Bizzle.....I think the exact opposite of every single one of your points.

The Lucas who made those movies in the 70s and 80s is not the same Lucas of today, CREATIVELY. Other than guiding ESB, ROTJ, Raider, Temple of Doom and Last Crusade....the guy has done NOTHING. Certainly NOTHING on his own. Instead of challenging himself with new and varied directorial efforts, he did nothing, but build his little empire.

Which is a drastically oversimplified and almost soap-opera cardboard thin characterization that doesn't have much basis in anything but simplistic bullshit.

I'm not oversimplifying at all. I said that cuz I think it's that simple. The man didn't do shit for 16 years. Yeah, he developed the FX industry, but how involved was he? Was it him or was it the engineers that he hired to make his ideas a reality. It's easy to say, "I want to see this a certain way" or "How about we try this" or "This is what I want, can you make it happen." I give him the credit for leading the way, but did he really play THAT big of a role?

he's the same guy. He's older, he's grown a little, but the same creative mind, exercising it in the same creative way.

Nope....he's changed. And I will hold to my opinions as to why this is....no matter how irreponsible you think it is. What we are doing here is QUESTIONING Lucas and his output and we draw conclusions. There's nothing wrong with that. No one has to blindly accept whatever's given them. I don't accept the SEs or the PT...therefore I'm led to draw conclusions about its creator and his decisions.