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George Lucas: Milking the Star Wars Cow
George Lucas continues to make more Star Wars movies, even where they’re past their sell by date.
The first three Star Wars movies were phenomenal, marking a revolution in cinema. The movies featured top notch special effects, for their time, and were all excellent action films. They were so amazing, that people often argue which of them deserves to be crowned best movie of all time, not just best Star Wars movie. That’s a true representation of the brilliance of the first three movies.
Much has changed since then, however, but it appears that George Lucas doesn’t really seem to care. He released the new trilogy of movies, episode 1, 2 and 3 at the beginning of the 21st century, but they were all flops compared to how they had been envisaged. That doesn’t seem to have fazes Lucas though, who has been involved in the production of numerous Star Wars games, along with the new Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie. The question is though, if Lucas is simply releasing half-assed attempts at games and movies, purely with the aim of increasing the Star Wars related turnover. It is definitely arguable that the last 3 movies, along with most of the games, only had success because they were under the Star Wars name. It is hard to see any of the movies having been terribly successful if they had been released as standalone movies, or a standalone trilogy.
While most of the movies/games haven’t been bad by normal, everyday standards, they have been incredibly poor in the majority of cases when compared against the original trilogy. The problem, therefore, is whether the newer productions could actually damage and tarnish the Star Wars name. It would be a major pity to see the name of the original trilogy dragged through the mud simply to increase turnover and make Lucas a richer man than he his now.
Unfortunately, it seems as though that is exactly what is happening, and it is a real pity that the original 3 movies could be forgotten under the disappointments of the subsequent movies, cartoon shows and games. Hopefully Lucas will come to his senses soon, and either choose to end the needless tarnishing of the Star Wars brand, or produce something worthy of being referred to as part of the Star Wars world. Hopefully, the original Star Wars can fight back.
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I agree to a point. I think the first three Star Wars movies were great. The Phantom Menace was okay, but I honestly thought something was missing from Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Almost like the actors who played in those two movies didn’t feel realistic, or didn’t have as much emotion.
I like the new weekly series The Clone Wars, though. It’s pretty funny and it has tons of special effects (which are absent from many Star Trek episodes due to production costs).