‘A lot got lost’: George Lucas reflects on Star Wars sequels

Star Wars creator George Lucas reflects on the franchise since its sale to Disney, noting that ‘nobody understood the Force’.

Speaking at the 77th Cannes festival, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, where he was being honoured with a Palme d’Or for his contribution to cinema, George Lucas took the opportunity to reflect on Star Wars as a franchise, defending his own choices on controversial issues like cleaning up the original trilogy and criticisms around the prequel films, arguing that fans forgot that Star Wars is aimed at kids.

“It was supposed to be a kid’s movie for 12-year-olds that were going through puberty, who don’t know what they’re doing, and are asking all the big questions: What should I be worried about? What’s important in life?” the 80-year-old filmmaker said. “Star Wars has all those things in there. They’re buried in there but you definitely get it, especially if you’re young.”

Lucas also reflected on the sequel trilogy, acknowledging that some themes and topics got lost in the $4 billion sale to Disney in 2012.

“I was the one who really knew what Star Wars was…who actually knew this world, because there’s a lot to it,” he said. “The Force, for example, nobody understood the Force. When they started other ones after I sold the company, a lot of the ideas that were in [the original] sort of got lost. But that’s the way it is. You give it up, you give it up.”

Every LEGO Star Wars set confirmed and rumoured for 2024

LEGO set	Price	Pieces	Release date
30680 AAT	TBC	75	January 1, 2024
30685 TIE Interceptor	TBC	48	May 1, 2024
40675 Commander Cody	£9.99 / $9.99 / €9.99	147	May 1, 2024
40676 The Phantom Menace	£49.99 / $54.99 / €54.99	732	May 1, 2024
40686 Battle Droid Carrier	Free with orders above £145 / $160 / €160	262	May 1, 2024
40755 [Star Wars 25th Celebration]	TBC	383	October 2024
75372 Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack	£24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99	215	January 1, 2024
75373 Ambush on Mandalore Battle Pack	£19.99 / $19.99 / €21.99	108	June 1, 2024
75374 Onyx Cinder	$139.99 / €139.99	1,325	August 1, 2024
75375 Millennium Falcon	£74.99 / $84.99 / €84.99	921	March 1, 2024
75376 Tantive IV	£69.99 / $79.99 / €79.99	654	March 1, 2024
75377 Invisible Hand	£46.99 / $49.99 / €52.99	557	March 1, 2024
75378 BARC Speeder Escape	£24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99	221	May 1, 2024
75379 R2-D2	£89.99 / $99.99 / €99.99	1,050	March 1, 2024
75380 Mos Espa Podrace Diorama	£69.99 / $79.99 / €79.99	718	May 1, 2024
75381 Droideka	£59.99 / $64.99 / €64.99	583	May 1, 2024
75382 TIE Interceptor	£199.99 / $229.99 / €229.99	1,931	May 2024
75383 Darth Maul’s Sith Infiltrator	£59.99 / $69.99 / €69.99	640	May 1, 2024
75384 The Crimson Firehawk	£46.99 / $49.99 / €52.99	136	January 1, 2024
75385 Battle on Peridea	$54.99	382	August 1, 2024
75386 Paz Vizsla and Moff Gideon Battle	£34.99 / $39.99 / €39.99	289	June 1, 2024
75387 Boarding the Tantive IV	£49.99 / $49.99 / €54.99	502	March 1, 2024
75388 Jedi Bob’s Starfighter	$39.99	305	August 1, 2024
75389 Dark Falcon	$179.99	1,579	August 1, 2024
75390 Luke Skywalker X-wing Mech	£12.99 / $15.99 / €15.99	195	June 1, 2024
75391 Captain Rex Y-wing Microfighter	£11.99 / $12.99 / €12.99	99	June 1, 2024
75392 [Potential Creature Build]	$99.99	1,186	August 1, 2024
75393 X-Wing & TIE Fighter	$109.99	1,063	August 1, 2024
75394 Imperial Star Destroyer	£149.99 / $169.99 / €169.99	1,555	August 1, 2024
75395 Star Wars Advent Calendar	$44.99	368	September 1, 2024
75396 Escape from the Sarlacc Pit	$79.99	558	August 1, 2024
75398 Buildable C-3PO	$139.99	1,132	August 1, 2024

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