y'know something? All of my bitching and complaining about the his treatment of the OOT aside, there's something Lucas said back in '99 (I think it was the 60 minutes interview) and also something that a good friend of mine said about Lucas making the prequels that rings true. In that interview he was asked "why have you decided to keep making these movies?" and he simply answered "because I have to." What my friend said (and I think this was pretty soon - maybe only a few months - after ROTS came out) is that "Lucas didn't have to make more Star Wars movies but he did anyway." So I think what Lucas really meant was that no one was forcing him into it but him.

Now, getting back to my bitching and complaining about the OOT ....