skyjedi2005 said:

I wish those scenes that were cut from 2001 had survived.

Always wanted to see the premiere cut.

As for Lucas on 2001 he is simply admiring Kubrick's work.

With his own films he only ever saw the flaws.

Funny that Kubrick thought star wars was trash and wanted to top it with AI which he never of course made.

http://badassdigest.com/2010/12/17/my-god-its-full-of-lost-2001-footage/

“If I made as much money as George Lucas, I would not decide to become a studio mogul. I cannot understand why he doesn’t want to direct films anymore, because American Graffiti and even Star Wars were very good.”

http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/polls-surveys/stanley-kubrick-cinephile