Welcome to What Did We Miss?, the show where we resolve out pop culture blindspots, one podcast at a time.
This week we tackle George Lucas' feature length debut, the dystopian romp THX 1138. That's right, those letters and numbers that keep popping up in Star Wars and Lucasfilm productions aren't as random as you thought!
Listen to the episode here -- or wherever you subscribe -- and check out the links below for clips, articles, and more research we referenced in our talk. And let us know what you think Have you seen THX 1138? Or are you, like us, a lifelong Star Wars fan who has yet to take the plunge into George's depressing, yet robot filled, first movie?
Theatric Trailer
The Confessional Scene
The White Void Torture Scene
Lucas' 1967 USC Student Film -- Electric Labyrinth THX 1138 EB
Lucas discusses THX 1138 and American Zoetrope
Roger Ebert's 1971 review
A full list of changes in the 2004 home video release via movie-censorship.com
An Essay on Georgle Lucas' personal revisionism via Stand By For Mind Control