Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
When Lucas first pitched the first movie it was Anakin who rescued the Princess from the Empire and later fell to the darkside - in a second draft "Luke Skywalker" was a meshing of what would become Obi-Wan and the Luke we know.

By the time he'd got to the point where ANH had an actual plot there were three films and a backstory. That backstory barely changed between 1976 and 1999, except that Palpatine is referred to as "President" of the Republic in the original Star Wars novel.

The "nine movies" story is, afaik a later invention that Lucas was toying with.

As a unit the current two trilogies barely make dramatic sense - he end of Episode V is robbed of all it's pathos if you watch I-III first.

The idea of Episode VII raises a more fundamental issue, what would be the point? Other than to give Mark Hamil some pocket money.
Don't insult Mark Hamil, he has been the most successful of the entire Star Wars cast. Go read up on his extensive voice acting career.