Cuchulainn said:

Bloody hell...'Artistically betrayed'? Don't suppose it matters a great deal as he did both subsequent SW prequels and IJATKOTCS (even as an acronym that's a mouthful!!)

Considering Williams' age I reckon he'll just stick exclusively with Spielberg for the rest of his career...

been reading some more about this ever since the thread was created and found some more info from someone that I guess knows more about this.

pretty strong words. no doubt about it. bad enough for lucas to frustrate the cast but to piss off john williams? about as close to an MVP an artist can get on star wars.

from what I read, he also did not score anything for genosis because the scenes were still in flux, so the editors just added the scores based on existing music. I thought that was just for the droid factory scene?

so the script for AOTC was not provided to actors until a week before principal photography and the editing was still premature to a point that a huge set piece couldn't have its own original score created. lovely