George Lucas Follows Heart Back To More "Star Wars"

FUTURE generations will never need to establish a George Lucas museum, because George Lucas has already built one for himself. On either side of the Golden Gate Bridge he has constructed himself two temples where "Star Wars" is made and worshiped: at his Skywalker Ranch in Marin County and his newer office complex, the Letterman Digital Arts Center at the Presidio, he has gathered all manner of relics honoring his six-film saga, from the imposing (life-size replicas of the villains Darth Vader and Boba Fett) to the self-congratulatory (a Yoda fountain) to the self-deprecating (a carbonite block encasing the much loathed Jar Jar Binks).

Like religious shrines, these buildings both consecrate and confine the man for whom they were built.

Using the freedom and the fortune he has amassed largely on the astronomical success of "Star Wars," Mr. Lucas has accumulated unparalleled creative resources; his next film could be anything from a sweeping epic to one of the intimate personal narratives he has often said he would like to make. Instead his next two ventures will be "Star Wars" projects, no less ambitious than his previous films yet potentially less commercial. And they come at a time when even the "Star Wars" faithful wonder if Mr. Lucas's continued mining of this fantasy world has anything more to yield.

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[CRX]

"Imagination is more valuable than knowledge" ...Albert Einstein

[Eric8869]

He started believing his own press long ago and it's cost him in the talent area.

Star Wars was a fun rollicking film filled with saracstic pilots, fussy robots and an agressive powerful princess. Now his star wars films are people sitting in chairs talking very seriously. He totally lost the "fun" of the series and took himself and the franchise too serious.

[Helzapoppin]

After the travesty that was the second trilogy and what he just did to Indiana Jones, Lucas shouldn't be allowed to make another movie for the rest of his life.

[Agentlady007]

He should bring back Han, and Luke and Lea and Yoda. I use to think his name was Hans Solo.

[Agentlady007]

I think he is amazing, and he knows he won't live forever, and no one will be able to tell these stories the way he does. So keep going George. Keep writing. They really are the most outstanding movies of all time.

[strifeknot]

George Lucas follows his wallet back to the side of the bread which he knows to be buttered.

The philistines will lap it up.

[richmc]

If this megalomaniac wants to impress me, he should give Mark Hamlin and Carry fisher about $25 mill a piece. He. oughta take better care of his people. He's a one trick pony phoney baloney

[LintLass]

Yay. I'll be happy to see more. :)

[Condi]

The cartoon will be better-acted than the "prequels." The current Indiana Jones film is a bore. Lucas lost it long ago. It's not coming back.

[puffhost]

Lucas is a God, but the new trilogy sucked. I can (almost) live with Jar Jar, but Hayden C. as Annakin really ruined such a great concept. He butchered his character's development and came across as a whiny baby. "But I'M the chosen one!" What a loser. I will never watch anything else he does.

[LeaveArtieAlone]

"I can (almost) live with Jar Jar,....."

WOW, you are better than me, I HATED Jar Jar!!!

[thegreatgiginthesky]

I agree, Jar Jar should have been squashed at the end of the first movie.

[quoveritas]

These negative comments sound like they're coming from hollywood studio hacks that are still bitter about the guy who beat the system at its own game. LOL!

George is legendary and inspirational to all real independent filmmakers who dread having to go through the corrupt hollywood distribution system. It's no wonder the real innovators and cinematic mavericks leave LA the first chance they get ( George Lucas - NorCal, Robert Redford - Utah, Robert Rodriguez - Texas, Terry Gilliam - England, Francis Ford Coppola - NorCal etc...).

As for the Star Wars legacy - let it grow! George is our generations Tolkein and Asimov all in one! In my book, he can do no wrong.

[jrb35]

He can do no wrong in your book?

He did wrong with Episode I in a big way. Jar-Jar Binks? The Force is just a virus in your blood that can be measured with a scanner? Are you f--king kidding me?

I was 5 when Star Wars came out in '77 and it was the biggest thing in my life for many many years. But I knew at the tender age of 11 that he sold out his vision when he decided to "go cute" and have Ewoks beat up Storm Troopers. Call me a nerd if you will, but that was the beginning of the end.

[Soundofthunder]

After the last three soul-sucking disappointments, Just Say No to Star Wars, George!

I had high hopes for the trilogy preceding A New Hope. Nope. There were bad, and that's the straight dope.

SOT

[provgrays]

The world doesn't need another Star Wars film.

When you see fully costumed armies of Star Wars geeks emerging from their mother's basements for another quick march to the megaplex, the sight bodes ill for the future of the species.

Where is Triumph The Insult Comic Dog when you need him?

[MrWampler]

Best. Skit. Ever.

[Gasparilla]

The originals were entertaining. The latest three not so much. Hopefully he can make something better.

[SouthJerseySteve]

I can't wait to see the next Star Wars movie: Return of the Jedi Knights who seek the Love Guru.

[sf101]

The bottom line of course is money. He became free of the corporate paycheck a long time ago. So good for him and go for it.