lth said:

If they do anything other than adapt one of the many existing post-ROTJ stories then they are asking for trouble, IMO, because so much EU stuff exists now.

They really ought to film the Thrawn trilogy by Tim Zahn, because the books are excellent and in the same tradition as the films of high adventure and good fun. Either rotoscope the likenesses of Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher et al, or recast.

In fact, I can't overstate how awesome Thrawn on the big screen would be. I really want to start a petition...

Mara Jade is an awful fanwank character though. She's a Mary Sue for Zahn. We've had enough of that with Doctor Who already, thank you.

I'd rather they didn't use the original characters at all, and set it some other time completely.

In fact, I'd rather they didn't make any new movies, but that's not an option any more.