Trial of the Century: 'The People vs George Lucas'

11:29 AM / Posted by Bradford Oman /

A lot of people are really mad at George Lucas. They feel he has chipped away at the cinematic legacy he created not only with the Star Wars universe but in the adventures of Indiana Jones. Fanboys and fangirls alike have all argued back and forth about the endeavors of Lucasfilm Ltd and all the secret going-ons at Skywalker Ranch and their impact on each of their lives.

Now one film sets out to settle the debate, or at least hear both sides of the argument. The People vs George Lucas "delves into the impassioned feelings and opinions expressed by fans and foes of legendary screen icon George Lucas, and the many debates surrounding his legacy."

IMDB describes the film that, "
will use a courtroom debate approach to explore the issues of filmmaking and fanaticism around one of the industry's most famous franchises and its creator. The innovative film combines filmmaker and celebrity interviews with fan films - submitted via the film's site - to make this the world's first digitally democratic feature documentary."

Hopefully this will actually take into account legitimate arguments and debate regarding George Lucas' career and also some really embarassing characters similar to those seen in the Trekkies documentary. My favorite comment in the trailer (embedded below) someone recounts about George, "He had a pile of scripts that he would show my but never let me read them. He would say these are the movies I'm gonna make. None of those movies have been made."

That reminds me a lot of what Spielberg said at the beginning of a behind the scenes documentary from the Indiana Jones DVD set about Temple of Doom, "When George and I were in Hawaii and I agree to direct Raiders [of the Lost Ark], George said that if I did wind up directing the first one that I would need to direct three of them. He said that he had three stories in mind. It turns out George did not have three stories in mind. We had to make up all the other subsequent stories."

Anyway this should be a pretty interesting documentary for anybody who was and is a fan of Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Check out the trailer for this upcoming documentary below.

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