Tag: force
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The Way Of The Force Ep. 3
Howdy howdy, y’all! In this episode we take a more in-depth look at the American film serial, in particular a few truly bonkers examples that taught me a lot. I discuss what they have in common, how they relate to our main topic (Star Wars), and offer a few closing thoughts… Enjoy!
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The Way Of The Force Ep. 2
In this episode we take a look at the different production, story, and genre choices being made and build a kind of framework/blueprint for how to tell a Star Wars story—based on the original trilogy. Everything from the style of camera movement and editing down to the internal logic of the writing… There are things…
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The Way Of The Force Ep. 1
In this first episode of the series, I attempt to provide a broad overview of George Lucas’s major early influences when developing Star Wars in the mid-70s. In my opinion, there are three key sources that are more important than any others: black and white American adventure serials like Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers; classic…
