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Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

George Lucas

It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.
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Believe Director Generation Life Movie Myself Time Transition
People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians.
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Art Culture Destroy People Power Profit Work
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
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Right Simplicity Yourself
We are all living in cages with the door wide open.
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Live Philosophy Prison Reality
The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.
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Illusion Movie Secret
A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.
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Boredom Effect Story Tools
Sound is 50 percent of the movie going experience, and I’ve always believed audiences are moved and excited by what they hear in my movies at least as much as by what they see.
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Believe Experience Movie Myself See Sound
The underlying issues, the psychological motives, in all my movies have been the same, he said. Personal responsibility and friendship, the importance of a compassionate life as opposed to a passionate life.
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Compassion Issues Life Lying Objective Passionate Psychology Responsibility
All democracies turn into dictatorships – but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it’s Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea.
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Democracy Government Ideas Politics Population
I’m extremely grateful that I discovered my passion. I love movies. I love to watch them, I love to make them.
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Discover Gratitude Love Movie Myself Passion
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
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Consumption Darkness Destiny Forever Path Start Willing
Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.
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Complication Element Fire Movie
Always remember, your focus determines your reality.
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Determination Focus Reality Remember Yourself
I’ve always tried to be aware of what I say in my films, because all of us who make motion pictures are teachers – teachers with very loud voices.
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But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences – is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.
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I’ve discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don’t really know much about movies. They don’t know the history. They don’t know the technology. They don’t know anything. So for them to try to analyze it, they’re lost.
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Criticism Discover History Lost Technology Try

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