Apparently, World War II was exactly like "Star Wars," or at least that’s how Lucas felt when he launched this "passion project" that he produced and, eventually, when director Anthony Hemingway (known for helming memorable episodes of "The Wire") got hung up, stepped in, and directed whole swaths of. The true story of a squadron of all-black fighter pilots during World War II is certainly riveting, but under Lucas’s guidance the air skirmishes become computer-generated free-for-alls. It’s seriously insane to see one of the greatest conflicts in American history rendered as a zooming, technologically advanced thrill-fest. Lucas wanted this to be the first film in a series; audiences disagreed.
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