Quality of Lines (was Re: over hyped) (Score 1)

On the other hand, Lucas's writing seems to have gone down hill since the first trilogy. Hopefully, the quality of the dialogue and plot will increase with practise.

I would argue that Lucas has always been a quite mediocre writer. This is evidenced by the original Star Wars novel, written by Lucas himself, and is also reflected in the low quality of the dialogue in the current Phantom Menace novel (doubtless based on a raw version of the movie's script). The reason that the first movies achieved such stellar dialogue is because Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are superb at taking rather bland lines and creating memorable and interesting characters. This is especially true for Ford, whose dialogue had to adumbrate the characters of both Han Solo and Chewbacca.