none of this is surprising. for someone who claims to 'not care' what the fans think, he sure always seems mindful of the fans that criticize him. apologists everywhere are hooting and hollerning over their hero 'going against the grain, stickin to his guns'. whatever.

someone mentioned that lucas went on the daily show and said red tails was 'the closest thing to episode 7' - unles he was asked, wtf was he even bringing star wars into the conversation !?

as for mccallum, I noted that he was silent so far, unfortunately it didn't last and we got to put up with his fawning again. and wtf does he mean 'he has now completed everything he wanted to do as a filmmaker (if you want to even call him that)'. i guess those 'art films' apologists have been waiting 40 years are not gonna happen. im shocked, shocked!

the fact we are hearing so much from lucas and about lucas instead of the remaining cast and crew just reinforces my suspiscion that everyone else was a puppet.

my preference would be to have the OOT, even if it helps him finance 'making' more garbage. but if lucas is not making anymore movies, great- cinema just became a better place.