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George Lucas Announces Retirement
George Lucas; two words that conjure intensely passionate feelings from two differing camps. There are those who still revere the man who gave us 'Star Wars,' and there are those who revile the man who tarnished the trilogy and unleashed the prequels upon the world. Now it seems as if this controversial geek icon is ready to call it quits. In a recent interview with Empire, fittingly enough, Lucas announced his retirement. Here's what he had to say...
"I'm moving away from the company, I'm moving away from all my businesses, I'm finishing all my obligations and I'm going to retire to my garage with my saw and hammer and build hobby movies. I've always wanted to make movies that were more experimental in nature, and not have to worry about them showing in movie theaters."
Hobby movies? Does that mean they will be devoid of CG characters and digital emptiness? Is he prepping another 'THX 1138?' To be fair, I really hope Lucas is sincere about this retirement and this new found interest in making movies in his garage, as creepy as that initially sounded. Perhaps the key to unlocking the Lucas we used to love is to remove ginormous budgets from the filmmaking equation. I love the original 'Star Wars' deeply, and I freely admit that his actions over the last fifteen years or so have transformed me into a Lucas detractor. However, I still hold out hope that the artist locked away inside the businessman can be salvaged; like Luke trying to make Vader remember his humanity at the end of 'Return of the Jedi.' If he is serious about this retirement, and about returning to small, experimental films, I wish him well.
What do you guys think? Do you believe Lucas is really retiring? If he is, how do you feel about him hanging up his spurs?
Source: Empire
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Tags: George, Lucas, Star Wars, announcement, experimental, films, garage, interview, quitting, retirement
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Comment by Jordan Hoffman on June 4, 2012 at 4:41pm -
@stalksthemoon
My sentiments exactly! I don't think I could've put it as perfect as you did just there.
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Comment by The Phenomenal One on June 4, 2012 at 1:20am -
Just go George, Just go
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Comment by CBright7831 on June 3, 2012 at 9:15pm
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He did this back February too. Jeez, George, we get it. You're done. Go now.
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Comment by stalksthemoon on June 3, 2012 at 5:16pm -
@Jordon, you're not alone man, I find it very annoying as well listening to grown adults talk about the prequels. I see far worse movies then the prequels every year that no body whines anywhere near this much about. I get it, people have their nostalgia glasses on, It's Star Wars, that's the only reason there's strong feeling on these movies one way or the other. In truth, for me anyway, looking at the prequels logically they are simply average blockbuster fair, neither deserving or great praise and the ridiculous amount of ridicule they get. Yes, expectations from fanboys were too high, there's no other reason three average films would be called some of the worst films ever made. I'm sorry, but if anyone calls the prequels some of the worst films they've ever seen they haven't seen enough movies. Most years I see at least one blockbuster during the summer that I would say is worse then any SW prequel film.
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Comment by Johnny Wadd on June 3, 2012 at 7:23am -
Point where Lucas touch you.
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Comment by john razzell on June 2, 2012 at 9:49pm -
YYAAAAYY and/or fuck that guy who gave me my childhood
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Comment by Combat Marshmallow on June 2, 2012 at 4:10pm -
If he's really stepping away, maybe the next person in line can release original prints of the original trilogy.
But I'll believe it when I see it.
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Comment by Gift of the Magi on June 2, 2012 at 11:55am -
@Jordan: You think this is the only franchise 'bitched' about year after year? You should see some of the Highlander arguments I've had at cons...
In counterpoint, I have talked to plenty of non-diehard fans that found the Prequels absolute crap. In a few cases, it was forcing them to watch the Originals that made them realize WHY anyone liked this series. The characters are absolutely wooden, the dialogue is TERRIBLE, the plots garbage and worst of all....the main point of the series (to show the turning of Anakin into Vader) was so horribly handled that he comes off as a titanic whining bitch. The infamous 'NNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!' scene is the cap of crap that buries the Prequels into the annals of the stupid.Do I think they deserve the hate? Yup. This was the laziest of film-making, and the most banal. They spent so much time trying to impress us with special effects that they never ONCE tried to make a decent story or characters. Even as standardized and cartoonish as the Original characters were, they were at least fun, snarky, snappy and a delight to watch. The Prequel characters have the personalities of an Excel spreadsheet. A blank one.
Friend, I wrote a better script than Phantom Menace in an improv discussion at a con a few years ago over the course of about 30 minutes...good enough that two Prequel fans PREFERRED IT over the original story. It wasn't hard. THAT should tell you just how lazy those films were. Almost ANYONE could have done better. Lucas never tried. He just made something to market. Period. And he STILL insists that the films were better than the Originals.
So yeah, he deserves the hate and boos. He deserves the slings and arrows. He deserves my foot in his ass.
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Comment by Boatloads1017 on June 2, 2012 at 12:22am -
You're about 20 years late, Georgey Boy.
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Comment by Peter Parqa on June 2, 2012 at 12:15am -
He lived long enough to see himself become the villain.
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