In 2012 I would have done much the same. I would have picked different people. The issues I have related to JJ Abrams and the silly pair they hired for Solo. I would have put the Kenobi movie higher and it would have been set solely on Tatooine. No Vader. I would not have demanded that they pull Clone Wars form Cartoon Network. I do like that they relegated all the EU to Legends. I would have done much the same, but I would have kept some of it. I would have hinted that some of it still happens. I would have kept Mara Jade and the 3 Skywalker kids. The one thing I don’t like about the films is that there is only one Skywalker grandchild and he dies. I would have found a way to bring Palpatine back for the epic climax, but it needed some foreshadowing.

If I were to take it over now… the mistakes have been made and I wouldn’t change much. Solo 2 would be immediately greenlit. Smaller budget. I’d film it more like the OT. A few Exotic locations and fewer digital backgrounds. More practical FX. I’d want to concentrate on story and characters. Less is more in many ways. I would be planning more movies, but I’d space them out. Back to every 2 to 3 years. I do like the short series format. Given where tech is taking us, I’d consider maybe brining some of the favorite EU stories over in that format. Like the Thrawn trilogy. It wouldn’t be quite the same because it would need to fit. It would be like Strange New Worlds - follow the original story but with noticeable changes.