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thebluefrog
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Unusual Sequel Trilogy Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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13-Jun-2020, 2:32 AM

Anakin Starkiller said:

thebluefrog said:

Imagine if Lucas had NOT been going through divorce and emotional turmoil during ROTJ.

I can think of two major differences: Nellith would be real and Leia wouldn’t be a Skywalker. That would’ve changed the landscape of Star Wars forever, and both prequel and sequel trilogy would be totally different.

Also, Boba Fett wouldn’t have died in that way.

So you think the divorce is what lead to Lucas deciding wrap everything up in RotJ?

Yes. Interviews at the time show how he was creatively and emotionally burned out. His wife, soon to be ex, helped him with his scripts before–imagine how he felt having to edit them alone after so many years? Not just SW but other movie ideas too. He wanted to wrap things up, 3-6 more movies was too much for him. This is why the writing of Jedi started to falter in places, like the Ewoks. Lucas also had merchandising money (for sniffing Hoth snow) to think about.

It was this burnout that led to Boba Fett becoming the joke death for years. Here’s a sample biography:

https://i.imgur.com/NcKNWVy.png

It’s a tragedy. I want to see Lucas’ ORIGINAL sequel trilogy. Not the Midichlorian one he wrote after the prequels, but the one he envisioned without the Emperor (yet). Force Awakens basically IS that film, only that Palpatine is already dead and the empire is gone. If ROTJ has JUST been about Vader and Luke, then TFA and Palpatine would’ve worked a lot better.

In fact…that’s a good idea. Almost impossible, but if Jedi could end with the Emperor NOT dying and escaping, that would help the Sequel Trilogy far better. Just make Snoke Palpatine and be done with it.