prydie said:Janskeet said:Johnboy3434 said:skyjedi2005 said:They guy is a self labeled Machiavellian dictator over his films. He admits he's a stubborn ass and wants things his own way, but says he won't apologize.
Why should he?
Because we put him on the map, without our money he'd be nothing. Also, he's treating us like 2nd class citizens.
Amen. It's time to vote with our wallets and stop giving this tyrant the funds to stroke his massive ego. I say we we rip everything he does from the internet and give it away for free on street corners. Don't buy that $200 Millennium Falcon from Hasbro, no matter how cool it looks - break it in the shop so no one can buy it!
Explain to your kids why you now hate George Lucas and by extension Star Wars so much. My little brothers like the PT until I challenged their perception. Kids aren't that stupid. All they need is guidance. Now my brothers see the trumped-up, firework display of a toy advertisement those movies are. They too are disgusted that Greedo now shoots first. Lets educate this new generation instead of creating new little cash drones for Lucas to feed on. Lets take back the history books and fill in some truth.
I wouldn't go so far as to break store merchandise. Simply don't buy it. If it sits on the shelves and doesn't move, eventually it gets put on clearance. The longer it sits, the more likely the store is to not buy it (or as much) next time. Eventually you end up with a very small section of toys for Star Wars (remember how it use to take up the whole aisle in most stores, now it's just a small area of that aisle).
And you don't have to explain why you hate Lucas. Just show them the originals and explain all the things that were changed and the supposed "reasons" for the changes. That's usually enough to get people to say "Well, that's dumb".
As more and more people (who aren't hardcore fans) start seeing and hearing about what Lucas has done, more and more of them will just stop buying the merchandise. At some point, Lucas will be forced to move on and do those "little films" that "no one wants to see" because no one will want to see or buy anything Star Wars anyway.