I don’t care for Kurtz at all unless all the problems with ROTJ and the prequels were caused by low budgets and short schedules. You could make a case that McQuarrie, Marcia, Kasdan, and Kershner made Star Wars good, but Kurtz is nothing more than an incompetent producer who blames his employers for everything.
You take that back about Kurtz. He was the one who helped reign in the actors’ performances in Star Wars and Empire. He kept Lucas at bay so we didn’t end up with a robot headed Luke or Green lizard Han Solo.