A Revitalized Republic and Jedi Order

The Star Wars Prequels were about the Republic and Jedi Order's downfall, The Original Trilogy, the middle part of the story was about reclaiming what had been lost...

The Sequel Trilogy should have been about a revitalized Republic, and Jedi Order facing a new threat, or even the vestiges of Palpatine's Empire, but in that case the Empire should have been the insurgents, not "Resistance" as there would be no such thing since the Republic would be functional and not destroyed in one fell swoop... Instead we got Sequels Showing us, our original heroes, actions were all in vain. They were depicted as failures, and cowards.

Here's how I would have broadly done the Sequels.



Opening Scroll:

The Force Awakens...
LUKE SKYWALKER, JEDI Master is missing! His sister, Chancellor of the New Republic Leia Organa Solo, has taken up the mantle of their mother Padmé Amidala, and united a once war torn galaxy in peace.
Yet darkness rises. Snoke, a darkside force-wielder has unified fragments of Palpatine's old empire and they've begun to wage war upon the New Republic with his warlord, the mysterious Kylo Ren leading Snoke's armies in an extremely effective assault...
Desperate, hoping her brother will have means to combat these two new Dark Lords, Chancellor Solo, sends her niece - Kira Skywalker, a fully trained Jedi, with Han, and Chewbacca in the Millennium  Falcon to locate Luke Skywalker, lost while seeking out a long forgotten Jedi Temple...


OK this is only a quick rough draft of the scroll, intended to give the general notion of what these three movies should have been about.

Here's what we would learn along the course of the trilogy.

Snoke is a Whills, entombed as punishment for practicing dark force use, and he has been influencing events for some time now. Including manipulating both Darth Plagueis, and Palpatine. We also learn before his entombment, Snoke was known as - Skywalker - And the Skywalker family took their name from the myths surrounding this dark Whills. It will come as little shock that Snoke, created Anakin Skywalker from afar...

We learn that Kylo Ren is really Ben Solo who was thought dead while on a Jedi Quest - But what really happened was he came across Snoke's tomb and awakened the dark entity, which seduced him to the darkside.

By the end of the first film, Luke, Han, and Leia are altogether and ready to face Snoke. Kira Skywalker has made a new friend in a Stormtrooper she helped defect from Snoke's insurgent Empire.

In this version of events, there is a fully functional, yet reformed Jedi Order, and of course the Republic is almost fine.

By the second film, Kylo Ren would be turned back to the light thanks to his cousin Kira, and uncle Luke.

And in the third film, it would be Luke, Kira, and Ben all facing off against Snoke.

We would learn Luke discovered the full history of the Whills, including the one known as The Skywalker - Snoke.

Keep in mind this is all broad strokes, but the idea here is not to reset what the Old Trilogy did, and show that our old heroes made lasting achievements.
    

Star Wars: The Original Trilogy [Harmy Despecialized Edition]

I used to have no problem with the Star Wars: Special Editions. After all, Star Wars was Lucas's baby, he could do with it what he pleased.

And than, Disney happened...

Given the current wreckage that is Star Wars, outside of The Mandalorian, I've lately been reconsidering "The Special Editions" and have come to regard them as no less cultural vandalism than the recontextualization that Disney itself has been attempting, and will probably complete by the end of The Rise of Skywalker.



Enter: Star Wars: The Original Trilogy [Harmy Despecialized Edition], a fan restoration of  the movies to a state close to their original theatrical presentation.

You know why I support this?

Because George Lucas, refused to provide an original unaltered print of Star Wars (A New Hope) to the Library of Congress as part of their film preservation project when asked. Sure he'd let them have a Special Edition - But not the movie as it first appeared.

Killing the past is bad when Disney does it. Its also bad when Lucas tries to paper-over it.

I'd now go as far as to say, these restored versions of the Original Trilogy are probably the best manner to experience these films.

They are easy enough to come by and can even by found at the Internet Archive. If you are a Star Wars fan do yourself a favor and find them. Keep', viral!

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Harmys-STAR-WARS-Despecialized-Edition-HD-V27-MKV-IS-OUT-NOW/id/12713

The Mandalorian and General Thoughts About Star Wars

I like the The Mandalorian, its not a perfect show, but so far its the best Star Wars we've gotten from Disney. I fear though, that might not last.

I also like Rogue One. It took great pains to not stomp on A New Hope, or the Original Trilogy, even going as far as to kill off its new characters to preserve canon. I can only assume at the time, Disney's Star Wars Social Justice Writers Room had not yet become brave enough to jump off that cliff when this movie was made.

The Mandalorian, would do itself a BIG favor if it avoids referencing anything from the Sequel Trilogy, AT ALL.

The problem is. This is still Disney Star Wars, and there remains a certain sort of politically charged mindset in Hollywood in general and at Lucasfilms in particular. Its only a matter of time before this all comes crashing down around us.

That is sad a prospect given the looming implosion that is going to be the The Rise of Skywalker. JJ Abrams might not have liked what Rian Johnson did in The Last Jedi, how it stomped all over The Force Awakens. Stomping on the Original Trilogy and making Luke Skywalker and Anakin;s sacrifices meaningless, does not help even it hinders. Even if you think you are doing a course correction.

Making Emperor Palpatine's granddaughter the Apex hero of the Skywalker Saga undercuts any of those supposed corrections to Rian Johnson's mess of a film.

