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Contents 1 Title 2 It burns... 3 Films 4 Big template 5 Electronic Labyrinth

[edit] Title

Perhaps the title of this template should say "Films directed by George Lucas" rather than "George Lucas' films". Because even though he didn't direct Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, I think most of us would still consider them "his" films. Coffee 04:22, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, fine ...._(Complain)^{(Let us to it pell-mell)} 05:58, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] It burns...

Can we please get a better color scheme on this template? Its pretty garish. It works more for the SW template simply because there's only a single instance of yellow on black. EVula 17:55, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I concur. The color scheme should be improved if the template is going to be used. I don't normally edit templates, but I'll change the colors if there are no objections. --Erik 22:29, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Films

Even though he did not direct ESB and ROTJ, its pretty weird that they are not on a George Lucas template. Cvene64 07:48, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

If you include Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, you would also have to include Howard the Duck! AnonMoos 03:16, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

No, you wouldn't. Lucas himself had nothing to do with the making of Howard. He only helped with the financing and got a Exec. Prod. credit for it. It can be argued that Empire and Jedi are George's films even though he didn't direct them. The same cannot be said of Howard.Rhindle The Red 12:33, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

No double standards please. ...._(Complain)^{(Let us to it pell-mell)} 08:16, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't even know what you mean by that. Lucas controlled every aspect of the production of 'Empire' and 'Jedi', even telling the director what to do in several instances. In this way, it can be argued (and has been many times) that they are Lucas' films, despite not having a director's credit. This is not the case with 'Howard', 'Willow', 'Tucker' or the Indiana Jones films. The point I was making is that 'Empire' and 'Jedi' are special cases, not subject to the same rules that apply to other films Lucas Executive Produced. If that is a "double standard", so be it. Rules were meant to be broken.Rhindle The Red 14:02, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Big template

This box is quite large. Any chance we could pare it down a bit? I was thinking about removing the short films and/or mentioning "Star Wars series" and "Indiana Jones series". Other thoughts? --Mrwojo 17:25, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Another possibility would be to remove the years. --Mrwojo 20:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Kill anything he hasn't directed, IMO. Most film director templates only cover what the said person has personally directed, not just productions or anything (otherwise, Steven Spielberg would be even bigger). Producer credits should be spun off into, say, {{George Lucas productions}}. hbdragon88 05:20, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

It looks much better with this change. Thanks! --Mrwojo 21:10, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Electronic Labyrinth

After seeing a lot of discrepancy on Wikipedia and elsewhere as to the correct name of the film, I looked at the film itself. Technically the name of the film is Electronic Labyrinth and the "THX 1138 4EB" part is the subtitle. The corresponding page on the USC Moving Image Archive (whom I believe owns the film) lists the title as "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB". So I've changed the article title, as well as the George Lucas film template. Alcarillo 19:30, 6 July 2007 (UTC)