Disneys senaste Star Wars-trilogi må ha nått sitt slut, men man kan ändå inte låta bli att tänka på vad som hade kunnat vara om franchisen fortfarande låg i George Lucas händer. Genom åren har filmskaparen delat med kring av detaljer kring de ursprungliga planerna för en uppföljartrilogi och avslöjade i boken Taschen's The Star Wars Archives 1999-2005 att han hade tänkt placera fokus på Leia:
"The movies are about how Leia - I mean, who else is going to be the leader? - is trying to rebuild the Republic... Luke is trying to restart the Jedi."
Lucas avslöjar också att Darth Maul skulle återvända, med en ny Sith-lärling:
"Darth Maul trained a girl, Darth Talon, who was in the comic books, as his apprentice. She was the new Darth Vader and most of the action was with her. So these were the two main villains of the trilogy."
Trots de ambitiösa planerna bestämde sig Lucas för att prioritera sin dotter istället:
"At that time I was starting the next trilogy; I talked to the actors and I was starting to gear up. I was also about to have a daughter... it takes 10 years to make a trilogy... I'd still be working on Episode 9! ... Finally, I'd decided I'd rather raise my daughter and enjoy life for a while."
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