xhonzi:
Nah... I didn't really mean that. What I meant was: Name one other thing that's in the same ballpark as good as ESB that Kersh had ANYTHING to do with. If he'd made 10 awesome movies, and then one stinker, then I would be dropping the "as good as your last" argument. I was more making a "if he was able to wrest ESB from Lucas and actually make it a good movie, he should also have a deep history of other awesome work" but I've never seen it.

I would ask anyone who says this to name any other film they've seen of Kersh's other than Robocop 2 and Never Say Never Again (which is actually quite decent).

-Raid on Entebbe

-Flim Flam Man

-Return of a Man Called Horse

-Hoodlum Priest

-The Luck of Ginger Coffey

All terrific, terrific films. Kersh was a great director, but had one mainstream film that was taken out of his control (Eyes of Laura Mars) and chose one poor film that everybody saw (Robocop 2). His career after ESB was poor, I suppose, but one of the films was decent IMO so it's really only one true stinker with his name on it.

And yes, I think he would have made AOTC a great film. The actors look bored in George's versions because George is a boring director who doesn't know how to communicate or inspire his actors. They wouldn't be bored with Kersh and he might have even inspired them to invest in the film itself.