{"id":28657,"date":"2012-01-19T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T20:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=28657"},"modified":"2012-03-02T06:39:21","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T14:39:21","slug":"george-lucas-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/george-lucas-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"George Lucas Threatens to Retire, Whines About His Sad Lot in Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

While promoting this week’s theatrical release of the WWII action drama ‘Red Tails’, which he produced, George Lucas told the New York Times<\/em> that he’s going to “retire” from making blockbuster movies because the evil, evil Hollywood studios aren’t being nice to him anymore, and he thinks that his fans are all jerks anyway. The funniest part of this: Lucas really expects ‘Red Tails’ to be a blockbuster.
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In the article<\/a> (subscription required, unfortunately), Lucas describes his 20-year journey to get the passion project ‘Red Tails’ made. He’d like us to pity the fact that he was forced to finance the film himself from the vast reserves of his multi-billion-dollar personal fortune when he couldn’t drum up interest for the $58 million production at any of the major studios. In his mind, this automatically makes all of the studio executives who turned him down racists. (The movie is about the famous Tuskegee Airmen, an all-black squadron of fighter pilots.) <\/p>\n

In response, the filmmaker is taking his ball and going home. He says that ‘Red Tails’ will be his last blockbuster production\u2026 except of course for a fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ movie, which is already in development. But that’s it, really!<\/p>\n

“I’m retiring,” Lucas said. “I’m moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff.” <\/p>\n

He was careful to leave himself an out clause for a fifth “Indiana Jones” film. But otherwise, “Red Tails” will be the last blockbuster Lucas makes. “Once this is finished, he’s done everything he’s ever wanted to do,” says Rick McCallum, who has been producing Lucas’s films for more than 20 years. “He will have completed his task as a man and a filmmaker.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He will have completed his task as a man and a filmmaker?<\/em> Wow, he must really have a high opinion of how ‘Red Tails’ turned out. Why is it, then, that the movie’s trailers make it look like a cheesy, clich\u00e9-ridden mess? <\/p>\n

Of course, the subject of ‘Star Wars’ came up in the interview too. Lucas once again defends the many asinine revisionist changes that he’s made to the original trilogy of films over the years, and derides anyone who would ask him to restore the original theatrical versions as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the Internet, all those same guys that are complaining I made a change are completely changing the movie. I\u2019m saying: \u2018Fine. But my movie, with my name on it, that says I did it, needs to be the way I want it.\u2019\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What? He thinks that the audience is changing the movie? How does that work?<\/p>\n

While more Indy sequels may be on the table, Lucas claims that he’s done with ‘Star Wars’ now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would I make any more, when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, boo frickin’ hoo. Here’s a suggestion, George: If you don’t like being called a terrible person, how about you try not being<\/em> a terrible person hell-bent on desecrating an important part of cinema history? Jackass.<\/p>\n

Is this really the end of ‘Star Wars’? Of course not. Lucas may not make any more movies, but the ‘Clone Wars’ animated series is still ongoing, as are plans for the long-in-development live action ‘Star Wars’ TV series. Not to mention the many tie-in novels, videogames, and overwhelming flood of other spin-offs and merchandise that will continue unabated forever. <\/p>\n

Now that he is allegedly retiring, what will George Lucas do with his time? He’s going to concentrate on finally making those “small, personal films” that he’s been blathering on about for decades but never actually made any attempt to produce. You know, tiny character-driven art pieces\u2026 like ‘Indiana Jones 5’.<\/p>\n

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