I would like to express my own views on George Lucas, the Prequel Trilogy, the revised history of Star Wars, etc, from a Prequel loving prospective.
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You do post with respect for others, and give your personal opinion, not portrayed as fact or unwilling to see others’ opinions of facts they provide. When you say “I think it’s totally pointless to argue about what really happened and what the real history of the Star Wars franchise is” I respect this, but I do disagree. As others and Anchorhead have said, this is one of the few websites that does highlight the factual history of Star Wars, and not the official version which was re-written by Lucas.
And this is important to many on here. Maybe more so for older fans who have lived through Lucas lies, retcons and claims. And to pass that information down to younger fans, or other people unaware of the factual history, and Lucas’ lies, retcons and claims.
I think it important to know and remember that, as many others do:
Lippincott, Marcia Lucas and Gary Kurtz contributions to early Star Wars have been diminished, if not outright erased in the official history. That Prowse was badly and wrongfully treated by George, and never received an apology for George being wrong. Among many other things. We don’t want to accept lies or a re-written history of Star Wars as fact.
If people believe lies then you later have people repeating those lies or misinformation back at you, like in here when people make false claims about why there is no modern official release of the unaltered Original Trilogy films:
For some people this is not of interest, or much interest, or as you say prefer to focus on “personal opinions and our personal tastes”, and that is okay too.
In peace, my friend.