Thanks for the reply Dre! I am kind of curious where you think TFA, and TLJ by extension, would have went if under Lucas’ reigns or closer to his original treatments. I’m not asking just so I can retort with why that wouldn’t have worked or whatever. Just curious.
I know some info exists on his treatments based off of sources like the Art of books for the new movies. And that one interview where vaguely mentions exploring the “microscopic world” in his treatments. Not sure what that meant though.
Thank you, good sir! 😃 I’m not sure the films would have been better, but I do have faith in Lucas’ imagination especially when combined with the talents of different writers and directors. I think one of the difficulties that the current generation of film makers face, is that they have to walk a fine line between trying to be original, and maintaining brand recognition. A consequence of this is, that the ST in some ways certainly breaks the mold, but in other ways feels like a retread. I don’t think Lucas would have had this problem, since he invented this universe, and could have thus shaped it in any way he wanted to. It would have featured the classic characters, but also had a different aesthetic, and delved into different unknown aspect of the Star Wars universe, including as you stated some sort of microscopic world.