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I've just come from Originaltrilogy.Com and I don't think I've seen a nastier, more malicious group of individuals. The people there are completly villifying GL and calling him little more than the conduit through which the idea of Star Wars flowed and was taken up by better qualified people. They basically believe that ANH turned out the way it did because of the intervention of others, and that TESB and ROTJ turned out the way they did because GL took a back seat on them. ONe individual even called him a "meddler" in his own films. The comments come on the heels of a very good question; Does GL take too much credit for the success of Star Wars? The way the question played out there the conensus is that GL does not acknowledge the participation of other and says that he is responsible for things that others haev done. Now, I have heard him say things like, "I put that shot in there" in regards to different things in the films, even the ones he did not direct. However I understand that, while the directors were responsible for th eday to day operations of the shoot, the movies were still guided by GL and nothing went in without his approval in the end, and most of the things were his ideas. It does not sound to me as if GL fails to give credit where credit is due, and I'm sure the laundry list of friends and associates he has maintained over the years can attest to that, but I'd love to hear what you all think.
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