James Cameron to step down as Avatar 2 writer/director?

I know, it's wishful thinking for the sheer purpose of narrative and directorial tightening, but it makes sense for James Cameron to step down as Avatar 2 writer/director.

James Cameron is an innovator, an ideasman.
George Lucas is an innovator, an ideasman.
Both directors have sustained concerned critical downdressing for their writing/directing shortcomings.

Think of it this way, how much better as a cinematic experience is "Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back" by the Kershner/Brackett/Kasdan team than the original "Star Wars: a New Hope" by Lucas?

Exactly, we all 'respect' Lucas's original effort. It was the stand-out movies of the seventies in so many ways. But it was weak, in terms of story and direction.

Same with Avatar (a movie I LOVE for its conceptual audacity and visual panache) it all came across as a little too wordy and was directed with a condescending hand, like we wouldn't understand a straight story of corporate invasion of indigenous alien moon or something.

James Cameron kicks ass in the ideas/art/conceptualisation/engineering department. His films feel REAL, as in they've existed forever. Solid. Alive. But his characters and stories are messy, weak, drippy at best, overbearing and ponderous at worst.

I can't wait to see what James Cameron has in store for Avatar 2 (the undersea adventure?). He is the man when it comes to displaying his concerns for the planet under an onslaught of commercial gluttony. Stay at the helm in the CREATIVE UNITY department, in the MAKING IT WORK, in the STEERING THE SHIP department. But please, please, Mr Cameron, please step away from the gun. Please hand over the writing/directing of Avatar 2 to a more savage writer/directing team so you can get on with 'some other pet project'. Know your strengths and play to them.

And it's not just Cameron I'm targeting, it's the same with another of my favourite directors David Cronenberg, who always insists on writing his own versions of his films. If only he'd let a decent writer pen the action for him to direct, I think he'd have made a lot more SOLID films by now. Gah, this has been a Philbin Critique, a mere Observation.