The question of “when” is paramount when we’re dealing with real film history versus a bunch of phoney “my original vision” claims that keep changing.
But what does that change about what makes the ideas good or bad or a problem or not? How does Lucas’ perceived honesty or lack thereof on when he developed the idea make a writing idea better or worse? How does the “when” make it any more or less of value, or perceived “nowhere”? What’s the difference between ideas from the 70’s/80’s and ideas from the 90’s/2000’s?