Lucas was vague, the statement was unclear and ambiguous, the article was in a choreographical point of view (in other words, just the movies) and was simply only comparing the PT to the OT and thus disregarding the EU - in other words the statement doesn't apply to the EU. Don't you also happen to find it odd that the jedi at their best in terms of saber combat would be in a relatively peaceful period which saw very little combat (especially saber combat - hardly any) and where the most practiced form was Niman - the diplomat's form?
Originally posted by Lightsnake
Doesn't matter. Lucas said it, it goes.
PT>Jedi of ages past
Funny that Lucas also mentions that he doesn't DEAL with the EU stuff. That stuff and his stuff are completely different, he says.
Does it mean whatever Lucas creates is the strongest? No, of course not.
Everything displayed by the ancients was far more impressive than what the PT Sith (Count Dooku, Sidious, Maul, Vader) have shown.
Originally posted by zephiel7
Funny that Lucas also mentions that he doesn't DEAL with the EU stuff. That stuff and his stuff are completely different, he says.Does it mean whatever Lucas creates is the strongest? No, of course not.
Everything displayed by the ancients was far more impressive than what the PT Sith (Count Dooku, Sidious, Maul, Vader) have shown.
Exactly, as long as it doesn't contradicts Lucas' stuff, it works.
Let me make this abundantly clear to you all. If it doesn't work, I can have Ush come here and reiterate it. Once George Lucas gives off a statement regarding Star Wars, it is irrefutable. You cannot debate against it.
His opinion is the Star Wars law. Your opinions, Nebaris, are insignificant next to his, useless, and completely wrong if it directly defies Lucas's words and authority. As does mine, or anyone else's.
So, if he stated the PT to be the "prime of the Jedi" (which he did), then it is a cold, hard fact. You are not Lucas. Do not presume to possess the intellect, the authority, or the legal right to attempt to refute one of Lucas's statements. You don't possess any of the three.
He does not have to take the EU "into consideration" for it to become a fact in the EU. Considering how the PT Jedi Order is the only one we've seen in the movies at all, it obliterates your notion that it counts for "just the movies".
Lucas still has full authority over the movies and the Expanded Universe.
If you don't like it, sorry. Your opinions mean jack.