I read somewhere that Lucas said (supposedly multiple times) back in the 80s that the real story of Star Wars was about Anakin. And also about how he was this great jedi everybody admired and was a galactic hero.
What surprised me is to hear that the whole Star-Wars-is-the-story-of-Darth-Vader thing came in during the 80s. I would have have thought it was a later revision.
Does anybody know anything about Lucas saying this stuff during the 80s and in what source he said it in?