As Episode 2 (Attack of the Clones) hurtles toward us, I ran across this article in About.com about where the idea of a 9-episode series came from.
Interesting stuff. Of course, those of us who read the original Star Wars paperback back in ’76 knew that Lucas’ ideas were not nearly the polished products that all the fans thought they were. Nevertheless, it makes one wonder what other alternative courses the films might have gone — and where he’s planning on going in the next two.