If you weren’t at ShoWest then you missed out on the next big thing: 3-D movies! If that brought back memories of blue/red plastic glasses then you are 1) very old and 2) thinking of the wrong kind of 3-D. We’re talking no-glasses digital virtual reality here people. At least that’s what it is if you listen to Lucas:

Appearing as part of a sextet of high-profile directors promoting 3-D and digital cinema at film industry convention ShoWest on Thursday, Lucas said he hadn’t yet committed to a precise schedule but hoped to have the first film ready for the 30th anniversary of the original “Star Wars” movie in 2007 and that he would then rerelease one “Star Wars” film per year in 3-D.

Considering all the success Lucas has had in forcing theaters to switch to digital, getting them to switch to 3-D is a no-brainer. Either that or he’s just milking the Star Wars franchise one more time. I’m sure that this super-duper-hyped-up-3-D version is really what his true vision for the original Star Wars was…