Omni said:
Sure, the oojason “time travelling revisionist” thread can be seen as a response to Lucas’ “efforts of burying history” over time, but when people come to this website and that thread stands tall, with no “a moment to thank George Lucas” or something thread next to it, it paints an obvious picture on how the community views him.
It’s not a response to his decades of lying and suppression of the theatrical versions of Star Wars, Empire, and Return. It’s a catalog of the facts and explanations of his decades of lying. This site exists almost solely as a way to try to get the original films released and in the absence of that, find ways to try and preserve them. That cataloging of the lies is something that should be at the forefront of what we do here. We’re one of the only places bothering with the truth and the facts to back up the discussions.
We don’t need a Lucas praise thread. Obviously we appreciate his work. That’s why we’ve spent years trying to get it released and preserved. There are plenty of Lucas-as-genius sites out there where people spend all day discussing all that rhyming, poetry, ring theory bullshit where Lucas is praised like some sort of film savant.