Jason Apuzzo critiques George Lucas’s critics (Rick excepted) here . (This follows on an earlier Lucas-ROTS post here.)

Jason makes some good points, but I don’t entirely agree. I thought the first Star Wars trilogy was tremendous and that the prequels have been very disappointing — mediocre acting and too little character development. I would also suggest that the prequel trilogy was guaranteed to make millions due to the extreme fan devotion to the original films. There is just too much brand-name capital built up for the films to fail, so I don’t accept that the success of the prequel films proves Lucas is inspiring his audience or creating films as timeless as the originals.