Don't you love the way george takes credit for the killing off obi-wan plot idea when it was marcias all along?
All jokes aside what has happend to this man? Other than rick pitino I can not think of one other figure who was once worshiped and beloved and is now looked at as a pos and untalanted. The worst part is he seems not to care.
Sure kurtz and marica and kasdan help make the OT what it is and they probably are to thank for it but george did contribute a lot to it back then. Hell I even have one interview where he says and I quote
"What makes star wars stick out among other films in the genre is we are not just looking at them as if it's just a science fiction or film for children, we are looking at it and saying we are going to make the best possible film we can make and I believe it is that that makes these films stick out"
Not to mention his once views on revision of history and not touching old films and changing them and how he use to say that special effects was just a tool and the story is what was important.
George at one time GOT IT! He knew how to make good films and he surrounded himself with talanted people. Together they made classics. But you take george by himself and he makes shit. That's not a knock because you can even take someone like micheal jordan. the best bbal player of all time but if he did not surround himself with scotty pipen and other greats as a supporting cast then he would have never been a champion. He would have played on losing teams. Lucas made loser films cause he tried to be a one man team.
I am afraid his ego will not permit him to admit to anything like this though and he will continue to run star wars into the ground just to stick with his current points of view. Rick MCallum to me is one big piece of the problem. He needs to be fired ASAP. Bring someone in george that is not going to kiss your ass but someone who will sit down with yuo and challenge you to be the best you can be and work together to make the best film it an possibly be.
It is not too late for george to fix his legacy and go down in history as someone who made some mistakes with the SE and the PT but redeemed himself with future star wars projects that he has the ability to make.