It's based on what Gary Kurtz said the third trilogy was going to be about. He said that the third trilogy would have involved Luke and the "other" (before the "other" was decided to be Leia) finally vanquishing the Emperor.
So can you address what I was saying?
Because what I'm saying has nothing to do with my speculation. Lucas is saying in that 1999 article, that the 9-story cycle is no longer the plan "AT THIS POINT".
That is not denying that the plan had changed, it's actually acknowledging it.