skyjedi2005 said:
Maybe Jedi was where the divide between the oot and the special editions and prequels began, because he finally became a father. When he made star wars and empire he was not a dad.
Has to be the reason why Crystal Skull feels too safe and Indy is never in any danger. Lucas became a softy when he aged and became a dad, he started changing his opinion on film violence and self censoring the same can be said of Spielberg who put the walkie talkies in E.T., much like Lucas had greedo shoot.
Growing up watching these two guys' movies during the 1980's, it was sad to see them lose their original energy and enthusiasm for film-making. Although Spielberg fared better than Lucas, matured as a director and made some good movies in subsequent years (but E.T. SE was still a big mistake, IMO).
Lucas never really liked working actors or directing, so the only conclusion for him doing the awful PT is complete creative control. And the results speak for themselves. Control the purse strings and the script and camera and surround himself with Yes-men.