skyjedi2005 said:

I always thought the lack of much location shooting or over reliance on cgi was because Lucas was funding the whole prequel trilogy himself.

the overuse of CGI to me was very simple to understand. This all boils down to greed on lucas behalf. All about profit. Lucas owns all of the new state of the art cgi technology. He used the three PT films to showcase what his company was capable of doing. No telling how much he has made just on other companies wanting to use his tech. Not to mention it saves money not needing props and certain locations. Why fly personal and equipment around the world at a heavy cost when you can use CGI to create a background or location for nearly a fraction of the cost.

It makes sense business wise but why choose the most loved and awaited films in history to pull your business tricks on. In all honesty Star Wars went from being the Gone With The Wind and Casablanca of sci-fi/fantasy films to being what is used as the butt of jokes and is made fun of and laughed at

I would just like to say to Lucas that you can't take money with you when you die. The only true thing you can take with you is that which you leave behind. A legacy, a body of work and he went from being hailed as a genius and master film maker to being ridiculed and laughed at it. He ruined his legacy and his reputation all for what? A few extra bucks.