George Lucas Blames 'Star Wars' Critics for Killing Series

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edited January 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
George Lucas Blames 'Star Wars' Critics for Killing Series

http://movies.msn.com/paralleluniverse/ ... y/feature/

Well, George, did you consider that maybe the plots and characters were as interesting as a hot pile of steamy poo? haha, just kidding..I think some of the newer films had their moments. Nowhere near as good as the three original ones, but if you're going to take that chance, you HAVE to assume that people will compare the two.

I wonder what i'd think the the newest three films if I hadnt seen the originals first.
Anyone here watch the recent three first? Or only the last three?
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  • RedMosquito22
    RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    I blame 45 year old basement dwellers who think that the OT was perfect.
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  • MD97728
    MD97728 Posts: 115
    well - i never saw the original when it came out and did not see a full length star wars movie until episode 3 came out and that is without question my favorite of the series and i also thinks it's the best one. i have now seen them all and again it's only because of how much i love episode 3. as the mother of 3 boys you would think i would have seen the movies sooner but my youngest son is the only one who is a fan. we even watch the clone wars cartoons on friday nights together.
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,862
    People were way too fickle with these movies. I am a Star Wars fan, and I thought the new ones were just fine... even really good. People wanted to pick apart everything in the movies and tear it down. It ended up being a pack-type mentality and the cool thing to hate the movies.

    You can take the originals and pick them apart for holes and cheesiness and whatnot too.
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    :roll:
    aaaaaawwwww, are the internet geeks pickin on you Georgie?
    That was pathetic. Like we should feel sorry for you because your art is being critiqued. It happens to every single artist in existence.
    Maybe he's hypersensitive to being called out on pandering to five year olds in order to sell more toys....which makes it pretty ironic for him to say he needs to maintain his artistic integrity in these movies.
    Still, I think the people who loathe the new ones are a minority. Sure, most people I know DO think jar jar sucks etc...but they'd still go see new movies. I know I would. I never expected the prequels to be as good as the originals, and still enjoyed the new ones. Just like pretty much everyone else. But hey, if you can't repeat your masterpiece, you might as well pack it in, right? weak.
  • RedMosquito22
    RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    They are all cheesy B-Movies that I love.

    honestly I wish they would redo the movies in the Clone Wars animation. Don't change anything keep all of the original dialogue and animate it.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Most people don't even realize the changes to the original.


    The prequels just have too many awkward moments. Lucas should have had somebody else direct them. They should have been much darker films. He made them into kiddie movies. I would have rather seen them shot on old film, minus the cgi, to give them the atmosphere the original trilogy had. Lucas is just too bent up on technology. A lot of the magic and mystery of the series was lost.
  • sven82
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    I like Episode 3 the most because of General Grievance eh Grievous...
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  • Monster Rain
    Monster Rain Posts: 1,415
    I thought the 3rd film in the new trilogy was good, but the other 2 weren't--especially the first one. The first one was basically a movie for kids. Jar Jar Binks was created to make 5-year olds laugh and sell some toys. If George Lucas honestly doesn't understand why adults would hate that character, then he's an idiot. If he did understand why people hated that character and still force-fed him into the next 2 movies so he could sell more toys, then he's got nobody to blame but himself for the reaction they received.
  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Most people don't even realize the changes to the original.


    The prequels just have too many awkward moments. Lucas should have had somebody else direct them. They should have been much darker films. He made them into kiddie movies. I would have rather seen them shot on old film, minus the cgi, to give them the atmosphere the original trilogy had. Lucas is just too bent up on technology. A lot of the magic and mystery of the series was lost.

    This, part of what helped the originals is he did not direct them. Same with the Indy movies, he did the story and let Spielberg do the rest.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Hey yo, Mesa think dat Lucus be-a too sensitiven'! Whata yousa tink???
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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,382
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Most people don't even realize the changes to the original.


