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We all know George Lucas co-directed the Star Wars Episode I with Steven Spielberg with Lucas laying out the ideas and Spielberg directing and Kasdan writing the script. And it was a masterpiece that renewed interest in Star Wars after so long.
But there were times when Lucas actually wanted to do the script for The Phantom Menace, and the entire prequel trilogy by himself, and eventually do the script for the prequels by himself but was talked out of it by his friends. Which raises the question. What if he had done it himself. Would it have worked as a movie? I recall a character called "Jar Jar" in the original drafts that was removed. But why? Would the character have sucked?