From: darth_azrael@yahoo.com   
      
   >>  Why? It's true there weren't plans for 9 films from the   
   ver   
   >>  beginning (after   
   >>  all, it wasn't known Star Wars would be a success) but   
   Star Wars WAS written   
   >>  in the form of a serial and as soon as the success of   
   the first film became   
   >>  apparent Lucas had rough plans for 6-9 more films.   
      
   > Not correct. There was a *vague* sttoryline that *might*   
   > make nine (or   
   > even 12) movies. That original vague storyline has   
   > changed many times   
   > as George Lucas was actually writing and re-writing the   
   > individual   
   > stories for each movie. Those mythical extra episodes no   
   > longer exist   
   > (they revolved around Luke going off to find his sister,   
   > who original   
   > was not Leia) - they were squashed and altered into the   
   > existing six   
   > movie Saga.   
      
   Nothing you said conflicts with what I said above. See the   
   wording 'rough plans' above. It's as if you are arguing with   
   yourself. :\   
      
   > What is true is that George Lucas was reportedly already   
   > working on the   
   > stories for new movies before he sold out to Disney.   
   > Whether those   
   > stories were kept by the original scriptwriter or JJ   
   > Abrams re-write is   
   > unknown (or even if they were actually part of the Saga   
   > at all, and not   
   > separate movies like the Ewok ones).   
      
   Reportedly what Abrams and the other script writers are   
   doing is based on what George Lucas wrote. How closely we   
   may never know.   
      
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