The prequels sucked in the second incarnation as we have them and not as originally planned. The original prequels would have meshed well with the oot and not created a disturbance in like a hundred gaps in continuity. The prequels made the continuity of the original trilogy like swiss cheese, or put a whole big enough in continuity to fly a death star through.

Why did George not write down those ideas in the seventies or 1983 instead of waiting til nov 1, 1994 to put pencil to paper.

Gee i don't know as a writer you maybe don't be so lazy as to wait 11 years to write down your story ideas.lol

As a director you don't give up the craft for 16 years and expect to come back on top.

It has never been confirmed but from what i have read the bullshit he gave in interviews about having episodes 1-9 all in story treatment form was a lie.

There was no pages at all written for Phantom Menace until nov 1, 1994.

The story had been in his head since the seventies, yet when the prequels were originally conceived Darth vader was not Lukes father, and Leia was not Luke's sister. Skywalker and Vader were 2 pupils of Kenobi in the Jedi brotherhood. Vader betrayed and murdered his fellow jedi knight.