George Lucas breaks silence on Sequel Trilogy

[@bc7138]

" That's not how the Force works!" - George Lucas

[@lianthony2983]

Yeah...George Lucas should have explained that the dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some considered to be UNNNNatural

[@ARCtrooper_bliz525]

And the speed force ? Used to escape the droidekas in episode 1 negotiations?

[@MichaelWaisJr]

Okay: The Force works by putting some inputs into an output. You’re gonna need 56 gigabytes of RAM. Next, you’ve got a toaster. You SPLASH a TON of Mountain Dew on it while the toaster’s plugged in. Then you make a bundt cake. Again you make another bundt cake. Put 1 Pop Tart in each bundt cake. Light a cigar. Do the Macarena. Ask an ouija board, “What is 1+1?” and also “When will my wife leave me?” Then you want to pull an executive’s finger. After that make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Don’t eat it. Just put it on your head. Then say, “III AM YOUR FAAATTHHEEER!!” Congratulations. You now know how The Force works and how to mass-produce a Force at your local Force stand in your neighborhood so everyone can have a nice little Force of their own!

[@poppers7317]

"Midi-chlorian was the scientific name for a species of sentient and microscopic organisms that inhabited the cells of every life form. Their existence was integral to the all-encompassing energy field known as the Force, connecting the Living Force to the Cosmic Force."

[@Star-bp5jj]

Ya who cares sw is dead. He should not have sold it.

[@Androidsquid31]

This was George’s way of saying “Thats what you get for not liking Jar Jar.”

[@sergeyolson7815]

Weesa sawree, okey day!

[@redragon88]

He truly was the key to all of this. XD

[@nglidk]

If the fans liked Jar Jar then George would’ve sold Star Wars to a better company

[@feenix219]

@@redragon88 should have been one of the biggest twists in Star wars history. The reveal as he drops the facade before he fights Yoda in ep 2 would have been fantastic. The phantom menace would be a movie that has to be watched twice and there would be nothing left to make fun of.

[@leonidaspereirafilho499]

And god bless him, I agree with im.

[@SigTheSauceMan]

"The sequels were inspired by Star Wars." Absolutely nothing has ever been so true and on-point as that assessment.

[@seanfurry56]

Yes that's how sequels work. It's based off the first movie

[@Oznerol1234]

If it was inspired by star wars it would have been better, it was actually inspired by money and modern cringe society

[@joshhunt4146]

Literally every sequel ever made was ‘inspired’ by the previous one 🙄

[@aamirrazak3467]

And yet even with such a rich source of inspiration, they fell flat and were bland and poorly done films imo

[@VladK-1]

If so, probably sequels were inspired by someone's immature understanding of Star Wars lore. As they don't feel like SW. Just a lazy copycat job which they actually are (despite the budget).

[@GrouchyKraut]

The biggest problem with star wars is decisions are being made by executives instead of story writers

[@Razumen]

There are no good story writers anymore.

[@1000g2g3g4g800999]

What happened with a lot of new material makes me think of how the original plan Lucasfilm and Del Rey favored for the plot the books would go in was rejected by Lucas in favor of New Jedi Order, only for them to just try it again in Legacy of the Force. In the sense that it was a lot of decisions that people higher up who weren't the actual writers (or the guy who started the whole thing) wanted, but also because the Sequels feel derivative from a lot of stuff in the EU, including LotF.

[@LidiaFaremi]

In this case, the executives shouldn't get most of the blame here. Read the interviews with JJ Abrams. He and his team of writers literally didn't plan the sequels at all. They just made stuff up as they went along, then Rian Johnson's team made up new stuff, then JJ Abrams' team came back and piled more crap on the mountain of garbage. It's amazing how these hollywood "writers" are paid millions for this. All things considered, AI should replace these people. They don't deserve to be in the business.

[@LidiaFaremi]

@@Razumen They exist but they don't get hired. Hollywood isn't based on merit, it's based on who you know (and sleep with)

[@1000g2g3g4g800999]

@@LidiaFaremi I was more so thinking (with regards to the sequels) how Lucas gave them story treatments, they rejected them, Michael Arndt produced a script, and then we got something significantly different in TFA (with the soft-reboot/ANH remake aspect being attributed to a Bob Iger mandate), while some aspects of the Arndt script found their way back into TLJ. That, and the Lucasfilm story group, most visibly Pablo Hidalgo on Twitter, seem to strongly favor TLJ over TFA or ROS. The other film thing I was thinking was just how directors or writers got swapped multiple times for most of the films, and there were significant re-writes for a lot of them.

[@rexlumontad5644]

George Lucas really shouldn't have sold Star Wars to Disney in the first place.

[@FredIsDood]

we shouldn't have hated on the guy

[@patrickt601]

The orginal trilogy Generation shouldnt have hate on him because of the prequels to much

[@legndaryhero]

Agreed but you can’t blame the man for putting family first

[@jameshurcombe2049]

I'd rather have some good and bad than nothing to begin with

[@emzonik8851]

​@@FredIsDoodI agree but he didn't sell because of the fans.

[@algovorus]

For those of you who don't know. He has been pressured to sell his COMPANY by Disney since the 90's. He was even offered to be CEO of Disney. Disney never wanted Star Wars, they wanted his tech and position in the industry as the most important special and digital effects developer and provider of the world. Whe he said no them, magically all of the Hollywood press started to attack him and his work, even before the prequels came out. And eventually due to this pressure he had to sell his company to basically his main competitors and clients. Also he said that there was no story after Anakin's death. He didn't have a script or story in 2012 so he couldn't have made a sequel trilogy. He said it takes 10 years to make a trilogy and would've finished on 2022. He wanted to make other type of films and spend the rest of his days with his family. And because the press had taken his support from the fans, he's been doing them privately. He's 80 now. He can go any time soon. At least that money allowed him to keep making movies and spend time with his family. Disney has been destroying Star Wars since before buying it. Don't forget it. They even sued George after they bought Lucasfilm because of a joke he made, then deleted this from the internet. They have power and only care about getting more, just like a Sith would, even blaming the Jedi for their fall in their new lore, which is just blasfemous to the source material.

[@RickyUzumaki993]

I always knew Disney was rotten to the core and evil

[@noahsaboliauskas7753]

Wrong and learn to spell

[@darwinnn102]

@@noahsaboliauskas7753he misspelled one word lil bro. And he's right

[@omarlugo8378]

Where did you get this info from?

