There are loopholes in just about everything Lucas has said over the past few years in regards to Episode VII. The 60 Minutes interview from '05 when he says "there is no Episode VII." Well, no, there isn't, that's because it doesn't exist right now. That doesn't mean it never will. The biggest loophole is the "This is the last Star Wars movie I will ever direct" comment.

As for the PT and this series specifically, well, I'll say this. Recently someone put up online a Ted Koppel interview from '83 where Siskel, Ebert and some other critic discuss Return of the Jedi and its merits. The other critic whose name I can't remember brought up the point that "it might as well be a cartoon." Ebert cleverly responded with "Well, I think these are the kind of movies Disney should start making."

Here's my point with all this. Remember how people said ROTJ was where the trouble really began? Remember how by the time we got to ROTS they were calling it a Pixar film? I think this simply finishes it off by making it completely CG at last.