Originally posted by: Darth_Evil
When the 20th anniversary of Star Wars came up, Lucas realized he never had moved on to other things, and that made him feel "insecure." His other friends he'd gratuated with (Speilberg, DePalma, Scorcese, Coppola) had all made dozens of great films, and still were. This insecurity made him change his films and re-release them to make sure people remembered who he was and that he made great films. He made the PT for the same reason, and you can see the insecurity in the special editions and the PT, especially in the PT. It never has a focus, it's just a lot of stuff that tries to impress us because he was insecure. He wanted to prove he was as good as his friends, but the truth is, to do that, you can't define yourself by one film or one series.
When the 20th anniversary of Star Wars came up, Lucas realized he never had moved on to other things, and that made him feel "insecure." His other friends he'd gratuated with (Speilberg, DePalma, Scorcese, Coppola) had all made dozens of great films, and still were. This insecurity made him change his films and re-release them to make sure people remembered who he was and that he made great films. He made the PT for the same reason, and you can see the insecurity in the special editions and the PT, especially in the PT. It never has a focus, it's just a lot of stuff that tries to impress us because he was insecure. He wanted to prove he was as good as his friends, but the truth is, to do that, you can't define yourself by one film or one series.
Interesting theory. If anything though, his actions have now only cemented his legacy that he can't accomplish anything new without milking Star Wars. Even then its just commerical success and not artistic success.