THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS - Corey Vidal Interview (Documentary)

He can do whatever he wants but he have to expect to get hated for it. Every artist expects critism if they don't they are stupid. As for changing his original work, I think that is wrong and should not be allowed. He removed work from the first movies that 100'sof people helped craft and even got academy awards for, so does he remove them from the credits if their work is gone? Add credits to a movie after the fact 30 years later? Credits:Hayden as darth vader in return of the jedi...That is F*

If star wars original movies were made according to GL's vision it would have just been another flash gordon movie and no one would remember it.

@Blue2Zero We can say what if this happen or what if that all we want, but the truth is a story teller is the one telling the story, and is the "GOD" of that story. If you love Star Wars like I do, it shouldn't matter to much that there are downs in the story cause lets face it every story has one or more. So just except it and move on. Enjoy the extended story line!

well maybe if George Lucas started with episode 1 first inside of episode 4.people would have felt differently. But then again in before the 1977 opening he didn't have much in then way of big money like some of the other movies did. If i remember correctly from one of those documentary's Lucas even scraped the original film that was to be shown long before 1977 for the one we all know and love today.

Nice hair Corey

Ive got a lovely bunch of coconuts :3

Corey, you have beautiful eyes.

@ArodWingfoot I hope you enjoy it, and it's been a pleasure talking to you. :)

@ForeverEmunah Heard of it, havn't read it, but my sister just ordered the book, from ( i think Amazon) so I plan to read it once it gets here. (Should be in on Monday.)

@ArodWingfoot If you like stories and characters like that, you should really check out a book called "Dune". It has some similar elements, and actually the story for Star Wars came from Dune and was the main inspiration. That story has warriors called Bene Gesserit, who have abilities similar to Jedi - you may really like it. :)

@ArodWingfoot In the novel, Labyrinth of Evil, they suspect that the Sith Lord may have infiltrated the Senate Guard, but they never thought the infiltration could go as high as the Supreme Chancellor himself, without their knowing about it. Well, when I saw the OT as a kid, I thought the Jedi seemed very Knight-ish, and then later they definitely seemed like a cross between a Shaolin Monk and a Samurai. Very skilled, indeed.

@ArodWingfoot Yeah, in retrospect, it was kind of stupid that even when Mace pointed out the Dark Side surrounded Palpatine - and, after they had already been informed that a Sith Lord had infiltrated the Senate, that they hadn't suspected Palpatine. Though, that may have been due in large part to the fact that the Jedi had grown arrogant and self-righteous, as Palpatine would later state.

@ForeverEmunah That too. The last quote was from I episode 3. Mace says it. How about this. As a kid watching SW I always thought Jedi would be like Ninjas. What are your thoughts on that?

@ArodWingfoot Hey I feel you. I thought Lucas raped Childhoods, and Starwars, too. Maybe you are right - maybe they did need more of the type of comical reflief Han Solo could bring. Could you tell me where the last quote is from though? The one about the dark side and the chancellor? I remember it might be from Episode III, but not sure. Good points.

@ForeverEmunah Obi-Wan didn't point out how stupid it was. There was alot to point out too. Like Mace Windu saying they can't fight a war even though they have so many jedi that they can send them to what could only be viewed as a minor trading dispute in Naboo. He didn't point out how stupid it was that they couldn't find the sith even though "The dark side surrounds the chancellor." And he never shot someone under the table. Nice guy with a hatred of Lucas raping my childhood.

@ArodWingfoot "You miss my point. They needed a Han solo as in a character to point out "This is stupid" Like Han Solo did." That was probably Obi-Wan most of the time, this time around. xD "If I meet someone who loved the prequels I may shoot them in the knee." :/ That's sad; you seem like a nice guy.

@ForeverEmunah You miss my point. They needed a Han solo as in a character to point out "This is stupid" Like Han Solo did. They didn't need to have it be exactly Han Solo, but they needed a character to do that. If I meet someone who loved the prequels I may shoot them in the knee. You know, check out the Down In Front commentaries for Star Wars. They explain this all in great detail.

My answer to the question.... Its a rough question. typically i would say the story teller has all rights. But in this case, no. Not simply because of the history behind SW, but because of all the history that GL himself has acknowledged that has been written by fans/authors. The expanded universe changes all.

@ArodWingfoot They wanted to show Han as a little kid in Episode III - though it would have conflicted with earlier stories about him, and the way he was to be shown, was unflattering at best, so they decided not to. I didn't love the prequels overall, either. I mean, they were somewhat good in certain places. But it could have been better.

@ArodWingfoot But he is merely a powerful, wise, Jedi who needs his lightsaber, just like everyone else. And like everyone else, he was ultimately consigned to the Will of the Force.

@ArodWingfoot It's them being mere-mortals, like everyone else. It was part of the central message of both trilogy's - people are people and can't control everything - who turns evil and good; lives or dies. Some things are up to other's choices and fate. Jedi can see the future in glimpses, but they can't control the outcome, like Vader tried to. If Yoda were powerful enough, there would have been no Jedi Purge, to begin with.

@ForeverEmunah You sure? You know it couldn't just be Yoda being humble? Again 900 years old. He should be wise enough to stop a fight without grabbing a saber. Either by convincing the other side to back down or his knowlegde in the force. Thats the point, Yoda should be so smart that he has found a way to brigde the gap without it. But you are saying they are need it. So which is it, them getting lucky, or the force? The failing of the Prequels was No Han Solo

@ArodWingfoot "Strong am I in the Force - but not that strong" - Yoda to Luke, RotJ. That, from the original trilogy, pretty much sums it up. Jedi like Yoda, are powerful in the Force, but they can only accomplish so much with it. There are gaps, and the lightsaber is meant to aid them in battle, to help fill that gap, you could say. Obi-wan beating opponants through random luck is a running gag through-out the series. It's supposed to parody his remark in A New Hope to Han Solo

@ForeverEmunah Not the jedi are meant to rely on the force but throughout all the movies, many video games, and many books they say that the lightsaber is only a tool. They are trained to hold on to it like none other, especially in Obi-Wan's saying "This weapon is your life" but they train the Navy seals in the same way because the best way to keep living when people want you dead, is to kill them first. Also if Jedi need a lightsaber, explain how Obi-wan beats grievous

@ArodWingfoot Yes, the Force. But he isn't so powerful that he doesn't need to rely on a lightsaber - by their nature, every Jedi does. And it's meant to be that way.