[@alirezaomrani7650]

Finally, it’s about damn time SOMEONE Spoke the Truth…!! Literally more than half the people on this godridden platform aren’t even aware that George Lucas was basically blackmailed into selling his own Legacy for the sake of his Family’s future. It’s such a twisted and straigh-up fucked up thing when people try to write the narrative that George sold Star Wars because he was sick of the story or just couldn’t take the fans criticism. It was never about that, even before the prequels people were critical about the Star Wars, that didn’t stop him then, what stopped him NOW, was a sociopathic company literally invading his personal life at every turn and pressuring him using their own resources as a billionaire company to practically force him to sell them his entire business. Disney is literally run by a couple of Lunatics

[@wickdaline8668]

One day, George won't be here for SW.

[@neofulcrum5013]

True, but his impact shall be spoken about for generations

[@metalheadzaki]

your comment hits really hard

[@ThatSceneWhen]

One day none of us will be here for it.

[@dbentertainment9148]

And Kathleen Kennedy now that she is in her 70s. So eventually Star Wars could be good again with new leadership.

[@danielcraig9666]

That day was way back in 2015 when The Force Awakens was released.

[@jessetorres8738]

While the Anakin/Prequel Trilogy isn't perfect, it's far more consistent in tone & quality because Lucas had full say over the story & characters, but the Rey/Sequel Trilogy had a revolving door of multiple people working on the films which resulted in an inconsistent story & character development.

[@brandonfly4611]

The prequel trilogy us deeply flawed, but they it at least has a vision. The sequels are just corporate slop without a shred of logic or passion behind them. The sequel trilogy is the worst blockbuster trilogy ever imo.

[@MerlynMusicman]

You have to watch 6 or 7 animated series alongside Ep. 2+3 for them to not seem like hot garbage. Ergo, they're pretty godawful movies. A few cool set pieces, but whenever the characters are talking its a complete meme.

[@pissfather6798]

for all their faults, atleast the prequels have something new to say, bring in new ideas and add massively to the canon universe the sequels are just utterly unoriginal, reheated stuff which has been explored and seen already in previous entries but worse they couldve gone into pretty much ANY direction and instead chose to go the safest and most boring route possible

[@pissfather6798]

@@MerlynMusicman the problem is, the sequels dont really have any better dialogue and have created an equal amount of memes concerning the character odd interactions what the prequels do have in comparison is original ideas and a genuinely good, relatively coherent plotline that adds a lot of context to the star wars world. the sequels dont even have that going for them. they add absolutely nothing. all they really have are some nice, dazzling visuals because thats all that really mattered as far as disney is concerned.

[@UnrealNeoBat]

If Lucas still kept SW, then you'd still be bashing the prequels. You don't know what you got until it's gone.

[@Kurayamiblack]

"The Last Jedi was beautifully made" You know what... He's right. I did enjoy the visuals in that movie. It was literally the only thing I liked about it, but it lacked SO MUCH of everything else that I didn't realize it until now. But these movies are visually striking at the very least. I still want them to be replaced though...

[@lja1993]

The whole scene with the hyperdrive ship tearing up the bigger one. Man, that was epic, visually and also audio-wise

[@CommunityFan]

the movie was probably the most consistent sequel movie with itself and followed it's own story quite well. Ofcourse it didn't follow the rest of star wars well but it's a pretty good film if you don't let the rest of the universe sway your opinion

[@shubhnamdeo2865]

@@CommunityFan I didn't let it, but I did spot the inconsistencies. It's still a solid 6.5-7 out of ten for me. The only film I really hated that got me to hate the trilogy altogether was the rise of Skywalker, which pretty much retconned everything before it, everything, all of the lore and the backstory became useless. And I'm specifically talking about Rey, not Palpatine in the film.

[@aamirrazak3467]

True about the only thing I can say I liked about the last Jedi were the beautiful locations they picked for filming, like skellig Michael and the salar de uyuni in Bolivia

[@Lordoftheringwraiths]

By the time they’re replaced, John Williams will be dead.

[@rexlumontad5644]

Shame that Finn could have become like Mace Windu in his own right but instead he just shouts *"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!"*

[@Jinstarro]

And that from a company that is as woke as you can get. But I think you cannot be black live matters and feminist at the same time?? Gosh these people are so lost ... >.

[@Jack-eg8wg]

fr got the wrong actor

[@Jack-eg8wg]

Actor was just corny

[@asackboyplush6508]

​@@Jinstarro Oh is that why they downscaled Finn on the Chinese poster to the point you can't see him? Same with covering Black Panther's face on that movies poster? Look, this company isn't "woke", they just pretend to be to make money.

[@UnrealNeoBat]

Wasn't Mace to blame for the Jedi Order's downfall?

[@rexlumontad5644]

Everyone to Prequel Trilogy: "Perhaps we treated you too harshly."

[@gonhunter3994]

I love the Prequels so speak 4 yourself

[@JakeTylenol]

Exactly why I can’t take prequel love seriously. A lot of the modern takes feels like knee jerk reactions to the sequels rather than honest love. It’s exactly why I know the sequels will be loved like the prequels someday

[@gonhunter3994]

@@JakeTylenol Tf are you blabbering about? The disney hatefic films will NEVER be loved like the Prequels are

[@ryanbaker5296]

@@JakeTylenol Well i would not say that there was always a lot of prequel love and it's almost already been 10 Years since TFA (Feel old yet) and they have yet to be received the same

[@JakeTylenol]

@@gonhunter3994 we said that about the prequel films yet here we are.

[@fremenchips]

One thing I think that gets overlooked when talking about the inspirations of the OT is there a lot of screwball comedies in Star Wars and Empire's DNA. The brassy cosmopolitan, the naive do gooder and charming cynic with a secret heart of gold is the exact same trifecta of personalities in The Philadelphia Story as it is in Star Wars. It's a formula that allows three distinct characters to bounce off one another in a bunch of fun ways. In the ST Rey and Poe don't meet until the final movie and Rey never developed any kind of chemistry with Finn. The one side of the triangle that worked really well was John Boyega and Oscar Issacs but after the first 25 minutes of TFA they don't see each other again until the final movie. So our three main characters barely spend anytime together and don't develop any kind of spark between them.

[@iminumst7827]

Agreed, one of the big tragedies of the sequels was taking the two characters with the best chemistry Finn and Poe, and separating them forever. The movies woulda been so much more watchable if we got more Finn Poe buddy dynamics. Instead we got the horrible Finn and Rey chemistry. :

[@mrgoober6320]

Some young people don't see the difference between George's SW and the Disney stuff, and I find that very troubling.

[@RickyUzumaki993]

Same here

[@gipsymonster8777]

Fr some people are like : star wars is star wars wich is wrong

[@progenlock7785]

Hell people didn’t see the difference between the originals and the prequels and I thought that was bad. But it was always clear that the prequels still had creativity

[@RickyUzumaki993]

@@progenlock7785 A whole lot of creativity, even if the ideas weren’t well executed.

