I get the feeling that Lucas is that kinda guy. We’ve all heard the stories about him wandering through LucasArts and throwing out suggestions that ended up totally rewriting or even scrapping games. He also worked on The Clone Wars and would throw out ideas and suggestions that ended up becoming holy canon, good or bad, which is why Korriban is now Moriband. From all I’ve heard, his “handlers” would bustle through before his visits and tell everyone he might come in contact with to just nod and smile whenever Lucas gave a suggestion, and then make it happen, no matter what.

So it’s not a stretch to believe that he was a similar guy on the set of Jedi.

Not wanting to lose your job, and wanting to impress a very influential and successful man are very powerful motivators.