Does anybody know if there has ever been a biography of Lucas's Films rather than a biography of the man that tries to uncover every crumb about his personal life.

Lucas should be judged as a film maker on the merits of his films and not his idiosyncrasies of being a human being like us all and flawed.

Just wondering because i think a book that traced the themes that run through all his films from his student shorts up to present time would be interesting.

I have no personal animosity to the man. I am still a fan of lucas and only want to see him embrace the films he made that we all love rather than to keep them buried, meaning the star wars oot of course.

I love the original version of Graffiti and THX too and would love to have them on dvd in anamorphic form side by side with the original star wars trilogy.

Why is he unhappy with the original version of the films. I could see the changes being made if fans hated the films and thought they were flawed. But fans by and large love the original trilogy as it was made. I mean if you were sucessful and had a hit that became a classic why ruin a good thing?

We already know of musicians, novelists and film makers revising and changing their work. Why condemn Lucas for what is considered the norm when it comes to artists works. I mean if he preserved the original versions of the films in archival quality there really would be no reason for forums with so called whiny fanboys.

Mythologist Campbell thought the original trilogy was a true work of art. And so why destroy that art with adding silly cgi cartoons. I mean does someone come along and draw over original paintings with crayon and go "yeah i think this looks better".