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Friday, November 2, 2018

How would Star Wars Episode IX go if you had complete creative control?

https://www.quora.com/How-would-Star-Wars-Episode-IX-go-if-you-had-complete-creative-control


I have some 25 really good ideas I desperately want Disney Lucasfilm and J.J Abrams to know. I think these ideas would make Star Wars Ep 9 the best Star Wars movie ever. Here goes:
  1. Make the movie 3 to 4 hours long. To be a proper wrap-up to the skywalker saga, it can’t feel rushed, especially with everything that must be explained from both Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. Also, it would be wrong to have to leave cliffhangers, because that doesn’t make it a complete wrap-up, and it would be annoying if the movie were divided into two parts after how long we will be waiting for it to come out.
  2. Between the years that have gone by, the following has happened, Rey has trained force users from across the galaxy though not many. Kylo has embraced the dark side and brought back the Sith, and has trained his Knights of Ren in the sith ways, also removing the rule of two. The resistance is no longer one big group on one big base. It is now one main group, plus many small individual groups that have been forming across the galaxy that will unite against the First Order with the help and guidance of Hux. After the death of Phasma, Kylo will have created an army of clone troopers and also bring back a new and improved droid army. Also, both the Resistance and the First Order will now have a superweapon, which leads me to my third idea
  3. We know that long ago, Palpatine had been drawn to a great source of the dark side in the unknown realm, and it is believed to have something to do with Snoke. This idea is divided into several parts. Part A. To make it a true wrap-up to the Skywalker saga, Anakin must be involved somehow. It will also at last be explained that Snoke decades before, before the rise of the empire which Snoke witnessed, was responsible for Anakin’s birth, but he is not Plagueis, instead, he was another unknown apprentice of Plagueis along with Palpatine, and Palpatine will explain this to Kylo in the rumored scene between them. My idea is that when Palpatine killed Plaguies, Snoke who had already long before created Anakin using what was learned from Plauguies, went into hiding and abandoned the sith ways because he feared Palpatine would also kill him, and he saw how following the path of a sith had deformed Palpatine and made him extremely ruthless, and he also saw that Palpatine’s arrogance would lead to the fall of his future empire, so he went into hiding in the unknown realm, where he, Snoke, awaited the fall of the Galactic Empire. This is all an efective way to explain Snoke, explain Plaugueis, and keep true to what the writers have said about Snoke not being Plagueis, as well as why he isn’t a sith lord but uses the dark side of the force and knows so much about the empire, vader, and presumingly, Vader’s master, Palpatine. Part B (Remember this is leading to my idea about the superweapon) When Snoke was in the unknown realm, he trained to become stronger with the dark side of the force, and he already had a vision of what he would create when the empire fell, a new order. So, he created a massive superweapon, much more powerful than any silly planet killer, and one that he envisioned would one day assure the First Order’s grip on the galaxy. Snoke using his power of the dark side, created the weapon known as Star Forge, a weapon powered by the energy of stars and the dark side of the force. The weapon is essentially a factory that produces ships and weapons at incredible speed, to ensure the First Order’s military remains strong. In the movie, it could also be used to help Kylo quickly create his clone army in the movie, something that other wise could take a very long time. It is the best alternative to another Death Star, and if they did that I would quit on Star Wars, I can’t stand the idea of another death star. Also, the superweapon of the Resistance could be a weapon capable of only being used once, that can destroy stars (not planets) and it could be used to destroy Star Forge’s energy source star and then lead to the massive weapon being destroyed along with much of the First Order’s military.
  4. Rey is a Kenobi. This could be further explained by a spin-off film about Obi-Wan’s life on Tatooine. Also, Ben Kenobi was a very important character in the original and prequel trilogy, and he is also one of the few characters yet to be re-introduced in the sequel trilogy.
  5. We know J.J Abrams likes to make references and pay homage to past movies, so following up with my 4th idea, the final fight between Rey (a Kenobi) and Kylo (a Skywalker) could mirror the fight between Obi-Wan and Anakin in episode 3, especially if it takes place on Mustafar, which has been rumored to appear in Episode 9. About that…
  6. Having a scene on Mustafar explaining Darth Vader’s Castle (which's purpose has already been revealed in books as a place to connect with Padme) would be a great way to mention Padme, who I think should at least be mentioned in the Skywalker saga wrap-up. Padme was the reason Anakin became Darth Vader, and she is also the mother of Luke and Leia, so she is a very important character. However it didn’t seem that way in the prequel trilogy, and I believe the character deserves some second chance, or at least be acknowledged.
  7. I mentioned Kylo will bring back the Sith, but will eliminate the rule of two and train his Knights in between films, so they will be Siths by the beginning of episode 9 and it will be in the opening credits. Rey on the other hand, will have trained a few force users from across the galaxy, however, instead of following the strict ways of the Jedi, she will change what the Jedi represent. She will embrace the light side of the force, but will also embrace her dark side shown in TFA and TLJ. She will also train her students this way, creating a group of New Jedi truly in balance with the whole force. About how Rey will change because of this…
