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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
But still, let's face it, George is much better as a story man, an idea man, but others should execute it. There's no one around who would say that the actual stories (not the dialogue, but the ideas, the concepts) belong chiefly to anybody but George Lucas. Many other people have designed spaceships and creatures and then created them, but the concepts, for the most part, belong chiefly to him.
agreed...i was posting more to refute the idea that the better SW movies are the ones he's been "furthest away" from. i don't think he's really been that far from any of them, although I know there was that period where they filmed ESB and he wasn't literally on set every day. but even then, i'm sure he was poking in on ILM, stateside meetings, etc.
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That being said, if he is the one to execute his ideas, experience is shown that he works better under pressure. That is, his products end up being better when he has to work his ass off to get it. As was said in Empire of Dreams, the making of Star Wars was hell. His cast and crew balked, a lot of his ideas took forever to turn into reality, the studios were threatening to shut him down, and Lucas ended up getting severe health problems. I'm not saying that health problems are good, but he was forced to think creatively to solve his problems as there were many, and Star Wars is now a classic. With the prequels, he has everything he wants right there in his lap and can do anything he wants with the snap of his fingers. Just film it on blue screen and fix it in post. It's the solution to every problem. See the difference?
this is an interesting theory--i think part of it too could also be that in his younger days, basically everything before and including ANH, he had to prove himself. he was working his ass off to get his career going, to make the movies he wanted to make the way he wanted to make them. once he had the huge success of ANH, he wasn't "hungry" anymore; he had the power and money and control to do whatever he wanted to. at that point, i do think he got progressively less able to make solid creative decisions, and yet also lost access to anyone who would truly collaborate with him creatively.
as for the mccallum buttfucking theory...THAT'S a new one.
