TubiTV to Host Viewing of The People vs. George Lucas including an online panel debate featuring SWNN’s own Jedi Master Kalu

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Tomorrow night (December 16th), tubiTV will be hosting an event to celebrate this week’s release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by holding a panel discussion and viewing of the 2010 documentary The People vs. George Lucas.  For those who don’t know, The People vs George Lucas is a documentary that focuses on the fanaticism of the Star Wars fans and its impact on our relationship with the creator, George Lucas.  Tubi TV will be live streaming the film, taking questions and giving away prizes!

 

Tubi TV aims to tacked the issues brought up in the film by holding a Q&A with the director of the film as well as an online panel discussion with a group of Star Wars experts featurin none other than Star Wars News Net’s own Freeman Cooper (aka Jedi Master Kalu).

 

So as we all wait for our own opportunity to see The Force Awakens and we’ve run out of first takes and reviews to pass the time, make yourself a bucket of popcorn and tune into Tubi TV for the live stream.  Viewers who submit questions for the panel or the director will also be eligible to win some free prizes.

 

Here is the release from tubiTV:

 

In The People vs George Lucas, Alexandre O. Philippe created a masterful documentary on the tormented Star Wars fan.  The irony is that all of this torment was brought on by the man who created this iconic franchise, George Lucas. Why did the originals have to be replaced, and why didn’t George understand the impact?  Were the prequels created more for kids than the fans who grew up fantasizing about the original trilogy? All great questions that have raged on and were captured so well in Alexandre’s movie.

 

On the heels of the opening for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we at Tubi TV wanted to bring together the largest collection of experts, critics, and fans to finally bring an end to this epic debate. Truth be told, we probably have a better chance of bringing the Star Wars Holiday Special to Tubi TV (that means zero).  But anyway, we still thought it would be awesome to host a live stream of PvsGL on TubiTV.com and have Alexandre answer your questions about the movie and give some behind-the-scenes insights. And we can talk about where the franchise will go now that JJ Abrams is behind the wheel…

 

– Is it possible to make everyone happy with Star Wars 7?
– Could George Lucas have restored this franchise ? Is he capable?
– Can Star Wars 7 become the highest-grossing film of the series? How does the hype compare?
– Ewoks to Jar Jar Binks to…?
– Star Wars vs. Star Trek?

 

We will also have a community of Star Wars experts participating to give their POV about all the Star Wars theories and conspiracies. All of this will happen online (and in San Francisco!) for a no-holds-barred discussion on everything Star Wars and George Lucas!  

 

Please send us your questions that you want to ask Alexandre and the panel now on our Facebook page, on Twitter with #StarWarsChat and @TubiTV, or via email at starwarschat@tubitv.com. Here are the details and we look forward to seeing you in a galaxy far, far away:

 

Date: 12/16/2015, Wednesday
Time: 5pm to 7pm PST
Where:

 

  • Movie live-streaming on TubiTV.com
  • Twitter chat: @TubiTV and #StarWarsChat
  • Periscope: @TubiTV, 4:30pm to 7pm PST

 

Prizing (Any question on Facebook or Twitter with #StarWarsChat and @TubiTV will be entered to win!): 

 

  • Original Unedited Trilogy (Han shoots first!)

  • Han Shot First T-Shirts

  • The Force Awakens Poster

  • The Force Awakens Silk Blanket

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79 thoughts on “TubiTV to Host Viewing of The People vs. George Lucas including an online panel debate featuring SWNN’s own Jedi Master Kalu

  • December 16, 2015 at 12:20 am
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    Seriously!? Posting about this crappy documentary abour self-entitled, irrational and delusional, manchildren on stupid amounts of nerdrage during the week of TFA’s worldwide release? A week that should be about love for all things Star Wars yet you have to spoil the mood by bringing attention to this (something that is five years at that? Geez Rebo, show some class to the fans that visit this site!

