Maybe we should judge the final product before calling a director a nasty name, and jumping to conclusions based on clickbait web articles?
Kershner and Marquand were under contract too you know.
Edwards probably has way more freedom than Kershner and Marquand had. LFL/Disney seem to operate more like a normal studio that hires writers to come up with ideas and director to come up with a vision. Lucas on the other hand was the main creative director behind the films and basically come up with everything. He hired writers to polish his scripts and directors to implement his vision.