Lucas pledges half of wealth the charity

[micdavis]

In related news, David Prowse jumps off bridge in frustration.

Not THAT is freakin' funny. lol

 

[defstartrooper]

I can appreciate this but with that much money, it will continue to gain interest therefore more money for charity in the end.

Right cos the charity wont collect interest on it or invest it at all will they.

 

[DarkKnight]

yeah hes like Im keeping the orignal trilogy but Im going to give the prequels to charity, it will be a great tax deductions and these fools will think i gave half my fortune to charity, instead I unloaded 3 movies---poop, pee and puke=prequels and kept the good stuff. let those peasants eat cake(prequels)

 

[cpltony]

What Lucas does with HIS money is up to him. Giving 50% of it to a worthy cause - fantastic!!
I'm hoping along with many others that this goes directly to a worthwhile cause and does not get eaten up along the way.

It's not our money....it was once but now its his.
We voluntarily paid to watch the movies, we voluntarily bought the merchandise and he being the creator of said franchise cashed in on it.....congratulations George.
Lucas is not the IRS....he doesn't take his cut of whatever we have.....we GAVE it to him in return for Star Wars (be it movies, toys, shirts etc etc).

But back on topic.....I think this is a good thing and I thank him for it.

 

[foxbatkllr]

I think this will quickly turn into a Lucas and the prequel bashing thread. You just can't have the name Lucas in a thread on the RPF without everyone complaining about he's the devil that raped their childhoods.

Right?

MUST. HATE. LUCAS!

yeah hes like Im keeping the orignal trilogy but Im going to give the prequels to charity, it will be a great tax deductions and these fools will think i gave half my fortune to charity, instead I unloaded 3 movies---poop, pee and puke=prequels and kept the good stuff. let those peasants eat cake(prequels)

and there you go...

On topic it's great to hear this kind of thing. Sure we can argue about how much it will actually go to charity and how publicized it is, but at least he's doing it.

 

[Pauleysolo]

In related news, David Prowse jumps off bridge in frustration.

Funny!!)

 

[DarkKnight]

who cares what Lucas does, the only smart thing that guy did was keep the models after the original trilogy in an archive and he couldnt even get that totally right, as for charity thats good or bad, what if he gave all his money to some "charity" whose "cause" I dont support? personally these guys just want to feel good about themselves by being fawned over by dumbasses in the media, if they really want to help they should give their time and money to the American troops that fight for us everyday, Im sure he couldve used his money to develop "deflector shielding" or better weapons for our troops, Im sure they could use a scout walker in Iraq or a TIE bomber in Afghanistan

 

[phez]

If it is run like the Gates Foundation Lucas will have his own people doing over site of the donation. For average donations (yours and mine) a lot gets pocketed. I think for the most part people who have built billions of dollers in wealth have not done so by not having there eye on the ball. If he cares about the charity (as Bill Gates and his wife do) he can make sure the money is going where it is supposed.

K-12 Education is a great cause and can really use the help. I think it is great that he has pledged half his wealth to try to make children's lives better.

 

[Jannix Quinn]

It's incredible that those people give a vast sum of money away and people here complain that they do it.

Actually come to think of it, some people here just oppose everything for the sake of it.

They're giving money to charity. It is a good thing.

 

[Crimsonnaire]

"Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without." - Merovingian to Morpheus

 

[propologist]

:rolleyes....

 

[Darth Detori]

someone needs to make a christmas carol parody where Lucas is visited by the ghost of star wars past, star wars present, and star wars future

 

[Pilot]

I'd like to see him buy up a significant percentage of the Amazon (or similar) rain forest, plus fund an entity to police it, to protect if from deforestation.

Nah, any force he sent to the forest would be easily overthrown in short order by the indigenous life forms.

 

[DarkKnight]

It's incredible that those people give a vast sum of money away and people here complain that they do it.

Actually come to think of it, some people here just oppose everything for the sake of it.

They're giving money to charity. It is a good thing.

its not a good thing what if one of the "charities" is the Brady Center or "NAMBLA" Im just saying he will not be forgiven by me he comes out with some OT quality stuff, live action and with real model spaceships no cgi crap and with real asymmetrical Vader helmets no ewoks, gungans jar jars wattos or dipisht kids he should keep his money and have pity on us and use it to erase the memory of the prequels

 

[terryr]

Legally, in the US charities only have to get 5% of donations to the people it is meant for. That's 5 cents on the dollar, or 50,000 for every 1,000,000.

So somebody is getting a lot of money. Not necessarily the people who need it.