C-3PO's head is on a conveyor belt twice because he's disassembled twice, both in the middle chapter of the trilogy. Each time it's a reflection of what's happening to the characters emotionally. Not only is this blindingly obvious, Lucas has actually pointed this out himself. You're supposed to use your brain.

All three prequels have much better cinematography than Return of the Jedi.

I thought everyone hated the Blu-ray picture quality because of the odd color grading choices and horribly crushed blacks. I think it's weird that you find pretty good, Jurassic Park-quality CGI to be totally unacceptable on an aesthetic level, but apparently failed to notice all the other issues with the picture…

You might not have felt the same way if a good portion of the original special effects hadn't been re-composited using modern techniques.

You're right. No one would care about a new Star Wars movie coming out. No one.

Well, it was a rough draft. And that was the intention; as in, it was a way for Lucas to get all of his ideas onto the page so he could further refine it into a workable script. Lucas himself knew it wasn't anywhere close to a finished product. I mean, the dude created an entire universe the likes of which nobody had…

No, I actually understand the disappointment completely. It's just absurd to pretend that Lucas is a hypocrite for not releasing them. He may be stubborn, misguided, creatively bankrupt, whatever—but he isn't a hypocrite.

How, though? From a moral perspective, how is it any different from him denying us access to the original work prints? He considers both to be unfinished, inferior versions which don't reflect his intentions and which he doesn't want his name attached to. The only difference is more people saw the theatrical releases…

He co-wrote both scripts but is not credited for Empire. He is, however, credited for Jedi, so you should have known that. That doesn't really have much to do with whether or not they're his intellectual property, though. They were his stories, he was involved creatively at every level of production, and he retained…

I don't know how you can read that and think Lucas was in any way advocating those measures for the purpose of protecting art from the original artist. That would be a fairly absurd interpretation. Especially since the measures he was advocating for actually went into effect and indeed did not stop him from making…

Yeah, it reminded me of Hollywood too.

Well, I mean, it actually was co-written by him. He wrote entire drafts of the script which formed the basis for Kasdan's work, and even made some changes to the final product. Technically, I think he probably could have qualified for an official co-writing credit for the screenplay, unless I'm misunderstanding the…

She was a big influence and definitely the main editor on the Trench Run sequence, but I think it's probably a stretch to claim definitively that she was the "main" editor for the movie as a whole. The movie had four editors including Lucas (and not including the original editor of the first, awful cut, who Lucas…

That's totally false, though. Like, completely.

If you really think about it, why wouldn't I spend my free time on the weekend educating the AV Club commentariat about the merits of midi-chlorians?

In Episode I, Jar Jar was the sarcastic, cynical loner character, but not very many people noticed. He basically fills Han Solo's role exactly. He provides the heroes with necessary transportation during the first act, he mocks the Force, and he plays a key but unexpected role in the final battle. He even wears a vest.

Hayden Christensen is a good actor and he's good as Anakin. He has to deliver some bum lines but he does all right with them. All Star Wars actors had to deliver bum lines. I mean, seriously. "Laugh it up, fuzzball"? How is that any better than a stylized nine-year-old shouting "Yippee!"? Jake Lloyd's performance…

Just posting "Red Letter Media" isn't really a valid rebuttal, though, even though people think it is.

Anakin built C-3PO because C-3PO is a mechanical man within whom resides a spark of humanity, and who spends his entire life as a slave to some or another master. C-3PO is intimately related to the character of Darth Vader, and arguably always has been. Lucas introduced Anakin as the Maker of C-3PO in order to make…

There were multiple reasons.