George Lucas wants to re-write history

He's already stated plenty of times that he always intended Greedo to shoot first.  <sarcasm>Amazingly enough they just couldn't get it to work while actually filming the scene.</sarcasm>  So I have no doubt he may actually start saying other things as well.

It won't matter though.  Only the hardcore fans are going to buy the next DVD release.  Everyone else is going to be satisfied with the 04 set.  Between that and all the existing publications that say the exact opposite of what he's starting to say and there's very little possibility of him being able to convince people that it was all planned out that way from the start.

I don't think Empire of Dreams was crap. It talked about a lot of the problems getting the films made, and we saw a lot of footage nobody even knew existed.

It was the only redeeming feature of that DVD set. ;)

Actually the footage shown was the same dailies David West Reynolds unearthed while viewing the lost cut materials.

All of that footage was already known back in 1996 and 1997 when his articles were published in the insider.  and many of the same scenes were in the shooting script.

Lucas already has shown a talent for selective memory when saying the media made up the whole 9 episodes thing.

I have all the magazine articles and transcripts in book form and magazine form, in official lucasfilm publications like the bantha tracks and the making of empire strikes back.

Never mind it is calling all those journalists like the one who covered star wars in 1977 for rolling stone liars.

He already called Pollock Dale who wrote skywalking a liar and he said all those things he wrote in his book.  He had them all on audiotape.  Calling the authors book nothing but a "national enquirer piece" because the Coppola stuff he said made Francis madder than hell. and Having his divorce spelled out was probably the breaking point for him.

Anything he cannot spin his own way or have ultimate control over he gets angry about.

They guy is a self labeled Machiavellian dictator over his films.  He admits he's a stubborn ass and wants things his own way, but says he won't apologize.

Just wait.  Years from now when Lucas is dead, you'll see at least three "unauthorized biography" books come out telling what it was REALLY like to work with him.

"Biography" = created by someone else

"Autobiography" = created by you about yourself.

I shouldn't be bothered even typing this but.....

I don't have anything to do with Star Wars these days unless it's the OOT films so I.....

...You know what I was right the first time I'm not going to be bothered, the rest of your post is ludicrous. You need a reality check if you are suggesting people break store merchandise and influence kids to hate George Lucas and Star Wars.

"Don't give into hate. That path leads to the Dark Side."

Not to mention breaking store merchandise can land your ass in jail! ;)

prydie said:

Janskeet said:

Johnboy3434 said:

skyjedi2005 said:

They guy is a self labeled Machiavellian dictator over his films. He admits he's a stubborn ass and wants things his own way, but says he won't apologize.

 

Why should he?

 

Because we put him on the map, without our money he'd be nothing. Also, he's treating us like 2nd class citizens.

Amen. It's time to vote with our wallets and stop giving this tyrant the funds to stroke his massive ego. I say we we rip everything he does from the internet and give it away for free on street corners. Don't buy that $200 Millennium Falcon from Hasbro, no matter how cool it looks - break it in the shop so no one can buy it!

Explain to your kids why you now hate George Lucas and by extension Star Wars so much. My little brothers like the PT until I challenged their perception. Kids aren't that stupid. All they need is guidance. Now my brothers see the trumped-up, firework display of a toy advertisement those movies are. They too are disgusted that Greedo now shoots first. Lets educate this new generation instead of creating new little cash drones for Lucas to feed on. Lets take back the history books and fill in some truth.

 

I wouldn't go so far as to break store merchandise.  Simply don't buy it.  If it sits on the shelves and doesn't move, eventually it gets put on clearance.  The longer it sits, the more likely the store is to not buy it (or as much) next time.  Eventually you end up with a very small section of toys for Star Wars (remember how it use to take up the whole aisle in most stores, now it's just a small area of that aisle).

And you don't have to explain why you hate Lucas.  Just show them the originals and explain all the things that were changed and the supposed "reasons" for the changes.  That's usually enough to get people to say "Well, that's dumb".

As more and more people (who aren't hardcore fans) start seeing and hearing about what Lucas has done, more and more of them will just stop buying the merchandise.  At some point, Lucas will be forced to move on and do those "little films" that "no one wants to see" because no one will want to see or buy anything Star Wars anyway.

The only History Lucas has changed is his legacy, He buried the oot and made three mediocre prequels and advanced the art of computer graphics.

Basically now a footnote in the history books as a technocrat and not a storyteller. The Real Trilogy is already largely forgotten because of the special editions and the prequels. Mr Lucas legacy is indeed tainted.

To original trilogy fans it is a fate worse than seeing their beloved creator die, he went over to the dark side and now wants to destroy star wars.

He is currently wrecking Indiana Jones and has already ruined THX 1138 and American Graffiti by added cgi.

Graffiti was a single shot and almost nobody notices but i do. The same thing happened recently with the broadcast of raiders.

I am surprised I was able to get Willlow on dvd without stupid cgi.

Next thing he has to wreck is his student films, maybe he will go back and add Jar Jar to them.