When you get a small group of fans who hate something, it becomes compounded by the internet. The press picks up the internet like it's a source. They don't realise it is just one person typing out their opinion.

I must admit I suffered a bit when I first came to England. But then I realised that there was nothing to be intimidated by, everybody had two legs.

Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.

You can't do it unless you can imagine it.

I wanted to make a kids' film that would strengthen contemporary mythology.

I’m moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff.

I felt that one of the major issues in the third film is that Luke is finally on his own and has to fight Vader and the Emperor by himself. If you get a sense that Yoda or Ben is there to help him or to somehow influence him, it diminishes the power of the scene.