DuracellEnergizer said:

As far as I'm concerned, the "canon" Jedi suck, so any film that doesn't feature them is as welcoming as a tall glass of cool water in a hot desert to my eyes.

Yeah, but now with Lucas out of the way, a competent director could tell an awesome jedi story that would be worthy of the mythology. Afterall, Jedi knights are essentially space samurai with laser swords, and there's absolutely nothing "sucky" about a samurai with a freakin' laser sword. That's what I would call badass. (Heck, now that I think of it, I wouldn't mind seeing a jedi version of "Seven Samurai"). And then, when you add in the whole temptation with the dark side thing, that really opens up a lot of opportunities for some epic storylines.

There's no reason to abandon that whole mythology simply because Lucas didn't understand his own universe and screwed everything up. The prequels were one gigantic wasted opportunity, in terms of telling the story of Anakin and the fall of the jedi. We just need Disney/Lucasfilm to forget they ever existed and find somebody that can do it right.

That doesn't mean I wouldn't love to see a non-jedi story that takes place in the Star Wars universe. I just still see so many opportunities for further exploration into the struggle between the light and dark side of the force.