[@progenlock7785]

@@RickyUzumaki993 exactly yeah that’s the issue. Even if we pretend the sequels were executed better, they still weren’t near that level of imagination

[@lachlanwalker5598]

I was there at Lucas' talk, and he expressed that although at one point he would have liked to have done the sequels himself he knew he was too old and so was ready to let someone else do it. It did seem that he was disappointed that the films didn't capitalise off the parts of his films he personally found interesting.

[@chickendrawsdogs3343]

Let this be a lesson to all creatives out there: you license out your IPs, you DO NOT sell it for cash.

[@chriscage669]

You also forgot to mention that He also said “[The new films have] a lot of talent, great ideas and production. I feel like they come from my children, and sometimes it hurts a little when they grow up and get away from you."

[@thomasmuandersontheneousul4184]

Yeah Ecks is usually ok but i get it - its just a business. I only take a few people seriously on SW. This is a VERY distortive video

[@thelittleal1212]

I always thought that the sequels era felt quite uninteresting due to the lack of new stuff and just kept with what the original trilogy had. Which honestly felt quite boring to me. And I’m glad Lucas seem to agree as well. Like, that’s why I love the prequels (as a overall Era), it had a completely different style, That felt new, strange and interesting. From vehicles, weapons, aliens, planets, Lore and so forth. The sequels era just feels like their playing safe with their world building and just adds stuff we already seen in the originals

[@cmedtheuniverseofcmed8775]

Keep in mind that George Lucas endorsed Bob Iger during the recent proxy war with Nelson Peltz (Peltz was against the current movement in Disney) while trying to get board seats. Whatever was there to help turn Disney around, that ship has long sailed. Now, if George Lucas is being paid a lot of money to say that or be silent about all the SW changes is one thing. Regardless, at least he's finally said the quiet part out loud even if it's too little, too late.

[@ZenKrio]

As far as im concerned, GL is just another shit hole part of the problem at Disney.

[@eel5618]

"SW changes"

[@algovorus]

No, he did not. That's what the press said. Did you even stopped to read the context of his declarations and what exactly he was textually saying? He was not talking about Bob Iger's work on Star Wars but on Disney as a company. Iger doesn't write, but he was CEO during the 3 sequels, remember that. And this is not the first time George says the people working on Star Wars now don't get what it's about. And he's not the only one who's said it that's ever been involved in Star Wars. Actors, producers and even the franchise director said it.

[@ZenKrio]

@dimebagforever251 when it came time to axe Bob Iger, the main problem with Disney, GL took his side over improving the whole company. As far as I'm concerned, GL is just as bad, if not worse, than KK now..

[@algovorus]

@@ZenKrio Wtf are you talking about? No one is going to promote or axe nepo Iger just because Lucas does or doesn't support him. You're mental.

[@Yerlockk]

“The worst thing you can ever do as a filmmaker is give a ‘homage’”. -Orson Welles

[@javierlopez9789]

​@sebastianbelcher5354 disney movies are "tributes" of a tribute.

[@harrambou9468]

@sebastianbelcher5354 ALL tributes? Taking inspiration or following a precedent isn’t always a direct homage

[@Queen_Miku]

Oooo unicron

[@rubeniscool]

You forgot the part in that same quote where he says it's like watching Star Wars made by his own kids. He's passed on the torch and whilst it isn't the same as how he would have done it, I wouldn't call it overly critical.

[@c3po184]

Ahh cool, so leaving critical details out to make a certain point...

[@espo221b]

Disney star wars is not star wars. It's an abomination.

[@falloutgamer347]

​@@espo221boh its star wars, its just not good star wars

[@espo221b]

@falloutgamer347 it's corporate fanfiction. Not star wars.

[@falloutgamer347]

@@espo221b fair enough

[@flanflanjp_]

There's an alternate timeline where George hired good directors to make the SW books into films and tv series

[@algovorus]

The SW books were never good either wtf. They were fanfic made by people who didn't get Star Wars either. That's why they were made on an alternate universe.

[@StarKhan]

@@algovorus The Thrawn trilogy, Darth Bane trilogy, Darth Plagueis novel, Kenobi, Cloak of Deception: I find your lack of faith disturbing

[@noahsaboliauskas7753]

⁠@@algovorustrue just a bunch of losers who use Star Wars quotes in a KZbin comment section like the books

[@barrannugrahakodri8695]

​@@noahsaboliauskas7753true, disney shills repeat the same thing again and again.

[@barrannugrahakodri8695]

​@@algovorusthrawn trilogy? Shills be shills

[@Rekaert]

In retrospect he should have kept creative control but hired writers and directors to work within the overall narrative arc that he wanted. Lucas always work best on the large scale, the macro of a story. He needed people to come in and do the refined bits like polish the plot and write more natural dialogue. Remove him though and what you end up with is a poor-man's copy of Star Wars.

[@CaelanCromwell]

He got pressured on prequels hate. Disney media enforce that hate to make sure lucas will sell that franchise. Almost everyone hates jar jar. 😂😂😂

[@nasher931]

There's a comic called The Star Wars which is based off of George's original first draft of Star Wars and it's fascinating how different it is to what we ended up getting. I would love to see George's sequel trilogy scripts get the same treatment. Everybody wins. Sequel fans can read it and think "Wow, that's interesting, but I'm glad we got the films that we did" and those that dislike the sequels can read them and have their complete George Lucas Episode I to IX Star Wars Saga - even if 3 of them are in a different format

[@AshanBhatoa]

Would be pretty intriguing and you actually exercise some reconciliation.

[@Nintendofan570]

He's not wrong about the Force Awakens, A New Hope was a leap forward for VFX, same for Phantom Menace, things that haven't been done before or seen in VFX happened with each trilogy but Sequel trilogy didn't do anything new, visually it looks like the Prequels, and no new technology was used to help make the movie, just Disney's factory of underpaid VFX team

[@Wills-Corner]

@EcksClips Convenient how you’re omitting the rest of the quote? “The new films have a lot of talent, great ideas and production. I feel like they come from my children, and sometimes it hurts a little when they grow up and get away from you.”

[@russianoverkill3715]

Cherry picking at its finest

[@freestyla85]

The rest of the quote doesn't make it any better. Its like a backhanded compliment.

[@thealien4863]

You thought you cooked lmao its obvious he doesnt like new story.

[@Wills-Corner]

@@freestyla85 maybe, but that’s not my point. The point is, why not include that part of the quote?

[@realname4401]

@@freestyla85 So what? Does that justify not including it? I hate when media picks out the part of the quote that supports their agenda and conveniently forgets context and everything else.

