The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.

Everyone seems to think that digital technology devoids the medium of content, but that is not true at all. If anything, it broadens the content.

But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences - is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.

The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film - whether it's history, psychology, economics, or architecture - so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn't going to help you unless you have something to say.

You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.

You need to have a lot of close family around you, a lot of friends to keep you honest. Take your time, take a year and just slow everything down a little bit. Get away from the success part, stay with yourself. Go off on a beach somewhere or do something to keep yourself aligned right.

It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I've always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.