He actually talks about it exactly as I describe in the commentary of The Phantom Menace and the commentaries of his films in general. The HelloGreedo and Red Letter Media videos are filled with misinformation.

As a counterargument I’ll share again Rick Worley’s video essay. It has excerpts of George’s audio commentaries where he goes through it. It also includes an excerpt from Lawerence Kasdan.

It pains me how there’s so many false claims about George by many who try to hold him up to the highest standards by keeping him to his “original” vision.