  8. Keeping with the idea that Kylo sticks to just the dark side and brings back the sith ways, Rey instead using the force equally will allow her to gain the advantage she needs to defeat Kylo in the end. Because of this, Rey will wear Luke’s grey robes, or grey clothes, indicating her use of both the light and the dark. She will also have a lightsaber colored either purple (referencing Mace Windu’s lightsaber), or an entirely new original color, like yellow, a mix of green and red, or orange, a mix of yellow and red. It could also be whitish or blackish. Also about her lightsaber,
  9. Since J.J Abrams likes making little references to past movies and characters, Rey could have a double bladed light saber like Darth Maul’s. Another option I like better, would be to give Rey a lightsaber similar to Ezra’s lightsaber in Star Wars Rebels. The lightsaber would be one blade, but have attached the blaster Han Solo gave her in TFA.
  10. Maz Kanata returns. She is somehow helping the resistance, and also it is explained that she has some connection to Lando, who will be in the movie, or Cloud City, and that is how she had Luke’s lightsaber in her possesion.
  11. The Knights of Ren are simply and briefly explained to be former students of Luke who Kylo seduced to the dark side.
  12. About the resistance’s superweapon, some name ideas I have could be Supernova, Star Killer (like Star Killer base but with a different purpose that's good) Star Death, Death Star (Like the Death Star but with another purpose also for good), Red Star, Black Dwarf, Star Core, Core Destroyer, Singularity, Star Drainer, or Star Blaster (depending on what the weapon does to destroy stars). Also it is a weapon that can only be used once and will be used to destroy Star Forge.
  13. Endor is somehow involved into the plot. Maybe the main resistance group makes a base there and conmemorates how the rebels beat the Galactic Empire decades before. Ewoks help the resistance too (That would be unecessary but fun).
  14. Star Wars Rebels characters like Hera are shown in the movie.
  15. Since Solo did not succeed, maybe they could try and tie in Darth Maul’s order with the new sith order Kylo has created. Not sure how it would work but could be a good way to continue a plot from Solo that will never be resolved otherwise.
  16. Introduce some planets that were important in the previous trilogies, like Coruscant, or Naboo, or Tatooine. Maybe make an ending that mirrors Return of the Jedi, where several planets are shown celebrating the defeat of the Empire.
  17. Not sure how it could contribute to the plot, but I would like to see Lothal.
  18. Not sure it could contribute to the plot, but I would like to see Jedha if it even fits into the movie because all these ideas would probably make for a good 3 hours if they don’t rush it.
  19. This is isn’t necessary and I’m not sure where it would fit in, but if possible maybe finally explain or partially explain the origins of Yoda. He is a very popular character, but he is still more of a mystery than Snoke. If there will be no spin-off movie about Yoda, then this could be the last chance to ever explain his origins.
  20. Fulfill at last the profecy of the chosen one (a major aspect of the Skywalker saga that was never fully explained or completely fulfilled) by bringing true balance to the force and the galaxy for once and forever. Luke destroying the sith did not remain in permanent balance, and the sith wiping out the Jedi also didn’t create balance. For true balance, Rey must destroy the Sith, and also the Jedi, what remains must be force users who use the force equally across the galaxy.
  21. Do not divide the movie into two parts. Make it as long as necessary, as long as it is good enough to not make people fall asleep or leave theaters. Dividing the movie in two will be annoying considering how long we have waited for the movie, not to mention the entire sequel trilogy which hadn’t been thought of as a possibility since Revenge of the Sith came out in 2005.
  22. Try and connect the trilogies together by explaining the plot hole of why so much technology in the prequel trilogy is absent from the others. It could be briefly explained in one piece of dialogue that the Empire decided to eliminate so much technology from the galaxy, fearing it could pose some sort of threat.
  23. Not sure how it would fit into the plot, but maybe show Dathomir, or Corelia from Solo.
  24. I don’t know when the last time we saw Holocrons was but I would like to see one. Maybe it can be used to explain the scene between Kylo and Palpatine, when he tells Kylo about Star Forge near the very start of the movie and then Kylo goes to find it and uses it to create his army. When Rey finds out she warns the resistance and then they begin to build their plans for their superweapon, that could also explain why it can only be used once, because it was built so quickly.
  25. Maybe introduce Mandolorians (not sure how though) but I suppose they could help against the First Order, who will have a large military and many weapons and troopers due to Star Forge. So the resistance needs all the help it can get, whether it’s from other Rebels, Rey’s group of force users, Hux the traitor, Ewoks, the superweapon, or one I didn’t think of, their own clone army.
I really wish J.J Abrams could read these ideas. If you really would like to see any of these ideas actually be made a reality, then please share this with everyone and anyone you know who likes Star Wars. You never know, it could be one of those cases where a friend has a friend who has a cousin that’s a friend of a brother of a Star Wars writer or a member of the production team.

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