Man it does hurt. But truth is truth. What an idiot, even if he does believe that. I was going to the theatre. Forget it!
check out this interview...they are almost gleeful
http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0505180309may18,0,1141542,print.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds
As Senator Padme, played by Natalie Portman, watches Palpatine consolidate his power amid a rapturous senate, she comments disgustedly, "This is how liberty dies: with thundering applause."
"I didn't expect that to be true," Lucas said, then laughed. "It gets truer every day, unfortunately."