[@Ridsaw]

George should have made his sequel trilogy before selling Star Wars

[@Jackal_El_Lobo34]

Yup. If he really wanted people to know about “wills”idea then he should’ve but sorta hinted that he bowed out because he knew people weren’t going to like it for the same reasons people where critical of Midichlorians.

[@LiquidGhost100]

From what I heard he did provide ideas for a sequel trilogy which went completely by the waist side

[@russianoverkill3715]

It would've been even worse than prequels😂

[@jaredontv]

as far as Lucas was concerned.. the story was completed and everyone lived happily ever after at the conclusion of the Battle of Endor.... he no reason to want to expand on that... hence why he sold it to Disney to do what they would with it.. Lucas has no reason to critisize anything anymore

[@Ridsaw]

@@russianoverkill3715 typical Boomer og trilogy fan

[@747Cone]

Why'd you say "Religious meditation practices" rather than "Zen Buddhism" in the text?

[@mj_SR22]

I obviously can't speak for him, but perhaps because SW draws from multiple religions in a variety of ways. So while the text cited is correct, it's more accurate to say religious in general than just Zen. The concept of a messiah type figure, an individual who restores balance after a time away, is more prominent in Western faiths for example. While in Eastern ones the more omnipresent, less individualized image of spirituality tends to be more so.. That's just my initial thought, I've heard interviews where George cites a variety of religious influences. But I can't speak for the actual speaker in the video, maybe it was just an accidental generalization. =)

[@omarbaba9892]

This fandom is stupid, the same people who now hold up George are the same people who hated the prequels

[@chromatinkiss]

There's truth in that

[@wr7662]

I always liked the prequels. Really, gen X is the problem. They were the ones who started the smear campaign against the prequels. Well, the sequels were specifically made for gen X. Look how they turned out.

[@wr7662]

Gen X is also the reason why Attack of the Clones is regarded as the worst film of the prequel trilogy when it wasn't anywhere near as campy as the other two. It was flawed for sure, but the it had the least flaws out of of three. What people really don't like about it is the pacing. It takes its time while Revenge of the Sith - wrongly considered the best film of the trilogy - is so crammed with action sequences that it becomes nauseating. They may not get anywhere near the amount of hatred that gen Y, Z, and the baby boomers get, but the fact is, gen X remotely dictates how films and television are made, because they are the most vocal about hating things as a result of being mentally frozen at the age of fifteen while even gen Z has now outgrown them in maturity.

[@gospelfreak5828]

@@wr7662 ​​⁠​⁠As a prequel fan, like huge prequel fan, attack of the clones was the worst movie in quality. It most definitely had the most flaws out of the movies. Revenge of the Sith is clearly the best one. Attack of the Clones best thing going for it is Anakin and his mom, and the climax of the film. The acting from Hayden and Natalie are not r he sat in this film, and there are few scenes where they actually had chemistry. They needed better direction from George, as they are not bad actors at all. The mystery aspect of this film would have worked better if they had focused on it more, but instead that time was taken with bad dialogue and romance scenes with Anakin and Padme. That would have been more justified as a slower movie if the romance scenes were done better. But they are so awful it’s hard to believe why Padme would like Anakin, as his characterization is not as good in this film as the Clone Wars, and Revenge of the Sith was a step up for Anakin. Not to mention a ton of loose plot threads like Sifo Dyas. The CGI in this film is the worst out of the three films as well. All the prequels had their beautiful moments, but Attack of the Clones Kamino cgi is not great at all. There were very few moments in the other movies that the cgi did not hold up. Overall, mostly due to Anakin and Padme scenes, the movie is worse overall because of that.

[@klarch]

@@wr7662 The prequels sucked kid. The sequels sucked more. Just like Gen Z sucks more than any other generation.

[@DAVVEZ396]

He enjoyed The Last Jedi which he stated was the closest one to his own vision of the sequals. Great film.

[@sirpuss5887]

Garage film🤣

[@NeoConnor1]

Garage film? I guess you could watch it in your garage. Whatever works for you.

[@DAVVEZ396]

@@NeoConnor1 I love sneaking into my garage when the kids are asleep and watch The Last Jedi. It’s such a garage film.

[@harrambou9468]

If you turn your brain off sure “All of Star Wars is like that” No. No it’s not. 😂

[@DAVVEZ396]

@@harrambou9468 Are your comments usually self-contained arguments?

[@slyktech1860]

Why did he back Bob Iger during the proxy battle if he hated everything they did with the sequels? He voted all his shares to not make any changes to the board of directors and kept Nelson Peltz and Jay Rasulo off the board when they would have went back to George's vision cause it makes money.

[@olsonspeed]

No secret that "Disney got alot of things wrong."

[@oivatank]

His opinions can’t do much more damage that hasn’t already been done

[@jameshurcombe2049]

It would be nice if you did a vid on reviews of the acolyte from the premier

[@VashPlissken45]

May the Cringe be with you!

[@jameshurcombe2049]

@@VashPlissken45 grow up & stop being so pathetic

[@Stupranos]

The sequels should’ve been a blend of both pre and OT. Being set after the OT, and with that world trying to start a new beginning.

[@derelite9335]

exactly. Furthermore Ep9 should have ended with a new generation of Jedi/ interesting characters beside the main characters, that we can explore in this new world in fully new movies or series to move away from the Skywalker Saga.

[@mayormccheese6171]

He didn't even show up to the premiere of Rise of Skywalker. It's pretty clear he's not a fan.

[@NeoConnor1]

Or it's like he said. He has moved on and wanted the cast and crew to have their moment. He didn't go to the Empire Strikes Back premiere either.

[@the2pages62]

That’s something I’ve always sustained. For all its flaws, episode 8 is the closest Star Wars got to new territory in this batch of films. And visually, it was stunning. Holds up well as a great film to test 4K setups on. Episode 9 retreated really hard from the concepts presented.

[@Ivbo]

Ironically, The Last Jedi is most likely George’s favourite thing they’ve made since he sold the franchise…it’s the only one that tries something new and it’s the only one with balls.

[@thirdcoinedge]

Yep. He also apparently liked Rogue One, possibly for the same reasons.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

"tries something new" is carrying a lot of weight when it's just "do ESB again but do the opposite" It has as many balls as a kid that thinks picking his nose is edgy and breaking the rules.

[@Ivbo]

@@KaiserMattTygore927 Wtf are you talking about…Kylo and Rey are having Skype force talks in that movie, Luke is projecting himself across the galaxy, Kylo cuts Snoke (Palpatine equivalent) in half, then he faces Luke and takes control of the entire First Order (Empire). You don’t got to like it to acknowledge that the movie did try a whole lot of new stuff…it does have some ESB like moments but it very much is it’s own thing.

