Rod Hilton on Nostr: George specifically said, in interviews, one of the reasons he sold Star Wars was ...

George specifically said, in interviews, one of the reasons he sold Star Wars was that the fans hated the prequels so much. The fans bullied Ahmed Best to near suicide, and Jake Lloyd left acting.

I'm not defending George or the prequels. They are really quite bad. What I'm annoyed at is suddenly pretending they were always great and only the Disney stuff is bad. Most of it is pretty bad all around.

This Goyte parody came out the year AFTER the Disney sale:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlbPXZEpRE