Editing MacGuffin (section)

===George Lucas===
In contrast to Hitchcock's view, [[George Lucas]] believes that "the audience should care about [the MacGuffin] almost as much as the dueling heroes and villains on-screen."<ref name=vanity>{{cite journal |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/02/indianajones200802?currentPage=4 |title=Keys to the Kingdom |date=February 2008 |journal=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=January 2, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193209/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/02/indianajones200802?currentPage=4 |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |first1=Jim |last1=Windolf |url-access=limited}}</ref> Lucas describes [[R2-D2]] as the MacGuffin of the [[Star Wars (film)|original ''Star Wars'' film]],<ref name=lucas>{{citation |year=2004 |orig-year=Theatrical release 1977 |title=Star Wars ''DVD audio commentary'' |first1=George |last1=Lucas |time=00:14:44 – 00:15:00 |time-caption=Relevant portion from}}</ref> and said that the [[Ark of the Covenant]], the titular MacGuffin in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', was an excellent example as opposed to the more obscure MacGuffin in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' and the "feeble" MacGuffin in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''.<ref name=vanity/> The use of MacGuffins in [[Indiana Jones]] films later continued with the titular [[crystal skull]] in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull|Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' and [[Antikythera mechanism|Archimedes' Dial]] in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny|the Dial of Destiny]]''.<ref name=vanity/><ref name=vanity2>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/12/indiana-jones-and-the-wait-what-is-the-dial-of-destiny |title=Indiana Jones And The ... Wait, What Is 'The Dial of Destiny'? |date=December 1, 2022 |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=June 30, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202104807/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/12/indiana-jones-and-the-wait-what-is-the-dial-of-destiny |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |first1=Anthony |last1=Breznican |url-access=limited}}</ref>