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Stan: [steps forward] You're wrong, Mr. Lucas. They're not your movies. They're ours. All of ours. We paid to go see them, and they're just as much a part of our lives as they are of yours.
Kyle: When an artist creates, whatever they create belongs to society
George Lucas: Have I... become so old that I've forgetten what being an artist is about?
And that's all I think most of us have been trying to say. I loved that episode and really truly hope that someone brought it GL's attention. At least Spielberg wised up at the last minute and released E.T. in *both* the original and the 'SE' versions without having to buy the stupidly expensive box-set that no one wanted.
[edit] I'd also like to add that I think what makes an artist truly great is to not only get their work out there to the public but to have the balls to stand by the work whether good or bad. Anyone can thump their chests and claim their work is 'masterpiece' but not many can claim that 'yes my work was flawed but I did my best at the time- look at what I can do in the future!'. Look how much time, money and effort GL and his lackeys have put into 'repairing' and changing the OT when a simple cleaned up remaster would have done the trick. Why-oh-why waste all that time when he could have moved on to something else and tried to improve one's craft. And GL claims WE the fans are stuck in a RUT and others at these forums claim we're lost in nostalgia?!?!? If GL had simply watched his own movies, not worried about SW 'special editions' or history revisions and focused on creating a good product in the PT then there would have been little need for discussion here. In fact, if he really dislikes SW and SW fans so much why do the PT at all? Could it be (gasp) that any artistic integrity he once had has been lost to money-hungry business sense? No... I'm sure that's not the case.. is it???? With all the money Lucas had earned prior to 1997, I feel he could have started making these oft-rumored 'little artistic' films he has always wanted to make- so why didn't he??
I $$$ have $$$ no $$$ idea.