Fair point. Although it seems pretty clear that, once Star Wars forced him to actually carry through on his claims, by being successful enough for a sequel, Lucas did eventually settle on something that is clearly more defined than it was in the original (when, yes, it’s entirely possible that Luke’s father was, in fact, killed by Darth Vader.) What’s impressive to me is that the retcon that Lucas performs on his own work in Empire and beyond doesn’t make Star Wars invalid; instead it turns it plausibly into A New Hope. (Sure it makes Obi Wan look rather like an idiot and/or a charlatan, but that’s probably the extent of the collateral damage. Oh, and the absurdity of two Death Stars.)
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