Illuminatus Primus wrote:The general point is people need to realise SW is a work in progress and his "grand vision of SW" is generally apocryphal and has even changed somewhat since ANH was made and a careful eye and ear can see this.
One has to live w/ it.
Unfortunately, but I don't mind much.
Anyway, as a writer, Lucas should had everything pretty good outlined, before he even started on the "adventure", his "grand vision" should had been set in stone a long time ago...
[img=left]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/ ... iggado.jpg[/img] "You know, it's odd; practically everything that's happened on any of the inhabited planets has happened on Terra before the first spaceship." -- Space Viking
Kurgan wrote:A lot of people I've heard say they wish the prequels had taken the entire EU into account. That's a lot of material to work through and maintain continuity with, and considering George didn't write it, and he's the creator and owner of the franchise, it's his perogative.
He does maintain creative control (as per his right) and he does change his mind.
Which doesn't really matter as Lucas "transgressions" have not been so widely different that retconning is impossible, so it hardly matters when both his and the EU storylines can be integrated.
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who did not.
On the contrary, I fully expect to see attempts made in the EU works published between now and May 2005 (or whenever Episode III is scheduled to be shown in theaters).
However, Lucas and his crack team of lawyers COULD stop them from doing so if he chose to, until after the movie is out.
I have a feeling that Episode III may not clear it up at all, much like the "Jedi disapearing/not disapearing" questions.
Lucas did once say that Aurra Sing would be a big character in Episode II... he may simply change his mind and not let us in on the stuff.
