Slightly off topic but I just stumbled on this 1997 interview with Lucas after the first SEs came out. Funny how he says there’s more he’d like to make but there’s ‘no plans’ to change them again. Interesting how he also brings up that enhanced versions of the Indiana Jones films were gonna be done which fortunately we never got.
I love this little bit:
George Lucas said:
“How can the prequel possibly meet the expectations that the fans and public have for it?” Mike Gruber-- Fresno, CA
"The audiece will see visual effects unlike anything that has ever been put on film before. This film will have beyond state-of-the-art digital effects. And also the story arc in the prequels is stronger and more complex than that seen in the original trilogy. I am making the kind of Star Wars film that I want to see and it’s the one that has been playing in my mind for the past twenty years. When the film is released, it will be the best Star Wars film that I know how to make. Will that be enough? We’ll just have to wait and see . . . "
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