It leads to this.
How many completely devoted Star Wars fans does it take to screw in a lightsaber?
I'm of several minds, none of which predominates. I think:
A) If George Lucas can't take care of his franchise, so much the better that other people are taking care of it for him.
B) The title "Star Wars: Revelations" is a fanwank too far because the Matrix sequels sucked.
C) What kind of world do we live in where people can have a $20,000 hobby? Why not?
D) Corollary to C: If Lucas has made Star Wars a public property for non-commercial, non-profit uses, is it possible to set up a non-profit that does nothing but churn out Star Wars movie-lets? Could there be a future for a n-p Star Trek franchise? Where eventually the people who make these things can be given a fair wage and the money from sales go into either some sort of cause or towards the creation of more Star Wars-based fan movies?
E) Will there ever be a Star Wars with crisp dialogue? I'll give Revelations its props that it is as good as if not better than the two most recent SW films on those terms. Corollary: Why can't Lucas, with all that money, come up with a script better than that drawn up by community theater types?
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