George Lucas - Revision history

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 G: yes to say it's okay to believe whatever you believe organizers religions have a place but in the end when they start saying things that are not positive and are not compassionate they're not caring you know the Inquisition's and all killing people in the name of God is wrong there's just no question about because that's absolutely opposite of what all gods Shaman everybody have taught us which is God is love not God is hate.
-I: so if you were gonna put together you know the power of this influence that Star Wars has been in the world right and the kids that come up to you they've come up to you in different cultures yes
+I: So if you were gonna put together you know the power of this influence that Star Wars has been in the world right and the kids that come up to you they've come up to you in different cultures yes
 G: all around the world
 I: Do you have any stories about that
-one is just the look on their faces when
+G: one is just the look on their faces when they talk about where their voice goes which is you know really inspired things you know we discovered early on with with Star Wars because that was before video tape and everything so we would get requests when the first bar were from hospitals there would be a child who would be dying and they said can we see the movie because he's not gonna last the week ... so we'd show him the movie and he would live for another six or nine months and it wasn't once that this happened it happened hundreds of times and you just sort of say well whatever we're giving them whatever inspiration would give them allows them to take the struggle further
-they talk about where their voice goes
+I: Absolutely
-which is you know really inspired things
+G: And you know and maybe embrace the fact that it may not be that bad in the end
-you know we discovered early on with
+I: So what do you think's in Star Wars helps them do that
-with Star Wars because that was before
+G: Well,  I just think the fact that they that there is good in the world and there's kindness in the world and that they can go on and and laugh and enjoy themselves and that there is always change so if it changes down then they will change back up again they won't it's not like life is not a constant so you're not just going downhill or you're not just going uphill
-video tape and everything so we would
+I: And maybe they feel the force within and then one might say that there's a continuity so the child begins to think well maybe there's something beyond
-get requests when the first bar were
+G: Right well that's conceptually when you get into the force and you get into the Living force and the uber force which is basically well however you want to call it heaven or born again or however you want to you know in terms of karma that there is a continuum and that you join the force when you die and you lose your personality but you become one with this bigger living entity.
-from hospitals there would be a child
+I: if you look at Star Wars you know they're different kinds of myth as a heroic myth there's the Democratic myth there's religious myth its economic myth where would you put Star Wars in the context of those mythic traditions
-who would be dying and they said can we
+G:  well it's the hero's myth
 really I mean it there's a whole

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	I: And did you consciously think about when you were making it you really wanted to make this a force for the good		I: And did you consciously think about when you were making it you really wanted to make this a force for the good

	G: yes part of it is it bringing back some of those old psychological motifs from mythology that part of it was I just wanted to see if they were still relevant I knew they were but you don't really know a lot of its turning to Freud and Jung and but you you kind of know things are still working that way a little bit but I didn't know how much how much are just the basics of what are friends for why do you join together in a society to help each other your relationship to your father your relationship to the generation that came before you that seems to accrued everything up and how do you feel about passing that on to your kids and how do your kids feel about the fact that you've been handed this mess from the earlier generation you know can you be stronger than your father in terms of the temptations that he was over you know the things he was maybe able to come over overcome or not overcome maybe he's very successful it would still have a lot of flaws right so there's a lot of complicated things that are put in there you know there are basic issues that you want to deal with it's the same thing with a force which is basically just like an amalgamation of all religions and what all you know ever since the very beginning it always comes down to this mysterious thing that we can't see that has some kind of power over us and or we have power over it or we go to it for help that explains a lot		G: yes part of it is it bringing back some of those old psychological motifs from mythology that, part of it was I just wanted to see if they were still relevant. I knew they were but you don't really know a lot of its turning to Freud and Jung and but you you kind of know things are still working that way a little bit but I didn't know how much how much are just the basics of what are friends for why do you join together in a society to help each other your relationship to your father your relationship to the generation that came before you that seems to accrued everything up and how do you feel about passing that on to your kids and how do your kids feel about the fact that you've been handed this mess from the earlier generation you know can you be stronger than your father in terms of the temptations that he was over you know the things he was maybe able to come over overcome or not overcome maybe he's very successful it would still have a lot of flaws..

	~~of the things that the mysteries that we can't explain any other way~~		I: right

	~~for my Ally~~ is the ~~force~~ and ~~appalled~~ for ~~colleges bleeds it~~		G: So there's a lot of complicated things that are put in there you know there are basic issues that you want to deal with it's the same thing with a force which is basically just like an amalgamation of all religions and what all you know ever since the very beginning it always comes down to this mysterious thing that we can't see that has some kind of power over us and or we have power over it or we go to it for help that explains a lot of the things that the mysteries that we can't explain any other way

	~~makes it grow its energy surrounds us~~		Audio Clip:

	and binds us luminous beings are we not		Yoda: for my Ally is the force and appalled for colleges bleeds it makes it grow its energy surrounds us and binds us luminous beings are we not this crude matter you must feel the force around you. You. Between you... Me. The rock. Everywhere. Yes. even between the land and this ship

	~~this crude matter~~ you ~~must feel the~~		I: And you wanted to bring spiritual traditions together in a positive force

	~~force around~~ you you ~~read you be asleep~~		G: yes to say it's okay to believe whatever you believe organizers religions have a place but in the end when they start saying things that are not positive and are not compassionate they're not caring you know the Inquisition's and all killing people in the name of God is wrong there's just no question about because that's absolutely opposite of what all gods Shaman everybody have taught us which is God is love not God is hate.

