too bad it is getting bad reviews...still did very well opening at the box office.
Frank Darabont (Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile) was originally hired to do the screenplay, and spent a year on it. Lucas replaced him though and did the script himself. Darabont was pissed about that
“It was a tremendous disappointment and a waste of a year,” Darabont told MTV. “It showed me how badly things can go. I spent a year of very determined effort on something I was very excited about, working very closely with Steven Spielberg and coming up with a result that I and he felt was terrific. He wanted to direct it as his next movie, and then suddenly the whole thing goes down in flames because George Lucas doesn’t like the script.”
“I told him he was crazy. I said, ‘You have a fantastic script. I think you’re insane, George.’ You can say things like that to George, and he doesn’t even blink. He’s one of the most stubborn men I know.”
later...backed off a little bit and was all hollywood gracious...