Are you doing a full 9?
Originally posted by: see you auntie
People can lie, and also people can be misunderstood, and also people can misspeak. I'll grant you that at face value, he's saying that "talk" of a third trilogy was not done by him, but instead the media. Perhaps you are correct to think Lucas is actually purposely lying here. But at the same time, isn't it possible that Lucas just isn't the smoothest speaker? He gets asked the same questions all the time; he has canned responses to questions about what happens after ROTJ.Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
He's just talking about the idea of him having more story to tell after ROTJ being created by the media. In other places he says it's a "media myth". That's reading into a 9 word sentence a little much don't you think? Well it's certainly not taking it at face value.
Couldn't he have just as easily ended it by telling the truth? What's the point of lying?People lie we can get over it. But people here are just a little frustrated that instead of just telling the truth like "You know what I've spent enough of my adult life on SW, I wanted to make 9 or 12 movies but now I'm over it, I've got nothing left to say" he has to lie and insult the intelligence of fans out there who very much remember what he has said in the past and even have the written proof. He's just talking about the idea of him having more story to tell after ROTJ being created by the media. In other places he says it's a "media myth". That's reading into a 9 word sentence a little much don't you think? Well it's certainly not taking it at face value.
How am I supposed to know what someone is really thinking if that's not what they are really conveying? I don't read minds, nor do I pretend to.
I think that's reasonable.And what motivations does he have to lie? Well how about to end 20 - 30 years of speculation that was started by a young him. In that Vanity Fair article from 1999, he just about says the same thing. That he never came up with ideas for sequels. But when you put it in the context of what comes before it, in that case any way, it seems pretty apparent that he is acknowledging that the plan had changed to 6 films.
So sure, maybe he is lying to you and insulting your intelligence by making contradictory statements at different times.
I'm just saying it's also possible that with the combination of Lucas not being the best public speaker and the way the media tends to present things out of context, maybe he was misunderstood in some of those cases.
Can you really imagine anyone realistically sitting back cackling to themselves: "Mu hu ha ha ha! I said one thing in one interview, then contradicted it in the other one! Take that O-OT enthusiasts!"