Jonno said:

TMBTM said:

Beginning the ST with the Empire still controling the galaxy would be like killing Newt and Hicks in the opening scene of Alien 3, IMO.

As in, dramatically justified and probably resulting in a better film? Interesting point.

No, as in: making completely pointless half of the previous movie (I like Alien 3 for what it is, but I it was a mistake to begin the movie that way, IMO). That's why if it somehow "must be" an evil Empire controling the galaxy at the beginning of the ST (as someone proposed in the previous page of this thread) I suggested it to be a kind of decadent New republic rather than the same old bad guys still in charge.

To say the truth, even if I liked some of the EU novels, having the Empire being the baddies (even just fighting against the New republic) would be just okay and not very interesting to me. The problem is that the bad guys being Sith Lords would be even more whatever (unless there is a very clever plot). That's why in another thread I suggested something completely different for the threat. What if the Force itself becomes "out of control"? What if, once the "balance" achieved (by the end of ROTJ), the Force is spreading across the galaxy and everyone with very few training can now have special powers? Should the New republic be pleased of this power now being offered to the people by "the Force" itself? Or should it be controled by the New Republic? Okay... that probably sounds "smart" on paper but would maybe become another political boredom if not handle well on screen. Harf, I don't know. Give me a new cool designed Sith after all, I guess!