This is kinda a rant, but how I feel about the whole GL and SW situation.
There was a teacher that taught Kindergarten at a local school of mine, she was the best, won awards, was praised by all parents. I remember how everyone said she really laid a great ground work of education for the children and did exceptional. I should know too because I had her over two decades ago lol. But I heard later she was transferred to 8th grade for a year, than later high school. And she was terrible, no one liked her, they said she had no idea how to teach. She eventually went back to Kindergarten and again she was perfect.
To me that reminds me of George. George is a superb inventor and idea man. And he can create a whole universe and premise very well, he did it twice almost it seemed with ease. But the funny thing is as it came time to make the characters grow, or the universe expand, he was horrible at it.
I've read lots of things from people especially with the documentary "The People Vs. George Lucas. There are many interesting things in there but one thing I almost will scream at that director that he and many others are dead wrong about. Many try to claim that Star Wars was really a generational thing, and that is why the prequels failed. I just flat out say "wrong." I was born right after ROTJ came out, so I was never part of this nostalgic generation that some try to say. I'm sure for a small percentage of fans, there may be some that are just nostalgic. But I was raised on the OT and loved them to death, and still to this day Star Wars is always a part of my life, just like comics. When the PT came out I was very disappointed, not because it was "not the OT" but simply because they were mediocre movies at best.
I mean example of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. I remember prior to Begins hoping that they would be at least as good as B89. Well heh, they turned out to me and most people much better. And for most I think nostalgic does not mean anything. It's simply if a films good....it's good.
To me the PT had horrible characters, dialogue, directing, and just over all feel to it. But does that mean I hate it Star Wars now? No. Funny enough most fans I talk to including myself LOVE...JUST LOVE The Clone Wars. A lot of fans, and my friends included seemed to agree that The Clone Wars is vastly superior to the PT. Which does say something to me. So do I hate the PT universe? No. I just think simply the PT movies were poorly made compared to their originals.
Also I love the Thrawn Trilogy, the Jedi Academy trilogy and many of the video games with superb stories. Such as Knights of the Old Republic, Dark Forces, The Force Unleashed. These all had above amazing stories and characters. Thrawn is still one of the best villains ever created.
So to me I can't stand the nostalgic argument, that that's why people hate on the PT. Or just dislike it like I did. To me I think Star Wars has the most amazing potential, but it may need to be "GL free". I think he did great creating the universe, but I think many others have amazing stories and characters to explore in this vast vast universe.
I mean reading The Secret History of Star Wars is actually from many factual sources, and direct people that worked with him. It is clear that Lucas as me and DJ talked before is a great creator, but I think that's where he stops anymore.
To me even with just B class video games or other EU they have done better than the PT, and I would love to see a film trilogy done with no Lucas intervention. I bet it would be great and revitalize it. I mean even something some what based off of the Thrawn series would be amazing.
), the ideas presented by Kurtz sound PERFECT. Oh well...
