Time Magazine contributor Denise Worrell, for example, found Lucas at a particularlylow ebbin 1983.

Star Warshas dominated my life, sort of grabbed it and taken it over against my will.

Ive got to get my life back again before its too late.

The sacrifices that had to make it this point are greater than what I wanted to make, ultimately.

As he later said, I hate compromise.

It really depresses me.

By the time hed finished the prequels in 2006, Lucas seemed utterly opposed to returning to the franchise.

Can this really be the end of the Star Wars saga?

a reporter from Merge Digitalaskedthe director.

Yes, Lucas replied.

The series starts with Darth Vader as a young lad and ends with him dying.

So I dont know where else I can take it.

Wasnt there talk at one time of three trilogies?

That was created by the media, not me, Lucas said.

Lucas actually spoke several times and often with great enthusiasm about the possibility ofEpisodes VII, VIIIandIX.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, he mentioned the possibility of a film about Obi-Wan Kenobis early years.

So, for a time, I had a couple of odd movies with just those characters.

Then, I had the other films, which were essentially split into three parts each, two trilogies.

Its the genre that Im intrigued with, not necessarily the characters.

According toTheForce.net,Episode IXwould have seen the first appearance of the Emperor.

There is another, and has been for a long time, Lucas said.

You have to remember, were starting in the middle of this whole story.

As late as 1988, Lucas was still giving journalists hints about a sequel trilogy.

Ive left pretty explicit instructions for there not to be any more features, he toldTotal Filmin 2008.

There will definitely be no Episodes VII-IX.

Thats because there isnt any story.

We now know, of course, thatEpisodes VII-IXare very much a reality.

But what if the central protagonist was played by the largely unknown Daisy Ridley?

Whatever happens in the sequel trilogy, Lucas will remain closely connected to it.

I mostly say, You cant do this.

you’re free to do that, Lucas told Businessweek.

You know, The cars dont have wheels.

They fly with antigravity.

There are a million little pieces.

I know all that stuff.

As producer Rick McCallum said in a BBC Omnibus documentary 15 years ago, Its one big saga.

A saga about a family that happens to live in a galaxy far, far away.

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