Originally posted by: maddog00
I think that would be fair enough. Not claim he NEVER said any of the stuff he's been quoted and published in the past.

That's the only problem I have with the guy where the number of films is concerned. I don't care if it was 20 films whittled down to 2. Plans change on all films. That's part of the business.

So what if he altered his plans? Star Wars was number 1 of 12, according to his newsletter to fans. After a few years he decided it was better fit as number 4 of 9. Why not just say so? No one cares. Just put out a quality film. Why make the statement that it was that way all along? "I , uh, uh, I never said it was 1 of 12 - why, um, it was...it was actually number 4 of 9 - yeah - 4 of 9...in fact, I actually wrote the entire story back in college - 8 years before I gave the other interview - man, you media guys keep making stuff up"

Why lie about it? He could have called Empire Strikes Back number 8 of 5 and no one would have given a crap.

It's all the lying about what he said in the past that's so weird.