SilverWook said:

The question whose answer we all may dread, is Jar Jar still alive?

Nope. Jaxxon killed him with a laser blast shot through time.

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Well, let's hope he did!

Jar Jar was on alderaan.

Jar Jar was Vader's top priority during the Jedi Purge.

doubleofive said:

Jar Jar was Vader's top priority during the Jedi Purge.

Nonsense. Jar Jar was crucial in Palpatine's rise to power. He probably got a nice position within the Empire. :)

Jar Jar would make for an interesting Sith lord.

adrienschmitt said:

the only way it could work is if Leia turns to the dark side, I do hope J.J Abrams and the screenwriters considers this.

I that a joke? That would be just plain awful.

Anyway I think the storyline and initial screenplay draft were written long before JJ even came aboard. I just hope the storyline doesn't suck. If the storyline is decent then I think we can actually get an enjoyable film.

I think Leia turning to the dark side is a perfect idea.

Vader effectively reduced the Jedi down to the same numbers as the Sith (a master and an apprentice).

When Luke came on the scene Vader killed Obi-Wan leaving a master and an apprentice and when Yoda died he killed Palpatine and himself.

This left Luke and Leia (a master and an apprentice).

If Luke stays good Leia must turn bad and continue her habit of choking people.

I just can't imagine Carrie Fisher playing the main villain... it would be laughable. I think her role in the film should be minimal.

Bingowings said:

Vader effectively reduced the Jedi down to the same numbers as the Sith (a master and an apprentice).

This left Luke and Leia (a master and an apprentice).

The force sensitives are born randomly across the galaxy so there is a plenty of other choices for villains. And why would the main villain even have to be force sensitive?

I don't think the trilogy should have one main villain. I think there should be more (imperial officers, crime lords etc.).

Krakatoa said:

imperialscum said:

I don't think the trilogy should have one main villain. I think there should be more (imperial officers, crime lords etc.).

 

Like the prequels!

Just because it was in prequels it doesn't mean it is bad. Besides, OT too have more villains. In Hope Tarkin is the main villain. In Empire it is Vader. And in Jedi it is the Emperor.

The Star Wars story is a saga not just a series of random episodes set in the same galaxy.

That would mean further tales would have grow out of what happened in the past.

Leia being Vader's daughter is a plot element introduced in Return Of The Jedi and very little came of it.

She is a politician Force sensitive the last one of those we saw in the saga founded the Empire.

I can see her desperate to hold onto what she fought so hard for tipping over into darkness.

She was tortured by her father, lost her homeworld while he forced her to watch, nearly lost Han so this monster could test a potentially fatal procedure he intended to use on her brother.

Then there is the sibling attraction thing.

The potential for a really screwed up villain is there.

Just having her standing in the background for five minutes would be ridiculous, it would be throwing all that character potential away.

That is all fine in theory but realistically speaking I just don't see Carrie Fisher being capable of delivering this great villain you are talking about.

I think they would be just wasting the whole trilogy potential if they pursued the character potential you are talking about.

And this is supposed to be 30 years after the OT. How could you possibly expect that some torture or some near loss of Han that happened 30 years ago would lead Leia to the dark side.

Bingowings said:

The Star Wars story is a saga not just a series of random episodes set in the same galaxy.

You are actually wrong about that. In sense of narrative structure, character development and focus, even OT and PT are not saga. The OT is a story and PT is a back-story to the OT. Not to mention to what extent the Star Wars universe has grown. It is far more than a saga.

imperialscum you just seem to be unable to accept that people can have different opinions on the matter. If you see it that way then it doesn't mean everyone should see it your way.

Bingowings said:

imperialscum you just seem to be unable to accept that people can have different opinions on the matter. If you see it that way then it doesn't mean everyone should see it your way.

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