nuckles87 on 31 December 2015
Given that the prequels managed to suck the acting talent out of Liam Neison, Natalie Portman, and Ewan McGregor (who are not necessarily amazing, but all capable of putting in better performances than Lucas got out of them) I don't think DiCaprio would have done much better. Hayden Christenson was an unknown who had any career he might have had destroyed by the prequels, so we may never know how good of an actor he can be with a competent director.
I don't think it's an accident that A New Hope, the only original trilogy movie directed by Lucas, also had the most awkward dialogue and acting of that trilogy.
