An Ode to George Lucas

There’s one thing the Star Wars franchise has been consistently good at for years now is someone saying something or something happening that fires up the fan base and stirs up drama. That happened again recently when audio from an old podcast surfaced. Back in 2019, the director for the upcoming Star Wars show, The Acolyte, Leslye Headland, was interviewed on the Indie Wire podcast. She talked about a few things, but what stood out especially amongst Star Wars fans was her discussing the misogynist side of the auteur theory and she used George Lucas and Star Wars as an example of it. I'll give my thoughts on Leslye's opinion, but I also want to pay homage to George Lucas for what he has done for the franchise and the film industry in general.