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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.
I amuse myself.
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What if Episode 1 was good? beetnemesis - 28/02/2012 05:11:40 AM 1413 Views
thank you. this is awesome. *NM* ianski - 28/02/2012 05:47:36 AM 475 Views
He has some good points ironclad - 28/02/2012 11:32:49 AM 895 Views
Which were which? *NM* beetnemesis - 28/02/2012 02:46:40 PM 394 Views
Talking people are annoying, especially when their first idea is stupid Cannoli - 28/02/2012 01:51:50 PM 915 Views
Re: Talking people are annoying, especially when their first idea is stupid ironclad - 28/02/2012 02:12:37 PM 1042 Views
Are you talking about the guy with the deep thick voice who affects a stupid tone? Cannoli - 28/02/2012 06:29:15 PM 853 Views
Errrr you're not really addressing the video beetnemesis - 28/02/2012 02:55:46 PM 1036 Views
Re: Errrr you're not really addressing the video DomA - 28/02/2012 04:22:16 PM 1109 Views
This. Very much. Cannoli - 28/02/2012 06:54:00 PM 891 Views
Re: This. Very much. DomA - 28/02/2012 11:27:02 PM 963 Views
Because 7-10 year olds are really into trade regulation? beetnemesis - 28/02/2012 07:42:43 PM 792 Views
Qui-Gon is the protagonist if you absolutely need one (though I don't know why you do) Cannoli - 28/02/2012 10:59:23 PM 879 Views
Eh. It wasn't much of an "ensemble," either beetnemesis - 29/02/2012 06:23:23 PM 943 Views
You don't really need character development either Cannoli - 29/02/2012 07:56:09 PM 886 Views
Re: Because 7-10 year olds are really into trade regulation? DomA - 29/02/2012 12:16:51 AM 879 Views
Well said ironclad - 29/02/2012 08:39:36 AM 919 Views
Re: Well said DomA - 02/03/2012 04:51:49 PM 916 Views
Re: Because 7-10 year olds are really into trade regulation? beetnemesis - 29/02/2012 06:33:07 PM 817 Views
Actually, I didn't get that far. The guy annoyed me so much I shut it off after the last point Cannoli - 28/02/2012 06:45:43 PM 883 Views
Hah, I do! beetnemesis - 28/02/2012 07:55:52 PM 779 Views
Now I want Facebook posts for WoT Cannoli - 29/02/2012 07:47:31 PM 963 Views
I just hate beets beetnemesis - 01/03/2012 05:18:41 PM 828 Views
Re: Actually, I didn't get that far. The guy annoyed me so much I shut it off after the last point j-whitt987 - 15/03/2012 02:10:17 PM 890 Views
Re: Talking people are annoying, especially when their first idea is stupid DomA - 28/02/2012 03:16:48 PM 917 Views
I'd really like to see some discussion with Lucas being challenged beetnemesis - 28/02/2012 08:05:16 PM 876 Views
There is little to none canon that doesn't get signed by Lucas and his little helpers ironclad - 28/02/2012 10:30:34 PM 751 Views
Re: There is little to none canon that doesn't get signed by Lucas and his little helpers DomA - 29/02/2012 12:48:54 AM 861 Views
I mean, the Solo/Leia love story wasn't particularly complex beetnemesis - 29/02/2012 06:42:37 PM 805 Views
Re: I mean, the Solo/Leia love story wasn't particularly complex DomA - 02/03/2012 06:06:48 PM 1007 Views
I thought the Padme-Anakin relationship was kind of plausible, just not addressed well in the films Cannoli - 02/03/2012 08:52:52 PM 846 Views
Indeed.. DomA - 03/03/2012 01:10:29 AM 886 Views
No. It is because Harrison Ford could act. End of line. Ghavrel - 04/03/2012 09:21:19 AM 1212 Views
Who here thinks they could make a better Episode I ? TaskmasterJack - 06/03/2012 06:43:58 PM 784 Views
Of course they'd all raise their hands ironclad - 07/03/2012 12:34:30 PM 832 Views
The point was that there's nothing special about this guy. TaskmasterJack - 08/03/2012 01:02:32 AM 871 Views
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