I love Charley Lippincott, and how he proved Lucas had nothing planned out. I love the story conference for Splinter and Return of the Jedi for similar reasons. We’ve literally been lied to for decades.
This scrapbook shows the prequel itself wasn’t planned out by Lucas, except in the most vague ways. Ben and Vader duel over the volcano is pretty much all that goes back to the 70s. I love the concept that Palpatine and Yoda were not lightsaber users. The concept that anyone can use the Force, you just need training and discipline to get good at it and the Jedi are able to do that.
I like the idea Leia’s mom follows her to Alderaan and goes into hiding until she dies when she is very young. I like the idea of Vader hunting down the Jedi and the mystery that he was a dual character, a backstaber/ Vader in secret until he openly sided with The Emperor and hunted down and killed them all, no order 66. I like the original concept of the closeness of Obi-Wan with Luke’s mom, and Anakin’s jealously. Probably for the best the love triangle was dropped though the fact the one in the OT was also hamfistedly dropped and Leia made the sister, and how bad the romance scenes are in the prequel its for the best.
The part i know is correct is the original timeline of the Clone Wars being 40 or more years before Star Wars 1977. It makes sense with Ben’s age and Anakin’s age in the OT. 19 or 20 years before A New Hope as these people now call it i don’t, that makes no sense. What is Anakin in his 40’s in JEDI, Shaw doesn’t look 40.
Also we never saw the passionate Anakin who didn’t mind his farming and went on damn fool idealistic crusades. Resolving conflicts with a lightsaber and his skills as a pilot. adjudicator of justice. He never was a good friend slowly seduced to evil by political means and larger ideals. Sure we might consider Filoni’s Anakin closer to that, but i am talking about the movies.