I've been wondering that myself.
Not a fan of the theory about Rey in that link. Unexpected though.
I prefer the
Rey Kenobi
theory
I've read that theory before. Not sure how I feel about it. I like
Question: Does George Lucas have a delusion of grandeur? Is he under the totally unwarranted belief that it was him who made Star Wars a hit, rather than his cast and crew? For example, would he be where he is now if it wasn't for the designs of http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Images_from_The_Art_of_Ralph_McQuarrie, the scripts by Lawrence Kasdan, the scores by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaTK-Pret_Q, or the SFX experts who made scenes like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FQNIoVLSdw? I've seen the "Making of" docs tons of times and all he seems to do is give a rough outline of things he wants, then passes or rejects other peoples work. He thinks he created Star Wars on his own, but I think he http://nypost.com/2015/12/18/george-lucas-brilliant-ex-wife-was-secret-weapon-in-original-star-wars/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow, along with hundreds of specialists would beg to differ. On the contrary, if it wasn't for his ex-wife the OT would probably have flopped! Even back then he didn't like other people telling him his ideas didn't work, and only grudgingly changed them when told to by his wife. It says he listened to her advice and guidance carefully, but now he claims to be the whole brains behind the franchise.
A national leader once thought the same way. His armies had quick victories over their enemies, but the leader started to think it was his military genius that caused the victories, not because of the skills of his generals. From then on he overrode all criticisms from his generals because he thought he was infallible. It was then that his armies started to lose the war...
That's sad about his wife. I've never even heard about her, not once. What a scumbag.
Luckily he's out of the picture and some new life can be breathed into the franchise.
Notice though that he had/has an over bloated ego, where everyone around them believed she had the real talent, but he thought she was the novice? Only Lucas believed he had the real talent and used to belittle her as if she was some hack. Now, in the PT, we've seen what the OT would've been like if it wasn't for her and other people like Gary Kurtz (another person he got rid of who disagreed with him).
To be honest, all retread stuff aside, I think they did an excellent job considering the massive damage they had to repair after the abysmal PT. What they did was like putting a sticking plaster on a 50 cal bullet wound! But like Red Letter Media said, they'd best come up with some really brand spanking new ideas for the next one, unlike what they did with the second Trek movie. The soft reboot is finished, now they should get on with some new stuff, or else they'll start losing people for good.
I've actually said this a hundred times and everyone always scoffs at me when I say it publicly - George Lucas is not a great director. I'm sorry, but he's not. He's an okay director. But he gets credit for doing a lot of stuff he didn't. He didn't write nor direct Empire; he didn't even write the script. Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan wrote the Empire script, and Irvin Kershner directed it. They are who made Star Wars what it is IMO. George Lucas gave them ideas, but that's it. They moved with it.
I'd say that I think George Lucas is more or less an "idea man", but there are other people out there that are far better directors. Compare side by side the Star Wars films that Lucas directed (A New Hope, and the prequels) and the ones he didn't (Empire directed by Irvin, Return of the Jedi directed by Richard Marquand, and TFA directed by JJ) I think we can see where his talent really lies.
I could come up with an idea for a Mk 2 Space Shuttle, that takes off and lands like a normal plane, and gets into space via its own outboard rocket engines. I then take it to NASA and leave it to them to both design and build. That doesn't mean I'm intellectual enough to design and build the thing myself, it just means I came up with the idea.
Honestly I dont know. Some people just treat everything Disney touches as toxic. I'm happy they bought the rights from Lucas. If anything was toxic to the franchise it was him.
Ahhh, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X9NFknjTRE...
You know, I just had a thought, I never saw the original theatrical release of the OT on dvd/blu ray or VHS? I've only seen and own the '04 special edition on dvd, which I saw back in 2005. The one with young Anakin at the end of ROTJ.