The saga Star Wars East one of the most prolific in the history of cinema. An emblematic license which now includes many films, series and video games. However, in addition to the products already available, many projects Star Wars died in the bud and never saw the light of day. Here are 10 projects Star Wars totally crazywhich we will unfortunately never see.
1) Star Wars 1313
Star Wars 1313 would have been a video game that would have been focused on the youth of Boba Fett. The story would then have followed the adventures of the young bounty hunter acting in the underworld of Coruscant. 1313 would have had a dark and gritty approach, focusing on gadget-centric bounty hunter gameplay, a la Star Wars: Bouty Hunter from 2002. Although the project was canceled, development of the game was already well advanced. Kathleen Kennedy had even declared at the microphone of SlashFilm that the game was ” gold “ !
2) Star Wars: Underworld
Star Wars: Underworld should be an anthology series developed by George Lucas himself. The show would have focused on different characters in different time periods, and across the entire galaxy. For example, movies RogueOne and Han Solo are at the origin of the episodes of this series Star Wars: Underworld. According to CBR, the creator of Gof of War, Cory Barlog had read some of the episodes of this series during his time at LucasFilm. He stated that:
I cared about the Emperor. They made him a sympathetic figure who was wronged by this heartless fucking woman. She’s a hardcore gangster, and she completely destroyed him as a person. I almost cried reading this.
This show could in any case have been something really special within the stable Star Wars. Since then, Disney has produced an animated anthology series: Star Wars Visions.
3) Ragtag
rag tag was the working title of a video game produced by EA Visceral. Directed by the director ofUncharted, Amy Hennig, the game would have been an adventure inspired by the series gameplay Uncharted exactly. rag tag was already well advanced in its development, and some gameplay sequences were even unveiled in 2015. The project was unfortunately shelved after Visceral Games was shut down by EA.
4) Jedi Knight III: Brink of Darkness
Jedi Knight is a fairly underrated game, which featured a character who should soon appear in the canon universe of Star Wars : Kyle Katarn. After the second game, LucasArts wanted to produce a third video game Jedi Knight. A third opus which would have made it possible to conclude the arc of Katarn. The story details surrounding the game remain unknown.
5) A movie about Tatooine
During Disney’s prime with the release of The force awakensthe firm with the big ears had more ideas. The studio wanted to launch an entire film focusing on the Tatooine universe.. The story would not have focused on a single character but would have followed the daily life of several isolated protagonists on the planet Tatooine. Many of the details of this project have been kept under wraps, but Neil Lamont, art designer for the film, said a few years ago on the microphone of CinemaBlend than :
We were just starting our work on another Star Wars spin-off… We were actually making our mark on Tatooine, which would have been interesting.
The film has since been cancelled. A decision that is not stupid as Tatooine is already at the heart of many stories : The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi…
6) Star Wars: The Epic Continues
This is probably the weirdest concept on this list. Star Wars: The Epic Continues was a board game concept which was to be produced after the conclusion of the original trilogy. According to CBR, the saga would have had a sequel with this range of board games and figurines. There was even a brand new villain: Atha Prime. The latter would have been hidden from the eyes of the world by Palpatine himself. Grand Moff Tarkin was also set to return, having narrowly avoided death in A new hope. If the board game was abandoned, the ideas discussed here were then reused in a comic book in 1995: The Battle of Cadinth.
7) Battle of the Sith Lords
This is still a video game. The latter could have replaced The Force Unleashed. The narrative of this game would have followed the adventures of Darth Maul as he embarks on a quest to destroy Darth Krayt’s new Sith army who broke the indestructible rule of two. Footage from this abandoned game on YouTube features Maul battling members of Death Watch. Battle of the Sith Lords would also have presented Dark Talon. The game could have allowed fans to learn more about Maul.
8) Han Solo 2
Despite the critical and financial failure of the first film ($392 million in revenue for a budget of $275 million), LucasFilm and Disney wanted, for a time, to produce Solo 2. Before the cancellation of this sequel, Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Gliver and Emilia Clarke were all set to return to their respective roles. The first film had also put in place a few elements to be developed, such as the return of Darth Maul, of course. The Sith would have been the main villain of this aborted sequel. But the project is not completely dead since Disney will soon produce a series landowhich could bring back all this beautiful little world and follow up on Solo: A Star Wars Story.
9) The Clone Wars: seasons 7 and 8
If the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars concludes with an excellent sixth season, LucasFilm wanted to produce two more seasons. Before their cancellation, there were several arcs that were studied for these two new seasons. The spectators could thus have seen the imprisonment of Darth Maul by Palpatine, Anakin and Obi-Wan fighting on Utapau, Boba Fett dueling Cad Bane (item cited in The Boba Fett Book), or Ventress and Quinlan Vos conspiring against Count Dooku. Arcs that were later adapted into novels and comics.
10) The postlogy of George Lucas
According to IndieWire, George Lucas wanted to produce a whole new trilogy in the late 1990s before finally opting for the prelogy. This new George Lucas trilogy would have had Darth Maul as main antagonist then at the head of a new criminal empire: Imperial Remnant. Leïa would have been at the center of the plot, at the head of the New Republic. Luke, meanwhile, is said to have attempted to rebuild the Jedi Order.. The concept arts of this suite are also available in the book Star Wars Archive: 1999 – 2005. Although this is a huge missed opportunity, some ideas have been picked up in different media like The Boba Fett Book Where star wars rebels especially.
