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Douglas_Knight comments on The Classic Literature Workshop - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: Ritalin 16 June 2013 09:54AM

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 17 June 2013 02:31:01AM *  11 points [-]

Yes, George Lucas is a bad writer and doesn't understand or care about writing. But that shouldn't stop him from hiring good writers. In the past, it hasn't: for the Last Crusade, he hired Tom Stoppard. Added: and for Revenge of the Sith, he hired him again.

Comment author: taelor 17 June 2013 03:10:07AM 3 points [-]

And to get back to Lucas's Star Wars franchise, The Empire Strikes Back -- the installment that Lucas had the least involvement in writing-wise -- is generally considered to have the best writting.