Pretty much. He is firmly convinced that the prequels are sheer brilliance, the best of Star Wars but that critics and fans weren’t smart to “get it”. As such, he now resents Disney and Abrams for “pandering to the stupids” for giving them a movie that’s fast, fun, and energetic instead of 7 hours of trade talks,…

So has ESB’s director Irvin Kershner, who loved the change.

Yup. Martha Lucas absolutely saved A New Hope in the editing room. The original cut with Lucas’s editor was a disaster. That’s why Irvin Kershner shot Empire Strikes Back in such a way that there weren’t enough master shots for the editor to cut the movie in any way other than the way he wanted.

If that’s the root of all this, then that’s Lucas’s own fault. I’m grateful to him for birthing the saga but how on Earth could anyone be naive enough think that Disney would pay $4 billion for Star Wars in the service of “art”? Give my a break, nobody is that fucking stupid. Disney is all about making money and they…

Yeah, but any good director would’ve brought in a script doctor until the scripts worked. The actual story outlines for the prequels aren’t bad, although I think they started with Anakin being too young. But there was a lot of material there that a good writer could weave a good script out of.

That $900+ million is only the revenue that the NCAA itself makes from media contracts. The member conferences and schools make far more in ticket sales, their own cut of radio and TV contracts, alumni contributions, student fees allocated to athletics, and government aide. College athletics generates more than $11…

Not enough, but not none. It’s not an absolutely verboten subject matter like damn near anything remotely negative is in Japan.

Hamill and Fisher were perfect in their SW roles but were never strong, versatile film actors. They worked in SW and that was that. Both are great with voice work and Fisher is a wonderful writer but neither had the talent, versatility, or on-screen charisma that Ford did.

How dare you?

Hernandez was affiliated with the Bristol Bloods in high school so his loyalty goes way back.

Their e-meter is supposed to be/use science.