On location for the first phase of principal photography in Tunisia in March 1976, Lucas began a long tradition of talking with close collaborators, voicing his ideas for these other episodes and trilogies, much as Walt Disney would do of his projects. That would be impossible to do, but it's great to dream about.'Īs Lucas came to terms with Twentieth Century-Fox during the making of Star Wars, he secured the legal rights to his sequels, though they remained undefined at the time. The whole battle where Luke's father gets killed. Then someday I want to do the back story of Kenobi as a young man - a story of the Jedi and how the Emperor eventually takes over and turns the whole thing from a Republic into an Empire, and tricks all the Jedi and kills them. In the third book, I want the story just about the soap opera of the Skywalker family, which ends with the destruction of the Empire. On December 29, 1975, in conversation with Alan Dean Foster per the novelization of Star Wars, Lucas mentioned the prequel trilogy along with what would become Episodes V and VI: 'I want to have Luke kiss the Princess in the second book. But, as of October 30, 2012, Episodes VII, VIII and IX have been announced as real and soon to be tangible - but they've existed as gossamer spirits for nearly 40 years. When trying to get such a big undertaking up and running and out the door, visions of the future are understandably hazy.

Given the difficulties associated with the birth of Star Wars in 1977, it's no wonder that Lucas's ideas kaleidoscoped. George Lucas' shifting feelings about future Star Wars trilogies have consistently clouded the picture. The long conjectured third Star Wars trilogy has kept fans guessing for decades, and may even have a few numerologists working on their mysteries.

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