What will george lucas do next

R2-D2s comments were beeped out. Skip to main content. No Film School. Credit: Lucasfilm. By Jason Hellerman. February 25, George Lucas gave us Star Wars once, and now he's giving us a second helping. Inside The Magic. George Lucas. Star Wars. You Might Also Like. The idea that Darth Talon is the actual threat to the galaxy is already baked-into Lucas' concept here. If the primary antagonist in this storyline is Talon and not Maul, then this could still work.

In fact, if Maul died not fully Sith, then his status as a Force ghost could make all of this even more interesting. Who knows, this all could help to retcon exactly how Palpatine "somehow" came back in The Rise of Skywalker. If a potential "sequel" mini-series was set around the time The Mandalorian — roughly 9 ABY — then anything that happens will have almost three decades worth of buffer to protect it from impacting the events of the sequel trilogy. In other words, Luke, Leia, Han, and Lando can battle Darth Talon and these rogue stormtroopers without contradicting anything in the established canon.

Even better, though the concept of Darth Talon appeared in the far-future Star Wars: Legacy comic books, those stories aren't currently canon, which means that character is percent fair-game. Yes, there are books and comics, and even The Mandalorian , but the truth is, this stuff from George Lucas sounds pretty juicy. What would happen if Star Wars reinvented itself on television, recast the classic characters, and told a new story based on something George Lucas wanted in the first place?

When you think about it like that, it sounds like we just figured out how to balance the Force. Ryan Britt. Leia would have been the most important character, "the Chosen One. Luke would have started to rebuild the Jedi Order, eventually. In fact, one report suggests Lucas is involved with a new trilogy of films. This rumor has not proven to be true as of yet. Sign up for the newsletter Morning Edition Start your day with the top stories you missed while you were sleeping.

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