Geogre Lucas and The Tale of Two Trilogies

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George Lucas & The Tale of Two Trilogies

        Some of the most anticipated movies of all time have been created in the mind of George Lucas.  It is nearly impossible to find a person who has not at least heard of the Star Wars films, let alone viewed the films.  In the late 1970’s Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader quickly grew to household names.  Then, some twenty-five years later, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi were the new characters of choice.  Many people have strong opinions on the two trilogies Lucas created.  On one end of the spectrum, die hard fans of the series criticize the new films passionately, while even people who are not necessarily huge fans of the series have strong opinions on the differing trilogies.

        On May 25, 1977, the first Star Wars was released.  Soon to be known as Star Wars: A New Hope, this film set the bar for blockbusters.  It also, with the help of Jaws, created the summer movie genre.  George Lucas made science fiction cool.  He also innovated special effects for movies, eventually created Industrial Lighting & Magic, also known as ILM, which works on most big budget blockbusters yet today.

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        In the first movie, Lucas used miniature spacecrafts for many of the space battle scenes.  Nowadays, miniatures are hardly ever utilized in movie special effects, they are replaced with entire scenes being created digitally on computers.  There is no need to build small scale models of environments, when they can be created in the digital world.  When film makers decided to use miniatures, much responsibility is required.  Miniatures require maintenance, constant care.  Also, if you decide to blow up a model plane, you can only do it once, and it must be accomplished in one take, unless you plan on ...

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