See, now if Lucas had made EP2 anything like this:

As Epsiode 3 draws near I'd like to make a recommendation for all you Star Wars fans out there: rent/buy/steal and watch THX 1138 . Again and again. Watched the restored version recently and it just blew my mind. This is nothing like the George Lucas who made Attack Of The Clones. This is a more silent, cerebral piece which explains why Lucas was the superstar of his USC class. As I said it's nothing like the last two Star Wars films and it almost seems like this film comes from another part of his brain far far away. The better part.

Snag the special edition DVD, it's worth it. There's a special feature wherein Walter Murch (editing and sound demigod) pops in certain parts of the film and discusses how it was edited and sound designed. Also has a great featurette showing the early days of American Zoetrope, Francis Ford Coppola's production company. It's always amusing watching old clips of all these super directors talk about their roots and that they too once upon a time dealt with shitty equipment, crappy food, and broken down transpo.

Lucas mentioned in an interview that now that he's done with the Star Wars films he'd like to get back to smaller, independent type movies. Let's hope they're as good as THX 1138.