George Lucas had already been planning to make a seventh Star Wars film before he sold his company Lucasfilm to Disney.

When the auteur handed over his iconic franchise he also gave the studio his plotline for Star Wars: Episode 7.

Disney, however, did not use any of the 70-year-old filmmakers ideas for the new installment.

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Change of plan: George Lucas had already been planning to make a seventh Star Wars film before he sold his company Lucasfilm to Disney, pictured in New York in June

Speaking with Cinema Blend, Lucas revealed that none of his original ideas made it into the J.J. Abrams reboot.

'The ones that I sold to Disney, they came up to the decision that they didn't really want to do those,' the iconic director said.

'So they made up their own. So it's not the ones that I originally wrote.'

He's not directing this one: 'The time is more important to me than the money,' Lucas said of his decision to hand over the reins to director J.J. Abrams for The Force Awakens

He created the iconic double trilogy of epic space films that have earned nearly $2 billion since they first burst onto the big screen in 1977.

And in another interview, Lucas admitted he initially wanted to direct Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which will kick off the third trilogy in the sci-fi franchise when it bows in December.

But one of the reasons he decided not to was to spend more time with his 17-month-old daughter Everest, he revealed in an interview with USA Today.

The film that launched the franchise: The 1977 Star Wars, starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford kicked off the epic sci-fi film series that has so far earned $2 billion

Icon: Lucas pictured on set of Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977

'The time is more important to me than the money,' Lucas said of his surprising decision to hand over the reins to Abrams.

'It's better for me to get out at the beginning of a new thing and I can just remove myself.'

The filmmaker sold his Lucasfilm to Disney for $4 billion in 2012. The Hollywood giant was keen to continue the franchise, which would have meant a 10-year commitment to three films.

The new force in his life: Lucas admitted in an interview that one of the reasons he stepped back from directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens was to spend time with his daughter, Everest

By then George wanted to spend more time with his little girl and wife Mellody Hobson, who is chairman of the board of directors of Dreamworks Animation, so he decided to step back.

'By the time she's five, she'll have her own career going and being in school and talking about her friends and her homework,' he told USA Today.

'The fun, goofy time will fall into place in reality, as opposed to right now, (when) she doesn't have much else to do but hang out with her father.'

George, who is also responsible for the Indiana Jones franchise, said he was looking forward to watching the much-anticipated new Star Wars film as a fan.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, due for release in December

It continues the story of a 'galaxy far, far away' 30 years after Star Wars VI wrapped with original stars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill. They are joined by John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson and Max von Sydow,

And George, who is creative consultant on the film, is looking forward to seeing it.