10 Lessons We Took Home From The Movies In 2012

9. George Lucas Doesn’t Like Star Wars As Much As We Do

One of the most shocking moments to hit the cinesphere this year was the announcement that George Lucas had decide to sell LucasFilm to Disney for a gazillion dollars, something that seemed utterly incomprehensible , given that Lucas has always displayed a terrifying protectiveness over the franchise that gave him the money to buy all those flannel shirts. But the lesson we’ve learned here is that maybe George Lucas isn’t as in to Star Wars as the rest of us, and he’s probably had enough of the damn thing.

You see, the way Lucas has abused the franchise and its characters over the past twenty years with all those changes and tweaks and Jar Jar Binks proves something that we all should have realised long ago: George Lucas doesn’t actually understand why people like Star Wars, something proven by his ill-judged attempts to make “prequel movies.” Now that Lucas has relinquished his grip over an entity that means so much more to everyone else than it does to him, there’s actually a chance that Disney can bring balance to the force (or other nerdy Star Wars reference of you choice).