How different it could have been 'Star Wars 9'! Many before The Walt Disney Company bought Lucasfilm and even before the first movie came out of the Star Wars prequels, 'Star Wars. Episode I: The Phantom Menace ', George Lucas explained the idea he had when it came to taking a direct sequel to the classic trilogy that started this franchise of the galactic saga in a galaxy far, far away. Finally, George Lucas decided to put aside these plans of sequels and delay them for the benefit of the trilogy of prequels. But, over the years, we have heard fragments of what could have happened to him as created.
So far, evidently, when we saw Luke Skywalker die in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' last December; a decision that, according to Mark Hamill - as it has collected CinemaBlend - would have taken place at the end of 'Star Wars 9' in the version of George Lucas. As Mark Hamill himself explained: "I know that George did not kill Luke Skywalker until the end of 'Star Wars 9', after having trained Leia ... Which is another narrative arc that was never raised in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' '"
Shortly after Disney acquired Lucasfilm for a sum of 4,000 million dollars, the company announced that it would continue to advance with a trilogy sequels of the classic trilogy. Only a couple of years later, Lucas discovered that none of the postulates of the stories that he himself posed years ago was going to be used in these new films. However, as Mark Hamill noted, the idea of Luke Skywalker being killed remained to the end, for 'Star Wars 9' ... Until Rian Johnson picked it up and implemented it in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'. Maybe this is the reason why Mark Hamill wanted that to happen in 'Star Wars 9', because he knew that Lucas had planned to leave him out of the game at the end of 'Star Wars. Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi 'to keep it until the end. Hamill knew the whole story, created by the same person in its entirety; while the current trilogy is a "relay race" of writers and directors, with very different creative decisions.