I felt that one of the major issues in the third film is that Luke is finally on his own and has to fight Vader and the Emperor by himself. If you get a sense that Yoda or Ben is there to help him or to somehow influence him, it diminishes the power of the scene.

There wasn't anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies.

To be renewed is everything. What more could one ask for than to have one's youth back again?

For the third trilogy, I don't know if I will still be alive when it comes the time to make them.

I like making movies. I like the process. I like trying out new ideas, and if they don't work, they don't work. That's the reason I generated the money in the first place, to be able to try things. That's where I spend my money.

The first script was one of six original stories I had written in the form of two trilogies. After the success of Star Wars, I added another trilogy. So now there are nine stories. The original two trilogies were conceived of as six films of which the first film was number four.

Ultimately the Force is the larger mystery of the universe. And to trust your feelings is your way into that.