"They Wanted To Do A Retro Movie": George Lucas Talks His Break Up From 'Star Wars,' And More In 54-Minute Talk
Breaking up is hard to do, and George Lucas is taking his exit from the franchise rather hard. Back in November, he went into detail about his "break up" from "Star Wars" (though not many relationships end with the $4 billion sale of a major company) and in a much longer holiday-season chat with Charlie Rose, he once again reflects on how everything went down.
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As we well know by now, Lucas had his own story ideas for the sequels ready to go, but Disney wasn't so keen on them, and that is pretty much what led Lucas to split from the franchise he started. "They looked at the stories, and they said, 'We want to make something for the fans'....They decided they didn't want to use those stories, they decided they were going to do their own thing....They weren't that keen to have me involved anyway — but...