Whats interesting is that Kurtz claims he "parted" with Lucas because Lucas changed the story to ROTJ--but the reason that Lucas nixed the Sequel Trilogy was because ESB was such a fiasco that he lost all motivation to make four more films. And ESB was a fiasco because of Kurtz. So Kurtz killed the Sequel Trilogy! He's so thick-skulled that he cant even realise it--"oh yeah, George was changing his story so i left". Yeah, maybe if he had done his job Lucas wouldnt be so worn out that the story needed changing!

So really, either way you look at it, the fault still trickles back to Kurtz. If ROTJ feels contrived its because it was an unnatural conclusion to the saga, and the main fault for this points back to Kurtz. Rick McCallum at least had a career before Star Wars, and should he finally venture outside of Lucasfilm im sure he will have just as successful a career. Kurtz' career began and ended with Lucas, and he stumbled every step of the way of his tag-along. I just think its so wrong that Kurtz is so upheld and Lucas and McCallum so dispised. Oh, but ANH and ESB are good movies--yeah, they are good movies, IN SPITE of the gross production mishandling.