Chris Snellgrove | Published
Forget Anakin Skywalker… For many Star Wars fans, George Lucas is a real choice. As Disney continues to run Star Wars to the ground, fans are sure that the franchise is the only one who can save it from its melancholy decline. But here is a bigger, bitter truth than any space station. Lucas had already run the franchise to the ground. He was dealing with Star Wars as badly as Disney if he was still in charge.
Perhaps the first real evidence of George Lucas’s fallout was the release of a special edition. At first, Star Wars fans loved to watch the original trilogy in theaters again, but the decline in quality was clear… The flashy CGI replaced the original practical effects, and some cool moments like Han Solo Killing Groeddo were forever ruined by nasty editing. “Forever” is the keyword here. Because only the special editions are sold or streamed, which keep us from the most iconic versions of these films.
The special edition helped to build the hype The Threat of the Phantomthe first film in George Lucas’s highly anticipated prequel trilogy. The film had some of the highlights of a big battle with Darth Mall, but replacing the magic of an old franchise with fart special effects and a barely typical universe rabbit treading into the poop was a major disappointment. The prequel found a younger audience, but for older Star Wars fans, these chaotic and boundary incomprehensible films are evidence of the franchise’s decline, and built on the fact that even bright spots like the Clone Wars cartoons couldn’t tell a good story in the first place.
Now, Disney purchased the franchise from George Lucas in 2012. The sequel trilogy and multiple TV spinoffs failed to make many fans think about Star Wars I wouldn’t do that If it’s not on sale, it’s time to decline. However, Lucas wasted the franchise and established that he was wealthy for 15 years before selling it to Disney (the first special edition was announced in 1997). And what most fans don’t realize is that he was doing some. Crazy Prior to that, the episode cost $40 million per copy, which essentially includes the development of a live-action Star Wars show that destined for the franchise.
That’s true, but something most fans don’t want to admit. If George Lucas hadn’t sold Star Wars to Disney, then the franchise would have completely faded if it wasn’t completely dead. New ideas like the incredibly budgeted live action show prove that Lucas lost what Jedi-like wisdom had made him create the franchise in the first place. Additionally, remember that some of the ideas fans of the Disney-era sequel trilogy were originally developed by Lucas himself, including Luke Skywalker as a hermit teaching precocious young women.
For Star Wars fans who are disappointed by the franchise’s current state, it’s fascinating to think George Lucas has been able to make everything better. But the reality is that he is already beginning to ruin the franchise, and Disney’s own failures show just how well he has learned from the man who took this galaxy far and far. And at this point, if Disney finishes killing it, I hope Star Wars will return as a ghost of fun power.
