George Lucas Says His Treatments Aren't Being Used For The New 'Star Wars' Films

“What we’re buying along with the overall company is a pretty extensive and detailed treatment for what would be the next three movies,” Disney CFO Jay Rasulo announced in the fall of 2012 when the mouse house purchased Lucasfilm for $4 billion and some change. For awhile, the notion was that George Lucas' vision for the next three chapters of his universe would form the foundation that the team assembled for the new movies would work from. But as time has passed, there has been fewer references to those treatments, as well as rumors of fallout over the direction of the new trilogy. Slashfilm notes chatter suggesting original 'The Force Awakens' scribe Michael Arndt was more in line with Lucas, who wanted the new movie to focus on the newer characters, while Lawrence Kasdan and J.J. Abrams were eager to put Luke, Han and Leia upfront. And whether or not that's true, Lucas' latest comments seem to aim in that direction. In a recent interview with CinemaBlend, Lucas...