In a different galaxy far from us is a reality where George Lucas still owns Lucasfilm and didn’t sell to Disney. A reality where Disney never made Star Wars: A Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. Instead, this other reality has George Lucas’ third Star Wars trilogy and the main villain throughout the films is Darth Maul.
According to Syfy Wire, Lucas spoke with author Paul Duncan for The Star Wars Archives. 1999-2005. A massive, 600-page book that chronicles the Special Edition re-release and Episodes I—III. Lucas spoke about his blueprint for a third Star Wars trilogy that takes place after Return of the Jedi.
“I had planned the first trilogy to be about the father, the second trilogy to be about the son, and the third trilogy to be about the daughter and the grandchildren,” Lucas explained. “Episodes VII, VIII, and IX would take ideas from what happened after the Iraq War. ‘Okay, you fought the war, you killed everybody, now what are you going to do?'”
Lucas said at one point he explored an idea about a reconstruction period after the alliance defeated the Empire.”Rebuilding afterwards is harder than starting a rebellion or fighting the war,” he continued. “When you win the war and disband the opposing army, what do they do?”
Leftover stormtroopers refused to give in to the New Republic and formed a group of insurgents, which Lucas made the analogy: “Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist fighters that joined ISIS and kept on fighting.”
George Lucas’ third Star Wars trilogy storyline is sort of what we’re seeing now in The Mandalorian with Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) stayed faithful to the old imperial ways. In this unmade trilogy, the band of leftover stormtroopers relocate to a remote galaxy corner and find “their own country.” They’d rebel against the New Republic.
“There’s a power vacuum so gangsters, like the Hutts, are taking advantage of the situation, and there is chaos,” Lucas added. “They key person is Darth Maul who had been resurrected in The Clone Wars cartoons — he brings all the gangsters together.” Maul, the leader of Crimson Dawn is now “very old” at this point, was going to serve as the third trilogy’s main antagonist, alongside his apprentice: a girl named Darth Talon (a character originally seen in the comics). “She was the new Darth Vader and most of the action was with her,” Lucas said.
Back to reality. Lucas never got the chance to make any of this, but his padawan, Clone Wars and Rebels creator Dave Filoni, could bring some of these ideas for The Mandalorian. We may even get to see Maul again if the Solo sequel ever gets made or in the Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi series.
“I thought I was going to have a little bit more to say about the next three because I’d already started them, but they decided they wanted to do something else,” Lucas said of Disney’s sequel trilogy. “Things don’t always work out the way you want it. Life is like that.”
Image Credit: Paul Duncan
The Star Wars Archives. 1999–2005 is available now. You can order it here on Amazon.
Featured Image: Lucasfilm
Source: Syfy Wire
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