I do feel bad for Lucas for the flack he gets from the prequels. Look, I hate the prequels as much as anyone, but Lucas just made some bad movies and people act like he purposefully messed them up just to make them angry. He was experimenting. He was trying to make good movies based on ideas he was passionate about. He took risks. They didn’t always pan out but I really do commend the guy for not just doing what people wanted him to and actually trying something different.
People crucify the guy just cuz he made some bad movies. I would be hurt too if people treated me the way people treat him just because they didn’t like something I made.

There are definitely things he deserves to be criticized for, like refusing to restore and release the oot, but some people take it ridiculously far and act like he’s the devil. I sincerely doubt he made bad movies on purpose just to upset people. Most people don’t set out to make a bad product.