Yoda would hate us . Just like Luke Skywalker , we ’re never in the present . We ’re almost always thinking about the hereafter of Star Wars . It ’s a future tense that ’s cryptical — but also , especially with the release of The Last Jedi , more wide undetermined than ever . And while most thinking properly now is focus on what we might see in Episode IX , we wanted to go even bigger .
We marvel what could happen in that movie of course , but in other flick , too — from big concepts to drastic changes , and even minor , fun material . Here are 13 thing we ’d love to see in the future of live - activeness Star Wars movies .
A deeper exploration of the criminal underworld
Some of the most popular characters in Star Wars have nothing to do with the Force . They ’re the scum of the galaxy . The hustlers . The scoundrels . And up until now , they ’ve represent only tangential function in the stories . We want more . We want double crossing , back stabbing , gambling , and path more bounty hunt . Putting grotesque comic characters like Doctor Aphra and her malign droids 0 - 0 - 0 and BT-1 into hot - action would sure as shooting jibe the bank bill . It would also be super - cool to see Captain Phasma return , perhaps having ditch the First Order to get a solo life history as a premium hunter out for Finn ’s blood ( although we screw that ’s probably improbable , alas ) .
It ’s deserving noting that Star Wars has almost search its vicious element several times in the past . Both the scratch video plot Star Wars 1313 and George Lucas ’ long - tantalise alive - action mechanism TV show were rumored to take place in the galax ’s squalid underbelly . Hopefully we ’ll get a good look at this in Solo : A Star Wars Story , or the constantly bruit Boba Fett movie . Lucasfilm seems to know this is a mature area for exploration .
A real Dark Side story
Star Wars films have always cite the Dark Side , but they ’ve never really explore it . We know it ’s an crucial aspect of the universe , we know evil characters want power , but we ’ve never in truth conform to that screw thread from beginning to the end . The prequels showed how Anakin became Darth Vader , but they did n’t really tell us anything we did n’t already love about the Sith or the Dark Side . Palpatine was already strong and evil when we met him , and the same run for Kylo Ren and Snoke , to an extent . We ’d bonk to see more along the lines of what Rebels and Clone Wars sort of did with Darth Maul , but vainglorious . allow ’s meet someone and watch them train to be a Sith — let ’s see all the ways their powers are different , and what ( if any ) their agenda is beyond just being vicious and in billing . Let ’s see the boost of a new evilness in the extragalactic nebula , one that we sleep with to hate .
A love story with actual love in it
Yes , Han and Leia fell in love . And Anakin and Padme “ fell in lovemaking ” too . But the former was a secondary story and the latter was cold and unbelievable . Why ca n’t we have a straight - up Star Wars romance ? The amazing novel recede Stars proved that not only is it potential — but also that a extragalactic nebula far , far , away is a damn fine canvas for this kind of thing . There ’s conflict . There ’s drama . repurchase . Romance . George Lucas get it on this , he just did n’t perform it well . It ’s time to remedy that .
More animated characters in live-action
To be fair , this might actually already be in the oeuvre . type from Star war : Rebels have already been beleaguer in pic and one , Chopper , actually did pop out up in Rogue One . But a droid is one thing ; the Night Sisters , Thrawn , or Ashoka Tano — peculiarly Thrawn Ahsoka — would be something else . We love the characters on Rebels and Clone Wars so much , we recall it ’s time they graduate to the prominent concealment . We also cognize Rebels ’ Hera , at least , live on through Return of the Jedi thanks toa Forces of Destiny short , so she could theoretically show up in Episode IX . It ’s a fun , easy mode to keep the movies , the appearance , and all the other tie - ins smell connect .
A non-human lead character
How have there been nine canyon live - military action Star Wars movies and not a unmarried non - human lede character ? Now , there have been tons of supporting characters:—K-2SO , Chewbacca , R2 - D2 , and C-3P0 — but where ’s the entire tale about an Admiral Ackbar or a droid like BB-8 ? The Star Wars galaxy has an incredibly amount of diversity in it , and humans do n’t take to always hog the spotlight .
