evan1975 said:
I was talking to an acquaintance the other day and he started telling me about Lucas leaving Lucasfilm, which I already knew thanks to you fine folk.
But in his version of the story, George was humbled by the failure of TPM3D and decided he'd had enough of Star Wars. Has anyone heard this, or is this just conjecture?
I think there was some "Everyone loves me, but <1% of the fanbase calls me names and wants me to release movies that I hate, so you know what? If they're going to treat me like that... I QUIT!"
Which I think was engineered for three outcomes:
1. Some kind of ambiguous moral authority... claiming to be bullied makes him the victim here
2. Sorry Geoge... no one wants you to quit! We didn't mean it, honest! To tell the truth, all of us who say we hate the prequels and all of the SE changes, we actually LOVE them. Please stay!
3. Hey real Star Wars fans! Those fake Star Wars fans who hate George Lucas made him quit! THEY'RE THE REASON THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY MORE STAR WARS! GET 'EM!