Was American Graffiti also luck?
Lucas made it before Star Wars but he was lucky “for awhile” and went off the rails.
A lot of people really liked American Graffiti. In my opinion it was merely okay, but nothing to write home about.
Yes, Lucas went off the rails. He was a little off the rails from the beginning, and i've read it was mostly the intervention of his wife that prevented the original star wars from being a flop.
Mr Plinkett of "Red Letter Media" does an excellent job of demonstrating how "off the rails" George Lucas was, even when he was making the original Star Wars.