Interview with George Lucas re: "retirement"

[Alcuin]

Interesting to get his perspective.  The link is to an msn article which in turn links to a 6 page NYT article.

http://movies.msn.com/paralleluniverse/george-lucas-talks-star-wars-critics/story/feature/

I still say Han shot first...

[Jhared]

I can see his point, but still. It's just comments on the Internet, who takes that seriously anymore?

... Ahem. 

[Mixxi]

Yeah. And you know all that criticism from fans is so undeserved. I mean look how much people drag Peter Jackson over the coals.    (edit: That's sarcasm, by the way.)

Lucas' first story resonated because it's the freakin' Journey of the Hero. The dogfight over the Death Star is the dogfight in Wings. And he had a VERY talented group of people creating the look and sounds of the world. The movies that were more purely his original creations were justifiably criticised.  That's gotta rankle.

He never should have divorced the editor.

[PinkRose]

Sounds a little thin-skinned to me.
He has a billion dollar industry tailored to internet fans and those that shout the loudest get heard. Hope he doesn't run for politics.
And stop messing with your movies!!! What is the real vision?

[RavenMiles]

We make our own Star Wars now.