George Lucas Says Critics Of Prequel Dialogue Dont Understand Star Wars

George Lucas Says Critics Of Prequel Dialogue Don’t Understand Star Wars

Those who criticize the melodramatic dialogue in the Star Wars prequels just don’t get Star Wars, says franchise mastermind, George Lucas.

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George Lucas Says Critics Of Prequel Dialogue Dont Understand Star Wars

Star Wars creator George Lucas has said that critics of the dialogue in his prequel films simply don’t understand the franchise. Though the 76-year-old filmmaker sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, he still often has things to say about the Star Wars films that have arrived since his departure, as well as the films he was responsible for.

Lucas directed only one of the three films in the initial Skywalker trilogy, 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Despite his directorial absence, the trilogy was a massive success and gave way to a second trilogy – widely referred to as “the prequels”, beginning in 1999. The three prequel films were all Lucas, and his inimitable style is instantly palpable, from Phantom Menace all the way to Revenge of the Sith. For some fans, this was exactly what Star Wars needed. However, for many others, the prequels were laden with cringe inducing dialogue and characters, the likes of which have left behind a legacy of regret. In recent years, the prequel films have grown on many Star Wars fans, and by now are tolerated by most. But bad dialogue is a difficult thing to move past – especially when it comes to a series as time honoured as that of Star Wars. Tolerance toward these films may now exist, but the three films still aren’t seen in the same light as the rest of the franchise.

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Throughout all this time, Lucas has remained relatively quiet regarding objections to the prequels’ dialogue. The entire trilogy has been commented on and analysed for so long, that it’s difficult even for someone of Lucas’ stature to keep up with. None the less, Lucas has recently come to the defence of his characters’ prequel dialogue. As IndieWire reports, the new book The Star Wars Archives: 1999-2005 offers some insight into just what the Star Wars mastermind thinks about those who mocked the dialogue in 2002’s Attack of the Clones:

“It is presented very honestly, it isn’t tongue-in-cheek at all, and it’s played to the hilt. But it is consistent, not only with the rest of the movie, but with the overall ‘Star Wars’ style. Most people don’t understand the style of ‘Star Wars.’ They don’t get that there’s an underlying motif that is very much like a 1930s Western or Saturday matinee serial. It’s in the more romantic period of making movies and adventure films. And this film is even more of a melodrama than the others. There’s a bit more soap opera in this one than there has been in the past, so setting the scenes up and staging them was more complex than it usually is.”

The 1930s Western or Saturday matinee serial has been a major influence/theme in Lucas’ creative endeavours over the years. It was a big factor in the creation of Indiana Jones as well, and Lucas has always made it known that this style of storytelling takes him back to his childhood. And while it seems to have worked out quite well for Star Wars throughout the first trilogy, it was the second trilogy where audiences found the style particularly problematic. Much of the blame came down on the likes of Hayden Christensen, who had his hands full playing the challenging character of Anakin Skywalker. But the truth of the matter – at least as far as Lucas is concerned, is that the dialogue was just as he intended.

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Of course, it’s easy to make excuses for something nearly two decades after its release, and simply because Lucas wanted the dialogue to be reminiscent of a simpler time doesn’t mean that it works. The fact of the matter is that the sort of dialogue that’s rampant in Attack of the Clones isn’t quite the same as the dialogue that’s in other Star Wars films. Lucas surely isn’t lying when he says it’s how he intended it to be, but as far as audiences are concerned, intentional or not, it offers a sizeable barrier to the overall enjoyment of the prequels.

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