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Originally posted by Black Breathalizer
Star Wars (the first movie) was a self-contained story with a beginning, middle, and end. Lucas realized he had a blockbuster on his hands and evolved it into a larger story with with a more episode-like nature with the Empire Strikes Back.

Actually, no. He had the whole story planned in advance, but faced with the uncertainty that he could only release one film, and not his whole vision, he made Star Wars the way he did. It is still an episode of only part of his whole story.