Star Wars Episode 7

*pennydreadful* · 05-18-2014, 09:36 PM

Unpopular opinion time here, but I personally feel that a big part of Lucas' success came down to the fact that he kept company with some very good filmmakers (specifically, Coppola and Spielberg), who gave him invaluable feedback regarding Episode IV.

For anyone who's read The Secret History of Star Wars, it becomes fairly evident that a large degree of his success hinged upon the creative input of other people - in particular, his first wife.

Lucas made some impressive strides in the SFX field and the man deserves props for that, but I feel that he gets a lot of undeserved credit. Being given free creative reign and not being held back by the limitations of modern SFX definitely showed (IMO) that he's not the master storyteller that the OT would indicate.

05-18-2014, 09:36 PM	#11
pennydreadful trash Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Australia Posts: 4,546	Unpopular opinion time here, but I personally feel that a big part of Lucas' success came down to the fact that he kept company with some very good filmmakers (specifically, Coppola and Spielberg), who gave him invaluable feedback regarding Episode IV. For anyone who's read The Secret History of Star Wars, it becomes fairly evident that a large degree of his success hinged upon the creative input of other people - in particular, his first wife. Lucas made some impressive strides in the SFX field and the man deserves props for that, but I feel that he gets a lot of undeserved credit. Being given free creative reign and not being held back by the limitations of modern SFX definitely showed (IMO) that he's not the master storyteller that the OT would indicate.