Ever since the Star Wars sequel trilogy tried to bring George Lucas’ beloved galaxy into the modern era — only to fail spectacularly — the franchise has been in disarray. Lucasfilm seems to care more about appeasing its fans, who’ve grown more vocal and entitled by the day, than about challenging the status quo. It’s been unbelievably frustrating to watch, and it’s hard to believe that anything can truly save the saga now. There was a time, however, when Damon Lindelof (the mind behind heady TV hits like Lost and HBO’s Watchmen) was poised to make a Star Wars movie that would have done just that.
Lindelof’s Star Wars movie would have mirrored the battle between the Dark Side and the Light with the internal struggles that have plagued the fandom for years. “There is a force of nostalgia, and there is a force of revision, and they are at odds with one another,” he told The Ringer-Verse podcast in May. “Let’s do the Protestant Reformation inside Star Wars.”
