I'm kind of disappointed that things turned out the way they did. GL should have been more willing to hand the reigns over to other people. for example, I was watching the bonus features on the Prometheus disc and it struck me that Ridley Scott -as-director was really just a sounding board for other people's ideas. he would listen to people's ideas and ask questions from the POV of a devil's advocate trying to pick holes in them, only to arrive at a further idea that held water. (well more water anyways). he's very much a supervising influence, rather than a purely creative one, directing a script that he never wrote himself. he seemed like Jean Luc Picard in command of, of a team of professionals who didn't NEED to be micro-managed. I think this is why ESB was so great. GL handed his ideas off to a proper screenwriter and gave the directing duties to someone with a creative vision, of his own, for how he wanted the movie to turn out. he didn'y micro-manage everything to the finest detail. the PT by contrast saw him write the whole thing himself, direct it all himself, dictate designs for creatures and weapons, etc etc.. there are FAR more talented people out there who can do this kind of thing.. and GL could have just supervised it all like a Ridley Scott production. (like Jean Luc Picard).:P
in the end, he tried to be a jack of all trades (writer/director/producer) and a master of none. and when people didn't like (or appreciate) his efforts, he took it personally. now he's COMPLETE:Y turned his back on it and will NEVER be allowed to have any kind of influence ever again. that's a far cry from Jean Luc Picard.
he should have kept the company. he shouldn't have sold it to the evil empire of the magic mouse. he should have hired JJ Abrams for AOTC (like he hired Irvin Kershner for ESB) -- he should have trusted the artists around him to do their jobs without so much micro-managing on his part. then he would still have influence.
I would prefer to have GL at the head of the company, managing from a distance, with JJ Abrams and KAsdan as writers, and JJ Abrams directing.. etc etc.. he should never have backed himself into this corner. "All OR Nothing" is no way to live. :P in a way I feel sorry for the guy.