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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Serge" data-source="post: 2068581" data-attributes="member: 4049">While Lucas probably did have an overarching idea of where he wanted the story to go, he has never done the best job of path to reach his destination (aside from ANH).  The problem with Lucas is that he fancies himself as a writer and he's not.  He's an excellent conceptualist.  He has great ideas and vision.  However, he can't direct, he can't write, and I wonder how well he understands human motivation.  This is why the dialogue in these films have been so pathetic, the acting stilted, and the story meandering.  I'm convinced that one of the reasons TESB is considered the best of the trilogy (and is the best IMO) is because after Lucas created the basic story line, others came in and directed and revised the story.  More drama, more human motivation, more cohesive story...  We lose a lot of this by the time we get to RotJ in which Lucas retook more direct control.  We're introduced to Ewoks, the acting deteriorates, the story line doesn't have the same kind of emotional impact (aside from the final confrontation between Vader and Luke... and even that's somewhat wanting) and we essentially have a retread of the first film (not much originality).  This trend continued and worsened in the prequels because Lucas hadn't directed in years.  Also, Lucas himself has stated that he prefers to have a "fluid" script.  He doesn't really have a finished script before filming as he likes to make changes as time progresses.  In the hands of a more competent storyteller and dialogue writer, this may work; for Lucas, not so much.  This is why the prequels, while having some great moments, are often stilted with poor performances (considering the work I've seen from Portman and McGregor in other films, it's not them but Lucas who's to blame for some of the acting) and horrific dialogue (the whole scene with Anakin and Padme when she's in the black dominatrix outfit was painful to watch in theatres.  Thank god for DVD forward buttons).Lucas has great ideas and probably also has great moments in mind.  Thus, there are certain jewels in his films.  But, that's it.  He should have accepted more collaboration a long time ago for these prequels.</blockquote>

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