Sure JJ Abrams, Rian Johnson stomped on your plot points and you just undid everything Lucas built in one fell swoop by crowning Rey Best Jedi EVER!

"I am all the Jedi!"

Its hard to even describe what a narrative mess this is, given it rips apart a great deal of "settled", supposedly according to Disney, untouchable Star Wars lore.

To reiterate, The Mandalorian needs to stay FAR away from this mess at all costs, or Star Wars is truly DONE as long as Disney owns it.

Ishtar In Space [The Rise of Skywalker]

Its quoted, by Doomcock that someone in the Disney Star Wars writers room congratulated the writers on making "Ishtar in Space". This happened in regard to retconning Rey, to be the Chosen One and the Last Hope of the Galaxy. The figure Yoda alluded to Obi-Wan to, in The Empire Strikes Back.


Think about that.

Yoda clearly meant Princess Leia, but Disney couldn't even let that stand and needed to supplement even Leia's place in the canon, for Rey. A PALPATINE as the Last Hope of the Galaxy.

Never mind making a Palpatine the Apex hero of the Skywalker Saga a huge narrative, and storytelling blunder. But its not really a blunder on their part as its all part of the agenda. Disney has for whatever reason, always loathed the Skywalker family.   

If you don't know, Ishtar, is a notoriously bad movie.

So how bad is The Rise of Skywalker?

Seemingly so bad, that usually reliable Disney shills have already come out and begun to pan the movie. Even they can see the train wreck that this film is.

Rats fleeing a sinking ship...

The Leaks Are Real [Rise of Skywalker]

Doomcock was correct, his sources are real and The Rise of Skywalker is a dumpster fire that destroys the Original Trilogy.

Rey Palpatine, steals the Skywalker name and becomes the Chosen One.

Someone by the name of ProfessorHov, posted the Opening Crawl, which is a clear clue to exactly what sort of disaster this film is and how it stomps on the Skywalker Legacy and over all of Star Wars.

Opening Crawl

EPISODE IX THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

The dead speak! The galaxy has heard a mysterious broadcast, a threat of REVENGE in the sinister voice of the late EMPEROR PALPATINE.

GENERAL LEIA ORGANA dispatches secret agents to gather intelligence, while REY, the last hope

of the Jedi, trains for battle against the diabolical FIRST ORDER.

Meanwhile, Supreme Leader KYLO REN rages in search of the phantom Emperor, determined to destroy any threat to his power....

*The original Reddit leaks look to have been more or less on target, and of course Doomcock reported how those leaks and the film kept being reshot, and edited differently following really awful test-screenings.

The Mandalorian - Pilot

I don't want to overstate this, as I think its too soon to fully judge a series based on a single episode in which not very much happened, but Disney's The Mandalorian is actually not bad. For what we've seen so far it was actually pretty good.

Before I go on. There will be SPOILERS!




The Mandalorian, himself is actually an enjoyable character, keeping in mind he's a mysterious figure we don't know all that much about at this point. This is helpful. Having a likable central character goes a long way in letting viewers get into a series.


Like I said. Not that much happened.


We learn it takes place post-Empire. There are seemingly Imperial remnants, out there as Werner Herzog's "The Client" appears to be a former Imperial of some ranking. He was after all, wearing the emblem of the Empire and being guarded by Stormtroopers.

So there's a lot of laser fire and a few gruesome moments. All of which lead to our Mandalorian buddy becoming employed by "The Client" to seek out a package. The Client pays the bounty hunter with a pressed piece of steel emblazoned with the Imperial Emblem, which seems to be of high cultural value to the Mandalor.

Our protagonist takes the job, and leaves. Returns to his tribe, where his leader, a female Mandalor forges for him from the steel an shoulder pauldron, and then the Mandalorian is off to seek out his prey.


Sidebar: Star Wars typically makes it very clear what planet we are on at any given time. This show however, does not do so, and its a hindrance to the story. Please, if you are not going to incorporate it into dialogue, at least use a chyron to inform us what the planet is named. At one point it looked like one of the planets might have been intended to be Batuu (Galaxies Edge) but its hard to be sure.


Back to the mission. Along the way, our Mandalorian meets some people, fires some more lasers and almost becomes friends with a Droid. Almost... He hates Droids.


After killing a bunch of people he discovers what, who he has been looking for. The Asset...

Adorable! A baby member of Master Yoda's species. I hope this plays into a larger aspect of Star Wars lore and we learn about Yoda's species. I get the impression they are rare, otherwise there would not be a fuss to acquire a specimen. 

What did I think of all this?

I enjoyed it. But I remain skeptical. There's still time for this to go off the rails. Thus far The Mandalorian, is enjoyable and feels more like Star Wars than most of what we have gotten out of Disney. In some ways this actually reminds me of Rogue One - A Disney Star Wars movie, that I do in fact like.

I'd say be cautiously optimistic.

One episode in, its too early to come to a real solid conclusion. I will say this is probably the Star Wars Disney should have been giving us from the beginning.

Jon Favreau, should probably be put in charge of any new Star Wars Trilogy whenever that might come about. I don't want to jump too far ahead, but it does look like he has a handle on the universe.

The Mandalorian, could end up being the Saga's only remaining hope.