I am of the opinion that Lucas would do better work if he was restrained by budget and technology like he was with the original Star Wars. In this way, he'd have to work a lot harder and do a much better job with the story to make it work.

For example: give a kid everything they could possibly want to play with and they tend to get spoiled and lose their imagination and creativity, whereas a poor kid with fewer toys has to use his imagination to create things out of what's within his grasp.

--SKot