he is an independant film maker for all intents and purposes, separate from the studio system. It means he gets the final say on what happens in star wars films, not a bunch studio execs...
Fannish drivel.
He still has to have it distributed, marketed, toys made, an endless list of things.
He pays millions in salaries to design, build, develop. Uses the skills of thousands.
To lay it all in HIS hands is utterly retarded and insulting to the thousands that make it happen.
again you're missing the point and talking about things that have no relevance to what i'm saying.......people are arguing about content (han shoots first, yub yub, jabba song etc) and when it comes to the content of a star wars film, george has the final say...
in no way was i ever saying anything to disregard the thousands that make a star wars film happen, you're just putting meaning into my words that isn't there....
Actually, when it comes to Indy, George has more power than the 'Berg.
FREE HAT!
Spielberg has the final say on his films as well and he has the common decency to let the fans decide which version they want to watch. He does not penalize them by giving them old versions with inferior definition and sound. I think he understands what got him to the place he is in now.
Creatively I have no doubt Spielberg was responsible for the quality of the first three movies. Lucas seems to have taken more control over the last one and look what happened.
Yeah, it's not as if he took out the guns in E.T. or anything....
Look at the DVD release of ET and tell me which versions of the movie are on it.
Ah, there it is again... George is only ever responsible for the poor parts of any show, huh?