In order for Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford to appear as Luke, Leia, and Han, the Star Wars sequel trilogy had to be set more than 30 years after Return of the Jedi, thus killing any chances of showing the aftermath of the Galactic Civil War. Therefore, by the time Disney bought Lucasfilm and started developing the Star Wars sequels, it was already impossible to show the state of the galaxy right after Return of the Jedi, at least not without major recasts. The amount of criticism aimed at the Star Wars prequels is one of the elements that prevented George Lucas from immediately working on a sequel trilogy. RELATED: Star Wars Already Has The Perfect Story To Rival MCU’s Marvel Zombies There were, however, major differences between Lucas’s plans and the actual sequel trilogy, mainly regarding the state of the galaxy. For example, Lucas’s Star Wars sequels would have featured Luke Skywalker as a haunted Jedi Master following the betrayal of one of his students, something that was eventually carried onto Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. There are some similarities between George Lucas’s plans for the Star Wars sequels and the Episodes VII, VIII, and IX that Disney eventually released.
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