<Li> Luke would have started off reluctant to train the female Jedi padawan, but would have eventually had a change of heart and agree to train her . (This idea was fully incorporated into the plot). </Li> <P> Lucas seemingly had planned for the conclusion of Luke's story to happen in Episode VII instead of Episode VIII, with Luke dying at the end of the film, this element was also incorporated into Johnson's film . Conversely, some months later, Mark Hamill contradicted this statement, saying that George Lucas' original vision for the ending of Episode IX was to have Luke dying there instead of a simple cameo, leaving his sister Leia as a Jedi . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Film </Th> <Th> U.S. release date </Th> <Th> Director (s) </Th> <Th> Screenwriter (s) </Th> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Th> Status </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Star Wars: The Force Awakens </Th> <Td> December 18, 2015 (2015 - 12 - 18) </Td> <Td> J.J. Abrams </Td> <Td> Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt </Td> <Td> Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk </Td> <Td> Released </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Star Wars: The Last Jedi </Th> <Td> December 15, 2017 (2017 - 12 - 15) </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Rian Johnson </Td> <Td> Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Star Wars: Episode IX </Th> <Td> December 20, 2019 (2019 - 12 - 20) </Td> <Td> J.J. Abrams </Td> <Td> J.J. Abrams and Chris Terrio </Td> <Td> Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Michelle Rejwan </Td> <Td> Pre-production </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Film </Th> <Th> U.S. release date </Th> <Th> Director (s) </Th> <Th> Screenwriter (s) </Th> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Th> Status </Th> </Tr>

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