It’s certainly possible that Lucas wanted to extend some advice to approaching Rey’s presumed training with Luke Skywalker on Ahch-To in Rian Johnson’s upcoming sequel, Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi.
After all, Lucas’ involvement with the Star Wars saga extended beyond the core six films; he also worked on developing the beloved animated series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
George Lucas still offers his insight on certain things regarding the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
Upon acquiring the studio, the Mouse House wasted no time in announcing plans to develop Star Wars: Episode VII — which ended up becoming J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens — along with other plans to expand the saga that Lucas originally created.