Actually THX 1138 is goes way farther back in time than that.
THX-1138 was a futuristic science fiction prison movie by George Lucas, filmed in 1969 but released in 1971. It was his first movie made as a school project while a film student at USC
It is renowned for the Lola T70s used in the chase scenes (and their destruction)
https://forums.hemmings.com/stories/...8-real-or-fake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5nm...nel=Movieclips
Lucas used the THX and 1138 monikers in pretty much all of his movies since them, like the license plate on Milner's coupe and various Star Wars references.