Though, with both Darth Vader and Darth Sidious out of the picture, the galaxy far, far away was left in quite the peaceful state by the end of Return of the Jedi, hence why Lucas had also planned the return of an iconic villain. Continuing, he adds: “We establish pretty quickly that there’s this underworld, there are these offshoot stormtroopers who started their own planets, and that Luke is trying to restart the Jedi…The Jedi have to grow again from scratch, so Luke has to find two-and-three-year-olds, and train them”. George Lucas discusses his original Star Wars Sequel Trilogy plans, including Darth Maul and Darth Talon Novemby Gary Collinson When George Lucas first handed over the keys. With Leia, played by the late Carrie Fisher, in the driver’s seat of Lucas’ fictional trilogy that never came to light, the filmmaker also outlines that the films would start out “a few years after Return of the Jedi”. “The movies are about how Leia,” Lucas stated, adding, “I mean, who else is going to be the leader? – is trying to rebuild the Republic… Luke is trying to restart the Jedi”. Pollock said these sequel trilogy drafts would involve Luke Skywalker in his 30s and 40s, though Lucas allegedly planned to recast Hamill with an older actor. Outlined in the Taschen book The Star Wars Archives 1999-2005, George Lucas reveals that his original vision for the sequel trilogy would have focused on Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker’s sister.
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