    The prequels just have too many awkward moments. Lucas should have had somebody else direct them. They should have been much darker films. He made them into kiddie movies. I would have rather seen them shot on old film, minus the cgi, to give them the atmosphere the original trilogy had. Lucas is just too bent up on technology. A lot of the magic and mystery of the series was lost.
    +1
    You nailed it. Plus Greedo shooting first was one of the absolute worst decisions in movie history. (I don't think I even need to explain how much Jar Jar ruined the franchise)
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    of the new ones, I really wanted to enjoy the first one, but I think it fell short because they had a great opportunity to make a good villian - the Darth Maul guy with two sided light saber - but he had a very tiny part. One great swordfight at the end, but that was it. The Grvious guy was awesome, but also very short lived. Just a lack of development in too many characters.

    Then I liked the 2nd one a bit better, and the third and final one was the best of the recent three, imo.
    But the character that played young Darth Vader was just so whiny and unlikable. I get that you're not supposed to like him, but I just feel it could've been acted better.

    Ewan McGregor on the other hand was fantastic.

    The worst scene in all of them was (i think part 2, or was it 3?) when C3PO and R2D2 went through that assembly line factory. that was god-awful.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    I miss the Ewok victory dance song at the end of Jedi. That song fucking ruled!
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  • 81
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    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    minus the cgi

    that is the problem with a lot of movies
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    pjsteelerfan wrote:
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Most people don't even realize the changes to the original.


    The prequels just have too many awkward moments. Lucas should have had somebody else direct them. They should have been much darker films. He made them into kiddie movies. I would have rather seen them shot on old film, minus the cgi, to give them the atmosphere the original trilogy had. Lucas is just too bent up on technology. A lot of the magic and mystery of the series was lost.

    This, part of what helped the originals is he did not direct them. Same with the Indy movies, he did the story and let Spielberg do the rest.

    Dont even get me started on the last Indy movie. What a travesty. Lost all respect for Spielberg.. :cry:
    Jason P wrote:
    Hey yo, Mesa think dat Lucus be-a too sensitiven'! Whata yousa tink???

    :lol:
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Jason P wrote:
    I miss the Ewok victory dance song at the end of Jedi. That song fucking ruled!

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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    I've never seen any of them aside from bits on cable. What order should I watch them?

    I'm not a big fan like some of you so I could be way off, but you guys think he coulda realistically done the newer ones with no cgi? I think that woulda been a big mistake.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Abe Froman wrote:
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Most people don't even realize the changes to the original.


    The prequels just have too many awkward moments. Lucas should have had somebody else direct them. They should have been much darker films. He made them into kiddie movies. I would have rather seen them shot on old film, minus the cgi, to give them the atmosphere the original trilogy had. Lucas is just too bent up on technology. A lot of the magic and mystery of the series was lost.
    +1
    You nailed it. Plus Greedo shooting first was one of the absolute worst decisions in movie history. (I don't think I even need to explain how much Jar Jar ruined the franchise)
    Also, I don't think the story in the prequels was strong enough to be stretched out over three films. Revenge of the Sith has the only strong story and even that had it's dragging moments.

    It should have been one, three hour movie about the life of Anaken Skywalker. The Phantom Menace seemed so pointless to the series. They didn't even keep Darth Maul! They should have kept Darth Maul to be overthrown in Episode III.
  • curly
    curly Posts: 704
    The original 3 movies are...Ten VS and Vitalogy...

    the newer 3 movies are...Riot Act...Avacado, and Backspacer...

    what do you think???
  • Monster Rain
    Monster Rain Posts: 1,415
    I disagree. I think Riot Act, Avacado, and Backspacer all have mostly good tracks and none that are terrible. Aside from the 3rd movie in the new trilogy, those movies are mostly bad with just a little bit of good stuff mixed in.

    I prefer this:

    The original 3 are Ten, vs, and Vitalogy. The newer 3 are Van Halen III, Van Halen III, and whatever the new Van Halen album is called.
    curly wrote:
    The original 3 movies are...Ten VS and Vitalogy...

    the newer 3 movies are...Riot Act...Avacado, and Backspacer...

    what do you think???

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