Star Wars: The Force Awakens Strays From My Original Vision, George Lucas Says

@imjust1joe: I was thinking the same thing, there's no need for people here to bash the guy for explaining what happened. As usual topics like this turn into a "let's attack Lucas" topic. Lucas deserves some respect considering he started the damn series in the first place. Without a New Hope there'd be no Empire Strikes Back and no The Force Awakens etc.

@imjust1joe: He has to stay out of the way. Disney bought Stars.

@rotchild: If you listen to a lot of people who were involved with Episode VI Richard Marquand did not really direct Episode VI. He was incredibly inexperienced and George Lucas had to take over directing for the most part.

@rotchild: I actually find Return of the Jedi maybe my least favorite of the original trilogy the first StarWars is how we all got into it it was definitley the most fun out of the whole series. and is the most re-watchable. Empire is definitely the best.


as for the prequels, they are pretty bad in alot of departments. but Revenge of the sith was watchable because it had a good tone and did the most to tie into the original trilogy.

@Chr0noid: I dont blame the actors, think he went too young with jake lloyd. Could you imagine if it had been someone like the young bruce wayne actor from gotham, the performance would have been better

@Chr0noid I wholeheartedly agree.Not too much wrong with the ideas or plotting, more or less. It's the actual words coming out of the character's mouths that was the biggest problem. I remember actually feeling bad for some of the actors and the ridiculous things they had to say

@Chr0noid: I would agree, the overall concept of the prequels was very well thought up. However, the execution of the story was done very poorly. They had a great lineup of actors, just the directing... ugh ><

@Chr0noid: The writing was definitely the biggest problem with the prequels, the over-reliance on CGI and poor directing of the actors didn't help either.

@Chr0noid: This. I can still watch the prequels for their story arc and how they show the lead up to the original trilogy (they really aren't THAT bad), but George should have got a better writer on side.

@Chr0noid: Not to mention that it probably was alot harder for the actors to act in nothing but green screen'd rooms.

Samuel L Jackson said at an interview at our school it was nauseating sometimes that everytime he'd go on set it was nothing but green screens

@Chr0noid:

"b-but the Acting!"

It wasn't the "Acting". It was the directing. Watch Hayden in "Life as a House", and then watch him in Episode II. LaaH was filmed before SW:E2, and Hayden's acting was far superior in LaaH. His performance in LaaH was what SW:E2 needed. Yet it wasn't there.

That's a directing problem.

@Chr0noid: My family loves Jar Jar. =(

@Chr0noid: I logged in just to tell you how spot on this comment is. Refreshing to see someone in the comment section with a brain.

@anonymous81: I give Lucas props for starting the series, without him there'd be no Star Wars.

@JRLennis: Have you ever written fiction? Or... anything in general?

You have this bizarre fantasy in your mind that writers have the full script with all the concepts and characters solidified in their head. They simply gotta spend a day typing it out. That's so ridiculously wrong. Writing fiction is a constantly changing process that involves you getting new ideas as you go along and changing old ideas to fit the new ones. Titles are typically placeholders until the full script is done. I don't know of a single author who has went on record and stated that they had a full series planned in their mind and never changed a single thing along the way. It just doesn't happen.

The only way your post would make any sense is if you assumed writers have literally every detail planned out in their mind before writing. Gasp, he elaborated on the concept of what it means to be a Jedi while working through the drafts of the scripts! What a hack! /sarcasm

George Lucas is surrounded with legitimate controversy and there are plenty of legitimate issues one could bring up in regards to his storytelling/writing. But your post is completely removed from reality.

@JRLennis: and yet the best story is the first 3 films lol - nothing else (to me) has mattered since 1983s return of the jedi NOTHING in the industry that has the star wars label has mattered since 83..without him, the original plot (though expanded in the world via the journal entries and his "original intention") personally I dont care one way or another...better stories out there, besides television can do what film cant (with epic multi-season dramas like walking dead, game of thrones, breaking bad, the sopranos, the wire, oz, lost, mad men, sons of anarchy, the bastard executioner, enter the badlands, spartacus, the corner, six feet under, deadwood, among many others - its personal taste but I think theres more in television nowadays then there is in big budget screen productions..I mean theres plenty of films I enjoy...but even more television by far...to each their own but I have the classic notion that lucas is a big part of star wars creation, the original intentions (maybe they've splintered over the years or whatever) its been along time since I read into star wars...Harry Potter IMO or LOTR has better storytelling (especially when compared to those horrendous prequels)..but thats subjective I guess ?

@JRLennis: Star Wars : A New Hope was heavily based on Hidden Fortress, a movie by Akira Kurosawa. The originals had a solid base for story and characters that were easy to relate too, however the prequels suffered from too much emphasis on CGI and special effects flare to compensate for lack of what the original trilogy had, a vision to fall back on, Kurosawa's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pU6B2zEFeg

@JRLennis: He never had much idea what he was doing. Even such key details as Vader being a cyborg with a breathing unit, were designed by the very creative people working on the first movie, not thought up by Lucas himself. "Secret History of Star Wars" is a great read on these details, though I'm sure Lucas would tell a different story.

@fred_evans: He didn't seem jealous to me, he merely said that Disney wanted to go in a different direction so he chose to keep out of it. Where's this jealousy accusation coming from?

@cboye18: Jar jar is the ewok of phantom menace. The problem is that George wanted to use the same formula in a "modern" world. I think thats why Disney didnt like his idea good. I dont like or hate star wars I'm the type of guy who will never settle downWhere pretty girls are well, you know that I'm around..........damn i got to go play some fallout 4.

@cboye18: I grew up with the original trilogy, and I appreciate what Lucas tried to do with the prequels. He just believed his own hype and took on too much control. Lucas has obvious talent in art direction and many other aspects of filmmaking, but he is a terrible writer, and, unfortunately, the prequels are defined most by this inadequacy. They are by no means terrible films, but they could have been so much better than they were.

@cboye18 Sadly many people are too young to understand. You had to be a 70's/80's kid and only known 4-5-6 growing up

@ENVYotb73: He merely said that Disney wanted to go in a different direction so he chose to keep out of it. I don't see a problem with that attitude at all. Without Lucas there'd be no Star Wars so I give the guy some respect.

@ENVYotb73: I see it the other way around...immature would be downright bashing...call it secret hidden lingo that you must be reading cause after reading his above comments...I dont see it that way he didnt agree so what, they went seperate ways he didnt outright bash anything.. maybe his intentions are as you say (dont matter to me one way or another) nothing good has come from star wars since 1983 - the first 3 films..is all star wars will ever be, sure expand the franchise/universe so a new generation of young masturbators with barely any hair on their balls can get a taste of the space-opera...but Disney ? lol..ok have fun tikes, I can get better entertainment from AMC or HBO with the drama series on television...but I guess thats subjective - to each their own...Disney paid him 4 billion...well as a billionaire he can have whatever opinion he wants...a god given right..say as you will too often in society (especially in arts&entertainment) everyone kisses ass and says the appropriate thing...I have no clue what has happened here but, to me someone saying what they want (or as they feel) cause OBVIOUSLY you are..you are speaking you're opinion..being the original mind behind star wars...I feel um he has the right to say anything he want...and I dont know but I dont read into things all that much I'm already reading comments about conspiracy theories, ppl bashing Lucas for his opinion on the current state of star wars, his original intentions (whether thats the truth or not) doesnt matter...give him a break he bows out and steps down and live comfortably for the rest of his life (he would have reguardless if he sold the rights to this franchise in 2012 or not) but...even more so now..so what ? who cares lol

@ENVYotb73 Thats what he wants though. Don't let his BS comments get you down. He is the one at fault and has been for the last 16+ Years since he went down the Prequel route. He can be as bitter as he wants and it can't effect us anymore because he can't taint it anymore with his BS Lore breaking garbage: