He almost was, Lucas was thinking about it when writing the third draft of the original film. McQuarrie even drew some concepts with the hero as a woman, including the well known image of looking out over Tatooine (https://www.flickr.com/photos/9475659@N05/16353838161) but it seems it wasn't in the draft for all that long.
B4byJ3susM4n on June 8th, 2020 at 19:15 UTC »
You mean if Luke’s and Leia’s lives were reversed.
Osgoodbad on June 8th, 2020 at 19:18 UTC »
Isn't she kind of short for a stormtrooper?
MsSara77 on June 8th, 2020 at 19:30 UTC »
He almost was, Lucas was thinking about it when writing the third draft of the original film. McQuarrie even drew some concepts with the hero as a woman, including the well known image of looking out over Tatooine (https://www.flickr.com/photos/9475659@N05/16353838161) but it seems it wasn't in the draft for all that long.