George Lucas’ Star Wars revolutionized special effects and the film industry as a whole. The science fiction saga Star Wars and astounded the world when it was first released and its popularity has grown tremendously since its inception. The effects team that worked on Star Wars nearly invented special effects and really popularised the use of them. Star wars also had a big effect on culture and the entire film industry. even decades after its release, Star Wars has only grown in popularity since its release in 1977. The Special effects in Star Wars were groundbreaking at the time of its release and still look good today. To achieve these effects, John Dykstra and his team had to create everything from scratch. “Star Wars was the first big budget blockbuster to rely on action scenes and explosions, and essentially invented the techniques to achieve this.” (The New Economy) this quote shows how little help Industrial Light and Magic had when making the first Star Wars movie and how much they actually made from scratch.
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Dykstra and his team made a multitude of mock-ups, miniatures, and even invented a new computer-controlled camera to get the shots they needed (The new Economy). Many people say that Star Wars “woke up” the special effects industry, such as Mike Fink, a Hollywood effects heavyweight who has won an Oscar for his previous works (Yahoo News). The effects in Star Wars were actually so well received that Dykstra and his team’s company, Industrial Light and Magic was given an Oscar for special effects.
Special effects are not the only thing that Star Wars influenced, it also has heavily influenced the film industry as a whole and also parts of mainstream culture. One example of Star Wars’ cultural influence comes from a United Kingdom census in 2001, where over 390,000 people stated that their religion as Jedi, (a fictitious religion in Star Wars) making it the fourth largest religion surveyed (Charles Q. Choi, Space). Another effect of star wars’ cultural impact is a byproduct of George Lucas’ relaxed approach to enforcing his intellectual property. Lucas allowed fans to create their own non-canon works set in the star wars universe, which caused thousands of fan-made, non-profit works created only because of their love of Star Wars (Peter, Suderman, Vox Culture). This quote from Peter Suderman, an editor at Vox Culture, shows how much Star Wars has affected other movies “In a sense, Star Wars didn’t just expand the definition of what a movie could be- it redefined the notion of what a movie should be.” Star Wars was also one of the first movies to use the idea of a dirty, lived-in world which would become very popular in other science fiction movies (Blade Runner, District 9, Game of Thrones, etc.) and helped sell the idea of a living world rather than just a movie (Peter Suderman, Vox Culture). Another influence that Star Wars made upon modern films is the modern movie trilogy, Star Wars introduced blockbuster trilogies and led the way for movies like “The Lord of The Rings” and “The Matrix” trilogies (Charles Q. Choi, Space). Star Wars has no doubt had
Dykstra and his team made a multitude of mock-ups, miniatures, and even invented a new computer-controlled camera to get the shots they needed (The new Economy). Many people say that Star Wars “woke up” the special effects industry, such as Mike Fink, a Hollywood effects heavyweight who has won an Oscar for his previous works (Yahoo News). The effects in Star Wars were actually so well received that Dykstra and his team’s company, Industrial Light and Magic was given an Oscar for special effects.
Special effects are not the only thing that Star Wars influenced, it also has heavily influenced the film industry as a whole and also parts of mainstream culture. One example of Star Wars’ cultural influence comes from a United Kingdom census in 2001, where over 390,000 people stated that their religion as Jedi, (a fictitious religion in Star Wars) making it the fourth largest religion surveyed (Charles Q. Choi, Space). Another effect of star wars’ cultural impact is a byproduct of George Lucas’ relaxed approach to enforcing his intellectual property. Lucas allowed fans to create their own non-canon works set in the star wars universe, which caused thousands of fan-made, non-profit works created only because of their love of Star Wars (Peter, Suderman, Vox Culture). This quote from Peter Suderman, an editor at Vox Culture, shows how much Star Wars has affected other movies “In a sense, Star Wars didn’t just expand the definition of what a movie could be- it redefined the notion of what a movie should be.” Star Wars was also one of the first movies to use the idea of a dirty, lived-in world which would become very popular in other science fiction movies (Blade Runner, District 9, Game of Thrones, etc.) and helped sell the idea of a living world rather than just a movie (Peter Suderman, Vox Culture). Another influence that Star Wars made upon modern films is the modern movie trilogy, Star Wars introduced blockbuster trilogies and led the way for movies like “The Lord of The Rings” and “The Matrix” trilogies (Charles Q. Choi, Space). Star Wars has no doubt had