George Lucas Says Empire Strikes Back Was The Worst Star Wars Movie

On Wednesday, George Lucas said that Empire Strikes Back was the worst film in the Star Wars series. Sometimes I'm not sure if Lucas is trying to be funny. In this case I really hope so. He can't be that clueless, can he?

Entertainment blogger David Poland recalls Lucas' comment on Wednesday at the Publicist's Guild luncheon: "George Lucas, giving the award to Sid Ganis, who was the in-house publicist on Star Wars: Episode Five – The Empire Strikes Back, said, 'Sid is the reason why The Empire Strikes Back is always written about as the best of the films, when it actually was the worst one.'"

Empire is considered by many to be the best film in the series. The film has a user rating os a 8.8 with almost 150,000 votes, making it the 9th best film on imdb.com.

A lot of people don't know this but Empire was actually directed by Irvin Kershner, and not Lucas. May-be George is just jealous? He can't be serious, Can he?