Alderaan said:
I do think the silliness in Return of the Jedi and the absolute juvenile presentation of the prequels are much more his M.O.So how do you account for THX 1138 or his many student films that were addressing contemporary issues in a tactful (i.e. Ewok free) way?
That’s a good question. While I would agree that in retrospect you can clearly see that many of the issues that ended up plaguing the PT started in ROTJ it’s also true that not all of Lucas’s films had these issues.
Lucas did adopt his first child between TESB And ROTJ IIRC… maybe that had something to do with it?