Could you imagine putting your heart and soul into your art for 40 years and believing its legacy would be preserved only to be deceived and have your work slowly ruined? What upsets me more than the lousy Last Jedi movie is how badly Lucas and Hamill were treated. It's very depressing.
Eh, where? Link? Video? Picture?
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2309512/how-george-lucas-helped-out-on-solo-a-star-wars-story
Seems he had a very tiny directing role in this.
Also, I doubt he's sad, he gets paid in shares/stocks or whatever it is after he sold it to Disney so it's the best thing of both worlds for him.
'However, Lucas is a very sharp businessman and always has been. Part of his deal with Disney included receiving half of his payment in Disney stock, for a total of 37.1 million shares, which he hung on to. That many shares makes him the second largest non-institutional shareholder in Disney (right after the trust that holds Steve Job's shares that he got for selling Pixar to Disney).
On May 20th of 2015, it was reported that the stock Lucas received had grown by $2.2 billion in value, which made his initial deal worth $6.3 billion.
While George Lucas will not be paid directly, he will indirectly gain when Disney stock rises due to the success of the Star Wars franchise. If "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" continues to break box office records, Disney stock could rise again, and Lucas benefits without lifting a finger.
Additionally, Lucas will be rooting for the continued success of the Marvel films, Pixar films and all the other goodies that Disney holds, because that increases his stock value as well.'
Lucas was already rich before the Disney deal and it's not always about the money. He's planning to give most of it to charity.
Not a directing role. Just a suggestion for a Han joke. Not the same.
He created and maintained the integrity of the SW universe for 40 years. In interviews he discusses what was important for him re: the films. Based on the interviews, he wanted a trilogy with Luke passing on the Jedi teachings to a younger generation so it would come full cycle. Visually, the galaxy should look very different since decades had passed. His sequel trilogy would've showed the next chapter in the family saga instead of reverting the story back to the OT and destroying the original characters in order for Disney to make more money off of new toys. He said he didn't want a movie based just on spaceships flying around. But, that's what Disney wants.
I don't know how the destruction of his legacy wouldn't pain him when millions of fans are upset. Hopefully, I'm wrong and he was just tired.
Lucas should just direct all the movies from now on. Wait, I take that back.
shareWhy do you take it back? The Prequels are certainly better than that Disney SHIT.
They are to you, but not to me. Opinions, man.
sharethey are better to me too, opinions indeed. But fact is that these Lucas films are incomparably more imaginative and original than the Disney rehashes of lately, even the decent ones like Rogue One.
sharePutting Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones ahead of Rogue One sounds like a situation where you watched the prequels as a kid. Certain films you see as a kid remain in that filter. There's also the 'time heals all wounds' scenario, where something becomes more acceptable the more time goes on.
sharenope, saw both the OT and PT as a young adult. The PT has original and relevant storytelling, e.g., in showing the dystopian fall of democracy and the rise of dictatorship, Palpatine's corruption and destruction of institutions is one of the most sophisticated pieces of blockbuster movie storytelling in the last decades. Not to speak of the rampart creativity in terms of world building and art design which is unparalleled outside I-VI.
R1 is the most original and imaginative Disney output so far, but it still pales in comparison to any Lucas movie in terms of original storytelling and creativity.
All you have to do is describe the characters without describing their looks or role/profession in the movie.
Han, Luke, Leia, Obi-Wan all had defining personalities in the OT. You don't have to reference what they did to describe them. You can easily discuss their traits.
The same goes for Rey, Finn and Poe. I can easily describe Rey as stubborn and insular. I can easily describe Finn as cowardly, but desperate to be heroic. I can easily describe Poe as brash and sarcastic.
The same goes for Erso, Andor, Imwe, Gerrera.. They are all personalities that you can describe. They have actual traits.
