George Lucas's Student Film Changed The Game

George Lucas is one of the most successful filmmakers of all time, but before he created Star Wars and Indiana Jones, he was a student at the University of Southern California. In this video, we'll take a look at his very first short film, and see how it informed his later work. If you're an up-and-coming filmmaker or artist, this video is worth your time.

[austinmcconnell]

It would put a smile on my face if you shared this video with everyone on Earth. Y'know, if you have time. Thanks.

[two_coats_and_two_root_beers]

It's amazing he saw such an opportunity in a small assignment. That's inspiring in times where a lot of people just care about passing, getting money, or beating a deadline, that quality, dedication and creativity still matters more than everything else. I even like how George Lucas allowed fan works to become part of the canon before Disney bought Star Wars. I hope his creative spirit will live on in filmmaking.

[DDarious]

Didn't know about his first short. Good stuff.

[HappyTacoPaco]

Crazy how immediately he found his style, literally a minute exercise and you can see parallels to the rest of his career

[comixproviderftw_]

When you realize that a car accident almost rewrites history.

[willieodea]

So Lucas went from a car guy to making one of the biggest nerd properties of all time

[nolen.l.manning]

I did an 8 page essay on THX 1138 in my film class two months ago, it was an incredible experience and very inspiring to any film buff or aspiring filmmaker.

[BombshellCelluloid]

I think the biggest take away from this is that Lucas didn't look at the assignment and think, "what can I do to make MY project stand out against everyone else." I think Lucas looked at the assignment and said, "How can I tell a story with this." My biggest beef with today's social media and over-abundance content creation is that 99.9% of it is the former rather than the later.

[erickonami]

When he crashed the car god said wait a minute i need to watch star wars

[LetsCrashThisParade]

Only like 30 seconds in and this guy is a master of video essays seriously. Can't handle it! Look at those cuts!

[tristangianelli]

I’m from Modesto. I go to the same high school Lucas attended. He’s still very legendary in my hometown. I had a sub once who grew up with Lucas and his brother hit their tree with their car.

[thewishfulfilmmakerhsu]

Everyone else: How far do you want to push the limits of filmmaking?
George Lucas: *Yes*

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

George Lucas is pretty much a living legend

[vAqeii]

George Lucas was obviously living on as George Lucas before star wars

[chrisridenhour]

I was 8 years old when the first Star Wars came out. He made that movie for our generation and now it lives on forever.

[person]

Good to see you go back to these niche like documentaries

[martenj]

We do as we are told and then some
I just finished my first semester of 3D and animation. For my next three semesters I’ll make sure I remember this video. You don’t go to shool to Get good grades, school is just a game where the goal is to get a job you want. So maximize the opportunities you’re given. Use those assignments to build a portfolio, and build experience. Grab attention, tell a story.

[Nick-mems]

THE FACT THAT THE CHORDS FOLLOW THE HEART BEAT AT 2:22 !!!
As a person who’s studying on film composition this is such an awesome little thing. Such a good video too

[djstarsign]

I remember seeing this short film in some kind of documentary and he was talking about it as an assignment on how to use the camera, and then they played it and I was like “this is the greatest thing ever” and meanwhile he was like “people liked it” ☺️. His student film version of THX1138 was great too.

[everythingweb]

I read the title of the video and thought you would just talk about Thx1138, like every Youtuber has done before, but I still clicked on it. That's something that I actually didn't knew about.. I'm impressed Austin. You never fail to deliver..