@MosquitoFarmer - Well, he no longer has to deal with the fallout of ruining all his fans' childhoods.

@IronGenesis - I agree so long as he doesn't write the dialogue

@IronGenesis - Lucas is a great idea guy (even the Prequels, just listen to Dave Filoni explain them and you'd think he was talking about an entirely different movie trilogy because he makes it sound excellent). However, unless he has other creatives to play off of and develop the ideas with, it tends to not work out as well.

A New Hope was the only film he wrote alone and directed in the OT; not only was it heavily structured around Todorov's narrative theory, Propp's character theory, and the structure of most generic fairytales, but by many accounts it was also pretty much saved by the editor (his wife at the time, Marcia Lucas, who won the Academy Award for editing the movie).

The Empire Strikes Back was co-written by Lawrence Kasdan and Leigh Bracket based on Lucas' story treatment, and the film was directed by Irvin Kershner, while Return of the Jedi was co-written by Lucas and Kasdan and directed by Richard Marquand.

Lucas then returned for the Prequels, wrote and directed them alone, didn't have Marcia Lucas as his editor anymore as they'd divorced over a decade prior, couldn't structure it around the narrative theories he'd previously relied on for A New Hope... Basically he tried to do it all by himself and I think his ambition was too much for him and the result was a Prequel Trilogy that people ragged on. The thing is though, his ideas were decent, I think he just over exerted himself and should've brought in some collaborators to help him refine his concepts.

@Dredd97 -
Yea, Lucas is an idea man but not particularly good at execution. He is better off at this point being a mentor and godlike figure who descends from his perch up there in Marin County to bestow his blessings on the work of others. I personally find even the worst of the prequels to me more watchable than anything that has come out since, including Rogue One. Looking forward to seeing what a generation of filmmakers who grew up with Star Wars can do with the property. In Favreau I Trust.

@bobevanz - I think they are actually far worse movies than the sequel but the sequel trilogy was safe and still sucked while at least the prequels were a big swing and a miss while setting up some legitimately good world build and ideas that later creators (The Clone Wars) would come in and do justice.