George Lucas' Original Treatment for the Star Wars Sequels

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The map to Luke wasn't always just a chip from LST and in R2. At one point Rey would find R2 on Jakku and the map would be in R2, at another point the Falcon would go underwater and find the crashed debris of the Emperor's throne room that would contain the map.

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The Republic had a superweapon at one point. It was a big-arse death-star sized ship that rammed planetary shields and then deployed its ships within the shields, basically a big shield breaker. This is bad arse, and would have been way cooler to see than Han's "refresh rate" maneuver with the Falcon and then a battle between like a dozen X-Wings and apparently the same # of TIE fighters on a planet that's supposed to be entirely a military installation.

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The following were all in Lucas' outline:

Kira (Rey/Thea) as a scavenger on a desert planet.

Skylar/Finn/Sam as Kira's friend.

Kira finding a "map" to Luke Skywalker by the end of the film.

Luke being in hiding somewhere and dealing with some heavy emotional issues.
The nebulous concept of the Jedi Killer (Talon as Jedi Killer is just one possibility, the earliest Jedi Killer art really changes the appearance up, from non-human to human to Talon to Knight of Ren looking dude, to perhaps even Snoke himself.

Han Solo was back to his smuggling ways.

Leia was in a position of power.

The Neo-Empire was a thing (just not called First Order yet).

There was a "shadowy puppeteer" behind Talon/the Jedi Killer.

A final confrontation between Rey/Thea/Kira and the "Jedi Killer" on an snow planet.

The Neo-Empire having a superweapon.
A Yoda-like creature to move the story along (eventually Maz).

A graveyard of imperial stuff on various planets, including Jakku.

A forest planet w/ a castle (what eventually becomes Maz's stronghold).

A green planet with a WWII style "Republic base."

Kira/Rey/Thea living in an AT-AT.

Again, lots and lots of pictures of Kira/Rey/Thea wandering the junkyards of her world and being a gearhead/techie/scavenger.

Luke's hiding spot was always either an island or a forest planet that was gorgeous.