Star Wars has an expansive universe, and we're bummed we didn't get to see this part of it. George Lucas has spent a large portion of his life thinking up stories that could happen in a galaxy far, far away. We got six movies from him until he sold the property to Disney, and now he's just sitting back and watching where that studio has taken the tales for a new generation. Still, there are plenty of storylines still swimming around George's head. He recently talked with Polygon about one of the plotlines that never made it into the new movies. In it, he revealed Darth Maul's comeback, a new plotline for Princess Leia, and lots of other really interesting snippets. Here are some of the highlights. What did Lucas want to do with Darth Maul and Leia? While we all saw the return of Darth Maul as a hologram in Solo: A Star Wars Story, there was a plan to use him in later stories. Lucas told Polygon that Darth Maul would appear with “mechanical legs” and “become the godfather of crime in the universe because, as the Empire falls, he takes over.” Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 18 November, 2020