What I really meant was that the OT (the first movie in particular) made a big change in the way special effects were used. while he may have been setting up the use of digital cameras and 'playing around' with them and other technology between ROTJ and TPM, the initial impression i get is that he decided to release and use the PT as a way to show/exhibit this technology to the world as a way to make the 'next generation' of movies. Kind of bolstering its acceptance because its riding on the curtails of the Star Wars name. A kind of well, when Star Wars was first released it was ground breaking and changed the way things are done...well this new Star Wars movie does things differently, but its still a Star Wars movie, so this must be the 'right' way or the new way everything after it will be done. almost along the lines of how the matrix came out and had bullet time and it was oooh ahhh, thats cool. but then 'every' action movie after that used bullet time even when it was entirely pointless.
I guess because in 'every' interview he does, Lucas has to mention how he is using 'ground breaking' technology. I get the impression that he's trying to force another filmmaking revolution that is associated with his name. Its not the fact that he's at the forefront of this new 'style' of filmmaking (or however you want to refer to it) that i have a problem with, its the fact that it seems (at least to me) that he is forcing (no pun intending) his leading this new 'movement' or even the fact that its a movement at all. He did all this great work with special effects because it couldnt be done with current technology...well, what about his new movies couldnt be done with puppets and sets and regular film...nothing...its not the great change he tries to make it out to be, but rather a different way to do it, a different medium to present it on. Not that its gonna be the new standard (a point many people have mentioned in various threads here).
-Darth Simon