Yeah I agree, strange since he still agrees it’s a bad movie.
He went on like a 10 minute tangent about how determinism ruins Star Wars when it’s very simple: it’s soft-determinism. As Lucas says, “We all have a destiny, if we choose to follow it.” The Force test’s people’s characters and their choices determine their fate. Like how Luke fulfilled his destiny while Anakin/Vader didn’t until 23 years later. The Force has a will but is not omnipotent. It’s like a river. Also, it was introduced in the OT.
And in the same video he says TPM should be judged in the context of having seen the OT first, but then also later admits that Lucas wanted this to be the first movie. It should be judged as the latter, which is where the movie becomes even worse, because it’s a bad introduction to Star Wars.