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Originally posted by: jimbo
How can any Star Wars fan hate the man who created Star Wars?
Because they hate what he's doing with the movies now. Personally, I don't hate Lucas at all, in fact based on the interviews of him I've seen he looks like a pretty nice guy. But I just hate what he's doing with the movies ("improving" the originals and refusing to make the original versions available).
And I have to disagree about Lucas being better now than in 1977. I like the prequels, but I just consider them pretty good and not awesome. The only Star Wars movie that Lucas directed that I think of as awesome is the original Star Wars from 1977, when Lucas was at his best (remember, he didn't direct Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi).