[Jeffrey]

Originally Posted by guitarfan01

May I assume that you are not a fan of Star Wars, Jeffrey? Or C.S. Lewis?

I am responding to trends! People LOVED Gungans and Ewoks, and that new C.S. Lewis movie is going to go over big! Marketing, Galen, marketing!

(I am a fan of C.S. Lewis' non-Narnian fiction & I think the first three Star Wars were amazing)

[Jeffrey]

Originally Posted by Adam

I disagree with God's Jedi that the Yuuzan Vong are "annoying." Those particular EU (Expanded Universe) books take the series in an entirely different direction that is both imaginative and compelling. And I also agree with the deaths of some characters. It adds much needed drama to the Star Wars universe because many of the heroes seem invincible.

I think the Yuuzhan Vong were an interesting twist for the EU. I think they may come off a bit too conventional in a film, with the whole warrior vs. worker caste, etc. They may also come off as too invincible, too Borg-ish to the general audience. The whole "grown" technology, the whole social caste system, etc.

But there are twists that I think would make it seem original and compelling (SPOILERS) - the fact they don't register in the Force as the Jedi expect, the fact they manage to take over Coruscant, etc. The whole idea of them worshipping gods that demand them to remake things, their patent disbelief in the Force - and that their society uses mutilation and xenobiological grafting as marks of social status...that could impress audiences and create an epic story that challenges the Jedi in a way moviegoers don't expect.

I think, to use a Star Trek comparison, it might remake how people view the Star Wars universe just like the Borg opened up tons of possibilities for the Star Trek world and gave them a new and different threat than other alien fleets, space exploration, etc.

However, I think it would be good to focus on some non-Jedi actions. The new trilogy really lacked a Han Solo-type character. Perhaps they could either use the Black Sun as we've seen them in the EU or write a new story based on a group of smugglers/outlaws/bounty hunters tied up with the Black Sun.

[guitarfan01]

On second thought...

I would like to see Han die quickly (in the first 30 minutes) if they made a new trilogy. Because I love Han, I'm sure so many others do too, and what way to drive home the fact that this is a whole new ballgame than kill hero numero uno first. I wouldn't even involve the Imperium in his death. Make it something meaningless, a crime drama. The dramatic arc would involve Luke trying to hunt down his killer before the New Republic can. The question would be whether he will go to the Dark Side in an effort to avenge his friend.

Completely different genre from the original? Yes. So what?

Or you could just kill Han and have some kind of invasion / rebellion against the rebellion (this would present an interesting moral quandry: should the former rebels fight the new ones, or are the new rebels right?). The underlings of ex-Imperial military governors who surrendered systems to the NR could perhaps still be in charge of some of these systems and use old Imperial methods of quashing rebellion (which would of course increase grievances against the NR.

But none of these would really be "Star Wars" (which was basically a light-hearted fantasy-adventure in space). They would be either a hard boiled crime movie in space or a military/political drama in space.

Ah, heck, I suck at coming up with plots.

(Either way, kill Han)

[Insane Drummer]

Episode 3.5 The Death of Jar Jar.

That is what I want to see.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Insane Drummer

Episode 3.5 The Death of Jar Jar.

That is what I want to see.

I was hoping that would be part of ep 3. Have parts of the senate who don't like the fact that the democracy they once loved became a dictatorship and blame Jar Jar for voting to give Palpatine emergency powers. They hunt him down like a mob and kill him.

Maybe in deleted scenes.