Ep 064 : Leonard Maltin - CLASSIC CLIP - The Legendary Film Critic Talks Star Wars & Those George Lucas Interviews - CLASSIC CLIP

Leonard Maltin is one of the best-known names in film criticism through his long running film book guides and from his work on Entertainment Tonight.But for Star Wars fans, he's the guy who interviewed George Lucas for the 1995 VHS box set release of the original trilogy whilst he was in the very early stages of preparing for the prequels.In a 50 minute chat we discuss…Was Star Wars ripped off at the Oscars? His favorite things about Skywalker Ranch. Behind the scenes stories of his iconic interviews with George Lucas for the Star Wars VHS box set.As a film historian how does he feel about the special editioning of Star Wars? Do the fans or the creator “own” Star Wars?Leonard tries to answer the question what is George Lucas like and why?Gives his thoughts on the original trilogy, the prequels and on the upcoming Star Wars episode 7 while speculating on who Max Von Sydow might be playing.And that time he watched George Lucas write a $170 million dollar cheque.CLASSIC EPISODE SIZZLE!TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE AND HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTER EXCLUSIVE EPISODES BECOME A STEELE WARS SUPPORTER ON PATREON! Enjoy all our bonus shows and full back catalogue direct to the podcast player or app of your choice while ensuring the continuing production of the Steele Wars Star Wars podcast.Bonus content shows include Making Steele Wars, Steele Wars Live Movie Commentaries, Live Call In Bonus Show, Patreon Q&A Show, full length insert free versions of all Steele Wars episodes and Gonk & Steele's Trash Compactor (when Gonk isn't so busy).www.patreon.com/SteeleWarsLISTEN LIVE AND PARTICPATE IN THE STEELE WARS CALL I N SHOWSTREAMLIVE BlogTalkRadio.com/SteeleWarsCALL IN (646) 668-8360 USASKYPE IN +1 (646) 668-8360 WORLDWIDEwww.SteeleWars.comwww.SteeleWars.com/iTunesYOU CAN HELP Steele Wars a sweet 5 star review on iTunes or plug the show on Facebook or Twitter. I really appreciate it. TheMidichlorianCount.comIT'S THE ONION FOR STAR WARS FANS!YOUR SNOKE THEORY SUCKS T-SHIRTS & STICKERSHAVE YOU SEEN HIM T-SHIRTS & STICKERSPurchasing through iTunes or Amazon? PLEASE USE THESE LINKSiTunes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.