Transcripts of meetings between Lucas and Kasdan have revealed that Lucas suggested a twist at the end of the film: after Darth Vader dies, Luke would have picked up his helmet and placed it on his own head.
George Lucas‘s original Star Wars trilogy almost had a much darker ending than the one that made it into the final cut, according to a recently resurfaced report.
1983’s Return of the Jedi brought triumphant closure to the story of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, but Lucas originally planned on something much more unsettling.
However, insisting that the film “is for kids”, Lucas soon shied away from the idea of such a bleak conclusion.