C3PX said:
Whoa, I think I am going to have to read Skywalking. Thanks for those quotes, sky. I really liked this quote and I think it is very true,

"Dale Pollock: I don't think he has any skill in directing good actors in any kind of film, big or small. To take talents like Samuel Jackson, Natalie Portman and Christopher Lee, and do so little with them, is almost criminal. I still don't think he enjoys directing, he only enjoys manipulating technology that doesn't talk back or have a different point of view."

I remember watching something years ago with Ron Howard. In the interview, Howard basically said that while filming American Graffiti George took him out to lunch and essentially told him to get into animation, since he wouldn't have to deal with the actors at that point. I believe the reason it came up is because Ron Howard had expressed an interest in directing in the future.

So it's really no secret, to those that have worked with Lucas in the past, that he'd much rather work with animation and animators than to work with actors.

I actually like the establishing shot of the X-Wings in the SE better than the original. But I think that's the only establishing shot that looks better to me. All the other ones look to hokey. And I only like that shot because I agree that fighters in formation wouldn't look as perfectly straight as the original shot.