George Lucas' Fatal Mistake Was Directing All The Star Wars Prequels Himself

I partially disagree. I don't think that Lucas should have held off on directing the prequels, there was value in seeing the exact story that Lucas wanted to tell. I just think that Lucas should have hired an "Assistant Director/Acting Coach", to do all the parts of a directors job that Lucas didn't want to do - all the parts that involve working with the actors!

Seriously, Lucas is known as "The Worst Actors' Director Alive" for a reason.

Agreed but with that said even the prequels are better than the Disney crap, which isn’t saying much.

Oh, I think the prequels would have been the same no matter what. George at this point was pushing technology over any semblance of filmmaking. He would have just been sitting in his chair watching another guy sit in a chair telling the actors sitting in their chairs in front of the green screen what to do. There was no possibility that he'd just hand the movie off to a guy who'd throw out the digital cameras and go shoot on location with practical effects.

He did get help in writing Attack of the Clones and, no surprise I guess, it was clearly best of the prequels.

I'm sure the billionaire George Lucas ponders this "fatal mistake" from the luxury of his vast private estate every single day...