Lucas met Coppola in the late 1960s and served as his assistant. Coppola encouraged his protege to direct his own movies and Zoetrope produced the feature-length version of Lucas' USC student film, THX 1138.
Luc Besson's Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2000)
Revenge of the Sith is set three years after the onset of the Clone Wars, as established in Attack of the Clones, which depicts the rise of Darth Sidious and the Galactic Empire as well as Anakin Skywalker turning to the dark side of the Force, which will have wide-ranging consequences in the galaxy that lead to the extermination of the Jedi.
