From interviews with George Lucas I've read, he seems to regard this limited storytelling range as a Good Thing. The fact that all the Star Wars movies have the same plot, even down to the details, is a feature, not a bug. Sad that such a limited imagination got to shape so much cinema.
and there is much to recommend a good story, well told. Sometimes that's the best we can hope for in both media and life.
No wonder Barbara Cartland and John Birmingham have written so many novels.
From interviews with George Lucas I've read, he seems to regard this limited storytelling range as a Good Thing. The fact that all the Star Wars movies have the same plot, even down to the details, is a feature, not a bug. Sad that such a limited imagination got to shape so much cinema.