Also I think he's using the TV seriers as a way to find out who to pass the SW torch to.

I do too.

I heard somewhere that Lucas mentioned to Mark (during ANH filming) about appearing as a cameo in future trilogies. So I think if Lucas is planning anything VII-IX would be set a good deal after VI.

Also I think he's using the TV seriers as a way to find out who to pass the SW torch to.

Plot and style
According to George Lucas at Celebration III, "a lot of the issues from the films are connected, but you won't necessarily see a lot of the people that are connected."[9] McCallum says on the writing and plot of the series: "We are just starting to interview writers and trying to really figure out which direction to go to. He envisions somewhere like 100 hours between Episode III and Episode IV with a lot of characters that we haven't met that have been developed in some of the novels and other things. We are really excited about that. Finally, we could have the opportunity to answer everybody's questions once and for all by the time we finish the series."[10]

In a recent interview, when asked about the show, McCallum replied, "Think about bounty hunter [sic]; that’s all I can tell you."[11]

The series is set between the founding of the Empire to the events of A New Hope, referred to as "the dark times" by Obi-Wan Kenobi in the latter film. It is during this period that the last of the Jedi will be hunted down, the newly-formed Galactic Empire will rise to power throughout the galaxy, and the first Death Star will be constructed.

Nevertheless, most of the stories will be told from the perspective of minor characters from the Star Wars galaxy. Lucas has described it as "one show that will split into four shows, focusing on different characters." Boba Fett may play a significant supporting role in the series, with Daniel Logan reprising his role from Episode II: Attack of the Clones. According to Lucas, several of the major characters from the films may have small appearances as well.

During the events of the series, the Rebel Alliance will gradually form into a full resistance against the Empire. The Alliance will ultimately win its first major battle against the Empire, referenced in the opening crawl in A New Hope.

Recent Star Wars productions have revealed all that is known at this point about the period the series will take place in:

The Evasive Action: Prey webstrips reveal that an unknown number of Jedi escape Order 66 and are hunted for a time by Darth Vader. At some point, Palpatine orders Vader to focus on helping build the Empire, and leave the remaining Jedi to others.
Yoda is in self-imposed exile on Dagobah, while Obi-Wan becomes a hermit on Tatooine after taking baby Luke Skywalker to live with Owen and Beru Lars. The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission reveals that Obi-Wan resides there until contacted about Anakin's one time rival, Ferus Olin. He then goes on one final adventure off-planet before returning to Tatooine. He may have some further planetbound adventures, but otherwise mostly watches over Luke, from a distance.
A.C. Crispin has stated that she proposed a book series dealing with Princess Leia Organa between Episode III and IV, but that "Lucasfilm didn't approve the idea of a Leia backstory because they want to keep that era of the SW continuity untouched for the television series they're considering."
On the style of the series, McCallum has stated "It is going to be much darker, much grittier, and it's much more character based."[12] Lucas has described the series as "bare-bones" and "action-heavy",[13] and has stated that it will be for more mature audiences like TV shows Battlestar Galactica and Firefly.

I though I read somewhere a long time ago that the original vision was for star wars to be 9 episodes, the final three being the story of the new republic.

I might be mistaken though, I mean, how old is george lucas? Would he want to direct 3 more films?

I think you are correct bud, Lucas originally envisioned a 9 part story.

I might be mistaken though, I mean, how old is george lucas? Would he want to direct 3 more films?

I don't know what you have expected, but in my opinion the "new" films are brilliant. Lucas is a story-teller in first place and how he did it was ok. To show us Anakin's way to the dark side was the main purpose of E1-3.

And I think he failed miserably at that.
Anakin vent from doubting the Jedi to mass murdering innocent kids in a split second.
Before that I don't recall him being anything but misguided, certainly not evil.
That was really poor story telling.

Buuuuut i'm straying away here, i'd love to see a movie about ancient history/EU of the SW Universe. With some known characters and some making a cameo with a strong story. However, the person creating that must atleast have played KOTOR to get a sense of things.

I'm open to the idea, but i'm 75% sure it would turn out lame anyhow.