Lucas Pal Coppola Calls Star Wars a 'Pity'

Where the real money from the movie is made! By Steve Watts

Francis Ford Coppola has expressed disappointment that his friend George Lucas went mainstream with the Star Wars saga.

"I think Star Wars, it's a pity, because George Lucas was a very experimental crazy guy and he got lost in this big production and never got out of it," Coppola said at the Marrakech International Film Festival (via Screen Daily).

"I still hope that he made so much money out of it that he will just make some little movies," he continued. "He promises me that he will."

Lucas directed THX 1138 and American Graffiti before helming Star Wars, after which his directorial output slowed until the prequels began in the late 1990s. The Walt Disney Company purchased LucasFilm, including Star Wars, in 2012.

Lucas recently saw the new Disney-produced film, saying he "really liked" the film and that "fans will love it."

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