semi retired?? the guys an idiot hes been cashing in on the star wars franchise for years he didnt direct a film for like what 20 years and now hes getting jaded about the risk of making them because the new trilogy bombed?

good

If Lucas and some other filmmakers out there (especially some of the greats from the 60's and 70's) would start making movies they were passionate about making instead of passionate about selling maybe the theaters wouldn't be so jammed full of crap.

Bombed...? Bombed?!?

Saying it was bad is one thing, but those movies made millions and millions of dollars and each one of them had enormous opening weekends that set records and all fucking kinds of brand apparrel and product accessories ended up on store shelves and in windows of every major chain restaurant and department store...

The list goes on. "Sucked" I'll agree with. "Bombed?" No, sir.

Yeah, 2.42billion aint bombing.

yeah films are risky for him...since he has only made over a billion dollars for his efforts, the poor sap

but while 'Firefly' sucked all kinds of ass (IMO), after renting 'Serenity' I found myself wishing I had seen it on the big screen. bigger is better only failed for Lucas

Maybe he needs to give the reins to somone else. I doubt he will, seeing how he created the Star Wars universe, but keep in mind Lucas didn't direct "Empire Strikes Back" or "Return of the Jedi".

At first I was a bit apprehensive against Firefly as well, but in the end it felt like their was more good than bad.

I typically dislike sci-fi but the "no alien" aspect to it, coupled with the show's antagonist of the future capitalistic powerhouse of the United States and China was incredibly non-cliched for a typical space romp. It was also mind blowing that Fox would air something like that. Also the viewpoint of a group of people that were on the losing end of a civil war was another thing you rarely see irregardless of the genre.

In addition to the dialouge being at times genuinely witty and Joss Whedon taking the time of the entire season to flesh out the majority of the characters (who were, for the most part, actually three dimensional.)

I personally feel you would hard pressed to find a better crafted sci-fi series that has aired on television. Firefly wasn't anything mind blowing, but the conceptual design behind it wasn't the typical B-rate shit that sci-fi is composed of.

I believe Kevin Smith will be directing the "starwars" show. At least that is what he has "blogged" about for a while now.

Heeeeyyyy.... I liked Willow!

He can do what he likes, as far as I'm concerned. I also liked Episode III (and I am not in the slightest bit embarassed about that). Also after the scale of the Star Wars films and setting up all the business relevant to it I can imagine he would want to live in semi-retirement. I'm pretty much with WillWheaton on this one.

A Star Wars TV series could be cool (is Kevin Smith ACTUALLY doing anything on it?), especially if some good writers come on board. I just like the mythology really.

I love Firefly, but it's different to Star Wars. Star Wars is about myth, Firefly is about reality (in the sense of how the world will be in such-and-such number of years). Also, some people have to remember that Serenity was not supposed to be a 'small' film. If Joss Whedon had had his way and budget, the scale would have been considerably larger, but thanks to the execs at Universal Serenity had to run on an extremely tight budget.

Such a shame that Fox cancelled Firefly. If I'm going to be honest though, I think it's approach to Sci-Fi would mean it would probably be good for three or four seasons; I'm not sure how many storylines you can mine out of its central concept. Or is that blasphemous talk?

Really I don't think there's any maybe about it.

you might be the only person

He isn't. Val Kilmer signs autographs with Madmartigan.