Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. In our fourth episode in our Star Wars season we look at the first ten minutes of the film, which is set onboard the rebel Blockade Runner.

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THE HISTORY OF HARMY’S DESPECIALIZED VERSION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrXO2RDzLg

“MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS” IS AVAILABLE ON DISNEY + IN THE UK

THE HISTORY OF THE STAR WARS LOGO

https://www.linearity.io/blog/star-wars-logo/

THE ORIGINAL 1977 CRAWL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXDnFYu91vY

BUCK ROGERS SERIAL 1936 (THE CRAWL)

https://youtu.be/VaA9eJb9FN8?si=YzwCzuaGmXNyMXDR&t=49

UNION PACIFIC OPENING TITLES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQRJnAwlb00

WILHELM SCREAM ORIGINAL RECORDING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_g72yHhIiI

DARTH VADER KICKIN’ ASS IN ROGUE ONE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z8mgkqjq90

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. In our third episode in our Star Wars season we look at George Lucas and the people that George needed to help get the movie across the line

WARNING 2! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more

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GEORGE LUCAS: MORE THAN A GENIUS

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20151214-hes-more-than-just-a

TRIBUTE TO ALAN LADD JNR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWpa3VolVPQ

RALPH MCQUARRIE CONCEPT ART

https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-new-hope-concept-art-pieces/

JOHN WILLIAMS’S CLASSICAL INFLUENCES

https://www.yourclassical.org/story/2021/05/04/star-wars-john-williams-influences

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Exorcist director William Friedkin said that "Star Wars came out of nowhere like a juggernaut". But is this true? Today we meander through the 60s and 70s looking at what inspired the biggest movie of all time.

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WHAT IS THE HAYS CODE?

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-hays-code-1934/

WHAT IS FRENCH NEW WAVE?

https://nofilmschool.com/french-new-wave-cinema

WHAT IS ITALIAN NEO-REALISM?

https://www.movementsinfilm.com/italian-neorealism

WHERE TO BEGIN WITH KITCHEN SINK MOVIES?

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-kitchen-sink-drama

1970S AMERICA

https://www.history.com/topics/1970s

THE UK THREE-DAY WEEK

https://www.theblackoutreport.co.uk/2023/04/17/three-day-week-1974/

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