georgec said:

And on top of all that, Lucas is a delusional fool who thinks people don't like the prequels or his SE changes because that's some part of being a tortured, misunderstood artist. No, people don't like those things because they are terrible. As Phil Tippett said, it's "CGI shit."

nah...lucas knows the movies are garbage and cash-ins. and he knows that people don't like them because they are garbage and cash-ins. its the apologists that parrot the talkingpoint of lucas being a misunderstood artist that are delusional.

When Lucas said "special fx are just tools for telling a story, a special fx without a story is a pretty boring thing" he didn't mean that - he was just telling us what we wanted to hear. just like when he says hollywood suits only care about money and marketing and not storytelling. he knows he represents the most absolute extreme example of vapid cynical brand explotation. but he needs the support of apologists.