You can’t deny he was technologically innovative though, since most movies today are shot in digital cameras and Lucas was the one that started the trend.
I don’t find it innovative. The technology already existed and was being used on smaller films. All he did was use it badly.
Eh… it did not really exist. Prior to AoTC, a lot of indie filmmakers were shooting on DV and outputting to film. That was the extent of “digital filmmaking” and no one was claiming that video would overthrow film. And yes, there were smaller experiments using very early high def video but what Lucas did was popularizing digital filmmaking in mainstream cinema and whose quality rivaled film. THIS was the revolution.
Sure, looking back now, the technology is laughably outdated (I’m sure my sony A6000 can shoot footage just as good), but you have to start somewhere and Lucas was brave enough to take that leap.
And like someone else said, shooting digital wasn’t easier, especially in the early days. One problem was the use of small sensors which increases your depth of field. You have to use longer and faster lenses order to work around that, not to mention color compression issues that affect post production etc.