pop culture with just a draw of a lightsaber.
Star Wars would soon become a film that would change the film industry for decades to come. With Star Wars, it created beloved characters that we love, like the strong female badass which turned the typical “damsel in distress” into …show more content…
It was all his winnings from Star Wars, and he was just basically doubling down by doing Empire Strikes Back. And there was a loan with Bank of America, but that loan was suspended when Lucasfilm payroll hit a million dollars a week. That just triggered some automatic stop on some new manager’s bureaucratic system, and so there were a lot of times when they desperately needed an influx of new cash. I believe the Christmas of ’78 was the crucial season where they made way more money than they expected out of the [action] figures. … So it’s kind of poetic that all of these kids in Christmas of ’78 acting out the further adventures of Luke Skywalker actually almost literally funded the future adventures of Luke Skywalker.” https://www.wired.com/2014/11/geeks-guide-star-wars-empire/
With Toys really funding that of Star Wars for years to come. Star Wars would also give movies the ability to make the trilogy format successful, which ultimately helped how movies now are released, written and produced. Today movies there are always a nod or a wink to more movies to come in a series. Star Wars has impacted even beyond the film industry with the characters and how they release movies now, but also with how George Lucas made many breakthrough special effects in
George Lucas was a young Hollywood director in the mid-1970s that had the opportunity from 20th Century Fox after his hit movie American Graffiti to create his own original space adventure movie that will soon be known as Star Wars. It has been forty years since Lucas has transported us to a “Galaxy Far, Far away.” The huge blockbuster franchise movie that we all know as Star Wars has truly changed the film industry, special effects and pop culture with just a draw of a lightsaber.
Star Wars would soon become a film that would change the film industry for decades to come. With Star Wars, it created beloved characters that we love, like the strong female badass which turned the typical “damsel in distress” into …show more content…
It was all his winnings from Star Wars, and he was just basically doubling down by doing Empire Strikes Back. And there was a loan with Bank of America, but that loan was suspended when Lucasfilm payroll hit a million dollars a week. That just triggered some automatic stop on some new manager’s bureaucratic system, and so there were a lot of times when they desperately needed an influx of new cash. I believe the Christmas of ’78 was the crucial season where they made way more money than they expected out of the [action] figures. … So it’s kind of poetic that all of these kids in Christmas of ’78 acting out the further adventures of Luke Skywalker actually almost literally funded the future adventures of Luke Skywalker.” https://www.wired.com/2014/11/geeks-guide-star-wars-empire/
With Toys really funding that of Star Wars for years to come. Star Wars would also give movies the ability to make the trilogy format successful, which ultimately helped how movies now are released, written and produced. Today movies there are always a nod or a wink to more movies to come in a series. Star Wars has impacted even beyond the film industry with the characters and how they release movies now, but also with how George Lucas made many breakthrough special effects in