    • December 16, 2015 at 12:32 am
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      On a sidenote – and this is going to sound controversial but I don’t care – I’m glad that David Prowse is banned from all Lucasfilm-sponsored events. As much as I appreciate him donning playing Darth Vader (and I respect him for that), he runs his mouth too much, with no filter, and as of late has been acting like a senile old man. I get it that the guy is upset that his voice was replaced with JEJ’s voice starting with ANH – thus starting the bad blood between him and Lucas – but man, this grudge that has been snowballing within him since then (and since ROTJ debuted) has gotten to be too much, to the point where he looks like a child throwing temper tantrums. The worst part about him is that he’s actively trying to seek more attention when he should just accept the little attention he has (ex: a project he’s got going where he’s recording Vader’s lines in his own voice) because let’s face it, even among the hardcore fans, when people think of Vader, most people think of the Vader character itself and the voice, not really the actor playing him inside the suit; he needs to be happy and satisfied with just knowing that fans love the Vader character yet aren’t really thinking about the actor beneath him because let’s face it, any big dude could’ve donned the black suit (that said, he has the right to bring awareness that he plaved the character but just leave it at that).

      Maybe one day LFL can lift the ban on him but it should be once he finally calms down and is less outspoken of thing within LFL (because let’s face it, it looks hypocritical of him representing LFL at a convention yet continue to trash things and individuals from LFL).

  • December 16, 2015 at 12:21 am
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    Leave….the Man…..alone!

    It’s over, you have no reason to shit on him anymore.

  • December 16, 2015 at 12:36 am
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    Yeah I think we should leave the guy alone. He clearly disappointed a considerable amount of superfans with some of his movies, so what? Does that make him a “foe” to some people? Would these people give him mean looks and flip the bird if they saw him in the street?

    I just hope we can all respect Lucas, as a person at least, regardless of whether we like or dislike some of his movies. I’m not against discussing his movies at all, but discussing him as if he’s on trial or something kinda irks me.

    • December 16, 2015 at 12:45 am
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      First world problems bro. To a T

      • December 16, 2015 at 12:51 am
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        If JJ’s movie stinks, I’ll get over it. I won’t be raging for decades. At least there are other star wars movies/shows/books I like. This is literally one of those moments where people need to step back and remind themselves that it’s a movie

    • December 16, 2015 at 12:47 am
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      He refused to release the original unaltered trilogy, so showing him as the “enemy” does make sense for a lot of people.

      • December 16, 2015 at 12:54 am
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        I’m sorry but that sounds extremely entitled. That makes him an enemy? He didn’t say anything about your mom, or call his fans stupid, or anything like that. He wouldn’t release original unaltered content, so now he’s the enemy. I feel like that’s taking the series too seriously.

        • December 16, 2015 at 2:39 am
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          Fans kept on asking for them, and he basically told them to stop whining. In the words of Harry S. Plinkett,

          “Good, Mr. Lucas! It’s great to show contempt for your audience! Just ask Michael Bay!”

          • December 16, 2015 at 3:06 am
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            If he kept on refusing or not giving them what they wanted and people were getting frustrated with him, then I almost don’t blame him. He clearly values the altered versions much more than the unaltered ones. If he said “stop whining” or anything near as rude-sounding as that then that’s just wrong and indefensible. If he said something like, “I like these versions much better, this helps to complete the story I wanted to tell and fulfills my artistic vision and I hope and wish people would appreciate that,” then I don’t blame him at all.

            Having said that, if it were me I’d just release both, because it’s what the fans want.

          • December 16, 2015 at 3:30 am
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            “Having said that, if it were me I’d just release both, because it’s what the fans want.”

            especially since they already did it once in ’04 with the dvd box set. put them both out and let the masses choose, he’d make money either way.

    • December 16, 2015 at 12:57 am
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      People that continue to complain about GL year after year are like scorn lovers who still can’t get over their ex even years after they broke up; at some point they should’ve dropped it, let it go and move on.

      Look folks, because he decided to retire and sell the company, we’re getting new Star Wars movies. Let’s be happy about that at least.

