And he started writing the prequels in 1994, so I guess maybe we can date his decision to fuck up Star Wars to the mid 90s. But then there's a quote in zombie's book with Rick McCallum saying that they knew back in 1990 that the first two prequels were going to be tough with anybody who had a relationship with the original films and anybody over 18. That sounds to me like a plan to make Star Wars films that would be at odds with the old ones and that would be hated by anybody who liked the old ones. So it sounds like the rot goes back to 1990 to some extent at least.