r/MadeMeSmile • u/moonpies4everyone • 27d ago

This letter from Ron Howard to Newsweek after they grilled 9 year old Jake Lloyd’s performance in The Phantom Menace. Favorite People

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u/Copywrites 27d ago

Star wars fans went after him and the actor who played Jar Jar for absolutely batshit reasons

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u/Skatcatla 27d ago

They’ll put the blame absolutely anywhere but where it belongs: on the fact that George Lucas is a shitty writer.

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u/GiraffesAndGin 27d ago

George Lucas is your typical sci-fi writer. He can build an intricate and intriguing world with plenty of moving parts and factions, but he can't write good dialogue, and he introduces way too many characters that end up hurting the development of the protagonist(s) and antagonist(s).

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u/mjacksongt 27d ago

Basically, George Lucas - like nearly every writer ever - needs an editor who will actually challenge them.