In the interest of shaking up what has long been a tiresome and repetitive discussion, I will submit that I find Peter Jackson to be even more of a CGI-obsessed hack with no sense of proper storytelling than George Lucas. One need only compare the Lord of the Rings films to what Tolkien actually wrote to be able to see that; and they offend my sense of good taste far more than anything Lucas has done.

The difference is that the LotR films are universally-lauded, while the SW prequels are certainly not. The failures of the LotR scripts are just subtle enough to pass under the general 'crap' radar, so hardly anyone ever notices them or points them out, unfortunately.

Maybe I'm just bitter and vindictive on that account, but I would find it immensely satisfying if Jackson were reviled in this same sort of manner for screwing up a magnificent story and turning it into a cliched garbage-fest. It would certainly make for an interesting change from boring threads like this, at the very least.