The STAR WARS Trilogy | A Complete Retrospective - 1

Only a few decades ago in a galaxy very, very close….

It’s the mid-1970s, and George Lucas is working on his most ambitious movie yet: a space opera following rebels, imperials, wizards, and space-ships.

Little did anyone know that it would become one of the biggest and most revolutionary movies of all time.

Take a journey from 1973 to 1983 to witness the creation, triumphs, and defeats of the original Star Wars trilogy. From the creation of the story to the dawn of ILM and even to the great reception over time.

This is… STAR WARS: A COMPLETE RETROSPECTIVE - PART ONE

MAIN SOURCES:

‘Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy’
‘Light & Magic’ on Disney+
‘The Making of Star Wars Timeline:’
Projects 4K77, 4K80, and 4K83:

THE COMPLETE TIMELINE:

00:00 - 1973: A long time ago….
00:06:15 - 1975: The Story Sparks
00:07:57 - 1975: Ralph McQuarrie joins
00:09:16 - 1975: The Dawn of ILM
00:12:34 - 1975: Casting begins
00:14:19 - 1976: Casting continues
00:15:21 - 1976: Principal Photography
00:18:41 - 1976: Post-production kicks off
00:20:27 - 1976: The First Trailer
00:21:47 - 1976: ILM works their magic
00:24:26 - 1977: The Rough Cut / The Crawl
00:27:25 - 1977: Music / Sound / Editing
00:30:21 - 1977: The Final VFX Crunch
00:31:08 - 1977: The Buildup
00:34:28 - 1977: STAR WARS
00:54:42 - 1977: Reception / Box Office / Toys
00:59:15 - 1977: Starting Star Wars 2
01:00:58 - 1977: ILM moves North
01:03:10 - 1978: The Director Search
01:04:28 - 1978: The Saga Begins
01:06:10 - 1978: The Academy Awards
01:08:52 - 1978: THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL
01:12:07 - 1979: Principal Photography - Empire
01:18:04 - 1979: Empire’s First Trailer
01:19:09 - 1979: ILM Strikes Back
01:21:24 - 1979: Marketing Continues
01:22:48 - 1980: An Important Year
01:24:55 - 1980: An Ambitious Future
01:27:57 - 1980: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
01:46:41 - 1980: Reception to Empire
01:48:54 - 1981: Empire’s Aftermath
01:51:12 - 1981: The Third Chapter Begins
01:54:22 - 1981: The Director Search Part III
01:55:15 - 1982: Principal Photography - Jedi
01:59:46 - 1982: Making the Speeder Chase
02:01:11 - 1982: Return of ILM
02:02:05 - 1982: Jedi’s First Trailers
02:04:09 - 1982: Revenge? No, Return
02:05:17 - 1983: ILM’s Final Crunch
02:07:37 - 1983: The Final Push
02:09:36 - 1983: RETURN OF THE JEDI
02:31:01 - 1983: Reception to Jedi
02:33:32 - Trilogy’s End

Outro Music: Running in the 80s 1.5x speed

[ThePrimeTheater]

Just FYI, I don't know exactly when Part 2 of this video is coming out because it's still in the copyright gauntlet. But rest assured I am working on it, and will have it out as soon as I can.

Until then, enjoy Part 1!

[connorstutz]

Prime’s got the best retrospectives out there. His work is unmatched

[redwar]

This is without a doubt, the best Retrospective Channel on YouTube. Every entry is chef's kiss. Loving this episode so far!

[prensprize]

Everytime Prime releases a retrospective, I get that urge to watch those films even though I've seen them. Guess I'll rewatch Star Wars again

[austinskywalker]

Star wars means a lot to me. It defined my childhood, hell it WAS my childhood. This trilogy will always hold a special place in my heart.

There's so much I didn't know about what happened behind the scenes and I had seen all 3 making of videos. Listening to all this brings a smile to my face.


I understand part 2 is unfortunately still copyright limbo, but I know you will get it out of there eventually. Next time, we are going prequel trilogy. A trilogy that helped cement me further into star wars. Yeah it's not perfect but to me, I love it.

[WorthyGibbon]

Without Star Wars, I would have never gotten into Marvel or any other Sci Fi franchise. I can’t wait to watch this.

[Solar_Eclipse]

Finally, a fully detailed retrospective of Star Wars.

Even though it's only just Part 1, I'm glad it's finally here.

[DeadCardinal]

I'm sick on a saturday, Cinebinge just posted their season 1 reaction of better call saul and now this, turned out to be a good saturday after all

[Lordbananathegreat]

Your retrospectives are amazing, they don’t just talk about the movies, they look back the marketing and making of each movie.

[samonsta]

I have no idea how this dude doesn’t get more attention his videos are always so high quality and he goes into extreme detail I love it

[mickmax]

New Prime's Theater retrospective just dropped?! The force is truly with us.

[ninjamaster]

You really put together great trilogy retrospectives. I watched your hobbit and LOTR a few times in the past year.

Thank you.

[Deity_devil]

RIP James Earl Jones gave us the most iconic villain voice in cinema history

[ThwipThwipBoom]

Greatly looking forward to your Prequel trilogy video. This one was very well done and well researched, I enjoyed it a lot. Good job!

[Chef_llie.]

1:35:26 one of yoda greatest quotes ever u missed when Luke first sees him and he says “I’m looking for a great warrior” and yoda replies beautifully “wars not make one great” with everything yoda has been thru this line hits so much harder

[Hozeayyy]

I. Have. Never. Clicked. Faster.

For real this made all the sense in the world. I haven’t pressed play yet but my body is so ready. See ya’ll on the other side 😊

[wickedgrinaz]

So happy to see this pop up this morning!

[ReallyMichaelRicc]

It’s a good, good day when Prime drops a new retrospective. Missed you buddy! This one was another banger!

[linuxwizzerd]

thanks for getting the word out about the 4K77 project
although I grew up with the 1993 version it's nice to be able to see how the movie originally looked, especially without all the additions Lucas threw in after the fact
I'm sure my father would also appreciate knowing about it

[catshields]

I LOVE seeing you upload. It always makes my brain happy dance around. I think- "oh, I'm going to have MULTIPLE hours of fantastic content to enjoy." Thank you, Prime!!