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haljordan28
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Star Wars could have been a modern day Iliad.
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6-Mar-2011, 5:39 PM

I have always considered  a new  hope and empire to be the gone with the wind and cassablanca of sci-fi/fantasy films.  Return of the jedi  was a good film and better than the prequel films but it droped the ball   when it  was handed off from episode 5. Lucas is to blame   for this. Same as he is to blame for the PT mess he unleashed on us.

 

I really do not think it is a lack of talant on lucas part.  American graffatti  and a new hope were awsome films. I do  acknowledge  that both  gary kurtz and marcia lucas were there and they contributed a lot to those films. Lucas  was the  story  man and kurtz and  marcia  fine tuned ideas  and  kept it all in line.  Without them lucas just ran wild and everything became a  mess.  We see the results of that mess.

 

return of the jedi gets a pass. not cause it is an ot films but because it is JUST good enough  to where you  dont hate it or make  fun of it.  Not untill the SE  anyways. The  new indy film and the pt films  are so bad  you have to be blinded with  bias  or just flat out have  no  taste or  desire for a good story.

If I were lucas right hand man I would  tell him to  just remake the pt films.  say you  made the first set for  kids cause the back story was so serious   kids would have been put off by it  and then say you  are now making the version you always wanted to do  for adults.  Hell   he will just stand to gain another billion dollars  and  he  would earn  his respect back from  fans and peers. Hire a  great director....hire lawenrace kasdan to write  the story and gary kurtz to  produce.  take it back to what made the originals so great.  let the fans have  two   versions fo the pt films. one for kids and one for serious  adult fans who  want  a real back story to anakin skywalker.