George Lucas isn't a genuis, otherwise Hayden Christensen would've had three Oscars in his name. He is, nevertheless, a true visionary of the last half century and it is his fortitude that has allowed other great movie thinkers to break the bounds of imaginative filmmaking. His influence is widespread through many people and many mediums. We have to look no further than those people on our planet who live fruitful lives debating whether contract workers on the Death Star were innocent victims of an intergalactic civil war.