I like Kathleen. I always liked her. She was full of beans. She was really smart and really bright. Really wonderful woman. And I liked her husband, Frank. I like them a lot.

Now that she’s running Lucasfilm and making movies, it seems to me that Kathy Kennedy and J.J. Abrams don’t have a clue about Star Wars. They don’t get it.

And J.J. Abrams is writing these stories– when I saw that movie where they kill Han Solo, I was furious. I was furious when they killed Han Solo. Absolutely, positively there was no rhyme or reason to it.

I thought, ‘You don’t get the Jedi story. You don’t get the magic of Star Wars. You’re getting rid of Han Solo?’

And then at the end of this last one, The Last Jedi, they have Luke disintegrate. They killed Han Solo. They killed Luke Skywalker. And they don’t have Princess Leia anymore. And they’re spitting out movies every year.

And they think it’s important to appeal to a woman’s audience, so now their main character is this female, who’s supposed to have Jedi powers, but we don’t know how she got Jedi powers, or who she is. It sucks. The storylines are terrible. Just terrible. Awful.

You can quote me–’J.J. Abrams, Kathy Kennedy–talk to me.

“George is, in his heart and soul, a good guy and a talented filmmaker. I wish he would’ve kept directing [other kinds of] movies. But when I went to see Episode I–I had a friend who worked at ILM, who took me as a guest to a preview–I remember going out to the parking lot, sitting in my car and crying. I cried. I cried because I think it wasn’t very good.”

AndyDursin wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:41 pm

“George is, in his heart and soul, a good guy and a talented filmmaker. I wish he would’ve kept directing [other kinds of] movies. But when I went to see Episode I–I had a friend who worked at ILM, who took me as a guest to a preview–I remember going out to the parking lot, sitting in my car and crying. I cried. I cried because I think it wasn’t very good.”

Monterey Jack wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:29 pm

AndyDursin wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:41 pm

“George is, in his heart and soul, a good guy and a talented filmmaker. I wish he would’ve kept directing [other kinds of] movies. But when I went to see Episode I–I had a friend who worked at ILM, who took me as a guest to a preview–I remember going out to the parking lot, sitting in my car and crying. I cried. I cried because I think it wasn’t very good.”

A grown-assed adult crying because a movie was bad.

Eric Paddon wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:45 pm Her comments make me think again about that theory that's been floated that the *real* reason for Lucas's refusal to let the original cuts be seen again is because she'd be entitled to royalties under the divorce settlement that don't apply for any special edition versions.

AndyDursin wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:08 pm Exactly Ed.

Much as Spielberg's work generally declined markedly after a certain point, what Marcia Lucas illustrates is how integral people like she, Gary Kurtz and Howard Kazanjian were to George's STAR WARS success. "The Empire" was built because of the collaborative nature of their work together, and Lucas' output was never the same after the stopped working with them. Coincidence? Probably not. I mean, I like the prequels, but there's still something missing there compared to the spark and feel of the original three films.