A female supervillain
Palpatine , Snoke , Vader , Maul , Ren — we get it . Where are the Orcinus orca ladies ? Both the Empire and First Order have female police officer here and there , plus Asaji Ventress was in Clone Wars , but these have all been supporting baddies . But what if the master baddie in Rian Johnson ’s new trilogy was the most malign womanhood in the galaxy ? That would give it a delightfully novel savour .
Literally a single, visible LGBTQ character who plays a real role in the saga
If a story is set in an galaxy fulfil with damn near infinite numbers of planets and species , it stands to understanding that there are inhabitants who are not heteronormative . Yet none of them have been in a Star Wars movie , that we cognize of . Star Wars needs to specify this , not just because it ’s the right thing to do , but because it cause the universe more credible .
A planet with an environment that is wholly different from Earth
Star Wars is always imagine planets with raw surroundings . And by now we ’ve seen sand , timberland , cold , red-hot , wet , dry , underwater , on land , you name it . But even the crazy reddish Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin of Crait can be found on Earth at Salar de Uyuni , where the fit were filmed . So … what about something we ’ve never seen before ? Why are all of these planet so easily describable to us ? Biology ? Physics ? Screw that . Throw it out . We want to see something completely different , something indescribable — a earth that is truly alien .
A non-Death Star space station
People in Star Wars broadly speaking land their ship either on another ship , a satellite , or on a massive weapon plan to blow up planets . Where are the normal space place ? Not major planet , not large ship , but mechanical structure in space that do n’t kill people ? Let ’s see some of those — and , mechanically , some of those lightsaber fights and unfamiliar environments become a lot more manageable .
A PG (or G) Star Wars movie for younger kids
twelvemonth ago , George Lucas relinquish an animated Star Wars moving-picture show for kids — a forerunner to the Clone Wars sketch — and it was high-risk . now , all cock-a-hoop smash hit need to be PG-13 to maximize ticket sale , which unremarkably necessitates incorporating a certain amount of vehemence . The result is that young kids have to wait until they ’re older to see the Star Wars movies they ’re corrupt toys for and play game about . This is flaky . Since Disney is committed to churning out Star Wars films , why does n’t it also make a PG - tell on one ? All three motion-picture show in the original trilogy ( and the first two prequels ) were PG — it ’s who the franchise was mean for . Besides , you recognize adults would still learn it anyway .
That Seven Samurai-style Star Wars movie that used to be heavily rumored but was probably always bullshit
Several days ago , there was a rumor that Zack Snyder pitched Lucasfilm a Star Wars story that was basically Seven Samurai with Jedi . Of course , that never pass off , but we want to see it anyway . Yes , some of what we ’re saying in this article is pushing a Star Wars without the Jedi — but if we must have more Jedi , let ’s really see them at their primes . We got plenty of that in The Clone Wars but we ’d love to see it on the big sieve .
More supernatural powers that aren’t necessarily Force-related
There very much come along to be powers in Star Wars that are n’t have-to doe with to the Force . Why areToydariansimmune to Jedi psyche trick ? What the sin doesBor Gulletdo ? Does ajapor snippetreally land full portion ? We do n’t need a whole movie on this , but there seem to be some beliefs and mysticism in the macrocosm that are not related to the Force … and we ’d like to know more .
Exploring Wild Space and the Unknown Regions
Thrawn , Snoke , random baddie — they almost always derive from the “ unknown region ” or “ waste distance , ” places further even than the Outer Rim . Wild space is like the galactic frontier — the barely research wilderness of the galaxy — while the Unknown Regions lie beyond it . A movie set up in a location where the civilization that defines the Star Wars scene does n’t really survive sounds fascinating ! Besides , conceptually , it ’s overnice to have this vague place to shove things to make them mysterious . Lucasfilm , cease being obscure and show us what all the fuss is about .
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