Pages Tagged “George Lucas”
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- How The Hobbit Will (and Won’t) be Like the Star Wars Prequels
A visionary director returns to his high-profile trilogy years later with a prequel in which some of the same characters establish key elements of the original backstory. Hmm….
- Revise & Rewrite: George Lucas and Young Indy
The opening of Young Indiana Jones Chronicles really suffers from the series being reedited from hourlong shows into two-hour ‘movies.’
- Dear George: Why I’m not buying the Star Wars Limited Edition DVDs
I already own the DVD edition of Star Wars, and what I want from the theatrical edition is the original substance *with* the remastering you did in 1997.
- If you’re not with me…
Regarding the furor over Revenge of the Sith/Post-9/11 parallels: Get over yourselves. You know, I could see parallels in Star Wars: Episode II and post-9/11 America. Palpatine’s emergency powers = PATRIOT Act. Militarization in response to the separatist movement = attacking Afghanistan and rattling sabers at Iraq. And there are conspiracy theorists who think that […]
- Star Wars Prequels…Overdone CGI-fests? Nope!
Pixar has shown over and over again that you can make a CGI movie with heart. It’s time to stop blaming the Star Wars prequels’ problems on the effects.