It's much simpler than all this...

There's a documentary essentially about what a terrible filmmaker George Lucas is;

http://defamer.com/5153242/landmark-people-vs-george-lucas-case-to-be-decided-next-year

It looks like it's going to be slightly more fair-minded by the end of it, we shall see.

Joe and I have talked about this for years; Lucas is an -excellent- producer. He's a hack writer and a VERY terrible director.

So he fulfilled his duties to the studios in spades, but he failed his fan base tremendously by not setting ego aside and having somebody re-write his story and hiring a good director.