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I'd really like to see some discussion with Lucas being challenged beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 28/02/2012 08:05:16 PM

Not that Lucas wasn't challenged creatively by his collaborators. He was, and he wanted to. But he had the last word on everything. Those "exec" that could force him to change this or that simply didn't exist.


I think it'd make for an interesting discussion. The interesting thing about Star Wars, and something that makes it almost wholly unique, it that it's simultaneously the work of a sole, dictatorial author (Lucas) and the work of dozens of other experienced authors.

Then add in the fact that there are tons of diehard fans who have seen every movie, read every book written complex dissertations on minutia most people haven't even HEARD about...

So you get stuff like Lucas saying, "No, Star Wars is this." And then you get an officially licensed book series that says, well, it's more like this. Then you get a video game like KOTOR 2 which has its own philosophical take on it.

And you can say, well George Lucas is the creator, Star Wars is whatever he says it is. But then you can take someone who's written a dozen Star Wars books, knows the entire canon, has personally produced as much Star Wars lore as Lucas himself...

I just think it would be an interesting discussion to watch.
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What if Episode 1 was good? - 28/02/2012 05:11:40 AM 1411 Views
thank you. this is awesome. *NM* - 28/02/2012 05:47:36 AM 474 Views
He has some good points - 28/02/2012 11:32:49 AM 894 Views
Which were which? *NM* - 28/02/2012 02:46:40 PM 393 Views
Talking people are annoying, especially when their first idea is stupid - 28/02/2012 01:51:50 PM 913 Views
Errrr you're not really addressing the video - 28/02/2012 02:55:46 PM 1035 Views
Re: Errrr you're not really addressing the video - 28/02/2012 04:22:16 PM 1108 Views
This. Very much. - 28/02/2012 06:54:00 PM 890 Views
Re: This. Very much. - 28/02/2012 11:27:02 PM 962 Views
Because 7-10 year olds are really into trade regulation? - 28/02/2012 07:42:43 PM 791 Views
Qui-Gon is the protagonist if you absolutely need one (though I don't know why you do) - 28/02/2012 10:59:23 PM 878 Views
Eh. It wasn't much of an "ensemble," either - 29/02/2012 06:23:23 PM 942 Views
You don't really need character development either - 29/02/2012 07:56:09 PM 885 Views
Re: Because 7-10 year olds are really into trade regulation? - 29/02/2012 12:16:51 AM 878 Views
Well said - 29/02/2012 08:39:36 AM 918 Views
Re: Well said - 02/03/2012 04:51:49 PM 915 Views
Re: Because 7-10 year olds are really into trade regulation? - 29/02/2012 06:33:07 PM 816 Views
Actually, I didn't get that far. The guy annoyed me so much I shut it off after the last point - 28/02/2012 06:45:43 PM 882 Views
Hah, I do! - 28/02/2012 07:55:52 PM 777 Views
Now I want Facebook posts for WoT - 29/02/2012 07:47:31 PM 962 Views
I just hate beets - 01/03/2012 05:18:41 PM 827 Views
Re: Talking people are annoying, especially when their first idea is stupid - 28/02/2012 03:16:48 PM 915 Views
I'd really like to see some discussion with Lucas being challenged - 28/02/2012 08:05:16 PM 875 Views
There is little to none canon that doesn't get signed by Lucas and his little helpers - 28/02/2012 10:30:34 PM 749 Views
Re: There is little to none canon that doesn't get signed by Lucas and his little helpers - 29/02/2012 12:48:54 AM 858 Views
I mean, the Solo/Leia love story wasn't particularly complex - 29/02/2012 06:42:37 PM 804 Views
Re: I mean, the Solo/Leia love story wasn't particularly complex - 02/03/2012 06:06:48 PM 1006 Views
I thought the Padme-Anakin relationship was kind of plausible, just not addressed well in the films - 02/03/2012 08:52:52 PM 846 Views
Indeed.. - 03/03/2012 01:10:29 AM 885 Views
No. It is because Harrison Ford could act. End of line. - 04/03/2012 09:21:19 AM 1210 Views
Who here thinks they could make a better Episode I ? - 06/03/2012 06:43:58 PM 783 Views
Of course they'd all raise their hands - 07/03/2012 12:34:30 PM 831 Views
The point was that there's nothing special about this guy. - 08/03/2012 01:02:32 AM 870 Views

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