Describing the personalities of Anakin, Obi-Wan and Padme in the prequel trilogy is a goddamn chore. But you're right. It had Palpatine. Well, Jar Jar also had personality, but it was done so poorly that cuts of the Phantom Menace got better the more they removed him from it. So that just leaves us with Palpatine, and we didn't really get to see him until the third movie. It's usually because of him that people give ROTS a pass. Yet Palpatine's whole angle turned out to blame his disfigurement on his confrontation with Windu that was awkward as all hell. Then Anakin just turns against the Jedi to become Vader because... Padme. God, it hurts just to recap it. And that was the only film of the prequels that had something to offer. Just thinking about it makes me want to watch Last Jedi again.
really, the old Plinkett routine again? Plinkett's intellectual failure is complete by just quoting one of his false assertions: "Jar jar is the only character in TPM with an character arc". Plinkett evidently does not know what an arc is. Jar Jar has NO arc: He stayed the same bumbling fool until the end (mesa give up).
But eg Padme had an arc, she was the insecure, overtaxed queen relying on her advisors in crisis (old dude, Panaka, Qui Gon, Palpatine etc) - but then finally starts to make decisions for her own, against them, and grows into a leader. Feminism long before awkward Mary Sue writing. Similar with Obi Wan, the over-confident pupil growing into the role of his teacher.
Each character is as easily describable as any OT character, they may not be as stereotypical as there - eg Qui Gon is the wise paragon father/mentor like old Obi Wan, but he is also rebellious against the council, manipulative, headstrong (pissing everybody off) and visionary - the only depiction of a warrior monk that seems somewhat realistic.
We do not even have to discuss Palpatine, Maul etc, some of the most iconic villain characters ever:
https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movie-villains-of-all-time
And if you actually believe Anakin's turn was only because of "Padme" (despite of the preceding village scene, the killing of Dooku, his forbidden attachment issue and the incumbent "shadow of greed"), well then the Last Jedi may really be the more suitable film for you: After all, unlike with Anakin's motivation to go dark side, we can only guess why former heroes like, Han, Luke, Kylo suddenly become pathetic losers and villains...
Arcs are easy. Every character in Star Wars has an arc, including TLJ. It's just TLJ arcs aren't what was wanted... Luke having turned against the force and then coming back to it. People didn't like him because he was despondent regarding the Jedi. Not only does he have a storyline arc, he has a personality arc. He leaves his despondence. Where's Padme's personality arc? She's the same character throughout. Anakin goes from emotionless kid, to mopey teenager, to mopey young adult with longer hair. Obi-Wan wasn't terribly written in the PT, but he too remained the same guy. He shined when he shed his tears for people who were defeated... Qui Gon and Anakin. Finn's personality arc is already infinitely wider. TLJ had him moving away from cowardice. But it was a terrible side quest, so the arc is ignored.
Maul was a cool looking villain, but not much more than that. He was makeup and a double lightsaber. Ray Park didn't even get to speak his own lines. He could've had a personality arc if brought back in later films, but they offed him. Vader's arc was the payoff of ROTJ. So Maul just ended up being two dimensional.
Rey still relies on others doing the heavy lifting for her. They injured Kylo, Kylo kills Snoke, Luke distracts the Empire. Rey launches over hurdles in TFA, but doesn't accomplish anything in TLJ. However, her personality is changing. She's pulling a reverse Luke, going from confident to complete confusion. People don't like it because it's not what they want from Star Wars. And I get it. It's not what I wanted either. The problem is, if I get a two-dimensional character, I'm not going to talk about it after seeing it. It's gonna get tossed away like the prequels. Five months later, here we are still talking about it. The IMDB ROTS board went dead weeks after it was released.
To be fair, Lucas always looks sad. It's his eyebrows!
shareNo, the sadness was in his eyes and the way he moved. I've never seen him look like that before. A few people noticed the same thing in their comments. It's at 1:06:26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfdTeJdu1xw
He DOES look sad, even though he's in profile for most of that minute. I feel so sorry for the man. Aside from financially, he can't win. If he's not being bashed by ungrateful fans, he's seeing his most famous legacy shredded to tatters before his very eyes. :(
Lucas should of produced the star wars trilogy , although im not a fan of the prequel trilogy , the stories are fantastic , he should of got different directors for each movie as he did with Empire and Jedi, Lucas is star wars.
shareI don't think he wanted to deal with the fans attacking him again. Otherwise, he should've kept creative control and hire other people to run the company and make films using his ideas, etc.
A director's cut of the prequels would've been good. Less Jarjar, editing, even redoing some things that didn't work.
"Lucas is star wars."
Exactly.