	~~everywhere yes even please~~ this ~~ship~~ and		I: so if you were gonna put together you know the power of this influence that Star Wars has been in the world right and the kids that come up to you they've come up to you in different cultures yes

	~~you wanted to bring spiritual traditions~~		G: all around the world

	~~together in a positive force yes to say~~		I: Do you have any stories about that

	~~it's okay to believe whatever~~ you

	~~believe organizers religions have a~~

	~~place but in the end when they start~~

	~~saying things that are not positive and~~

	~~are not compassionate they're not caring~~

	~~you know the Inquisition's and all~~

	~~killing people in the name of God is~~

	~~wrong there's just no question about~~

	~~because that's absolutely opposite of~~

	~~what all gods~~

	~~Shaymin everybody have taught us which~~

	~~is God is love not God is hate so if you~~

	~~were gonna put together you know the~~

	~~power of this influence that Star Wars~~

	~~has been in the world right and the kids~~

	~~that come up to you they've come up to~~

	~~you in different cultures yes all around~~

	~~the world~~ have any stories about that

	one is just the look on their faces when		one is just the look on their faces when

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 I: it is
-G: and it's something you have to ponder because you're doing it every day. You're saying should I do this or shouldn't I do this now
+G: and it's something you have to ponder because you're doing it every day. You're saying should I do this or shouldn't I do this now through mythology and things were taught
-through mythology and things were taught
+certain things that are good and certain things that are bad but a thinking person questions all that say is this really good am I really doing the right thing here am I really being a kind compassionate person because to me that's really about a compassionate person as opposed to a person that is consumed with self-interest or a selfish person those are the two things mm-hmm we all have good and evil in us because we have the selfish side of us and we have the compassionate side of us the idea is how do you keep those things in balance and by keeping those things in balance you can do a lot of good things you're never gonna get, everybody's human, everybody's greedy, when you become greedy then you do bad things to get stuff from other people once you get that stuff then you become afraid once you become afraid that somebody's gonna take it from you then you start striking out at people and you start you get angry at things you get worried didn't that put you in a whole psychological mindset that makes you turns you ultimately into an evil person where you're doing two horrible things two people thinking that you're doing the right thing but you're doing it because you're afraid they're gonna hurt you before you hurt them
-certain things that are good and certain
+I: how did Joseph Campbell affect your thinking when you were formulating the ideas?
-things that are bad but a thinking
+G: Joe Camel was a comparative
 pathologist and the Joseph Campbell

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Michael at 19:57, 31 July 2024

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	<blockquote>Interviewer:[https://youtu.be/-TpXdM3i5V0?t=303 And you wanted to bring spiritual traditions together in a positive force?]<ref>Lucasfilm Fan Club - George Lucas Joseph Campbell Mythology, Religion, Creativity, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TpXdM3i5V0</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Interviewer:[https://youtu.be/-TpXdM3i5V0?t=303 And you wanted to bring spiritual traditions together in a positive force?]<ref>Lucasfilm Fan Club - George Lucas Joseph Campbell Mythology, Religion, Creativity, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TpXdM3i5V0</ref></blockquote>
	<blockquote>Yes...</blockquote><blockquote>“Understand the scale,” director J. J. Abrams had told her when he offered her the part of Rey. “This is not a role in a movie. This is a religion for people. It changes things on a level that is inconceivable.” At the time, Ridley leaped at the opportunity, but she couldn’t have known what was coming."<ref>Isaac Feldberg, “Daisy Ridley Reveals the Terrifying Advice J.J. Abrams Gave Her For Star Wars,” ''Inverse'', 2024, <nowiki>https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/daisy-ridley-interview-star-wars-sometimes-i-think-about-dying</nowiki>.</ref></blockquote>{{endstuff}}		<blockquote>Yes...</blockquote><blockquote>“Understand the scale,” director J. J. Abrams had told her when he offered her the part of Rey. “This is not a role in a movie. This is a religion for people. It changes things on a level that is inconceivable.” At the time, Ridley leaped at the opportunity, but she couldn’t have known what was coming."<ref>Isaac Feldberg, “Daisy Ridley Reveals the Terrifying Advice J.J. Abrams Gave Her For Star Wars,” ''Inverse'', 2024, <nowiki>https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/daisy-ridley-interview-star-wars-sometimes-i-think-about-dying</nowiki>.</ref></blockquote>


