Harmy said:

Awesome 1971 hour long interview with George Lucas conducted just after THX flopped in cinemas: http://binarybonsai.com/blog/george-lucas-maker-of-films-1971

You can kind of see where this whole "it's my movie and I can do whatever I want with it" thing comes from emotionally. Almost makes you feel sorry for the guy.

Yeah, it's a great and interesting interview, a DVD was made of it. Here's the thread:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/George-Lucas-Maker-of-Films-documentary/topic/10403/