At the end of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer visualizes how his creation of the atomic bomb could one day destroy the world. Oppenheimer stares into the abyss, paralyzed by the fear of his decision and torn by the guilt of his actions.
I can’t prove it, but I imagine that in the last few years, George Lucas has stood at the edge of a pond, contemplating his decision to sell Lucasfilm to Disney. “I’ve spent my life creating Star Wars — 40 years — and giving it up was very, very painful,” Lucas said in the book “The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I-III 1999-2005.” Unlike Oppenheimer, Lucas made some money — a casual $4.05 billion — off of his pivotal decision, which probably makes it a little easier to sleep at night.
