Star Wars: 10 Reasons George Lucas Is Still A Genius

8. At Heart, He€™s A Romantic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUM-4jbTybw When George Lucas talks about the influences of Star Wars, he speaks about classic adventures, like Errol Flynn€™s Robin Hood and space fantasies like Buck Rogers. In these stories, heroes had honor and chivalry ruled the day. Star Wars brought that back to the movies in 1977; at a time when gritty realism dominated Hollywood, George Lucas made a movie about the primordial theme of good vs. evil. He read the tealeaves and gave people what they didn€™t know they wanted. That€™s pretty genius in my book.