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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
"Screenplay" was a poor word choice on my part.
Right, it wasn't fully fleshed out, but the basic events were in place. that's what I understood at least. I'm sure Episode I-III are far removed from his original ideas in some repsects.
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Actually, I think we'd be surprised how general the plot lines were before the screenplays were written. From what I've heard, Lucas just did a lot of research about what sort of plot lines make for "good" mythology by studying ancient myths. Stuff like "the unwitting hero" and the issues of lineage (Vader is Luke's father) and the "spirits of the past" guiding the living (aka the dead Jedi). Plus the use of swords instead of guns, and the idea of the Force...
I don't think the political backstory, or much of anything else outside of the basic themes, were really fleshed out until the movies were actually written. Which is also why Empire is so much better... it wasn't really written by Lucas. He told them that the rebels need to get their asses kicked and that Luke needed to find out Vader was his father... the writers were the ones that made the movie rule.