George Lucas biography shows how a distrust of studios led to Star Wars

There’s a perennial argument playing out over and over on the internet: did George Lucas ruin Star Wars? The franchise’s creator did himself few favors with the Special Editions and prequel trilogy, but he never seemed to care about the reaction from series fans. A new biography by Jim Henson and biographer Brian Jay Jones came out this week, and it puts together an interesting picture of the man who created one of the world’s biggest franchises. George Lucas: A Life is an enga