Episode III: Redemption of the George.

I'm going to channel some students here and I will just say this:

OMG...

Despite the fact that George "Mills and Boon" Lucas still can't write a romance to save his life, and the fact that Princess Leia remembers her mother and her sad smile and the fact that Lord Vader taking his first steps looks suspiciously like Frankenstein, OMG.

Short version is that Star Wars has indeed risen above it's creator...and for me, the canonical series begins here.

More later.