"George Lucas Classics"

SHAFT NewsWire - George Lucas, whose net worth is estimated by Forbes at 3 billion dollars, recently launched a new project to spend his fortune on: purchasing the rights to classic motion pictures, digitally remastering them, then releasing updated Special Editions in cineplexes for a whole new generation of moviegoers to enjoy. The project is called "George Lucas Classics," and the first film to get the magic treatment is "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

Hoping to make the movie more appealing to a larger and younger demographic, Lucas has digitally added a lovable droid named Clank to the cast. Not everyone in Hollywood is enamored of Jack Nicholson's new robotic sidekick, however. The idea of a 1970s-era mental institution with a droid on staff seems preposterous to many, and some movie critics have condemned "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Special Edition" before it even hits theaters, calling it "an abomination" and "an affront to classic cinema."

Lucas remains unswayed by the negative press that the first "George Lucas Classic" has received so far, and issued this public statement to his naysayers:

"I defy you to name a single movie that couldn't be improved with the addition of dozens, if not hundreds, of CGI droids, alien creatures, and/or spaceships swarming around in the background."