Every era needs its myth cycle. Star Wars is ours | Matthew d’Ancona

The excitement over The Force Awakens shows how powerfully heroic legends still seize our imagination

“That story will never appear on screen again. It’s finished. It’s complete.” So George Lucas told me in an interview 10 years ago: RIP Star Wars. Our meeting was pegged to the release of the saga’s third episode, Revenge of the Sith, and the completion of the so-called “prequel trilogy”.

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