I know a little bit about writing and plotting and such, so I know when something works and when it doesn't. Lucas deliberately tried to play to his audience. He's done that to the detriment of his story. That's really disappointing. It's also phony as hell. He says he's an artist and he's all for the artist to do things the way they want to do, but he if really was an artist, he wouldn't have tried to appease anyone. He would have done what was best for his art. He even fucking says so in the commentary that he knew people wanted that stuff in. Fuck that.....you do what's best for the story. If you have to leave something out, then you do it. Roger fucking Waters knew to do that with Dark Side Of The Moon and look how that turned out...fucking masterpiece album. Lucas is a two faced phony who's bowing to one thing only...the almighty dollar.
Too bad the story of Star Wars was the ultimate casuality here. It had a chance to be the best piece of fiction since the LOTR books. Lucas had the keys to the kingdom and fucked it all up. That's what pisses me off more than anything. I would fucking DIE to be in a position to tell a really good story like that. This moron gets the opportunity and makes totall shit and an ass of himself in the process. The ultimate justice is that he doesn't realize it and everyone keeps kissing his ass anyway. I'd like to see the actual story of Star Wars (1-6) critiqued by some honest to God professional writers. Lucas would get so ripped to shreds.
The whole thing just pisses me off cuz I'm a writer and would love to have been in his shoes.
I've always entertained the idea of writing my own version of Star Wars as a series of novellas, making it 9 or 12 parts each only being about a 100 pages. I doubt anyone would like to read it and it would get dismissed as some fanboy obsession.