It’s no secret that I practically worship the ground George Lucas walks on. Probably the greatest moment of my life was when I finally got to visit Skywalker ranch… it was my pilgrimage to Mecca. But man oh man… even I have to admit that old George boy has said and done some crazy ass things in the last number of years… and what just came out of his mouth about Empire Strikes Back may be the worst. He claims Empire is the WORST of the Star Wars movies.
Our friends over at Cinematical give us this:
“George Lucas, giving the award to Sid Ganis, who was the in-house publicist on Star Wars: Episode Five – The Empire Strikes Back, said, ‘Sid is the reason why The Empire Strikes Back is always written about as the best of the films, when it actually was the worst one.'”
I’m… I’m uh… just stunned for words.
Now I should mention that I’m not one of the people who thinks Empire is the best of the Star Wars films. I think it’s Return of the Jedi personally. But to say Empire is the worst of the bunch… especially when you take the 3 new films into consideration… is just… well… IN-FUCKING-SANE! Has this man totally fallen off his rocker?!?!
Anyway, for no real reason here is my list of best to worst Star Wars films:
1) Return of the Jedi
2) A New Hope
3) Empire Strikes Back
4) Revenge of the Sith
5) Attack of the Clones
6) The Phantom Menace
Feel free to discuss.
UPDATE – Apparently Cinematical has misquoted the Lucas thing, and George was only joking when he said that. Still, it’s a great topic to discuss
