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Despite his down-to-earth personality, I think Lucas is a bit narcissistic. Though of course, anyone who has built an empire (no pun intended) will be ego driven no matter how nice they seem to be. I think he wanted to micro-manage the prequels especially in directing and writing. I guess I don't blame him.
I also have a theory, and it's just a theory, that he felt left out when people consider The Empire Strikes Back to be the best SW film. Most of the credit went to Kasdan and Kershner. And it didn't help that it was the one film that Lucas was involved the least. But to be fair, I've read that Lucas did many uncredited polishes to the script too, so it's not like he sat back and let everyone do the job for him.
That probably drove him to be more involved with the writing process and even 'ghost' direct Return of the Jedi. And from there he got rid of Gary Schultz, who fundamentally help Lucas in the past for almost all of his projects.
Again, just a theory.
I also have a theory, and it's just a theory, that he felt left out when people consider The Empire Strikes Back to be the best SW film. Most of the credit went to Kasdan and Kershner. And it didn't help that it was the one film that Lucas was involved the least. But to be fair, I've read that Lucas did many uncredited polishes to the script too, so it's not like he sat back and let everyone do the job for him.
That probably drove him to be more involved with the writing process and even 'ghost' direct Return of the Jedi. And from there he got rid of Gary Schultz, who fundamentally help Lucas in the past for almost all of his projects.
Again, just a theory.