6. It Represents Defeat
George Lucas was supposedly so traumatised by the studio system after Universals meddling in 1973s American Graffiti that he subsequently made it his lifes mission to fly in the face of Hollywood. He was the cinematic equivalent of a rock star; a rebel
with a cause. This is undoubtedly one of the many reasons the original Star Wars moviesdid so well Lucas was so insistent on going against the Hollywood grain of safe bets and repetition (a grain that still unfortunately exists today) that Star Wars ultimately represented something quite unlike anything that had come before it. So what happened, I ask you? That very same studio system that Lucas once fought so vehemently to oppose has now essentially acquired Lucas' legacy and promises (probably) to turn it into the very drivel that traumatised the man in the first place. As Darth Vader would say, the circle is complete. And
that is depressing; a bad taste in my mouth even before my bum hits the theatre seat.