    • December 16, 2015 at 1:23 am
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      Well, it goes beyond making 3 craptacular movies. The bigger problem that makes people view Lucas negatively is his handling of the Original trilogy, such as the following:

      *Throwing out Oscar-winning and painstakingly-crafted elements from classic films.

      *Constantly altering classic films in negative ways.

      *Altering two classic films whose directors cannot give consent or input because they are deceased.

      *Refusing to release original versions of classic films to the Library of Congress or to optimal home-viewing formats.

      • December 16, 2015 at 1:29 am
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        So basically it’s nerdrage and people being upset because he didn’t release what they wanted. That literally doesn’t change my position at all, that sounds very entitled and people need to move on and stop taking this stuff so seriously

        • December 16, 2015 at 1:33 am
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          The problem is, Lucas is the one who stood in front of Congress and argued against colorization of classic films and stated they should be preserved in their original forms.

          And then he refused to allow the original theatrical versions of the trilogy to ever be made legally available. That’s why many people don’t take his side on this anymore.

          • December 16, 2015 at 1:52 am
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            I hear you on that, I do agree that he should’ve handled this better and made it available. I also think people are taking it too seriously though, that’s my honest opinion.

          • December 16, 2015 at 2:08 am
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            What’s wrong with that analogy is that the people who created the films that were being colorized had no say in the matter. It was people like Ted Turner who wanted to colorize Citizen Kane, not Orson Welles.

            Lucas was the one who said that the special edition versions were the definitive editions of the film, and it was his call that they be the only version made available.

            And I understand why he’d do this. Even if fans got the originals, which version would they want?

            Would they want the originals completely unaltered? Even with the black bars around the Tie Fighters, the six track audio, and 1977 color timing?

            Or maybe they’d want the 1985 digital audio, with the 1993 color timing and R2 being captured by the Jawas at night.

            Or maybe they’d want a new transfer, with the 2004 5.1 audio mix of A New Hope, and the time compression from the laser disk era.

            Any film that is as popular as Star Wars is going to go through various changes over the years, even without all the additions that Lucas added to them.

            Changes in technology and sound and picture mean that the film would need to be upgraded at some level from its original version.

            So which version should we get? Will it be like Blade Runner where we have like, seven different editions of Star Wars.

            Personally, I like that Lucas removed any controversy and created a definitive version of the films.

          • December 16, 2015 at 5:23 am
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            Changes in tech and effects are not what people complained about. Not at all.

          • December 16, 2015 at 12:31 pm
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            Changes in tech and effects were everything people complained about.

          • December 16, 2015 at 1:40 pm
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            No, they weren’t.

            Han’s removable head. Useless Jabba scene. Changing the scene in Jabba’s Palace. Changing the entire feel of Mos Eisley into a huge bustling city rather than a John Ford frontier outpost. The Ewok song. Little Shop of Horrific Sarlaac.

        • December 16, 2015 at 1:34 am
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          How is it “nerd rage” to ask that classic pieces of cinema recognized as such by Congress be preserved in their original state, and the award-winning, artistic contributions to those films be preserved instead of discarded or badly altered? No, it’s not nerd rage, it’s having an appreciation for the art and craft of cinema and the need to preserve it for the enjoyment of future generations.

          • December 16, 2015 at 1:47 am
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            It’s nerdrage because your need to preserve it for future generations is what makes you rage out at lucas. That’s what makes it nerdrage.

            I’m fine with people feeling how you feel, but taking it as seriously as you do is the problem. To the point where he’s the enemy and we need to “expose” him.

            If I made something, and people loved it, but then I made some changes to it that people didn’t love without preserving the original copy, then people considered me the enemy I just might tell those people to get over themselves. I’d thank them for liking my work, but remind them that it’s mine and that they should go look for a copy of my originals out there somewhere if they can find it but I like this work how it is now. And if people wouldn’t leave me alone about it I’d be strangely flattered but moreso disappointed.

          • December 16, 2015 at 1:58 am
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            First of all, you throw around the word “rage” lightly. Rage does not mean simply disliking the decisions someone has made regarding a series of movies. There’s a clear difference between hate and criticism, and a difference between rage and disapproval.

