Fang Zei said:
All the while, Lucas himself was saying ....
For thirty years Lucas has been saying all sorts of bullshit. I cannot imagine there has ever been, or will ever be, a bigger liar than Lucas. He just says whatever fits the interview at the time. He seems to have no regard what so ever for any source proving otherwise.
It's going to be twelve films...I never said it was going to be twelve films.
It's going to be nine films...I never said it was going to be nine films.
It's the adventures of Luke Skywalker...It's always been the arc of Vader.
Vader isn't Luke's father...Vader has always been Luke's father.
Etc, etc, etc...ad nauseam.
He might as well just sit down with an interviewer and burp the alphabet. His statements are that meaningless.