The majority of fans claimed that events in the Star Wars Legends novels and comic books more accurately reflected George Lucas’ original ideas, which Hidalgo refuted.
As it turns out, much of the major storylines for Episodes VII and VIII were sculpted by George Lucas.
It’s clear that George Lucas had minimal input on the new Star Wars trilogy, but his original treatments were developed into the main storyline that we first saw in J.J. Abrams’ The Force Awakens.
The arguments will continue on forever about the new Star Wars trilogy and how it would have been better or worse if George Lucas had more of an influence over the storylines.