[@dr.virus1295]

@@Ivbo Don't forget hyperspacing into Snoke's ship, I don't if that's something new, but it was definitely an eye opener.

[@vashbain3136]

@@Ivbo the movie is shit along with the whole new trilogy.

[@RayOfTruth]

George Lucas did say "The Last Jedi was beautifully made."

[@RodrigoGarcia-ze5em]

However we have to remember that Lucas has made clear in thw past that a well made movie is not the same to him as a beautifully made one. This mean he doesn't consider it a good folm, but just one that put effort.

[@francesco8000]

I actually believe that George Lucas himself does not understand star wars sometimes. For example I don't think it's a hot take to say that he does not "understand" han solo as a character despite the fact that he wrote him. The worst mistake the fanbase makes is to think "X person perfectly understand star wars, he\she is always right" because it's just a trap (dave filoni is the current example).

[@javiergambito3352]

What are you talking about? HE CREATED STAR WARS. If he tells you Anakin f*cked Jar Jar then he did, end of the dicussion. We may like it or not, but is his decision alone, the rest of movies and other media is glorified fanfiction, nothing more.

[@thetin-candalorian3319]

@@javiergambito3352the prequels are also glorified fan fiction

[@algovorus]

The prequels are probably the last good movies of their genre. Haven't been topped by other fantasy stuff so far.

[@А280-г3м]

How can person who created certain character not understand his own character?

[@twentyfivemelody]

How arrogant can you be srly

[@alexheisenberg8709]

Also george lucas on the sequels: "the new films have a lot of talent, great ideas and production. I feel like they come from my children" Also, he wasn't necessairily imply star wars current path is bad. Even back in legends a lot of people changed the force and lucas ideas to create their own stories. He is just saying it's out of his hands. If he was being negative, he wouldn't have said that about the sequels

[@Travelerfrom2024]

You forgot to mention he said he thinks of the sequels creators as his "children" and he's proud of them even though they didn't go the way he would have gone. You know, intellectual honesty and stuff...

[@FJDH11]

No it was hot garbage

[@SWFT_edits]

He took the part of the article best suited to drive engagement and left out important details. Wrongful behavior for a channel attempting to be a news source.

[@asackboyplush6508]

Well this is another content farm going on my block list, thank you friend

[@Travelerfrom2024]

@@SWFT_edits exactly

[@Sparksparky1]

@@FJDH11 that's subjective even if what you said is the more popular opinion

[@SuspiciousSalad]

Who else would've known that they didnt have Bra's in space?

[@Michael-uk3pj]

George brought us the holiday special and Jar Jar Binks...

[@SebDystic]

Why not get George on the set and ask him kinda get his blessing and direction on where to go like Dave and Favero do

[@cald1421]

Honestly, good for him. He sold it, got his bag and screwed everyone who was out to screw him. Recall the fans were merciless to him for the prequels. And Disney ignored him. Now both are miserable and he’s rich lol

[@ShirubaGamer]

After the prequels, it seemed like nobody like George Lucas. Mr. Plinkett has one of the highest-viewed critiques of the prequels, implying that GL probably had little to do with what made the first movies so successful. Then after Disney released their slop, everyone was like, "Why didn't they just listen to George?? The movies were so much better under George!"

[@OfficialDoggyYT]

Shouldn’t have sold it to Disney then Lucas, sorry but like there’s a saying that goes like this “Selling your work to a other company for money will make your soul get sold too” Alen Becker, an animator, was also almost selling his scripts etc to a certain company for money, he eventually didn’t decide to and now is successful with over 20 million subscribers.

[@Mr_Bio_Hazard]

James Earl Jones RIP. Star Trek will never be the same.

[@iamthematti]

One thing i dont understand. Why didnt disney adapt the prequel fast paced fight style for the new ones. I mean it wouldve been a surface level thing anyway. Ibstead of the fast pace which is more unique to star wars they just made the fighting like any other sword movie ever. And i think it just looks less flashy and interesting

[@russianoverkill3715]

Because prequel fights were emotionless, robotic and had no story.

[@raes704]

The prequels’s fights aren’t the super epic marvel everyone make them out be, the final battles of episode 1 and 3 are incredible, but the majority are more like dances than fights, and the other half are straight up trash like Anakin vs Dooku of episode 2.

[@udontseethetruth]

@@russianoverkill3715 Amazing. Every word of what you just said was wrong.

[@russianoverkill3715]

@@udontseethetruth cope prequel fan boy

[@russianinvader3207]

@@russianoverkill3715 Damn that's a overkill.

[@neilvanschepdael9729]

He said a lot of ideas got lost yes. But yall ofc leave out the good things he said about it. He said they its different but they still did a d*mn good job.

[@jo3y960]

It's a testament to art and how when things become uninspired it just sort of feels a little lifeless. Idk

[@brucebatmanwayne3654]

Fun fact. The only one they felt got things right was the Last Jedi, as it expanded his themes of the Jedis hypocrisy as well as that the force doesn't belong to the Jedi nor the Sith

[@RodrigoGarcia-ze5em]

However we have to remember that Lucas has made clear in thw past that a well made movie is not the same to him as a beautifully made one. This mean he doesn't consider it a good folm, but just one that put effort.

[@Lord-Emperor-Vader]

The Last Jedi was beautifully made quote seemed more like a parent telling a kid something they made that was clearly bad was good so they did not hurt there feelings and not because they actually liked it.

[@Ewokpilot65]

It's fucking amazing watching people that can't fathom that someone could actually like a movie, try to explain how them saying they liked it is actually because they hated it

[@Lord-Emperor-Vader]

@@Ewokpilot65 I know people did like it but saying it is beautifully made says nothing about the quality of the story I don't like the movie but I can say the film looks amazing which is what Lucas said he never said the movie was good just that it looks good visually

[@Lord-Emperor-Vader]

@dr.osterman8158 No I don't like the sequels but the Last Jedi is the best looking film which is what Lucas said it looks good but that says nothing about what he thinks about the story

[@mattrismatt]

@@Lord-Emperor-Vader Do you think there was something wrong with the story as presented in TLJ?

[@StayPuftMarshmellow]

@dr.osterman8158you’re coping, there’s 4 billion reasons Lucas would make a pc comment like that, plus he’s a majority shareholder. Also, like his opinion matters now? This is the same guy that made greedo shoot first.

[@nathanlewis106]

At 9ne pont after seeing The Force Awawkens, I found a website that showed the movie scripts for George Lucas' original ideas for Episode VII, VIII & IX. I think it would've been better with those. With the sequel trilogy that Disney put out, it's basically a remake of the original trilogy.

