I guess the bottom line is that for a mulit-billionaire to be so concerned about profit when the show is guaranteed to be at least modestly profitable, it just smacks of unnecessary greed, and it frustrates me that this is really what the bottom line has come to mean for Lucas and his projects.

Also, it kinda saddens me that this really interesting filmmaker (at least, I think--he never gets a chance to demonstrate it) spends his time creating what he frames as a money-making series instead of doing something that he cares about so much that he doesn't care about how much money it loses because he's a gifted filmmaker with more money at his disposal than many small countries and can do absolutely anything he wants. But he spends his time making merchandising spin-offs that has him concerned with profit ratios instead. I don't get it. Make something you believe in and will sacrifice to see it made, not something that you think will be impressive on the financial books.

Maybe he wants to get its profit high so he has more money to give to charity, that's just not what it seems like.