14 Star Wars Moments George Lucas Wanted You To Forget

8. His Fundamental Inability To Evolve His Own Ideas Satisfactorily

Despite the fact that Lucas is quick to defend his changes to Star Wars as the fundamental rights of the creator, his scrabbling, perpetual post-release editing felt a lot like the never-content tinkering of an artist who doesn't quite have the skills to match his imagination. What Lucas never seemed to acknowledge - particularly when it came to the prequel trilogy - is that he actually needed the help of other film-makers, because he wasn't able to remove himself from his attachment to the original idea. That's why the films that he didn't direct are the best of the Star Wars franchise, and perhaps why the closest thing anyone has ever got to an admission of guilt for the comparative failure of the prequel trilogy was a simple, whispered bit of advice to Simon Pegg, as quoted in his book, Nerd Do Well:

"Just don't suddenly find yourself making the same film you made thirty years ago."