[@Caveman-Fan]

This is not eck's voice

[@Maryondo]

Voice break... eventually? :P

[@Oniphire]

The channel description does imply that it's a team

[@rshone99]

I saw someone describe this kind of thing as "musical incest" on harmony central about 20 years ago in regards new grunge bands being inspired by old grunge bands rather than doing something else - like those they are imitating did. Similar thing happening all over the show and it is one of those little perspectives that for me has just become more and more profound over time.

[@Drago935PL]

fully agree

[@richardwheatley6479]

Are you sure it is George Lucas? It can quite easily be a Micheal McDonald lookalike.

[@darthjump]

So instead of selling Star Wars to Disney, George should have bought Disney.

[@lbzera]

If I'm not mistaken, he also said he liked Rogue One. I wonder if he watched Andor, and what would be his thoughts on it.

[@Carlo_ReNews]

0:40 Actually a down right false statement, at least partly. While it is true that Episode 7 and 9 have almost no other inspirations other than Star Wars, 8 is full of references to old Samurai and WW2 movies. Johnson wanted to have similar inspirations to Lucas but from different movies of the same era or director

[@SWFT_edits]

Episode 8 is also inspired by Arthurian legends

[@billdestroyerofworlds]

Hot take but Johnson is a better director than Abrams and his film is at least interesting to go back and watch in a way that the other two sequel films just aren't.

[@anthony7697]

If that's true - then Johnson failed spectacularly. Other than the parts where it appears to have 'borrowed' from both episodes 5 and 6 of the OT, all the scenes I can think of from the last time I watched it years ago look nothing like the war movies from the time that inspired Lucas, nor any of the Samurai movies - they don't even remind me of those contemporary to Star Wars around the 70's. They look, and even feel, more akin to I'm going to say post-2000 movies of those types that play hard and double down on old tropes of the genre's that have become exaggerated with time. Or rather I'll say the bad post-2000 war movies as there are 1-2 good ones, 8 looks more like 'Pearl Harbor' or that absolute trash 'Midway' movie of a couple years ago.

[@Carlo_ReNews]

@@billdestroyerofworlds That shouldn’t be a Hot take, just look at the rest of his Filmography (Knives Out, Glass Onion, Looper, Brick)… the guy is an amazing filmmaker

[@Carlo_ReNews]

@@anthony7697 i disagree. For one no The last Jedi doesn’t look like Midway it looks infinitely better it terms of cinematography and CGI. Second here are a few influences and were to find them in the film: 1. Twelve O‘Clock High (1949) - The bomber scene in the beginning is surprising similar 2. Wings (1927) - Cantobight 3. Rashômon (1950) - Like Lucas he was influenced by the storytelling methods of Kurosawa films in this case the showing of certain events from different perspective. The coloring of the film is also reminiscent of late Kurosawa films with an emphasis on Red

[@tinotrivino]

"It was beautiful made" was for Rogue one!

[@TyroClint]

He also, along with everyone else including me, hated that they brought lord sidius back

[@davidmiddleton7958]

Very late in the day for Mr. Lucas to start commenting now. Needed it in 2022.

[@Hjartulv]

"nobody but me understand the force" (c) G. Lucas "midi-chlorian" (c) also G. Lucas Why nobody can't accept that SW isn't creation of one, but many. Mapy can understand it. There is plenty space for everyone understanding. It was absolute chaos in lore while Legacy was main canon. No one was against it really.

[@Hybrid225]

George Lucas: Takes a shit Star Wars fans: That’s better than the sequel trilogy

[@LCTesla]

if he holds shares in Disney, he's part of the problem

[@jaredontv]

he sold the franchise to Disney.. so he's the whole problem based on that decision alone

[@LCTesla]

@@jaredontv yeah but he can't claim to have regrets while he holds their shares

[@raes704]

Horrible take

[@infinitehazard5197]

Dumbass opinion

[@unoriginalname3442]

Look man, tbf, Disney can make some good starwars. Primarily their take on the skywalker saga was horrible, but beyond that some of their other stuff they’ve either continued or made new was pretty good.

[@rcpmunlin]

I LOVE how a KZbinr talks over the comments of the subject and tells us EXACTLY what the we just heard and then explains to us what he meant...

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

"Nobody understood the force..." Ahem...mitroclorians...cough....

[@lonesurvivor8828]

Where's the link to the interview? I wanna watch the whole thing

[@Rocket_Man232]

One wonders if he had had to sign an agreement to not overtly criticize the Mickey Mouse sequels and that agreement has recently expired.

[@Rocket_Man232]

@sebastianbelcher5354 Well, in response to a question about the D movies he said that he liked Rogue Squadron and so by NOT mentioning VII, VIII or IX...

[@tonbopro]

George did not attack the Sequels， he was there all along

[@jonathanroberts-bj7yl]

Luke Skywalker should have had a kid.

[@raes704]

We were robbed of Ben Skywalker

[@bargames88]

With Mara Jade

[@jonathanroberts-bj7yl]

@@bargames88 no sign of her.

[@1Anime4you]

Damn, puberty hit hard for Eckhartslader

[@lightningleopard]

Can he or articles make up his mind already. It feels like every article about him and the sequels it goes he hated them, then the next time he loved them, and it just keeps going in circles

[@isaiahgarcia2464]

Always said he didn't like them, not once did he praise them other than what was told in the video.

[@lightningleopard]

@@isaiahgarcia2464 what about a month ago and another time when the fans basically abandoned him cause he was one Igers side and the sequels

[@isaiahgarcia2464]

@@lightningleopard that was a shareholders meeting, why wouldn't anyone self sabotage themselves in that type of meeting. Nonsensical.

[@isaiahgarcia2464]

We are talking about George Lucas praise towards the sequels

[@lightningleopard]

@@isaiahgarcia2464 yes, and there has been times that he did praise the sequels

[@longWriter]

I thought one of the things the sequels got _right_ was how the force worked, in that Rey had to calm down and focus before she could use Light Side powers properly, while Kylo Ren's Dark Side powers ran off of his emotions. Though I have to admit: the kind of ability Rey showed shouldn't have been possible without training.

[@RayOfTruth]

Most of the "OP ability" Rey showed was either from outside help, or in TROS after training with Leia and the Jedi Text for over a year. The big thing she does on her own pre-TROS is lift a bunch of rocks, but that's about what Yoda expected an untrained Luke to be able to do when meeting him in Episode V.

[@longWriter]

@@RayOfTruth I dunno; I would've expected the Force Persuasion she did in The Force Awakens to take more training than she had.

[@RayOfTruth]

@@longWriter maybe, but it is one of the more common Jedi abilities that even Watto knows about it. I imagine a doing a Jedi Mind Trick to a brainwashed Storm Trooper is a lot easier too.

