George Lucas- Hack or no?

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Originally Posted by Sussudio

i dont think that was Rich's point. he wasn't just saying lucas had a gazillion films to credit, but more specifically with all of THESE films to his credit i.e. emphasis on the films themselves. someone responsible for both star wars and indiana jones is not a hack, imo.

True. I don't think he's a hack either, but I don't think that list it the way to prove it. Yes, Indiana Jones and Star Wars are great, and I like American Graffiti as well.

But I can't give a guy credit for a movie just because he was the Executive Producer, unless I know he actually played a huge role in making the movie what it was, so that rules out a few on the list.

And for each good movie, Lucas seems to have a bad one to go with it. Episodes 1, 2, 3 aren't horrible, but I think they'll always ruin 4, 5, and 6 a little bit. And Howard the Duck... well, yeah. I just hope he threw money at that, and otherwise had nothing to do with it.