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Date: 2005-10-01 12:54:04

Comment:

Lucas is not "given" too much decision making, he is the decision making part of his company.
Most people just don't realize that the last 3 SW flicks have been very expensive independent films with Lucas as the godhead.
In some ways I have to agree with his comments about how he "ruined" the franchise. They are his movies to do with whatever he wants. Fans like to assume some kind of ownership of popular entertainment but it's not their place to do so. If you don't like something, don't watch it.
Anyhow I can't beleive all the tunnel visioned fan boys and girls who actually thing the original trilogy were some kind of high art. I hate to break it to ya' but, the first 3 movies were just as full of cringe inducing lines and acting as the last 3. It's only through rose colored glasses that anyone could possibly think that those first 3 were great films.
Since I'm the only one old enough to have seen the original movies in the theater let me assure all of you that the critics of the time said the same things about those flicks as the new ones. Bad acting, horrible writing and a reliance on the special effects to propel the story.
My final comment is this. With all of the geeks hating the new trilogy just how did they make so god-damned much money? Methinks there are many 2 faced lurkers among the fans....