God gives you supreme control of the Star Wars universe. Wat Do?

You mean Wraith Squadren.

I'll do an offical reboot of the whole movie series.

Bwahahaha...

Wraith Squadron, right. Ghost, Wraith, same thing :p

Thread Hop

Kill George Lucas.

I'd change the the prequels so a newcomer to the franchise could watch 1-5 and be surprised by Vader being Luke's father - I'm pretty sure I could make it work. I'd also like to make Anakin's fall genuinely shocking and sad.

Furthermore, I'd try to make the pre-war Jedi slightly less prominent, politically; I mean, if Vader was in his twenties during RoS, that means the Jedi were publicly known to be funky wizards within living memory. So how come Solo calls it hokey and the dude who got strangled mocks Vader for his 'sad devotion to that ancient religion'? No one's propaganda and scare-tactics are that good. Either Jedi live longer than normal people and the war happened like a century ago, and Vader sired Luke and Leia after his turn to the Dark Side, or the Jedi were more like wandering Buddhist monks or something; guys without clout but with plenty of respect and a bit of mystery to them. Otherwise things would still be in the 'stuff happened but we don't talk about it' stage of silence; it takes a while to get people to the 'maybe stuff happened, but personally I think it's all been exaggerated by people with a nostalgia filter telling stories to kids' stage.

And then I'd try to make the prequels conform a bit more to the things Yoda and Obi-Wan said about them. You know, fix the stuff that really bugs me.

I'd make KOTOR and Dark Forces movies.

edited 29th Mar '11 4:39:51 PM by thespacephantom

Absolutely nothing. George Lucas may have gone downhill a bit, but I highly doubt I could do better.

I'd be tempted to take a rusty machete to the EU.

Release the Christmas special and make a prequel to it featuring Jar Jar Bink's family (unsubtitled and not speaking English).

edited 29th Mar '11 6:01:16 PM by PDown

^Bump

I'd make the universe grayer. Politicians who are more anti-heroic and anti-villainous (Padme verges on Canon Sue - does she have any flaws and if so, are they called out?) Make the Sith less cardboard-like, make the Jedi less cardboard-like, etc.

I'd also start a series with a militaristic, Type III/IV Anti-Hero Jedi Knight who, despite being a Knight Templar, a Well-Intentioned Extremist, and a guy motivated by a mixture of selfish and selfless factors, has firm standards. Basically, deconstruct how effective an order of hidebound warrior monks actually are.

Oh, and no Crystal Dragon Jesus, ever again. The minute Anakin turned into one, I started hating him. Especially since none of his actions made him remotely deserving of any kind of adoration.

edited 26th Aug '11 3:17:06 PM by CrimsonZephyr

Thread Hop: Kill George Lucas?

Wait, I already said that in this thread, back in March. On this same page.

WHY NECRO? WHY...

edited 26th Aug '11 3:18:08 PM by DrunkGirlfriend

I'd make the Jedi a bit Asari Justicar like, make it reasonable that Han wouldn't believe them.

On the short term, I'd probably stick to the Old Republic (but preserve the Legacy era because I fuckin' love it)

Gray/Dark jedi, smugglers, mercenaries and mandalorians everywhere. More sex, drugs, vice, violence. Explore the Hell of different minor force traditions. Fuck that save the galaxy spiel: Get back to the basics... Ragtag bunches of misfits fighting for money, fame, glory, revenge, political ideals or mixtures thereof.

Break old-standing Lucasfilms homophobia: Introduce a few gay and bi characters here and there (some open, others closeted).

I'd either nerf Force users somewhat or make most people somewhat Force-sensitive and make the actual ability depend on training. I wouldn't shy away from major alien characters.

edited 26th Aug '11 5:10:45 PM by SavageHeathen

Make grey Jedi legal.

I actually like Savage's suggestion.

• 1) Remake Knights Of The Old Republic and the sequel—involve Bio Ware and Obsidian in both productions. Give them all the time and money they need. And it will be fucking awe-inspiring.

• 2) Re-do the movies somehow (probably in an animated form, although I would say traditional western animation—like the original Clone Wars cartoon, but more polished—not anime) so that the internal consistency is fixed, the original actors could be used, and by god, the fucking graphics be the same throughout the whole thing.

