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This actually makes me rethink George Lucas as being brilliant rather than stupid. It's also re-written the entire Star Wars saga in my mind for the remainder of my life.

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I seriously doubt Lucas actually intended any of this. Rather, having R2-D2, C3-PO and Chewie all over the prequels was mostly fan-service, and this is an elaborate retcon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroactive_continuity).

Even if it was intended, it doesn't change the fact that Episodes 1-3 were terrible films.

No. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI

I thought that was going to be a link to the Star Wars Holiday Special (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCNGjKnTzaQ) as a testament against George Lucas. Gives me the shivers just thinking about it.

the holiday special is painful even with RiffTrax... and those salvage even some of the worst movies. And yes, I've watched the whole thing, and my friends who watched it with me are still friends (somehow). Though I did warn them of the badness.

(for the uninformed: they're the MST3K guys' current project)

Thank you so much for linking the Phantom Menace reviews. That guys proves that Lucas is an idiot more than anything else I've seen.

Yeah, what an idiot! I mean the stupid billionaire only wrote and produced one of the best and most influential movie series of all time. Lol, what a pathetic loser!

That said, I also loved that review, hilarious.

Oh... I was hoping that was a link to "George Lucas in Love"

Awesome breakdown of why Episode 1 is lame beyond comprehension.

Personal favorite: when he asks people to describe the characters. The differences are shocking, and it showed the fail far more than any other, IMO.

Wow. Thank you for the link. Beyond the comic relief and incisive review, this is practically a crash course in movie making.

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