That there is a reason I think the screenwriting job should have been given to someone else.

What did that take you, like, half a second? George throughout the whole making of the film (3 years) never took himself back and said "Maybe a small augmentation's in order." and came up with such a simple, but still sensible, conclusion as your own.

I'd question why no one ever spoke up to him about it, but considering what seems to have been leaked of Lucas' hostile work environment, I wouldn't be surprised if everyone just feared for their jobs if they dared to question him.

I think he might be far worse than Shyamalan in terms of his "artiste" mindset.