It's weird... the Lucas of the original trilogy seems to be such a cool guy.. devoted, passioante, with a good eye for story telling and the wisdom to work together with others... let them contribute...

It makes you wonder what happened... All the movies were commercial films that had to make money, but still there is so much soul especially in the first two ones. When I watch the PT Lucas, he doesn't seem like someone who does the movies to make money... They should be successful, but there seems to be a lot of heart in them as well, just that it never comes out on screen. Also with the SEs - I don't think "Jedi rocks" was his attempt to spoil the fun, I think he really wanted to put something cool up there, something to give to his fans. That is probably why he cannot handle criticism that much when it comes to those changes.

The first trilogy is probably the most successful piece if art of the last century, judging from the way these caharcters have embedded themselves in the public consciousness. The only one in the last century up to this is porbably Tolkien. It's miraculous how someone can lose talents and instincts that were so great...