George Lucas still offers his insight on certain things regarding the Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- along with other plans to expand the saga that Lucas originally created.

Lucas' longtime collaborator and producing partner, Kathleen Kennedy, subsequently replaced him as president of Lucasfilm following Disney's acquisition, and she has been in charge of Disney had set aside Lucas' original stories for the sequel trilogy in favor of developing their own stories, but that doesn't mean Lucas has lost all input whatsoever.

Kennedy told EW at Star Wars Celebration 2017 earlier this year that while Lucas doesn't offer creative input on the general scope of the sequel trilogy, or the anthology films, he does still offer his insight on specific things, such as a Jedi's training.

“Not really. But he’ll whisper in my ear every now and then. Usually, it’s something specific or important to him about Jedi training. Things like that.”

Daisy Ridley as Rey and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars The Last Jedi

It's certainly possible that Lucas wanted to extend some advice to approaching Rey's presumed training with Luke Skywalker on Ahch-To in Rian Johnson's sequel, Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

“I think he’s starting to settle into this and just be a fan. It’s taken a while. It’s hard to let go, after 40 years. That’s a lot of expectation and things he thought a lot about. Suddenly that next generation, that whole thematic idea he came up with, is in [the] process.”

Lucas may not have the amount of creative input that he once did, but that doesn't mean he has been completely cast aside. Shortly before Gareth Edwards' Lucas had visited the film's set, and the only thing the retired filmmaker offered the up-and-coming director, aside from a few jokes, was to not screw up. It appears that he may have had a little more to say about the Jedi in Episode VIII.

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Source: EW