Darth_Nub posted:

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There is no need or reason for GL to make a/the Sequel Trilogy, that's why the title of this thread is somewhat meaningless.

Putting aside the desire of every Star Wars fan to see more Lucas-penned adventures beyond the Battle of Endor, the saga was wrapped up very neatly in Episode VI. Whatever ideas GL, Gary Kurtz, Lawrence Kasdan et al had during the years 1978-1982 (accurately reported or not) were well & truly dealt with in ROTJ:

- "no, there is another" - it's Leia, she's Luke's sister, right there, not on the other side of the galaxy to be sought out;
- Han survived & got together with Leia, the love triangle including Luke was gone;
- Leia wasn't crowned Queen of her people, Luke wasn't left alone, he had a sister & a prospective brother-in-law;
- Luke didn't turn to the Dark Side, slaughter his father & the Emperor, then put Vader's mask on, he overcame his demons & became a good Jedi;
- Darth Vader turned back to the good side, & the Emperor was dead.

I'd kill to find out what would have happened in Eps VII-IX, but based on everything that has been revealed so far, I'm convinced that it could only be compatible with an Episode VI that turned out completely differently, i.e. left an open ending.
Based on what little information we do have, it's hard to say how ROTJ might have ended otherwise, had GL been inclined to carry on with the saga, but it's quite obvious that the way it did end was with the intention of finishing the saga at Episode VI.

The EU has made a gigantic business out of continuing Luke, Leia & Han's adventures, simply because they weren't all dead at the end of ROTJ, but that doesn't mean there is any reason that George Lucas has to make another trilogy. I just wish he'd come out with the answer he so desperately wants to, when asked what happened afterwards:

"And they all lived happily ever after. THE END."

(grabs interviewer by the throat & snarls viciously to camera)

"I @#$%ing mean it, fanboys, you hear me? THE END!"

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In 1983 the nine-film saga was reported by a Time article[6] and The Times review of Return of the Jedi,[7], in The Washington Post,[8] and the "9-film epic saga" plan continued to be repeated as late as 2000.[9][10] The authors of the 1983 Time article briefly described the prequel trilogy, which they said would portray the "political intrigue and Machiavellian plotting that led to the downfall of the once noble Republic". Of the sequel trilogy, they wrote, "Their main theme will be the necessity for moral choices and the wisdom needed to distinguish right from wrong. There was never any doubt in the films already made; in those the lines were sharply drawn, comic-book-style. Luke Skywalker, who will then be the age Obi-Wan Kenobi is now, some place in his 60s, will reappear, and so will his friends, assuming that the creator decides to carry the epic further."[6]

In the book Icons: Intimate Portraits by Denise Worrell (1989), Lucas is reported to have only a vague notion of what will happen in the three films of a sequel trilogy. He is quoted as saying, "If the first trilogy is social and political and talks about how society evolves, Star Wars is more about personal growth and self realization, and the third deals with moral and philosophical problems. The sequel is about Jedi Knighthood, justice, confrontation, and passing on what you have learned." [11] In the foreword of the special edition of Splinter of the Mind's Eye [b](1994)[/b] George Lucas stated, "As the saga of the Skywalkers and Jedi Knights unfolded, I began to see it as a tale that could take at least nine films to tell - three trilogies." [12]

So, just as I've said, as of 1983, 1989, and 1994 Lucas HIMSELF mentions and DESCRIBES the sequel trilogy - even telling how Episode 9 would end. The Magic of Myth book takes that up until 1997. Those are in print and cannot be denied by Lucas or anyone else. This does not include TV interviews, licensed products, or the laser disks, which as even the Wik says continued to be repeated as late as 2000.

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Darth_Nub posted:

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I just wish he'd come out with the answer he so desperately wants to, when asked what happened afterwards:

"And they all lived happily ever after. THE END."

(grabs interviewer by the throat & snarls viciously to camera)

"I @#$%ing mean it, fanboys, you hear me? THE END!"

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Darth_Nub posted:

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I just wish he'd come out with the answer he so desperately wants to, when asked what happened afterwards:

"And they all lived happily ever after. THE END."

(grabs interviewer by the throat & snarls viciously to camera)

"I @#$%ing mean it, fanboys, you hear me? THE END!"

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TheMcguffin posted:

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Darth_Nub posted:

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I just wish he'd come out with the answer he so desperately wants to, when asked what happened afterwards:

"And they all lived happily ever after. THE END."

(grabs interviewer by the throat & snarls viciously to camera)

"I @#$%ing mean it, fanboys, you hear me? THE END!"

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"Star Wars is the tragedy of Darth Vader. Once Vader dies, he doesn't come back to life, the Emperor doesn't get cloned and Luke doesn't get married..."
- George Lucas, Total Film magazine (May 2008)

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Merlin_Ambrosius69 posted:

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Au contraire, I think a new film or films, with the OT cast portraying the elder statesmen and mentors to the young up-and-comers -- like Yoda and Obi-Wan were with Luke in the OT, or Windu and Yoda with Anakin in the PT -- would be brilliant.

Imagine Leia, aged 65, all matronly and wide-hipped in shimmering white robes, as the Supreme Chancellor-for-Life of the New Republic! Luke as the white-bearded head of the Jedi Council, his black-leather robes evocative of a certain fallen Sith Lord! Han as the scruffy souse who gave up on the New Republic, left his wife and kids, and became a pirate again with Chewie in tow! (Or whatever, thrill me with your own ideas. )

These would be supporting roles, with a new, fresh-faced generation of Solos and Skywalkers taking up blaster and lightsaber to defend the Galaxy from the ever-looming threat of the Dark Side.

I mean... what STAR WARS fan would not want to see that? ... /crickets/ ... Anyone?

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