skyjedi2005 said:

It is from The John Philip Peacher book,and seems to almost be about the prequels its quite bizarre. Reminds me of the star wars to Jedi quote " a special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing".

"Special effects don't make the movie,and they are only important to tell the story and to give the characters credibility"

"if the Characters are not there or the acting isn't good, the movie will fall apart. It can't sustain itself. People think these are special effects movies. I would say the effects contribute 15 to 20 percent to the enjoyability, effectiveness, and popularity of the movie- At the most. Even in Star Wars

" If you start developing computerized backgrounds , hopefully that will be a way to bring down the cost. But in reality, if things are done right the films won't look any different than they do today. With these systems available, there will be a lot of filmakers moving in. You'll have tiny figures walking around in giant beautiful sets , which will be boring; the films will be a failure , and everybody will say 'Computer movies are not commercial'.

" The whole thing relies on the actors. I would say the acting and story are at least 75 percent of the film. Just that. If you can't get that 75 percent , if you don't have good performances and a good plot, you will never get the film to run on the 25 percent that is left. No matter how brilliant a director you are, how fantastic the special, effects, how beautifully it is photographed, how wonderful the music is, it will not work as a popular movie running at 25 percent."

Copyright 1983 Lucasfilm LTD and Del Rey books, quoted only for free use for education purposes.

This shows that George Lucas was once a genius. Now he is one of those type of guys that works in IT and tries to act hip to his kids but fails miserably and spoilers his daughter with too many things she wants.