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Last night, George Lucas appeared on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart to promote his new book "George Lucas' Blockbusting." However, as would be expected, the focus on the conversation wasn't on his new book, but immediately centered on the Star Wars franchise. Every single Star Wars fan should check this video out. I'm a huge, HUGE fan of Stewart as both a comedian and as a journalist. He pretty much always speaks his mind and asks the questions that need to be asked. In this case he just goes for it and asks the questions that fans often wonder about when it comes to Lucas, such as-and I'm paraphrasing a bit-how does it feel to piss off a whole generation of fans and do you still believe you're as creative as you used to be? The latter one I found especially brilliant and ballsy. Granted, he said it in a nicer way, but the implication of "Hey, what the heck happened in the new movies as opposed to the old ones," was still there.

But even better than Stewart's questions were Lucas' answers. Lucas still insists that people love Jar Jar Binks, one of the most repulsively idiotic characters in the history of cinema. Either Lucas' pride is pretty out of control and he'll never admit to the awfulness of the new trilogy or he's a tad delusional. Either one is likely. [Matt's note: It's also likely that Lucas inhabits a world where no one challenges him and only strokes his ego]

Check out the full video after the jump.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart airs Mondays to Thursdays at 11pm PST / 10pm CST.