The original films had a story and characters that captured the imagination of two generations. They prequels dropped a steamer in that universe. That’s what pisses people off about them.

I hate him because he seemed to at least be open to input from other people at some point in the past. He let other directors handle Empire and ROTJ. He NEVER should have directed ANY of the prequel trilogy. And he should have watched the original trilogy first before writing the prequels to make sure things fit together better. There are far too many inconsistencies between the two trilogies that cannot be reconciled.

I also hate him because he seems to surround himself with yes men. You CANNOT expect me to believe that somebody didn't see the disaster that Jar Jar Binks would be before the movies were released. It's been said that EVERYBODY thought he would be a huge fan favorite. B***S***. Lucas surrounded himself with yes men who NEVER would dare contradict him on that.

And that's just one example. I could go on for quite some time.

And finally, I really do think he's done fans a HUGE disservice (and the movie industry as a whole) by refusing to re-release the original trilogy unaltered in an acceptable format. And by acceptable format I mean something that looks like it was made in the last decade. The DVDs released a few years ago that were NOT anamorphic widescreen was like Lucas just taking a huge dump on the fans.

Sorry if some people can't get it. At least Spielburg does…he regrets the digital changes he made to ET that Lucas talked him into and refused to re-release the movie again with those abominable changes. But at least he also gave the fans the original cut of ET on a second disc in the DVD release of it. Sorry, but I just will not get over what Lucas has done until he does what other directors do…give us the director's cut and the original cuts in their best presentation. Anything less is unforgivable.