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Ahhhahah I lost it at the Dumb and Dumber clip.

It's the new Wilhelm!

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I would pay serious money, like $5k to sit down to Lucas and just have an honest conversation with him about what he's done with this franchise. Not a crazy yelling at him conversation, but just a frank dialogue to try to understand what he really thinks...

I think he would simply tell you that the latest remix/remaster is simply a fine-tuned version of the Star Wars story that he wants to tell. When Phantom Menace rolled out and fans shat themselves when they saw Jar Jar, he dismissed the criticism by explaining that the movies are for kids. Oh well.

Lucasfilm was started because a guy didn't want to have to listen to someone tell him how to tell his own story. There is something to respect in that don't you think?

>> ^ponceleon:

I would pay serious money, like $5k to sit down to Lucas and just have an honest conversation with him about what he's done with this franchise. Not a crazy yelling at him conversation, but just a frank dialogue to try to understand what he really thinks...

>> ^critical_d:

I think he would simply tell you that the latest remix/remaster is simply a fine-tuned version of the Star Wars story that he wants to tell. When Phantom Menace rolled out and fans shat themselves when they saw Jar Jar, he dismissed the criticism by explaining that the movies are for kids. Oh well.
Lucasfilm was started because a guy didn't want to have to listen to someone tell him how to tell his own story. There is something to respect in that don't you think?
>> ^ponceleon:
I would pay serious money, like $5k to sit down to Lucas and just have an honest conversation with him about what he's done with this franchise. Not a crazy yelling at him conversation, but just a frank dialogue to try to understand what he really thinks...



Exactly, I'd like to just challenge him (albeit politely) and just see if he could just understand why the criticism exists...

@critical_d Makes me wonder how much of what we love about star wars we can give him credit for. How much of it was the influence of others and the pressures of the day that shaped it. It would seem, now that he has complete control, he consistently doesn't get what people liked about it. In the little exerts, he thought we wanted to see Yoda with a lightsaber jumping around like a moron, instead of being the Yoda we all remember ("Great warrior. Wars not make one great"). I'm convinced through the prequels, special editions, and reedits that everyone around Lucas made his early films great. When I go back and watch me some Indian Jones, I see the same playful feel and interesting characters as the first star wars. Perhaps he is capable, just but this time he just wasn't up to the task. I just know that for about 2 weeks now I have been trying to imagine how I would do the prequels, perhaps I should storyboard it out