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'It's not much fun': Star Wars creator George Lucas says he did not want to direct new films because of fan criticism and brands the movies 'soap operas' not sci-fi

By Caitlin O'toole For Dailymail.com

Published: 12:23 EST, 19 November 2015 | Updated: 16:17 EST, 19 November 2015

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George Lucas has said he didn't want to make a new Star Wars film because it's 'not much fun' being criticized by fans.

The creator of the legendary films is not involved in the new film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which will be directed by JJ Abrams.

'You go to make a movie and all you do is get criticized. And it's not much fun,' Lucas told Vanity Fair. 'You can't experiment.'

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Moving on: Star Wars creator George Lucas said he's not involved in the new Star Wars films because 'all you do is get criticized' by fans

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The Star Wars creator also told CBS This Morning's Charlie Rose there was a difference of opinion about the direction the new movies, which he sees as family soap operas, not science fiction.

'The issue was ultimately, they looked at the stories and they said, 'We want to make something for the fans,' Lucas said.

'All I wanted to do was tell a story about what happened. You know, it started here and it went here. 'It's all about generations and it's about the issues of fathers and sons and grandfathers.

'It's a family soap opera - it's not just about spaceships.'

Family soap: George Lucas has said he sees Star Wars as a family soap opera, not a sci fi film, but that the new filmmakers wanted to go in a different direction

'So they decided they didn't want to use those stories, they decided they were going to do their own thing. So I decided, 'Fine..I'll go my way and I let them go their way.''

He also said the creators of the new film 'weren't that keen to have me involved anyway.'

'If I get in there I'm just going to cause trouble, because they're not going to do what I wanted to do,' he explained of his decision to step away.

'And I don't have the control to do that anymore and all it would do is muck everything up.

'So I said 'Ok, I will go my way and I'll let them go their way.'

Break up: The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams on set of the new Star Wars film, which will be released on December 18

Clean break: Lucas appeared at a Tribeca Film Festival Directors Talks on April 17, 2015

The Force Awakens will be the first Star Wars movie the legendary filmmaker will not be involved in, after he sold his company LucasFilm to Disney for $4 billion in 2012.

The writer-director compared the situation to a break up, saying no contact is best.

'It really does come down to a simple rule of life, which is, when you break up with somebody the first rule is no phone calls,' he said.

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'The second rule, you don't go over to their house and drive by to see what they're doing.

'The third one is you don't show up at their coffee shop... you just say 'nope, gone, history, I'm moving forward.''

Disney will release the highly-anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens on December 18, and also plans a number of spin-off films.

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