I actually don't "detest" Lucas for messing up the films. How can I detest someone that created my favorite movie ever, "Star Wars"? I simply think that he is misguided, and is too close to his own films to see the big picture. That's normal. What I "detest" is the fact that nobody around him seems to be making any effort to convince him to do what is obviously right - that nobody is screaming in opposition except us little folk. This is not all GL's fault... sure he's the one with the power, but everyone around him seems too wimpy (or inept) to speak out about it. People do strange things in the absence of normal peer feedback. I guess what I detest are all the "yes men" that are obviously going along with this.