As a film lover and overall misanthrope, there are many things in the world that anger me. It upsets me, for example, when people refuse to give a film a chance because of it's genre, when people nitpick a film to death rather than have an intelligent discussion, and overall the utter lack of respect for differing opinions.
The hatred that both George Lucas and his recent films have accumulated over the past two decades is in my opinion one of the sickest examples of mob mentality that humans are capable of without actually committing any acts of violence. That these people can actually claim to love both Star Wars and Indiana Jones and yet spread so much vitriol against the man who created such beloved franchises is boarder line schizophrenic.
These so called fans won't even give him credit for the films that they did enjoy, instead always insisting that his successes were either accidental or the results of someone else's contributions. Quite frankly, it doesn't matter what George Lucas does; he could create the greatest film ever made and people would still despise it. Why? Because his name is George Lucas. The very name sends people into a frenzy, they will never forgive him for their disappointment with special editions and the Phantom Menace. Anything he does will always be exaggerated; the flaws that exist in his films exist in many others, yet people will forgive them because they were not created by him.
I recently saw Revenge of the Sith again and completely failed to understand the criticisms, it was truly a remarkable film. And yes, I did watch the Redlettermedia review and it is worse than anything George Lucas has ever done.
There is a difference between disliking a film and what the Lucas haters are doing, they are destroying film criticism.