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or MAYBE merge into Star Wars. As I mentioned in the original AFD, there is nothing notable here. Plans for a trilogy that never happened is not notable enough for it's own article. Either delete it or give it a small section in the Star Wars article (a lot of the content in this article could be cut
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I love SW but this article shouldn't be at wikipedia. A gang of people speculated about whether a bunch of films would be made, and the producers pondered it and then declined. It's a non-story and a lot of successful films have a will-they-won't-they sequel debate. No matter now many sources there
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