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it's a cool movie from a decade that was really generous to the sci-fi/fantasy and adventure genre


but it's no empire strikes back (not that I consider that a bad thing. There aren't many films that can be mentioned in the same breath) and it's certainly no raiders of the lost ark

I really wish Kurtz and Lucas would've kept making movies together (well kirshner made empire)

it's fine that you enjoy lucas' new terrible movies or don't think they're terrible, but you cannot defend them by pointing to Lucas as the creative genius behind it all

I have a lot of respect for Lucas but he had some great collaborators that he owes his success to. Gary Kurtz was the 2nd unit director on Star Wars and Empire...a movie of that magnitude, that is essentially the co-director...particularly Star Wars where they had to speed shoot because they were given a week to finish the movie