[@BrokenRecordProductions]

The sequels are just a reskin of original trilogy

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

The production one was.

[@5Demona5]

A poor attempt to recapture the emotions of the original trilogy

[@grandmasteryoda6717]

Yes, it’s just OT nostalgia-bait over and over.

[@LuiDeca]

wouldn't be a problem if they were as good as the OT (which they absolutely weren't)

[@russianoverkill3715]

Just like prequels

[@munkydreads]

People took the prequel triology for granted, and im glad people are just realizing that

[@tandava-089]

Theres no way that George didnt realize who he was selling to. Old Disney would have been good hands, but George is in these circles. He knew what he was doing. I have alot of respect for his original vision, but George has been as bad for the franchise as he has been good. This franchise is a synthesis of all sorts of things. George was its steward, and he did good, and he should be grateful. That said, Im tired of hearing what George or any hollyweirdos have to say. Legally, they may own the franchise, but the truth is that Star Wars belongs to us, the fans. George had his time. Hes said and done MORE than enough. He also had years to speak up. Its time for him and all his hollywierdo friends to sit down, retire, and be quiet

[@AshanBhatoa]

Then tune out - Lucas isn't forcing you to listen.

[@NeoConnor1]

Could you just shut up instead? We are tired of hearing the 'fans' whine and complain like bratty children.

[@otsutsuki2433]

It’s the same damn thing to say that any fans said that Naruto, DC or Marvel belong to the fans and not to those who created them 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 bro. you need to remain silent ok? Disney is a nightmare, the next extended universe or called legends and that Tartakovsky one which is 100 times worse than the prequel and the clone wars 2008. you... better sit in your pillow and cry, you hateful toxic person

[@otsutsuki2433]

It’s the same damn thing to say that any fans said that Naruto, DC or Marvel belong to the fans and not to those who created them 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 bro. you need to remain silent ok? Disney is a nightmare, the next extended universe or called legends and that Tartakovsky one which is 100 times worse than the prequel and the clone wars 2008. you... better sit in your pillow and cry, you hateful toxic person

[@otsutsuki2433]

It’s the same damn thing to say that any fans said that Naruto, DC or Marvel belong to the fans and not to those who created them 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 bro. you need to remain silent ok? Disney is a nightmare, the next extended universe or called legends and that Tartakovsky one which is 100 times worse than the prequel and the clone wars 2008. you... better sit in your pillow and cry, you hateful toxic person

[@G.Yam74]

George:" give me another 3 billions and i bring you the titanic back"

[@maevethefox5912]

What'll be wild is if we see a Sequel Trilogy revival in 20 years like we did with the Prequels. If we went on my opinion directly after seeing the films, I hated the prequels WAY more than the Sequel movies at the time of release, but I'm rather nostalgically fond of them now. It's hard to look at the sequels and see anything redeeming at the moment, but I definitely didn't see anything in the prequels at the time either.

[@StayPuftMarshmellow]

The sequel trilogies lack the epic moments the prequels have. No one’s going to want to rewatch princess Leia flying around, Luke force ghosting himself to death, or horses in a space battle. There’s zero redeeming qualities. If anything time will only solidify how they’re pure crap and everything wrong with modern cinema.

[@raes704]

I could be very very wrong, but I don’t see that happening, and the reason is that the triology doesn’t tell a story, the prequels do, they present Anakin, the Jedi and republic, the second one the war, the plotting and the relationship with Anakin and padme, and the third is the one where everything meets each other; the sequels on the other hand, have three movies that goes on a different direction of the previous one, TLJ doesn’t follow what TFA established, neither does TROS. The prequels failed because of its script, but they had a story, that was its redeeming quality that other products like the clone wars explored. What are the redeeming qualities of the sequels, since the don’t have a story? The effects? Some funny scenes? Sure someone will feel nostalgic in 15 years about that one time he saw any of the movies in the theater, or when bought that one toy, but enough for everyone to start appreciating them? Or calling them underrated ? Idk

[@espo221b]

The sequels make every other part of star wars less enjoyable for existing. The sequels will receive the opposite reaction to the prequels. They will only become more hated over time. There is nothing about them that enhances the story. It's a poor rehash of the original movies that simultaneously ruins the original movies.

[@kamuelalee]

"I sense a disturbance in the Force."

[@ilznidiotic]

Once the word "midichlorians" entered the lexicon, I became VERY open to accepting other people's ideas on what the Force is and isn't.

[@javiergambito3352]

Why? Because you didnt like it? People trying to explain Star Wars to George Lucas is the same if people would try to explain Middle-earth to Tolkien... Star Wars is HIS creation, and belongs to him.

[@ilznidiotic]

​@@javiergambito3352 It literally belongs to Disney, genius.

[@javiergambito3352]

​@@ilznidiotic By that logic "The rings of Power" is cannon to the lore of Middle-earth. Look, I don't like midichlorians, the remastered versions of the original trylogy and a lot of things Lucas did, but people need to stop talking about Star Wars as if it was a real world and Lucas a mere journalist/historian.

[@ilznidiotic]

@@javiergambito3352 Canon and rights are not always the same thing. The rights to LOTR are split three ways, and the movie and streaming rights do not affect the continuity of the original work. However, sometimes that's not the case- as with the Star Wars canon, which Disney owns lock, stock and barrel. That's why your analogy is bullshit. That's why Lucas' vision isn't sacrosanct- HE SOLD IT. Stop talking about him like a journalist? That's a better comparison than God, which is what you seem to be going for. He's as relevant to the product as Disney says he is, and that's what his fanboys need to get used to.

[@javiergambito3352]

@@ilznidiotic I am not his fanboy, but if you are a fan of Star Wars you are a fan of his creation. You understand that, don't you? He created that universe not Disney, wich, by the way, are making him look better and better with every new movie/show/game they make. What Disney owns today another company will own tomorrow. You people are obssesed with the "canon" and you talk about owning like iif we are talking about objects. Art is completely different, you can buy a painting and you can do whatever you like to it, but that doesn't make you the maker/artist of that work.

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

I will agree with him there. Not great movies, but The Last Jedi, was admittedly the most visually beautiful one. RJ knows how to make movie shots look great, leave me alone!

[@ashlyncake]

What was the point of even selling it to disney, I swear they destroy everything they touch.

[@donaldkroth2579]

You're right about that. The most evil company on the face of the earth. They don't even know what true entertainment is anymore. Since Walt died, the company has went to manure.

