Hmm, you two definitely make good points. A movie is very involved and I could see someone getting very sick of it after meticulously putting each piece into place. For instance, I don't fault Hayao Miyazaki if he becomes sick of one of his films after having closely analyzed the quality of each and every frame of animation in it. If that's the only reason George Lucas is no longer attached to his previous edits of Star Wars, then I could understand that. It might just be the way the medium of film works.

When I said above that a good artist enjoys what he makes, that doesn't actually mean that the artist loves to purposely go back to his past works time after time. It just means that he can truly enjoy it whenever it comes up. I'm not convinced that George Lucas tends to do this though. I'd hope that he does, but he seems like someone who casually tosses out the old to bring in the new. True enjoyment of something will care for what it enjoys.

Otherwise, when it comes to picking out flaws and being highly critical of your own work, that's probably another matter entirely. A person can still enjoy their successes on some level in that case (in-between having sorrow over their failures). They simply have an overly negative attitude . . . or their work could use a lot of improvement.

Originally posted by: Mielr
I wish George Lucas was more of a fan of Star Wars fans.

Hah, that I agree with wholeheartedly.