Star Wars

[pocaracas]

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Nice rant.

I can't argue over those details of scans and cameras, as you seem to know more about them than me, so I'll take them for granted.
But I can argue the bit of whose films Ep. V and VI were.... While you're right that George didn't direct them, he did produce them (as executive producer) and write them (although not the screenplay on ep. V - maybe that's why it's the best one?).

Writers tend to think of the movies as theirs, because they came up with the idea for the story.
Producers came up with the money to pay for the whole thing.

So yeah.... I'd say he has the right to think of the movies as his... as long as such credit is shared with the rest of the crew, mainly directors, screenplay writers and producers.

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I disagree - 1. often the writers are not even welcome to be present on-set (including the authors of the original novel if it's adapted from one), 2. Lucas didn't write the ESB and ROTJ, he co-wrote them. 3. He didn't produce any of them - Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back ere produced by Gary Kurtz and Return of the Jedi was produced by Howard Kazanjian.

I looked it up on IMDB...
He was Executive producer on those two films.
And writer for both as well.
IMDB may be wrong, though...