Originally posted by: TheCassidy

The negativity around Star Wars now really turns me off of it, but I'm thinking I'm alone in my opinion so I'll shut up!

I agree with you on that, but I think the negativity around here will be hostile towards Lucas until he treats the OOT with some respect in this rumored boxset this year.

I think what myself and Zombie, and many other posters are just saying is that Lucas was god to us before the SE & PT, and now looking at the whole picture of just the OT, I think I gave Lucas TOO much credit. I am not saying the guy is a hack, cause he wrote & directed my favorite movie of all-time, but the flaws of the PT & SE really opened my eyes to some of the flaws of ROTJ, and how ESB could have been worse then it is.

Growing up, I always thought Lucas directed every SW film, I never bothered to check the credits at the end, I thought Lucas did EVERYTHING on the OT. And when the SE & PT came out, and I began checking the history of SW, I began to realize how much more collaboration the OT was compared to the PT, and how Kasdan wrote ESB & ROTJ, how Kersher & Marquand directed ESB & ROTJ, and how Kurtz played a much hands on role as producer of ANH & ESB then McCallum did with the SE & PT.

I think by Lucas making the PT & SE, he kinda exposed that he is not this god that was thought of by fans like me for all these years, and that is just the plain truth. Lucas deserves much credit for the OT in conception, the characters, and the overall story, but looking at how crappy the dialogue & acting was in the PT, you begin to wonder if Lucas had that much input in the OT, would ESB & ROTJ have been a good?