--- title: May the Fourth: Celebrate With Star Wars Original Script description: Before A New Hope became the story that fans know and love, George Lucas had some different ideas for introducing the galaxy far, far away. canonical: https://time.com/4745528/may-the-fourth-star-wars-original-script/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-04T11:00:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:56.857Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Celebrate May the Fourth With the Original Star Wars Script og:description: Luke was originally an 18-year-old woman og:url: https://time.com/4745528/may-the-fourth-star-wars-original-script/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25977c83fda9fed4/6988c373a988cab0476bbd0e/luke-skywalker-new-hope.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Mark Hamill og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrate May the Fourth With the Original Star Wars Script twitter:description: Luke was originally an 18-year-old woman twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25977c83fda9fed4/6988c373a988cab0476bbd0e/luke-skywalker-new-hope.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Celebrate May the Fourth With a Glimpse Into the Original _Star Wars_ Script > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 4, 2017 11:00 AM UTC  Mark Hamill on the set of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Mark Hamill on the set of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New HopeSunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 4, 2017 11:00 AM UTC Before [_A New Hope_](http://time.com/4710077/star-wars-rogue-one-ending-new-hope-beginning/) became the [_Star Wars_ story](http://time.com/4661969/star-wars-the-last-jedi-everything-we-know/) that millions know and love, writer-director [George Lucas](http://time.com/4618579/carrie-fisher-dead-george-lucas/) had some very different ideas for the first installment of his saga about a galaxy far, far away. In honor of _Star Wars_ Day — the unofficial May 4 holiday inspired by the pun-fueled adage, “[May the fourth be with you](http://time.com/4315398/may-the-fourth-star-wars-day/)” — TIME is sharing some of the best tidbits from the director’s original treatments of the _Episode IV_ script. According to Chris Taylor’s 2014 book [_How Star Wars Conquered the Universe_](https://www.amazon.com/How-Star-Wars-Conquered-Universe/dp/1480532525), here are the five of the most drastic changes from Lucas’ early drafts of the film. ## **Luke was an 18-year-old woman:** After completing his second draft — dubbed _Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode I: The Star Wars_ — in January 1975, Lucas decided in March to change his main character from the teenage Luke Starkiller to an 18-year-old woman. Although this switch was short-lived — with Luke reappearing as the main protagonist in a May synopsis — it brought about the incorporation of Princess Leia as a central figure in the story. ## The Dark Side had a unique name: Instead of referring to the two sides of the Force as simply Dark and Light, Lucas originally divided the mystical power into the good, “Ashla,” and the bad, “Bogan” — a term that was mentioned 31 times in his second draft. In fact, even after removing “Ashla” in the third draft, he was still intent on the name “Bogan,” including an early scene in which Luke asks Ben Kenobi, “Like Bogan weather or Bogan times?” when his mentor begins to teach him the ways of the Force. ## **Darth Vader wasn’t Luke’s father:** That’s right: if _Star Wars_ had remained _Adventures of the Starkiller_, the iconic “I am your father” scene never would have happened. Lucas’ second draft featured [the Starkiller](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kane%5FStarkiller), an ancient Jedi who was originally conceived as a cyborg, as Luke’s dear old dad while Vader was killed off during the first assault on the Death Star. ## C-3PO destroyed the Death Star: Although Luke was still the pilot of the starfighter that exploded the Imperial battle station, the shotgun-riding Threepio — as the talkative droid was known at the time — was the one to fire the critical shot into its thermal exhaust port, handing the Empire their first major defeat. ## Middle Earth played a role: During a scene in Lucas’ third draft when Ben Kenobi finds Luke after he has been attacked by a group of Tusken Raiders, the two share an exchange that was pulled verbatim from J.R.R. Tolkien’s _The Hobbit._ “What do you mean, ‘good morning?'” Luke asks when Kenobi greets him. “Do you mean that it is a good morning for you, or do you wish me a good morning, although it is obvious I’m not having one, or do you find that mornings in general are good? “All of them at once,” Kenobi replies. 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