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George Lucas Tells James Cameron About His Wackadoodle Ideas for Episodes VII-IX

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brian-mcgee - June 13, 2018

When George Lucas inked that four billion dollar deal with Disney for Lucasfilm, he allegedly presented them with his outlines for Episodes VII, VIII, and IX. However, Disney decided to move in a different direction, and Lucas hinted as much in a recent interview he did with James Cameron for the latter's AMC miniseries James Cameron's Story Of Science Fiction. 

However, Lucas apparently let on even more in further interviews. Livio Ramondelli—an illustrator for IDW Publishing—tweeted out these excerpts from an upcoming book that goes into further detail with the various people Cameron interviewed during his special...

So yeah, those of you who love midichlorians and the whole Jedi mythos that Lucas established in the Star Wars prequels are likely beside themselves with anger at the moment. Personally, I don't know that I would have wanted a deep dive into the "microbiotic world" of Star Wars, but then again I never really thought much of the prequels. I'm sure many of you feel otherwise and will let me know about it in the comments section below.


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