The number of changes in the original film are really quite drastic.

McQuarrie gets full credit from the people who know the history, but I feel like there are a LOT of fans who’ve never read the production stories, and think of Lucas like this story savant when it’s actually the exact opposite.

I’m always going to be sorry that Lucas didn’t have the confidence to receive such tempering in a grateful way, and I think it’s because George is haunted by self-doubt, and this lack of self-confidence made him unable to openly appreciate and recognize the contributions of others.

This will always be my single biggest argument against Lucas as the “sole visionary.” He really wanted to push that notion as the years passed, but anyone who’s done any reading on the production of the original films knows that this is not the case.

Honestly, I think Toy Story 2 had the perfect ending, and Toy Story 3 was also unnecessary.

I was astonished by fat Thor. It was not well done from a physical make-up standpoint, and I didn’t think it was necessary to express his self-loathing.

I don’t understand shipping.

Oh dear.

O. M. G. I had never seen a clip from this, but it does confirm that the title ought to be “Adrienne Barbeau’s apocalyptic, heaving cleavage and also some guy in a dirty green rubber suit.”

Honestly, this looks SO generic to me. There’s none of the magic and whimsy of the Alan Moore / Steven Bissette / John Totleben run, for which I’ll admit I’m utterly biased. But that’s still not the main problem:

Never saw “Little Monsters” as I was too old for it when it came out. Whenever the first time was that I saw “The Goonies”, I think I was probably also too old, because I got really tired of all the shouting & screaming. This seems to be a component in many children’s films, I find find it exhausting.

Except Lucas had not decided that they were siblings until ROTJ.  He needed Vader to say something to Luke during their final battle to goad Luke’s rage and push him toward the Dark Side.  Lucas couldn’t think of anything that he felt would be strong enough until he thought about Luke and Leia being related.

The best thing that can be said about these Sequel films is that it is an excellent example of how NOT to approach the making of a Trilogy.

The first UCS X-Wing set. The wing mechanism was a bit wobbly, but it was SUCH a gorgeous and accurate version of the most iconic fighter.

“Wonder Woman” was absolutely fantastic for the first two-thirds. Everything on Themyscira and everything in the WW2 battlefield was excellent. Her character development was very good, and I found the romance believable. A bit predictable, but still funny and sweet, thanks to the charisma and chemistry of both actors.

IIRC, the character was called Deak Starkiller at this point.

Oh, I SO agree! It makes me sad because it clearly demonstrates how many people simply do not understand the most basic and crucial elements of storytelling. It’s no wonder that most of the summer blockbusters do not age well at all. They only work initially because there’s so much CGI being blasted in your face. Why?…

Oh, yeah. It’s pretty clear that Lucas wanted to build up the idea that everything in Star Wars came from him, but even Darth Vader wasn’t a Lucas creation. Vader started out a second-in-command character who didn’t have much screen time, but would appear in the beginning, boarding the Rebel ship during a spacewalk.

Yeah, Lucas could have sneezed into a tissue and everyone would have said: “Wow, George!  That’s a GREAT idea!”

That’s what happens when you don’t foster a truly collaborative working environment. When the only ideas come from you AND they can’t be questioned, you’re trying to create in a vacuum, and that rarely goes well. It’s sad to say that Lucas just didn’t have the self-confidence to admit that not everything he thought…