Originally posted by ScottRC
Did Lucas really have anything to do with the 1st two? They were nothing like the original 3. A agree with everyone, too much cute, characters were too polished and had no personality (they even made Yoda boring) chase scenes too long, too much CG, followed by minutes of silent boredom. Sounds like a Rick Berman Star Trek episode eh?
Anyway, I hope Lucas fired all his current staff and dusted off the old recipe book he used to make the first movies and I hope he ends with another history maker.
At least I get more x-wings.
Actually, it's the reverse, Scott.
Lucas wrote and directed the original Star Wars himself, but he hired other directors to do Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kirshner) and Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand). Also, he had scriptwriting help on those two (Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan on ESB, Kasdan on RotJ).
When he decided to do the prequels, he decided he wanted to do it all himself once again. So, he's the director again, and the primary writer (although Jonathan Hales assisted on the Attack of the Clones script). If you watch the "Empire of Dreams" documentary that comes with the Original Trilogy DVD set, you'll see some of the actors commenting on his deficiencies as a director (about the only direction he ever seems to give the actors is "faster, more intense") and as a scriptwriter ("George, you can type this stuff, but you can't say it.")
IMO, the biggest problem with the prequels is George following his own personal vision on the movies, and having less input from others.
