Is George Lucas really a bad Director/Producer?

[raskal66]

Not really caring, I am agnostic as to whether he sucks. But here's what I do know.

The first three Star Wars were excellent spectacles of story telling on film. Say what we will about the muppets used at the end, we got an epic story that history shows had an effect on at least 3 generations. I liked them a lot.

Following up those three films (after a couple of other films,) he wanted to show the events that led to the the first 3 films. Following up an epic story will always be daunting, but when those movies came out, they were nothing special. Neither the special effects nor the story really shook me in any meaningful way. No single character in eps 1 - 3 was as cool as Han Solo and that made a huge difference even if the action and events portrayed were vastly significant to the story line. He also had his name attached to Indy 4 which was also nothing special, practically insultingly so with how the film was essentially a parody of modern adventure tales when Indy is a pioneer of the genre.

Here's why, suck or not, that I am no longer a fan of George Lucas but I do respect him. He squeezes you for all your money. You can't get the movies you like from him on home video until he unlocks his benevolence. Why isn't any Star Wars on Blu yet except for the most recent animated stuff that most of you probably do not own? Because George doesn't have you rabidly ready to kill your own mother to get it yet. There is no good reason other than holding power over you the fans. Does this make good business sense? Absolutely. Does it foster any good will? Absolutely not. As long as the rabid fans buy it up, the cycle shall continue. When Star Wars does make it's way to BD, it will sell in huge numbers thanks to marketing, nostalgia, and the willingness of fans to buy yet another copy of Star Wars. Will the BD be superior to all the other releases? Undoubtedly, but I stopped buying Star Wars movies after the third time I bought them. He can have his genuinely, and well deserved storied franchise and catalog of mediocrity that followed. I have Netflix.