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**Fire Me Boy!** · 10-05-2006, 08:04 AM

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George Lucas: No More Big Movies

Talks Star Wars, Indy, Red Tails and more.

by IGN Staff

October 5, 2006 - George Lucas appears to be out of the big-budget movie business for good. The semi-retired Star Wars filmmaker recently granted an interview with industry insider mag Variety in which he reveals that he and his company Lucasfilm are finished making movies where a large financial investment is involved.

"We don't want to make movies," explains Lucas. "We're about to get into television. As far as Lucasfilm is concerned, we've moved away from the feature film thing because it's too expensive and it's too risky. I think the secret to the future is quantity." He adds that he would rather spend $200 million making 50-60 smaller movies than one big-budget film. "That's 120 hours as opposed to two hours. In the future market, that's where it's going to land, because it's going to be all pay-per-view and downloadable."

But Lucasfilm isn't getting out of the features game all together just yet. Lucas confirms that he still has Indiana Jones 4 in the pipeline. "Steve (Spielberg) and I are still working away, trying to come up with something we're happy with," he says. "Hopefully, in a short time, we will come to an agreement. Or something." At least he can't be accused of being overly optimistic. Lucas is also working on Red Tails, his long-in-development film about the Tuskegee airmen of WWII. Lucas says he plans to serve as executive producer on both pictures as well as the forthcoming live-action Star Wars TV series.

Once those projects are launched, the frequently-flanneled filmmaker revealed that he intends to focus on making "small movies, esoteric in nature."

Lucas also referred to the planned Star Wars animated TV series and hints that Lucas Animation may eventually make a feature film. "Right now we're doing television, which looks great. I'm very, very happy with it," he said. "And out of doing the animation, we're getting the skill set and the people and putting the studio in place so we can do a feature. But it's probably going to be another year before we have the people and the systems in place to do a feature film."

**DaneMcCloud** · 10-05-2006, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DMAC

Launched? I would say Mark Hamill was the like the 1985 Challenger disaster.

Then I guess you're not familiar with his extremely successful voiceover and cartoon character career.

And FWIW, I think Mark Hamill is about a million freakin' times better than Hayden Christensen, which is something I thought could never happen. It's amazing how bad the choice of Christensen was for the most infamous character in the Star Wars universe.

**Easy 6** · 10-05-2006, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Then I guess you're not familiar with his extremely successful voiceover and cartoon character career.

And FWIW, I think Mark Hamill is about a million freakin' times better than Hayden Christensen, which is something I thought could never happen. It's amazing how bad the choice of Christensen was for the most infamous character in the Star Wars universe.

I'll second that Dane, Hamill is DeNiro compared to "Hayden" my tool has more acting chops than that goof. BTW, i hope Hollyweird is treatin' ya' right. I lived there for a year, on Alvarado, just off Sunset, cant believe i am alive after a year in Echo Park

KCinNY · 10-05-2006, 07:32 PM

Let's not forget his masterpiece "Howard the Duck."

Frazod · 10-05-2006, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Then I guess you're not familiar with his extremely successful voiceover and cartoon character career.

And FWIW, I think Mark Hamill is about a million freakin' times better than Hayden Christensen, which is something I thought could never happen. It's amazing how bad the choice of Christensen was for the most infamous character in the Star Wars universe.

I don't blame Christensen entirely; he's been decent in other things. Portman has been awesome in other things. Together, under the inept direction of Lucas, they suck ass. The acting was horrible in the original Star Wars, too (only Cushing and Guinness had the chops to overcome Lucas).

The only good acting occurred in Episodes V and VI; ironically, these were the ones that Lucas DIDN'T direct. Imagine that.

Lucas is a great visionary. He should have stayed behind the scenes in all the movies and let somebody who's a lot better with people get behind the camera.

Halfcan · 10-05-2006, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by KCinNY

Let's not forget his masterpiece "Howard the Duck."

Lea Thompson is sooo hot.

JohnnyV13 · 10-05-2006, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Cochise

The newest 3 star wars movies were garbage.

If it weren't for the nostalgia attached to the older 3 movies, those would be rightly regarded as unadulterated dreck.

I actually liked the last star wars movie where he becomes darth vader. I thought it was well done. The other two were not very good

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