I watched this entire video once, featuring behind the scenes footage of Lucas making The Phantom Menace:
Star Wars Episode I The Beginning: Making Episode I
Several points come across rather clearly:
- Lucas is not nearly as talented (or as smart) as he thinks he is
- Statements from him such as "Jar Jar is the key!" are not only laughable, but demonstrate his foolishness
- He bullies his staff, and they treat him like a demi-god in return
I still cannot make myself call the third sequel, "Episode 1" anymore than I can force myself to call the 1977 original "Episode 4." It is the equivilent to people asking me to call Bruce Jenner "Caitlyn" or refer to that butchered man as "she."
Still -Lucas is a billionaire, and I am not. But at least I have a belief in Christ, which is something he clearly lacks. For him, this fantasy he created is his religion, along with the virgin birth of the annoying blonde kid playing Vadar as a boy, and the rest of "The Force" garbage.
Good luck to him......he is going to need it.
Agreed on Lucas. If you look at his track record he hasn’t made that many films. He is not really that good a director or writer and the last three Star Wars films he did make that pretty clear.
I really liked “The Empire Strikes Back”, simply because he did not write or direct it and it shows.
He got pretty lucky on Star Wars and he and Spielberg did very well with Indiana Jones, although the last one could have been so much better with a different script. It was bad and even Harrison Ford thought so. I have read they were thinking of another film but that Ford’s comments got the boys all upset to the point they may never so another film. Too bad with a really good script I think Ford would have one more Indiana Jones left in him to do and then pass the torch, but not to LeBouf. I think Chris Pratt might be the guy.
- Lucas is not nearly as talented (or as smart) as he thinks he is Amen. His target audience is 14 year old boys... that are not too smart.... Probably if they are smoking dope as well.
He has no talent. From what i've read, all the good ideas in the first movie are not his, and all of his ideas that didn't get into the first movie were incredibly stupid. (In the manner of Jar Jar Binks.)
I stopped watching Star Wars releases after "the Phantom Menace." They aren't entertaining, they are just brain dead stupid.
"I still cannot make myself call the third sequel, "Episode 1" anymore than I can force myself to call the 1977 original "Episode 4." Preach!
"Still -Lucas is a billionaire, and I am not."
Lucas made a mint from merchandising. He was smart enough to capitalize on that. Of course, that was only successful because the movie was.