Richard Kim
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J.R.R. Tolkien never acted that way, he is quoted as saying his chief purpose in writing The Lord Of The Rings was to please readers (and I'm not trying to draw Star Wars and LOTR comparisons, Tolkien was just a huge author). George Lucas would be nothing without the fans, and if he hadn't made his movies back then we would've simply spent our hard-earned cash on something else.
But Tom, unlike Tolkien, Lucas has never said that he makes the SW films to please the fans. If some people enjoy his work, that's fine with him, but he makes the SW films primarily to satisfy HIMSELF, not the fans.
And BTW, Tolkein altered subsequent versions of The Hobbit to erase the contradictions with LOTR. Where are all the diehard Tolken fans jumping on his back, demanding the original version?