[@ibrahim5463]

for Disney star wars was just pretty light swords and pace chases and CGI work, for George Lucas and us it was much more

[@slash891]

Tbh its all a load of rubbish Ep 7. Was simply a release and remake of ep 4. Quite literally nothing new story wise. Pretty shameful considering how every movie added at least some kind of new plot that hadn't been seen before. Ep 8. Was a complete mess. Compeltely miswritten luke skywalker, loads of plot holes that don't make sense in the other movies. And just overall a poor story that had none of the gravitas we expect from star wars. I mean come on the "entire rebel fleet" is like 4 ships in total. Ep 9. Was at least something new. I mean it had some new elements in star wars so thats nice i guess, but still it was over convoluted as hell. Also gave rey way too much prestige that she never actually earned and an overall piss poor ending to star wars that threw away what the first 6 films were trying to set up.

[@SC4R3]

You could say the same about prequels Ep 1 - There's kinda the resemblance. Master trains his padawan and then master dies. There's big space fight that the good guys win. And don't get me talkin about plot holes (Kill the boy, don't kill the boy) Ep 2 - Anakin, the supposed chosen one, is a totally unlikeble lad trained by obi-wan whose character changes in every movie. The uncountable amount of plotholes is terrible. Palpatines assasination plan is extremely goofy (palps sends dooku who sends jango who sends shapeshifter who sends drone who sends "worm like things" and then the plan fails. But instead of Jango killing Padme himself he kills the shapeshifter he hired). Palps now decides not to kill da boy. Ep 3 - As a star wars movie it's good but as a movie it's trash. The plot holes, the dialogues and the contrast of anakins personality is a complete disaster. You want to tell me that the guy who risked his life, his friends life and caused so many fatalities and war crimes now turns bad in matter of seconds because he had a bad dream and windu roasted him? Anakin lost not because of his own dumbness but because of original trilogy that said he has to lose otherwise there's no reason for him to loose. Also lava doesn't work that way, get too close and get barbecued. Yes the movie may have been original but shitting on a plate and serving it to you is original as well but would you like it? Windu losing to palpatine because he had to is the worst thing ever and also you want to tell me that Anakin couldn't do anything else? Hold his hand, force pull his lightsaber, get palpatine out of the way or MAYBE HAVE COMMON SENSE AND NOT TRUST THE GUY WHO CLEARLY BETRAYED ALL HIS PREVIOUS APPRENTICES?

[@afterforever21]

I can just imagine the soon to be Super Sequel Quadrillogy... Like wtf is it even gonna be about except Rey (I love Daisy btw) calling herself Skywalker every chance she can?

[@TheGamingPolitician]

The sad thing is I think the ST was doing a great job until Ep. 9 ruined it

[@StayPuftMarshmellow]

The last jedi started the backlash and the proof is how the Solo movie was boycotted in protest of that trash film.

[@SC4R3]

I agree. Ep 9 (even as someone who enjoys every star wars movie) was horrible and so is Ep 8. However 8 is not bad as a standalone movie, but because it gave us the death of Luke which in Ep 9 had no real consiquences.

[@Rena152]

George had a vision and Disney didn't listen. I bet many passionate people did their best (such as John Boyega) along with countless people who grew up and dreamed about working on SW, but corporate shot down everything it once represented in favor of a bland, generic and maleable IP to be as marketable as possible

[@JakeTylenol]

I wonder how he’ll feel in the future when fans of the Sequels finally get their hooks into discourse like the fans of the prequels did.

[@mpnuorva]

They have had a decade to emerge.

[@ryanbaker5296]

Already been almost 10 years prequel love was always there and only took a couple for the majority to see it

[@JakeTylenol]

@@ryanbaker5296 the sequels do have love. I see it on Twitter all the time. People already defend them. Rey has an entire fanbase fighting back against her Mary Sue allegations. It’s small, but it’s seemingly growing, And I’m willing to bet it’s a lot like how prequel fans were back in the day. The difference is, the sequels don’t have their own Clone Wars tv show, or a worse project to hate on to really turn public opinion around. Yes I copied and pasted my point, I’m lazy, it’s Saturday, leave me alone

[@JakeTylenol]

@@mpnuorva not true. There’s already KZbinrs that defend them. At least the Last Jedi and that was dating back to 5 years ago. It’s just like with the prequels their voice is a lot smaller than the majority opinions.

[@tandava-089]

@@JakeTylenol Dude, you live in an insane world of fantasy and Disney press releases. Not one word of what you say is legitimately or organically true. Never has been. Never will be

[@effectosis742]

Without him we would have never known what we are missing in life...

[@3mpt7]

Look, we had NO idea that Disney could dump Star Wars into the grimdark situation where all the heroes die, the villains make no sense, and nobody is good in the first place. They're Disney. They're supposed to be on the ball with fairytales.

[@SprikSprak]

That comment about the new films being just inspired by Star Wars is so on point. It's also why I think Rogue One and Andor are the only good things to come out of it post Disney taking over as both of those actually have a constant theme at their core: of rebellion and passing the torch (as well as a huge love and respect for Star Wars lore that the new films lacked) which makes them unique and gives them some soul.

[@botman234langer6]

This is why i love the sequels and the prequels and the originals of star wars and rey is my 2nd favourite Jedi

[@mpnuorva]

...you like them all because DT got a lot wrong?

[@botman234langer6]

@@mpnuorva sorry but who's DT?

[@Ecthyr]

You could credit the music that you're using here.

[@michal13121996ify]

I kinda dissagree. Maybe George knew what Star Wars was in the 80's but when he were making prequels he lost it. Even now he keeps saying that Star Wars is for kids. Sure, Original Trilogy was mostly lighthearted adventure. Prequels were very different - politics, traumas, war, entirety of "Revenge of the Sith" - these are things that weren't for kids anymore because these were either boring or to heavy to handle. I also hate the fact that Lucas keeps acting like one and only gate keeper refusing to let us experience original theatrical cuts of the OT also not giving a damn or even disrespecting works of other creators responsible for Expanded Universe. On many ocasions he proved that he is no oracle as far as Star Wars goes. He can also make mistakes and there are people that can do things better than he. Star Wars is his creation, he started it all but it ceased to be ONLY his ever since Empire Strikes Back, ironically the one movie he had least to do with, and which is considered the best in the OT.

[@rilgin]

100% truth!

[@MixMeister5000]

We need more Star wars movies like Rogue one. What a phenomenonal movie!

[@heatherstone5778]

I get Bob Igor was a close friend of his and maybe at the time he thought he could trust him and Kathleen Kennedy, but they stabbed him in the back. Both Igor and Kennedy need to go, they do not deserve their jobs. As for the prequels, sure they had flaws and those flaws were important to the story.

[@lukasd6546]

George Lucas is a genius, making this beloved film series, I pray he is haloy with what he has accomplished because it is incredible.