• 3) The Empire will not be stupid, the Rebels will not be perfect, moral relativism will be installed (Black-and-White Morality can go die), and Jedi and Sith will actually be fucking cool, not just sitting on their asses and being boring.

• 4) All that shit that went down in The Force Unleashed: tone it down about 2 notches—somewhere in between that and the original movies—and make it canon for all the Force-users. Darth Vader will be the most intimidating motherfucker on Planet Earth again, period.

• 5) Jar Jar Binks will be reworked so that he's consistently like he was in the Revenge of the Sith, and not annoying as fuck like in The Phantom Menace.

• 6) The science could use some work...

• 7) We will shoot for about a PG-13 equivalent rating. Good enough to get the fanservice and violence in where needed, but not bad enough that it's not the same movie anymore. The core idea of "story first, sex/blood/gore second" will be kept, however. Fanservice of any kind for fanservice's sake is evil.

• 8) The Ewoks will be cool. I don't care what has to be done. It will happen. (All mention of their spin-off movies will result in a bullet to the head).

That's all I got off the top of my head. I'll come back if I think of...

Wait...

• 9) There will be a good Star Wars RTS for the PC, which actually uses the canon stuff from as many sources as possible and has good graphics. I'm thinking Supreme Commander, but Star Wars with updated shit. Not like Empire At War (which was almost good, but fell just short).

Yeah, that's all I got for now...

edited 26th Aug '11 7:30:11 PM by USAF713

I'd also, Retool the Sith completely.

Let's make them Revan-Era Sith, but realistic. Make them an old and powerful and secretive cabal of Dark Jedi among lots of others. Relatively small, but not two-dudes-worth. They'd recruit among promising, ambitious and visionary Jedi of all traditions, and each Sith would be very badass.

I'd have them keep the Sith code, drop the For the Evulz dickishness, and have them be some sort of Nietzschean will-to-power fanatics. Most would have grand (and conflicting) plans and visions for the Galaxy at large, and be experts at wielding influence subtly. Ties with organized crime FTW!

I'd have a big and fat, but not morbidly obese Hutt Sith Lord (and crime boss) that'd be sort of like their consigliere, and who'd be one of the major movers and shakers in Hutt Space.

edited 26th Aug '11 8:07:19 PM by SavageHeathen

A friend of mine was saying they should use time travel to reboot the whole time line ala Star Trek.

I told him that time travel isn't part of Star Wars cannon but he was not deterred.

Drop the two sith rule. Let the sith recruit as many as the Jedi. That will bring balance to the force.

Install hand-rails mwah hah hah!

I'd remove the Ewoks for a start, and have them replaced with the possibly original plan: The Wookies. No second Death Star, that idea just didn't work for me. The Stormtroopers actually get to show their precision skills, rather than miss all the time. Possibly have Vader redeemed before death, and have him sway a good portion of the Empire to his side with the Rebellion. The Rebellion will not be perfect, the Empire will not be through and through evil, no more Black-and-White Morality. Have it continue past the death of the Emperor, possibly with Thrawn. In which case, Luke WILL eventually fight Kir Kanos. Get rid of Jar Jar (or have him killed like they said they would've in ROTS), Midichlorians can go too. Karen Traviss's interpretations can go as well. The final battles will feature space battles between Rebel and Imperial forces (With a redeemed Vader commanding the Executor on the side of the Rebels), Luke and Leia will not be siblings (though they won't get together). I'm aware some of this seems disjointed and, well, a mess.

Ewok commandos.

Rework the Gungan with heavy influences from Lovecraft's Deep Ones: Have them be locked into a bitter, all-out war against the Naboo, involving large degrees of mutual To Serve Man: Have their Enemy Mine with the Naboo against the Trade Federation be a highly tense, unpredictable moment instead of the Foregone Conclusion it was. (Naboo was gorgeous, I'd recycle the place)

edited 26th Sep '11 4:38:53 PM by SavageHeathen

Remove all non-human species from planets on which humans reside. Abolish the Jedi and the Sith. No more fighting.

Get a custom-painted Imperial II-class Star Destroyer and go adventuring.

Erase it from existence just to see what other sci-fi series would emerge in its place.

Or watch the Trekkies take over the world.