Originally posted by: Grand_Moff_Jawa
First post!

When someone reaches the financial status of George Lucas, the people who work under them tend to hide their true opinions about their work. They all become "yes-men" in a way. Some of the ideas for the PT were truly questionable, but nobody spoke up. I will give George Lucas credit for following his vision, wherever it leads him, but he needs to realize that not everyone will understand or appreciate that vision.

I am reminded of the An Evening With Kevin Smith DVD which is a bunch of Q&A appearances by Mr. Smith at various universities around the country. In one segment, he talked about his involvement with a documentary he did with Prince. You know the Purple Rain guy. And how far gone the purple one has become. one of Prince's assitants explained it that Prince has been living in Princeworld for some time now and he doesn't understand things the way you and I do. Such as (paraphrasing):

Prince will come to us and say "I need a camel."

And we will say, "Prince, it's 3 AM in Minnesota in January, and you need a camel. This is not physically nor psychologically possible."

Basically, he's been surrounded by people who have fullfilled his every whim for so long that he does not realize just how stupid it is to ask for things like a camel in Minnesota at 3 AM in January and then to expect this request to be fullfilled immediately.

Michael Jackson is similarly gone into Michaelworld as was seen in that interview show a few years ago now.

Compared to these guys, Lucas is very down to Earth