Lucas had a script, and A New Hope ended up being the middle of it. He was all over the place. He wanted an Obi-Wan story, a Wookie movie, etc. Empire wasn’t the original sequel, but it got so big they double downed and then he just rehashed the first plot for RotJ (in the original script the Wookies helped destroy the first Death Star, but Ewoks were better for Toys R Us).
The prequel trilogy then just made it “Anakin’s story” and in 2008 he was saying he was done and there was no thereafter. Given how bad those were, he would probably have not done much better than Disney for the last three.
The prequel trilogy then just made it “Anakin’s story” and in 2008 he was saying he was done and there was no thereafter. Given how bad those were, he would probably have not done much better than Disney for the last three.