George Lucas apologizes for calling Disney ‘white slavers’

In a statement issued Thursday, Lucas says he misspoke and used a “very inappropriate analogy”.

“Star Wars” creator George Lucas apologized Thursday for referring to Disney as “white slavers,” calling the phrase “a very inappropriate analogy”. That’s where he stopped his metaphor, seeming to realize he was heading down a unsafe path. In the interview, Lucas likened Disney’s purchase of the franchise to a “break up”.

“It comes down to a simple rule of life”, the filmmaker said.

“It’s a very hard thing to do”.

“They looked at the stories, and they said, ‘We want to make something for the fans, ‘”Lucas said”. Lucas said that there were quite a few things he didn’t like about the movie-particularly labeling the way it went to as “slavery” and the producers Disney-and LucasArts, as it seems-as “slavers”. “Every movie, I worked very hard to make them different…different planets, different spaceships to make it new”.

The comments predictably set off furious chatter on the Internet, with some defending “Star Wars” founding father and his right to criticize his successors, while others labeled him as ungrateful and out of bounds for biting the hand that fed him a multi-billion-dollar fortune. I loved them. I created them.

“I sold them to the white slavers who takes these things and…”

He sold his company, Lucasfilm, to the Walt Disney Co.in 2012 for $4.06 billion, and the studio charged ahead in developing “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” with director J.J.

Lucas also said in the interview that Disney was not “that keen” to have him involved on the “Force Awakens”.

Lucas made the comments about selling his company toward the end of the hour-long interview in which the filmmaker also talked about his creative process, working with other directors, and the film industry’s penchant for doing sequels. “I rarely go out with statements to clarify my feelings but I feel it is important to make it clear that I am thrilled that Disney has the franchise and is moving it in such exciting directions in film, television and the parks”, he said.

No matter how many times Lucas says he’s severed ties with the franchise, he’s always going to be asked what he thinks of Disney’s handling of the series, especially now that “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was such a huge financial success.