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Michael at 15:02, 28 January 2024

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	<blockquote>Interviewer:[https://youtu.be/-TpXdM3i5V0?t=303 And you wanted to bring spiritual traditions together in a positive force?]<ref>Lucasfilm Fan Club - George Lucas Joseph Campbell Mythology, Religion, Creativity, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TpXdM3i5V0</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Interviewer:[https://youtu.be/-TpXdM3i5V0?t=303 And you wanted to bring spiritual traditions together in a positive force?]<ref>Lucasfilm Fan Club - George Lucas Joseph Campbell Mythology, Religion, Creativity, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TpXdM3i5V0</ref></blockquote>
	<blockquote>Yes...</blockquote>		<blockquote>Yes...</blockquote><blockquote>“Understand the scale,” director J. J. Abrams had told her when he offered her the part of Rey. “This is not a role in a movie. This is a religion for people. It changes things on a level that is inconceivable.” At the time, Ridley leaped at the opportunity, but she couldn’t have known what was coming."<ref>Isaac Feldberg, “Daisy Ridley Reveals the Terrifying Advice J.J. Abrams Gave Her For Star Wars,” ''Inverse'', 2024, <nowiki>https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/daisy-ridley-interview-star-wars-sometimes-i-think-about-dying</nowiki>.</ref></blockquote>{{endstuff}}
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	GL: Well, if I had really made a difference, we wouldn't be sitting where we are today with the mess that it's in.		GL: Well, if I had really made a difference, we wouldn't be sitting where we are today with the mess that it's in.

	“Understand the scale,” director J. J. Abrams had told her when he offered her the part of Rey. “This is not a role in a movie. This is a religion for people. It changes things on a level that is inconceivable.” At the time, Ridley ~~leaped~~ at the opportunity, but she couldn’t have known what was coming."<ref>Isaac Feldberg, “Daisy Ridley Reveals the Terrifying Advice J.J. Abrams Gave Her For Star Wars,” ''Inverse'', 2024, <nowiki>https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/daisy-ridley-interview-star-wars-sometimes-i-think-about-dying</nowiki>.</ref></blockquote>		“Understand the scale,” director J. J. Abrams had told her when he offered her the part of Rey. “This is not a role in a movie. This is a religion for people. It changes things on a level that is inconceivable.” At the time, Ridley leapoped at the opportunity, but she couldn’t have known what was coming."<ref>Isaac Feldberg, “Daisy Ridley Reveals the Terrifying Advice J.J. Abrams Gave Her For Star Wars,” ''Inverse'', 2024, <nowiki>https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/daisy-ridley-interview-star-wars-sometimes-i-think-about-dying</nowiki>.</ref></blockquote>

	== Full Transcript of Lucasfilm Video ==		== Full Transcript of Lucasfilm Video ==
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	O: how did you learn to trust you're outside the boxness?		O: how did you learn to trust you're outside the boxness?

	I: Well I didn't really trust it until I got into film school and I realized that I could do something that I could do that nobody else could do so suddenly I was like the best of everybody there is because the way I was thinking was normally not the way other people thought and and I could see very clearly the ones that were trying to follow the box the ones that we're trying to put tab A into tab B and that [intelligible], they weren't gonna ever go anywhere you know you had to say that doesn't work guys look if you work inside the box you'll never win the game. That's where politics comes in because politics is a big box		I: Well I didn't really trust it until I got into film school and I realized that I could do something that I could do that nobody else could do so suddenly I was like the best of everybody there is because the way I was thinking was normally not the way other people thought and and I could see very clearly the ones that were trying to follow the box the ones that we're trying to put tab A into tab B and that [intelligible], they weren't gonna ever go anywhere you know you had to say that doesn't work guys look if you work inside the box you'll never win the game. '''That's where politics comes in because politics is a big box'''

	I: so you found yourself		I: so you found yourself

	G: and you get squashed if you go outside the box		G: '''and you get squashed if you go outside the box'''

	I: we're not gonna go their, right now.		I: we're not gonna go their, right now.
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	G: Well I'm on the side that says you should treat people decently and that yeah you can argue about whatever you want to argue about but we're all in this boat together everybody's in it together and we're gonna all sink or swim together and we haven't been doing a very good job over the last 10,000 years all of my movies are about one thing which is the fact that the only prison you're in is the prison of your mind and if you decide to open the door get out you can, there's nothing stopping		G: Well I'm on the side that says you should treat people decently and that yeah you can argue about whatever you want to argue about but we're all in this boat together everybody's in it together and we're gonna all sink or swim together and we haven't been doing a very good job over the last 10,000 years all of my movies are about one thing which is the fact that the only prison you're in is the prison of your mind and if you decide to open the door get out you can, there's nothing stopping

	I: There it is George Lucas thanks for much for joining us thank you		I: '''There it is!''' George Lucas thanks for much for joining us thank you

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