Rarely do I read a news story and audibly laugh at the ridiculous nature of it. George Lucas, the man who has exploited his Star Wars franchise (which I am not a fan of… even the first three) for decades, believes it is the studios and the corporations who are the root of the creative problems in Hollywood. In a recent interview with Charlie Rose, Lucas expressed his distaste with the corporate structure:
The studios change everything all the time. And, unfortunately, they don’t have any imagination and they don’t have any talent.
The reason I find this funny is it is coming from a man who willingly went back to change his films (in order to sell extra editions of them). Take into account the amount of licensed property from the series and, of course, the unnecessary, creature-filled prequels, and hearing that studios are to blame from this man is rather humorous. Of course, I totally agree with him as studios are a big problem in interfering with a creative vision, but Lucas, I don’t think, is the man to come out say that.
Corporate moviemaking is a huge problem that needs fixing. Someone who has wholeheartedly already bought into the system is not going to be the guy to spark that change. Lucas is a salesman, and it is difficult to divorce him from that image. I mean, he recently sold the rights to his beloved franchise for billions to Disney. Also, this style of Hollywood moviemaking is not going away anytime soon. It will not be until an entirely new regime enters the studio system and can reinvent it.
Original report from The Wrap
