corellian77 said:

^ I see Adywan's AT-AT model for ESB:Revisited is coming along nicely.

Not enough hair product.

6 Pop Culture Visionaries Who Get Too Much Credit

Of course George is going to land on that list but only at number 5. 

6 Pop Culture Visionaries Who Get Too Much Credit wrote:

Even minor characters like C-3PO weren't the juice of Lucas' mindgrapes. Lucas originally wanted 3PO to be an "oily, car salesman type" rather than our lovably gay robot butler friend. If that character archetype sounds familiar, that's because Lucas would later get his sleazy salesman in The Phantom Menace, in the shape of the flying anti-Semitic stereotype, Watto. The actually likeable, not-racist version of C-3PO that we know today was largely thanks to Anthony Daniels. Daniels was originally hired as just a mime inside the gold suit, with someone else providing the voice-over. But actor Stan Freberg convinced Lucas to not use a different voice and stick with Daniels -- which is particularly remarkable since Freberg was one of the actors considered to replace Daniels' voice. That's right: A struggling actor actually had to step up and sacrifice his own livelihood just to kill one of Lucas' terrible ideas.

QOTD

At least we know Lucas created the Ewoks, because no one could be dumber than him to create something like that. Don't forget the editing of the first SW movie, which saved the film as we all know. It could have ended up like one of the prequels without Marcia's work.

I stumbled upon this blog post, mostly about the Cracked article, but the blogger does add these thoughts:

Still, the plan to redo the original trilogy in 3D is out there, and now Lucas is claiming it wasn't his fault the latest trilogy sucked so bad, it was that technology hadn't caught up to his vision, and he was rushed so the Phantom Menace script wasn't ready yet, and on and on. In the Lucasfilms interview he blames "certain people" he won't name for having JarJar Binks in the film and so on. Basically despite having total control, no editor, and making the movie entirely on his own dime, Lucas is blaming other people for how his movies suck.

I don't see what he's referring to! Have you seen such statements?

How can one be rushed on a script one supposedly had infinite amount of time to write? He was the producer, director, and editor, who was filming on his own schedule with his own money.

It's probably BS but I had to giggle when I read the bit about having to rush the script and that technology had still not caught up with his vision.

16yrs and TPM is rushed?

What has technology got to do with it?

He had (for one example) a rocket chariot race, with a comedy vegetable stalled on the starting block, I don't think any kind of technology can make that concept fly.

FrederikOlsen said:

Fact is, he has been using that excuse numerous times before. That's the excuse that has graced us with stuff like rocks in front of R2, the turd that is CGI Jabba, Jedi Rocks, Darth Vader screaming "NO!" and a dead Hayden Christensen eyeing the woman who's supposed to be his daughter. I wouldn't be surprised if he's still spewing out this crap.

Wait, he gave an explanation about the Blu-ray changes?

Merry Vader-mas!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFrcwcBVVjU

"Oh dear! They're frozen! Artoo, what are we going to do?"

"beep wooob beeeeep click thunk thunk"

"Slicing taun tauns open? That won't restore the space time continuum, you imbecile! And besides, you're the one supposed to do the dirty work, I'm a protocol droid, I'd rather get smashed than get my hands dirty."

Over the years makeup artists have tried different techniques to hide the scar on Mr. Ford's chin.
This one takes the cake