George Lucas always intended for female stormtroopers in the Star Wars universe, as far back as 1977. This news might come as a surprise to fans of the original trilogy, though, considering how male-dominated those movies always seemed. Other than Carrie Fisher’s Leia, who spent part of Return of the Jedi in a gold metal bikini, women were not seen much throughout the trilogy. Although that same movie filmed footage with female fighter pilots, that footage ended on the cutting room floor.