Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Ziz said:

My understanding of Lucas' original concept when he started writing was that his story outline started with Obi-Wan and Anakin ...

Will this never end...

Read "The Making of Star Wars" and zombie's "Secret History of Star Wars". The seeds of the prequels were always there, they just kept getting changed and recycled until they evolved into the SW we know and love. When Lucas finally decided to do the PT, he went back and re-recycled his old ideas back into what they started as.

I'm not saying they were good ideas, but they were there.