Wow, it's almost as if George Lucas is a professional filmmaker who's intimately familiar with his craft-on top of history, literature, and politics-and many of his detractors aren't. Truly makes one ponder.

Just look at how soulless the sequel trilogy is and you’ll have all the proof you need. Lucas IS Star Wars.

Okay, I'm not the most socially adept person but I'm pretty sure that bragging about stealing a Boba Fett action figure from a child is not an acceptable conversation topic.

I've been an ardent, unironic supporter and defender of George Lucas and the prequels ever since they came out. This whole video was a catharsis for 20 years of frustration with having to constantly fight tooth and nail to get basically anyone I ever met to acknowledge that there are even some things that the prequels do well. Even with just that, I would adore this video. However, the extra effort you put in to show the true greatness and beauty of the prequels (and all of the passion and love that Lucas put into making them) is what I truly appreciate about this video. Your work has just further enhanced my love of the films, as I can now better explain/put in to words/show examples of what makes me love them so much. So, sincerely, thank you.

The irony that the sequels basically catered to the every whim of the Plinkett reviews and that Mike doesn't even like them outside of TFA is absolutely hilarious. Be careful what you wish for right? It was all so simple back then wasn't it? If we can just get rid of George Lucas then Star Wars will be great again right? We know better now don't we?

This film (this is a documentary film, not a mere KZread video) deserves far more awareness and acclaim than it has, and I hope George has the opportunity to see it.

We failed George lucas and because of that Disney will ruin what he poured his heart and soul into

This doesn’t just make me appreciate the prequels more, but it also does make me appreciate the original trilogy more too.

As someone who's always dismissed the prequels as "underrated but just fine either way," I'm glad I found this excellent video. George is a creative, ingenious auteur.

It's kind of funny that you mentioned the Droid Factory having hellish imagery, because Lego Star Wars has even more of that by having sections of the Droid Factory level literally be filled with lava. Even Lego Star Wars understood the subtle techniques in the film.

Man I’m speechless. I myself am an avid prequels fan, for and for only half the reasons you brought up in this video essay. I truly had no idea how deep these ties ran. Thank you so much for showing why these films are so incredible.

"I don't like watching the prequels first because it ruins the "I am you father" twist in Empire Strikes Back"

The bit about how the music at the end of TPM is just an upbeat happy version of the Emperor’s theme blew my mind. I’ve always loved the prequels but little things like that enhance my love for them, awesome video!

I've seen a fair few people in the comment section either misunderstanding the point Worley has been trying to make or simply mocking it , so let me try to explain :

I remember as a kid, I was part of a children's Christmas program. I was maybe 9 or 10 years old at the time, but there were some older teenagers, 17-19 ish helping. One teenage boy was talking to a teen girl about how much he loved Star Wars and my happy little child self chimed in "oh I love Star Wars, too!" He turned to look at me and sort of stared me down and asked, "Which do you like? The Original Trilogy or the Prequel Trilogy?" And as at that point in my young life I hadn't seen the OT yet (besides Empire) I said, "I like the Prequels!" And he turned away from me and as he turned away he said, "Don't talk to me." That kinda crushed me as a little kid.

This is maybe the best video essay I’ve watched on KZread and I have watched countless video essays on KZread. A great work of art yields more depth no matter how closely you look. I hope Lucas is taken seriously in his lifetime, not just as a popular Hollywood director, but as a grandmaster of visual media. His films know more about ourselves than we do.

I love this video, thank you so much for making it! This is the first real analysis of Star Wars as films I've seen, most people just act smug about what they like and dislike, but I love that you kind of showed Lucas' perspective on the movies and what his intentions were when making them. The amount of research and hard work you must have put into this is also so impressive, this level of dedication truly makes your video a shining example of how interesting analysis videos could be.

I first saw this video 4 years ago. This video not only changed my perspective on Star Wars, it also changed my perspective on cinema in general. Not only did I grow a bigger appreciation for Star Wars, I also started watching films like Metropolis, Woody Allen's filmography, The Godfather trilogy, Martin Scorsese's filmography and the Dollars Trilogy.

Can’t believe no one has mentioned the very well executed Mike Dunning and Jay Krueger joke yet. I cackled

Another reason to respect Lucas: he will acknowledged the films that inspired him.