            Secondly, George Lucas did not make those films by himself. It was the collaborative effort of hundreds of talented artists, performers and craftspeople. Several of which were honored for their work with awards. The problem is that you disrespect the work and effort of those people when you remove their contributions from the film and alter them considerably and negatively. Artistic integrity is an important thing to a lot of people, even if you don’t think it’s a big deal, it is.

          • December 16, 2015 at 2:09 am
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            By nerdrage I mean people who would consider GL a “foe” or an “enemy” when they think about him, because he wouldn’t release the unaltered versions of whatever (who had no part in the making of the film, to be clear). Like I said I have no problem with people that desire the unaltered versions and are disappointed that he didn’t release them.

            I understand your second point, and I feel for people who worked on the project but feel like their contribution was discarded or forgotten about. I wish GL had at least spoken to them about it before making the changes. If he did speak to them about it, then I think he did what needed to be done before altering the films. If he didn’t, then he should’ve and that’s definitely an error on his part.

  • December 16, 2015 at 1:06 am
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    Even as someone who is not too fond of the prequels, I have hoped that we will leave all this behind us. Lucas moved on and the fans should do that too.

    The Wars have the future, why look in the past? Why bring all that negativity back into fandom when we should all just enjoy ourselves right now? Let Lucas live his life in peace and let us enjoy the Wars. In my humble opinion, this is completely needless.

    • December 16, 2015 at 1:38 am
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      exactly. disney has basically promised us new movies every year until we grow sick of em, that is what we should be focusing on and celebrating.

  • December 16, 2015 at 1:10 am
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    Is it the week for this?

    I am one of those who openly criticises the prequels in fan circles such as this one, but never liked this film and those people who take it personally with George, like they have raped their childhoods.

    I don’t like many of the changes he did in the originals, yet Star Wars is not mine. It’s not because you decided to spend your money on plastic toys that all of a sudden you own George Lucas and his creation.

    I can celebrate that KK and JJ took over and that (probably) I’m getting back the excitement of those original films, but I won’t whine like a little girl whose brother stole the teddy bear. It’s just ridiculous. Star Wars is not yours.

    Presenting this film this special week, is nothing but prolongate the egocentrism of the people who appears in it.

    • December 16, 2015 at 1:29 am
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      I kind of disagree. You actually own Star Wars. We all do. When you release any kind of art out to the world, you give it away. You might have the legal right to the work, and you have the right to charge for it, but you dont own it inn that sense that you can take it away from anyone. The experience, and the influence a work of art has on its audience is something you never can own. And if you fu** with peoples memories and belonging to the piece, you will hear it. And Lucas did, rightfully.
      By The Mona Lisa, and draw a mustard on her, and you will understand.

      • December 16, 2015 at 1:39 am
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        You own the art, you make it yours. The artist is not yours AT ALL.

        If you like the unaltered trilogy, pick up your VHS tapes. That’s what you own, things you have bought and memories.

        • December 16, 2015 at 8:13 am
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          That goes without saying. Nobody owns the artist.

    • December 16, 2015 at 2:18 am
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      Lucas forgot that film is a COLLABORATIVE process and bought the hype that he was responsible for the success of the saga when Williams, McQuarrie, Kasdan, Kershner had a major part of making it happen. It’s not very different from a despot’s way of thinking. The money clearly corrupted him much like power did with Anakin.

  • December 16, 2015 at 1:11 am
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    Its a great documentary.

    And I’m pretty sure most of the board hasn’t seen it, but should.

    • December 16, 2015 at 1:29 am
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      i hadn’t even heard of it until now.

      • December 16, 2015 at 1:35 am
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        It was made in 2011 – theres a copy with a bit of a sound problem on YouTube somewhere.

        It’s a very balanced and nuanced documentary that I bet most posters here did not see, judging by the comments so far.

  • December 16, 2015 at 1:13 am
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    I hated the prequels and have seen the documentary but can please f’ing move on already.

  • December 16, 2015 at 1:32 am
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    I don’t hate him or wish him any ill will. He just frustrates me sometimes. I don’t think I’ve ever seen/read/heard him take any accountability. It’s all our faults.

    So with that… I’m glad he was able to actually give up his baby to another company. That actually raised my respect for him. That’s got to be hard for anyone.

    • December 16, 2015 at 2:16 am
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      It’s why being a Taurus is a deal breaker for me when it comes to dating. It’s pretty much impossible to admit fault or take responsibility for anything no matter how wrong they are.

  • December 16, 2015 at 1:33 am
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    i’ve disagreed with a lot of what lucas has done post RoJ, but i do understand it was his property and he could do what he wanted. i just wish he would have been a little more…sensitive to his fan base instead of giving them the finger multiple times. but i think after the divorce we can all step back and appreciate what he did overall and thank him for letting others take a crack at it instead of locking it up in a vault somewhere.

  • December 16, 2015 at 1:37 am
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    to all the folk criticizing lucas, your solutions are:

    1) if you don’t enjoy the prequel films, DON’T WATCH THEM. no one has forced you to watch those films. you cannot criticize someone for making films for THEIR own pleasure. if you’d like star wars films that satisfy you, make your own.

    2) if you’re that obsessed with having the unaltered versions of the films, track down the VHS versions that are unaltered. there ARE versions of those films on sale; don’t whine because you can’t have them on precious blu-ray.

    this is genuinely the epitome of first-world nerd scum.

    • December 16, 2015 at 1:43 am
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      You’re not wrong about the PT as that’s exactly what I have done. You are wrong in chiding people for wanting a clean Blu-ray version of the originals.

      I mean there are so many reasons to want that including historical purposes. People complaining about the complainers are actually starting to become a problem all their own 😛

      It’s starts a vicious cycle! I mean I’m complaining about you complaining about complainers. It’s complainception!

      • December 16, 2015 at 2:11 am
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        The thing that galls me about them not being available is the hypocritical stance Lucas has where he was against all the un-necessary colorization of classic b&w films in the 90’s by dumbass Ted Turner yet he’s altered the OT nearly a dozen times and as said, We only have the original editions in VHS format and it’s 2015!

        • December 16, 2015 at 2:20 am
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          But Star Wars is his thing, it’s not other’s movies like the classic films they colored.

          For me it’s basically this: “It’s fine, George! stop altering them, the films are great as they are” rather than “you motherf*cker better bring back my films”

          • December 16, 2015 at 6:21 am
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            He’s always been hypocritical about being a filmaker as he did nothing but bitch about the fans during the PT how they were keeping him from doing “edgy, independent films that no one would want to see”. So he makes Red Tails and Strange Magic which both suck and then blames their lack of success on racism and the internet.

            He also always said the franchise was his baby and no one else could touch it then sells it off for a pretty 4 billion. He stopped being a film maker and become a corporate mogul sometime in the 80’s after Jedi.

            I always found it ironic that he he would openly bash the shameless and greedy capitalist billionaire he became in he end. When all is said and done he will be remembered for his early work as a technological innovator and not the great storyteller the media built him into.

          • December 16, 2015 at 6:22 am
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            I honestly think he abandoned this series when he was offended that Gary Kurtz and Kershner allowed Empire to go over-budget. Then he just decided to wrap it up and move on…..to Howard the Duck.

          • December 16, 2015 at 6:35 am
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            I’ll never forget him saying “it doesn’t have to be that good” which pretty much says it all. Didn’t Kurtz’s The Dark Crystal go over budget and flop too? The difference is that it still holds up today and is actually beautiful to look at.

          • December 16, 2015 at 9:11 am
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            Point of order – He only lent his name as executive producer to Howard, after the film was mostly complete, as a favor to the Huycks so a nervous the studio would agree to let Willard finish the movie when they were threatening to take it out of his hands. Lucas had absolutely nothing to do with the film creatively, so it’s a bit galling to constantly see him take the blame for it when all he’s guilty of is offering to use his name to help an old friend.

    • December 16, 2015 at 1:45 am
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      I think there’s a fine line between criticizing the prequels and complaining about George Lucas as if he stole you something. It’s an important difference. I think people have the right to openly express they don’t like the prequels or the Special Editions, yet 40 year old crying like brats in their dormitory it’s another thing.

    • December 16, 2015 at 1:50 am
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      There are blu ray quality restorations of the originals available, too. Some faneditors color graded the blu rays to look like the originals and painstakingly restored various scenes to look like they originally did (sarlac pit without the beak, etc)

  • December 16, 2015 at 1:50 am
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    I don’t know for sure, but my guess is that Luke is Snoke. Dukoo was a good guy that become bad in the prequels, Vader was a good guy that was bad in the originals, so there must be someone in Star Wars VII that was good and became bad. I think it’s Luke, but I guess I’ll find out on the 17th.

    • December 16, 2015 at 1:51 am
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      andy serkis is snoke.

      • December 16, 2015 at 1:55 am
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        Andy Serkins is an actor, not a character. His character is Luke, and mark Hamilton plays Luke’s voice. That’s what I’ve deduced.

        • December 16, 2015 at 1:57 am
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          hamilton? you mean linda hamilton? 😉

          • December 16, 2015 at 5:25 am
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            Sarah Conner surely did go a bit dark side, trying to kill Miles Dyson that one time.

    • December 16, 2015 at 2:37 am
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      Troll.

    • December 16, 2015 at 3:00 am
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      snoke is not luke

      • December 16, 2015 at 3:17 am
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        no spoilers please.

        • December 17, 2015 at 9:29 am
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          Hardly a spoiler??, Ben solo (kylo wren) killing his own father that’s a spoiler

      • December 16, 2015 at 4:07 am
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        Where did this image come from?

        • December 17, 2015 at 9:28 am
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          Just type snoke on Google

  • December 16, 2015 at 1:51 am
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    I used to think world war 3 would break out over the George Lucas disputes. However, I later realised it would come to nothing as the two sides would sub-dived over what colour the uniforms should be and whether they had to be 501st approved.

  • December 16, 2015 at 1:54 am
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    I remember watching this film on Netflix a few years back. As a hardcore Star Wars fan, I felt embarrassed afterwards… Because the fans displayed in this film threw tantrums in the way a 5 year old would, and the claims that “George Lucas raped my childhood,” we’re utter nonsense. While I question certain decisions and changes George Lucas has made over the years, if not for him, Star Wars wouldn’t be such a large part of my childhood to begin with.

    • December 16, 2015 at 2:38 am
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      Did anyone else notice how mad lucas was at the premiere it seemed like he was there just to save face anyway i feel sorry for george he fucked up with the prequels i love george and i feel sorry for him with all his billions he can’t win back all the fans that made him so wealthy

  • December 16, 2015 at 2:11 am
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    So this sealed it for me. Can’t wait until tomorrow.

    • December 16, 2015 at 2:14 am
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      i should point out he thought star trek V was a good movie as well. 😉

      • December 16, 2015 at 2:15 am
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        I’ll take V over the shit fest that the new Trek looks to be and the last one as well.

        • December 16, 2015 at 2:16 am
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          hey now, those first two “shit fests” were directed by our new lord and savior JJ. 😉

          • December 16, 2015 at 2:22 am
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            I think V could have been one of the best of all time had Shatner not been the director, There were some great ideas there but he had no clue what he was doing having never directed a film before. DeForest Kelly did some of his best work though he wasn’t given much.

          • December 16, 2015 at 2:34 am
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            yes the scene where spock and mccoy saw their deepest fears and pain was great as was kirk’s mini speech about how his pain made him who he was. but the rest is total fluff and cheese. or flies in the face of established canon(spock’s brother which comes totally out of left field). not sure if nimoy himself could have saved that movie.

          • December 16, 2015 at 6:30 am
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            I liked the idea of them meeting the real “God” and not an imposter but Roddenberry was adamently against it and you can imagine the backlash if they did that considering we live in an enlightened time where you can get killed for such an offense. Star Trek 3 was no masterpiece either but Nimoy could probably have secured an actual budget rather than something that looked like it was a TV film on par with the Ewok Adventures.

        • December 16, 2015 at 2:27 am
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          i could never finish watching STV (always fell asleep) but I watched all the prequels from beginning to end I was disappointed with tpm but i went to the theatre and watched it 4 times and convinced myself that the visuals out did the dialog anyway i still love Lucas he gave me Star Wars

          • December 16, 2015 at 6:32 am
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            I thin Roddenberry suffered from the same creative mental disease Lucas got later in life where they started to believe in their own hype. As younger men, Their creativity was unparralleled but it just got sad at the end where they wound up being rejected by their own fanbase.

      • December 16, 2015 at 2:22 am
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        Star Trek V, ouch.

  • December 16, 2015 at 2:14 am
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    Much like a President, I think Lucas would shut up a lot of his detractors if he just admitted that he made some mistakes in the last 20 years or so. It only encourages them when he backtracks, becomes defensive, or tries to justify his most insane or unpopular decisions such as having Greedo aim at a wall when trying to kill Han Solo when Stevie Wonder could have hit him at that distance.

  • December 16, 2015 at 5:29 am
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    Second thought: ‘Friend or Foe’ is probably not the best title for this lol

    ‘Overrated’ maybe?

  • December 16, 2015 at 6:24 am
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    I’m still interested in the overall story George Lucas wanted to tell, and am afraid Disney is going off on a tangent.

    Although Lucas had significant help on the screenplays for the Original Trilogy, the core of his concepts and his basic outline was still there. The Prequel Trilogy had sound concepts, just the execution can be argued to be bad, and Lucas himself has repeatedly stated that he doesn’t really like writing. Had he allowed other writers to take his Prequel outlines and flesh them out, they may have been just as good if not better than the originals. And Lucas was really great at art direction for all of the films.

    I’m hoping Lucas’ basic outline/concepts still are a part of the overall storyline. It’s okay if other writers flesh out those details.

    But there seems to be conflicting reports on this, with Lucas and others saying that Disney is doing their own thing entirely, and Ford recently saying that Lucas’ basic ideas are still there. Not sure what to believe, but I hope Lucas still has some input, not matter how small.

    • December 16, 2015 at 6:28 am
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      It’s not one or the other. Overall Disney is doing what they think is best, but the original feeling and vision is still there. Lucas however isn’t worried, he himself said that the franchise was in good hands.

      • December 17, 2015 at 3:39 am
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        Lucas also said that Disney was going it’s own way. It’s not just the overall vision I’m concerned with. It’s the core of the outline of the story that George Lucas had planned. If Disney discarded that and opted to go entirely their own way, then I’m not sure how interested in future films I’ll be.

  • December 16, 2015 at 6:37 am
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    I don’t get this, it seems like everyone is happy about the new movie and somehow that gets channeled into more George bashing. We’ve all seen the People vs George Lucas, why bring all that shit up again right now? The guy sold the rights to his creation in part because of these same fans that praise him one minute and tear him down the next. I didn’t like Phantom menace, but it’s cannon, it was his vision, it is what it is. I liked episode two and three but even if I hadn’t, bitching wouldn’t make it go away. Same thing with the special editions, that things that were changed were mostly for the good, yes, I could do without a lizards ass in the way when we get to tatooine in a new hope, but big deal it’s not that big of an issue. The story is still the same, the feel is the same and the outcome is the same. On the plus side it looks amazing and I can appreciate certain things even more. The guy is out of the picture, he is gone, he will not longer have anything to do with the cinematic universe or the EU of Star Wars. Just fucking let him be already.

  • December 16, 2015 at 6:55 am
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    hes a film maker , some people didnt like some of his films and instead of just not going to see them or buy the dvds theyve instead decided to actively hate him and this hate has become as big and as profitable as the first star ears film/ theryre only films ,should artists only do what the public wants from them ? thats how x factor came about.

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