George Lucas revealed on a US CBS program that he had originally planned to make three more “Star Wars” films of his own conception. He said these would have been different from the sequel trilogy (Episodes 7-9) that Disney ultimately produced. Lucas stepped back from directing after 2005’s “Episode III,” and has had no involvement in production since selling Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012. On 5ch, his comments sparked a wave of posts reflecting on the series as a whole — debating the merits of the original trilogy, prequel trilogy, and sequel trilogy, and whether the films are best watched in release order or chronological order.
September 25, 2026
George Lucas revealed on the US CBS program “Sunday Morning” that he had planned to make three more “Star Wars” films. Separate from the sequel trilogy (Episodes 7-9) that Disney produced starting in 2015, he apparently had three films of his own in mind.
The last film Lucas directed was 2005’s “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.” He stepped back from directing after completing the prequel trilogy (Episodes 1-3), which ran from 1999. In 2012, he sold Lucasfilm to Disney for $4 billion (roughly ¥630 billion at current exchange rates), and has not been involved in the sequel trilogy since.
Source: eiga.com / Original article here
I was enjoying watching all of it.
I'm totally lost now.
1-4 were Lucas.
Interestingly, 5 and 6 had a different director.
Not even Spielberg or Lucas could.
Lucas sold off his own child to slave traders.
Before moving to America his name was György Lukács.
He and other brilliant minds, like von Neumann, laid the groundwork for America's rise.
But Schindler's List was Spielberg, wasn't it?
I remember watching an anime version.
I'm pretty sure that even around the time of "Jedi," they'd already said Episodes 1-3 would cover Darth Vader's origin and 7-9 would follow Leia's children.
What I heard was that "from 7 onward the whole cast gets swapped out, with only R2 and 3PO left as familiar faces."
I think that was a comment from "Grand Marshal Noda" in the novelization. (a commentator's pen name from the Japanese novelization)
Watching it now, 1 is actually the masterpiece.
It's inevitable everything else looks weak next to how great 4-6 were.
That book about George Lucas's groundbreaking SFX workshop back then was a great read. (referring to Industrial Light & Magic)
You guys feel the same, right?
Go watch The Mandalorian.
What's with the past tense, "was planning to"?
Just make them now, it's never too late!
Princess Leia's already dead,
and everyone else left is an old man on death's door.
It's too late now.
Honestly, even Episode 6 got a mixed reception when it first came out.
Even watching 6 now, the Ewoks on Endor are just boring. (posters often call Ewoks "monkeys")
Yeah, that's a crazy idea.
You should watch in release order.
That's like reading a mystery novel after you already know who did it.
those weird animal-looking alien sidekicks
there's no way stuff like that actually exists out in space.
Chewbacca's voice is adorable, come on.
If they properly cleaned up the lore and rebooted it, it might get a bit better.
Not sure there's any demand for that though.
Nogi is Luke Skywalker,
Nokoru is Harrison Ford,
and Drummer is Chewbacca? (characters from the drama VIVANT)
the Darth Vader guy fell to the dark side because he feared a future where his wife would die and wanted to change it, right?
Did she end up dying partway through because he fell to the dark side?
Was that whole thing inescapable, like a Möbius strip?
The actor who played Darth Vader was so cool, but Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan ended up way more famous.
That's because Ewan McGregor got famous from Trainspotting.
and Luke's father was among them, wasn't he?
But in the trilogy made later, that same father turns out to be Darth Vader.
You're right that the actor playing Darth Vader became Hayden Christensen in the discs made later,
but Darth Vader was Luke's father from the very start.
Especially the second one, 5 — that one's intense.
The rest is basically just momentum.
Once something gets that popular, you have no choice but to keep it going.
Same as Dragon Quest.
Dragon Quest was only good for 1-4.
From 5 onward it's a garbage game.
I think it would draw quite a crowd.
Background and Key Points of Discussion
Star Wars began with Episode 4 in 1977, and the series as a whole is treated as one story spanning nine films across three trilogies: the original trilogy (4-6), the prequel trilogy (1-3), and the sequel trilogy (7-9). Lucas directed only up through the prequel trilogy; after he sold Lucasfilm to Disney for roughly ¥630 billion in 2012, the sequel trilogy was made by a different director and writing team, resulting in a story that diverged from what Lucas himself had envisioned. On the thread, opinions were split over how the prequel trilogy’s reputation has shifted between its original release and today, and over whether new viewers should watch the films in release order or chronological order. Note that the claim in post #16 that “Lucas is a Hungarian-born Jew” appears to be a mix-up with a different, similarly-named person (the philosopher György Lukács), and is not a verified part of Lucas’s actual biography.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Movies] George Lucas: “I Was Planning to Make 3 More Star Wars Films”.”
