George Lucas has been discussing the Star Wars franchise a lot recently, and during an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival, he addressed how the space saga became a very different beast once in the control of Disney. As the mastermind behind the story of the Skywalker legacy, Lucas created the lore and mythology of the universe. Once he sold the rights to the Walt Disney Company, any ideas that he had for the future of the saga became moot, and the franchise took off in a different direction.