Every so often, in the Star Wars community, a rumor will surface that George Lucas is coming back to the franchise in some capacity.
When this happens, a small but vocal segment of the community—often referred to as the “Fandom Menace”—rejoices in the hope that their messiah will step in and save Star Wars from the evil Disney empire. Sorry to burst their bubble, but it’s never going to happen.
Unfortunately, George himself isn’t helping. Every time he says something like, “After I sold the company [Lucasfilm], a lot of the ideas that were in [the original] sort of got lost,” it only fuels the Fandom Menace.
That was another gem from Cannes, and it’s got tons of Anti-Disney Star Wars fans all pumped up.
“See, the Star Wars sequels suck, George Lucas even said so!” Cool.
Shigeru Miyamoto once said that the problem with the live-action Mario movie was that it was too close to the game. Creators aren’t always the best authorities on their own creations.
