The People vs. George Lucas

The People vs. George Lucas (2010) is a documentary comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Alexandre O. Philippe's film digs into the tangled bond between the creator of Star Wars and the fans who adore him — a bond where worship long ago curdled into resentment.

The grievances pile up fast. The tinkered-with special editions where Han no longer shoots first. The prequels and Jar Jar Binks. The nagging sense that Lucas rewrote something the audience had come to think of as theirs. Built from more than 600 hours of interviews — ordinary fans alongside voices like Neil Gaiman and Francis Ford Coppola — it's stuffed with homemade tributes: songs, Lego animation, needlepoint and claymation parodies of Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

Under the jokes sits a real question: who actually owns that galaxy far, far away — the man who dreamed it up, or the millions who believed in it? Philippe hands the mic to both camps instead of passing judgment. It hits hardest if you grew up on the saga and have argued yourself hoarse over it at least once. Stream The People vs. George Lucas (2010) online on iFILM.