> I’ve always been a little skeptical of letting creators have so much control, because that’s how you end up with things like the Star Wars Special Editions or Jo Rowling claiming she should’ve killed off Ron so Harry and Hermione could get together. If enough time passes, creators can lose touch with what makes their work so special in the first place. That’s why I support a “death of the author” approach over the long haul - maybe the author’s intent isn’t as important as we assume. Once the work is out there, it belongs to the people, regardless of what copyright law says. I’ve even advocated for shortening copyright terms to a flat 75 years in order to limit that control.
There must be a balance, creators with control know how the lore and the story must follow. See now Disney's Star Wars has gone different route not for the love of the lore and just for the good ESG score of Disney company.
Lucas didn't really do a whole lot for Star Wars after the original trilogy. And while most agree that the prequel trilogy was mostly pretty bad (though I'd argue that the original Phantom Menace played a big role in tainting the following two installments), a lot of what's followed has been at least middling and some quite good.
There must be a balance, creators with control know how the lore and the story must follow. See now Disney's Star Wars has gone different route not for the love of the lore and just for the good ESG score of Disney company.