I’m new to star wars and its lore and all and honestly i wanna ask you, what do you think about George Lucas? Both as person and celebrity? Sorry if it sound weird as question ^_^” it’s just that i want an unbiased opinion on the creator of this series and if it’s safe to “stan” him
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Hi! Welcome to Star Wars, there’s a lot of it and trying to get acquainted with the lore might seem like a daunting task, but just remember that you’re here to have fun and you should only do/read/watch/play whatever you genuinely find to be fun! ♥
With George Lucas, I don’t think there’s anyone on this Earth that hasn’t done or said some stupid shit at some point and George is no different. It’s absolutely possible to pull up things he’s said or done and rip into him for it, like literally every person who’s ever had a high profile presence in our culture.
And some of those things deserve criticism (like there are many good things about Jar Jar, I don’t think he was meant maliciously, but it’s hard not to see the racial stereotype) and some of them are a lot more complicated (I’ve seen people upset at elements of their culture being used by the Naboo in a fantasy setting like that, but then I’ve seen people that that meant everything to, to see elements of their culture being portrayed so positively and being shown as beautiful), but at the end of the day, I think he’s done more good than harm.
Doing good doesn’t negate any harm that may have been done, but I do think a lot of what’s said about him is taken out of context or not even sourced or quoted. That doesn’t make it automatically wrong, but it makes it harder to wade through these complicated topics, when a lot of the times I’m not sure how accurate the information I’m working with is.
Some people think he’s a pretty terrible person/celebrity. Some people think he’s a pretty great person/celebrity. That’s something each person has to figure out for themselves, because your line in the sand isn’t going to be the same as my line in the sand. (How much easier would it be if it were, though??)
Personally, I think he made the world better than he found it–I mean, that $4 billion dollars he got for selling Star Wars, didn’t he IMMEDIATELY turn around and donate it to education charities? If nothing else, that says to me that he was genuinely trying to make the world better and I’m willing to extend a lot of good faith to someone who literally puts their money where their mouth is.