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DarthJarJarBlinks said:

Hal 9000 said:

I wouldn’t loathe this movie so much if it weren’t ostensibly the conclusion of the saga. In that respect, it fails utterly.

I can’t imagine ending a saga viewing with this. Broom boy is where it’ll have to be.

Broom boy

Not Endor celebration

Myself, I’d end it with Luke & Leia, arms around one another, watching the Millennium Falcon zip away into the stars.

FreezingTNT2 said:

Hal 9000 said:

Jannah was a love interest for Lando.

Also, we need to give Rey’s father a third eye.

Pedophilia

I’m assuming Jannah’s thirteen years old or less. Otherwise, you’re grossly misusing that term.

ray_afraid said:

My idea is that the PT shoulda’ taken place decades before the time it’s set in, giving MUCH more time for history to be altered, forgotten & erased. Obi-Wan, Yoda, Vader & Palpatine are much older than they seem, staying healthy via the Force (Yoda & Obi obviously are doing it the right way, while Vader & Palps end up looking unnatural.) The Skywalker twins are created long after anikins fall, but before his chop up. The Empire itself would be much older than what the PT sets up.

I like this idea myself. Potential problem with it is that that’s a lot of ground to cover in a single trilogy. And I imagine Mother Skywalker would be much younger than Anakin? And they would’ve met decades after the Jedi Purge? That could be problematic, too, if it renders her a bit character.

If there was always going to be an ST featuring characters from the OT made two decades too late, then I think Poe is the one who should’ve been Luke’s son. He wouldn’t even have had to been a Jedi or Force-sensitive at all, so you could’ve kept Rey as the aspiring young Jedi of the trilogy. And best of all, Luke wouldn’t have become an abject failure with no legacy.

What I would’ve done:

The Jedi would’ve been a small religious order, their numbers somewhere between 100,000 & 1,000,000. They would’ve served as diplomats, advisors, and during the Clone Wars, as tacticians (they wouldn’t have fought on the battle field; that’s stupid). The general public would’ve had very little knowledge of the Jedi, and even less exposure to them.

The Sith would’ve either been extinct or on the verge of extinction on an isolated backwater planet. Anakin would’ve been inducted into the Sith religion by the Sith spirits on Korriban. Palpatine wouldn’t have been a Sith at all, but an independent dark side sorcerer.

Reylo needs a theme song. I nominate this.

Monochromatic homogeneity. Apt.

NeverarGreat said:

One thing that I really like about this movie is that it confirms this lovecrafting

WIR

Alright, I can run with clone madness being inherent in Force-sensitive clones. Vader’s persisting handicaps remain unresolved, though (or is Palpatine just that huge a dick?)

I’m waiting for an opportune moment to make the perfect raunchy Reylo comment. That time is not yet.

DigMod said:

My idea is to treat the sequel trilogy like a Star Wars Infinitities story. The idea would be that the Rebellion failed at Endor, Palpatine never died, Luke either dies on the Death Star or on Crait, Rey is the other hope Yoda refers to, Darth Vader learns how to transfer his life force into Kylo Ren and seeks to overpower Palpatine, etc.

The presentation would be slightly different and along the lines of the opening scenes of TROS but with Blue text a la Solo to describe the new history leading up to the infinity story. I’m still fleshing out in my mind of how it could all work, but I’ve realized after TROS that I don’t believe I can fix or create continuity with the OT, nor do I have the desire to.

I wish JJ would have utilized the force realm Ezra found in rebels and retconed the entire saga a la Donnie Darko or the Kevin timeline of Star Trek. This approach is as close as I can get and accept what we’ve received. Hopefully I can find a way to pull it off.

Oh my God, THIS. Absolutely THIS.

LINN BERGGREN

Surprised I’ve gone so long without mentioning her; I became quite enamored with her and her voice earlier this year. Suppose I must’ve been in self-imposed exile from the site at the time.

But isn’t anal retentiveness ever so much more fun?

Rodney-2187 said:

$250 is a lot of money. Do I want it? Sure

NeverarGreat said:

Perhaps, I never read those though.

You should. It’s a trial by fire every SW fan should voluntarily put themselves through for no sensible reason.

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ray_afraid said:

So, can we only give OT random thoughts in this thread now?

Rules are made to be bent severely.

This and the random pics thread really would fit better in “The Expanded Universe & General Star Wars Discussion”.

FreezingTNT2 said:

On the topic of horrible ideas in Star Wars, I’d say the concept of cloning in this entire franchise. It creates massive plot holes, like why did Darth Sidious turn Anakin Skywalker to the dark side if he could just easily clone himself and then turn said clone to the dark side?

Or why didn’t he replace Vader’s damaged limbs/organs with cloned parts instead of crude bionics? Or create a massive army of unquestioning Force-wielders?

There are just so many problems with Force-sensitivity being genetic, and this is one of them.

Roobyoo said:

Z6PO said:

I seem to recall that at the time The Force Awakens was released, people were saying that they would have liked to see the old gang together. But thinking of it, in the original trilogy, Luke, Han & Leia aren’t that much together.

But at least they WERE together in the OT. Now that the three films of the ST are finished, that doesn’t even happen once. I think that’s the point some fans are angry about. With the old films (and the old EU over the past years) they established a fundamental friendship between the main protagonists. Now it seems they were just on for an adventure 30 years ago, and that’s it.

This should go without saying. So why does it have to be said?

One can only hope.

I’m gonna try for more realistic alternate casting this time around. Some of my choices remain unchanged, others are radically different.

ALTERNATE ROTJ

Virginia Hey as Palpatine.

Clive Revill as the voice of Palpatine.

ALTERNATE PREQUEL TRILOGY MADE IN 1989-1995

Kenneth Branagh as Obi-Wan.

Christian Bale as Anakin.

Kristy Swanson as Mother Skywalker (I still won’t refer to her as Padme).

Beatie Edney as Beru.

I guess Marey Suewalker isn’t such a hard pill to swallow so long as enough stylish nothingness is ejaculated everywhere.

Humanity still has a long way to go.

Anakin Starkiller said:

Honestly, Empire Strikes Back is a fairly middling entry, imo

The son of Kane Starkiller must not become a Jedi-Bendu.

*smacks with lazersword*

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