Originally posted by: Jumpman

I'm a Lucas guy who also realizes that he talks out the side of his mouth ever now and again. But, instead of saying the Saga is about Anakin, I wish he would've just stated that the Saga is about "the Skywalker family." With that, I think people would be okay with it. And what's funny about that is that Rick McCallum sees it that way and Lucas really doesn't.

But Lucas is obsessed with Vader/Anakin, and that is why he continues this tragedy of Anakin line. What Lucas misses is that fans like me love Vader, but sometimes knowing too much about a character actually hurts the character. Sometimes less is more, and that is huge downside to the PT. It is just like anything, the more you know about something, there is more of chance you may not like it.

Lucas thinks cause fans like me loved Vader in '77, that he would make the saga about him, and that is where he miscalculated for this fan. I think Darth Vader is the coolest bad guy in the history of movies, even cooler then Hanibal Lector, but hence the word bad guy.

I honestly think Lucas went Vader crazy with SW movies, and that is why I will never love any of them as much as ANH, cause that was the least Vader-like movie of the 6, and that is why for those who see it 1-6, it will probably be their least favorite.

Now I still love the OT because even though Lucas went Vader crazy, he still was secondary to Lukes story, so I can still enjoy the overall themes of 4-6. Lucas could have easily chose to focus the PT on the macro events as the major story and the characters of Anakin, Padme, and Kenobi be just essential to the plot to get us to Episode IV. There would be no need for Jake Lloyd, you could essentially start the PT at the beginning of AOTC. Regardless of the quality, if Lucas did it that way, and forgot about the Anakin Skywalker character arc, I think I would be a 1-6 fan, cause I would watch the PT for the macro story, and follow the plot to enjoy the movies, then watch the OT for the personal story, and follow the characters to enjoy the movies. Then again, what can you do?