USA Today just interviewed George Lucas about his new movie, Strange Magic, but the tidbit that has fans talking is what they found out about his original plans for Star Wars Episode VII.
Lucas already started to develop the next three Star Wars films, but he knew a third trilogy was a 10-year commitment at least. He at first expected to finish Episode VII, release it in May 2015 and then sell the company afterward.
But Disney expressed interest and came along at the right moment, Lucas says. “It’s better for me to get out at the beginning of a new thing and I can just remove myself.
“The time is more important to me than the money.”