^ IIRC he was like that about a great many films (and the sci-fi & fantasy genre in general did have issues with it being looked down upon by quite an upper-class / snobbish BBC at times back then).
‘Has Star Wars “lost its magic”?’ - by HelloGreedo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhsitrNzaM
‘LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars’ info (a new short animated tv series):-
https://www.starwars.com/news/lego-star-wars-all-stars & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vNXYyxUFhQ