re: How much of a joke is it that Star Wars was ever thought to be equal to Lord of the Rings?

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Had he been given the creative freedom

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This doesn't make sense. The creative freedom is what led to 3 movies. All he had to do was follow the source material. Simple.

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time as he had with LotR

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Don't believe this, either. He was penned for this project a long time before filming. Once again, if he had time for three movies....

I don't want to hear about studio involvement. He had enough cache to either demand what he wanted or just walk away.