Back in 1980, I thought it was a shame that Lucas hadn't written and direct Empire Strikes Back - after all, the whole thing was his vision, and shouldn't he be allowed complete control? I was fifteen then. Lucas was thirty-six, and knew better. If he'd wanted to, he could easily have written and directed the next two films, but he knew that his skills were in coming up with stories, not in screenwriting or directing. So, as soon as he could afford to, he hired skilled technicians to bring his stories to life.
As I grew up, and came to realize how bad the dialogue is in Star Wars, a film that gets worse the more you watch it (whilst Return of the Jedi, for all its faults, gets better, though Empire is still the best), I understood that Lucas was right. Unfortunately, for the last two decades, people who never progressed beyond the fifteen year-old fanboy mentality have been telling him what a shame it was he didn't direct 5 and 6.
If I had a time machine, I'd go back to the mid-1990s and say 'George, don't listen to them, you were right the first time'. I'd also try to explain the meaning of the term 'back story'.
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Date: 2005-05-20 10:38 am (UTC)As I grew up, and came to realize how bad the dialogue is in Star Wars, a film that gets worse the more you watch it (whilst Return of the Jedi, for all its faults, gets better, though Empire is still the best), I understood that Lucas was right. Unfortunately, for the last two decades, people who never progressed beyond the fifteen year-old fanboy mentality have been telling him what a shame it was he didn't direct 5 and 6.
If I had a time machine, I'd go back to the mid-1990s and say 'George, don't listen to them, you were right the first time'. I'd also try to explain the meaning of the term 'back story'.