George Lucas May Quit Making Movies And It’s All Your Fault, Fanboys

George Lucas May Quit Making Movies And It’s All Your Fault, Fanboys

Nix January 19, 2012

On my list of things to worry about, George Lucas retiring to a life of making small arthouse indie films that only a few dozen people on the east and west coasts will ever see is not exactly at the very top. It’s somewhere between “doing laundry” and “finishing that apple I started last night”. So yes, this revelation that ol George is feeling a bit insulted that so many fanboys on the Interwebs hates his guts for relentlessly and pointlessly tinkering with the “Star Wars” movies does not feel me with sadness.

The whole thing came about during an interview with the New York Times, where George was promoting “Red Tails”, about black fighter pilots during WWII. In the interview, George also unleashed his frustration about his current occupation.

On retiring:

I’m retiring. I’m moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff.

On Internet fanboys:

Why would I make any more, when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are? On the Internet, all those same guys that are complaining I made a change are completely changing the movie,” complained Lucas, referring to online video recuts of his films. “I’m saying: ‘Fine. But my movie, with my name on it, that says I did it, needs to be the way I want it.

He does admit, though, that he might end up making another “Indiana Jones” movies. And of course, there are all those “Star Wars” movies he’s currently converting into 3D and re-releasing in theaters. Yeah, it’ll be a while yet before ol George decides to stop the tinkerin’, it seems, despite what he keeps saying.

FutureJedi

Make great Episodes VII, VIII, and IX and all will be forgiven.
- Kimikaze
  
  I would love to see more Star Wars movies too, and why not a reboot with a whole new story in a different time era like the “The Old Republic” games…
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IRFNO5VKWTH6R3Q3Y3PG4HCLPI Ip Core

Unfortunately, Star Wars has become a joke. Thanks Lucas
http://www.vexxarr.com/ Vexxarr

George, you aren’t a terrible person, you just won’t leave things alone…or step back. Part of being a producer is putting property in hands you trust and letting them drive. I’m loving The Clone Wars TV show for precisely this reason. It’s OK to guide, just don’t micromanage.
Jan W

Dear George Lucas.

Not everyone hates you, and the ones that do should probably get lives of their own.

You do amazing work. So amazing, in fact, that people fall utterly in love with it. Things you love, you dont want to change. Thats just the way it is. Fans dont get to see the work through your eyes, unless they read the “making of..” books, which offers some insight. They wont know the agony and impossible obstacles you had to cross to complete the original SW movie. The staggering number of heartbreaking compromises and disasters, that in the end is Star Wars episode IV..

I was 11 when I saw that, and it bent my mind. Was never the same again, and have carried it with me to this day. As inspiration as well as sheer escapism. So to me, all those imperfections are invisible. There’s a certain atmosphere to the original, that none of the latter movies seem to capture – its so “hand made”, so inventive and impressive, and the look is – to me, anyway – 100% original and completely encompassing.

A shock to learn the truth about the production of this work… Made by the skin of your teeth, through endless opposition and ingnorance, through technical and economical nightmares.. and still you were able to spellbind the entire globe. No small feat.

Looking at the original cinema release, I never feel like something is missing. That being so, I can still appreciate why you “tinker” with the original. I record music, and I know all about the desire to return to earlier stuff, and try to polish it. ….In order to better convey the vision for that track, or simply to try make it sound on par with later recordings, done with better means and more experience. Over time, I’ve had to teach myself to leave well enough alone. Sometimes theres a vibe to an original, that will evaporate if you tinker too much.

Sometimes imperfection can be perfection in itself.

I’d much rather make something new and exciting, than spend my time doing revisions, but thats me. I suppose, if I had a franchise of this magnitude, it would be tempting to tweak and re-release, on a money basis alone.

Tinkering is your right by definition. Writing or re-writing the story is your privilege, and yours alone. You are Star Wars, and we all get to watch if we care to. Haters are gonna hate, but you must remember that these people are much more vocal than the people who actually appreciate what you’re doing. And if anyone wanted to make a popularity contest, I reckon your revenues would speak for themselves.

So, as I said, not everyone hates you mr. Lucas. Far from it. We are many – thousands… Millions, who await your next move with pleasant anticipation. All we wish for, is for you to create something new for us. Perhaps you wont make exactly what we hoped for, but it’s bound to be pretty awesome.

You’ve got the imagination, the means, and the audience is waiting…

Thanks
W
Nicklas Malmqvist

George Lucas destroyed the story in episode 2.
The history of Boba Fett whas totally deferent, the mandalorians was all gone sens 1000 years ago, and they weren’t humans, the real history of him was, a normal guy that become a stormtrooper, but he dident liked the empires ways, he jump t of and become a bountyhunter, and one time he landed on the Planet Mandalorian, and find one special armor of an old alien, and molded it to fit only him. And in the real history, he was the only one with that kind of armor with weapons everyware.
So, Jango Fett cant be a mandalorian warrior. the mustic of the real boba fett is destroyed, and is now just boring…

Thanks George Lucas….