No need to lookup i_verbose. The core does it anyway.

modules/misc/lua/vlc.h

@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ void E_(Close_LuaIntf)( vlc_object_t * );
  *****************************************************************************/
 static inline void lua_Dbg( vlc_object_t * p_this, const char * ppz_fmt, ... )
 {
-    if( p_this->p_libvlc->i_verbose < 3 )
-        return;
-
     va_list ap;
     va_start( ap, ppz_fmt );
     __msg_GenericVa( ( vlc_object_t *)p_this, MSG_QUEUE_NORMAL,