After reading On Writing, by Stephen King, I remember an interesting section on where he (King) explains that he and many other artist write for certain people. In King's example, he states that he does not write for himself, but for his wife (Tabitha King). If she does not think something is correct, he explains, she'll point it out, and sometimes ruthlessly. I have also heard that Alfred Hitchcock had the same with his wife, who gave him an actual unbiased view of such classics as Psycho and The Birds, when everyone else didn't notice the same things she did. In other words, many different storytellers of different genres had/ have a muse to whom they write to, other than themselves. Since Lucas is single, seemingly does not have a serious love, and states constantly that he told the PT to showcase his "vision", is it possible that one of the reasons that the PT lacked good writing and good storytelling is because there was no one telling Lucas, "Hey, George, this sucks..." or "Look, this creates a paradox..."? It seems as though the man is surrounded by nothing but "Yes Men" (not the best thing to have when attempting to create a grand opus).