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I think he probably feels about Star Wars now the way that Star Wars fans felt about it when the prequels started coming out. Those fridge-nukers set that little, uncomfortable feeling in the guts, "Oh...it's not as special now, and just a little bit worse..."
The only way for him to completely understand our feelings on the subject would be if Disney added a bunch of CGI creatures to the original films, and then used digital effects to change contexts for scenes.
Then maybe...just maybe...Lucas would go, "Oh, *that's* why they hated it when Greedo shot at Han..."
He referred to these films and stories, in interviews, as sort of being like his kids so my gut tells me he probably doesn't like what they've done with them because I believe they did away with, to a degree, the stories, characters and universe he set up and established.
Maybe on some level he appreciates many fans looking at this as Lucas made it up and Disney ruined it and things would have been best if Lucas never left and people morn over the fact George Lucas sold Star Wars.
Hindsight being 20/20...Lucas should have stopped at Return of the Jedi in 1983 and not put out anymore films.
I actually think he's very sad as to what Disney has done with his franchise. He probably regrets selling to them now, and realizes he should have listened to his instincts when he was feeling doubts.
shareHe already said how he felt in an interview. He sold his children to white slavers.
sharePeople are quick to forget what he's done. "Disney destroyed Star Wars", LOL, stop it. They have better reviews - and have better box office totals - than the prequels.
That's not my point though. Any tarnishing of the franchise began with him in 1997 when he started not only dicking around with the originals, but then refused to make the unaltered versions available (and still does to this day). You could argue the first time he did it, he truly thought he was adding something to the movies. But as the prequels came out - were criticized - and he continued to add things like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3u70WELSEg ? He was actively trying to piss off fans at this point.