How would you change the new Star Wars trilogy

[lowkey13]

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[generic]

Do we ever see Palpatine's spouse?

My headcanon is that Rey is a clone, created by Palpatine, but my guess is that the Senator sired some illegitimate children while he was in office.

 

[dragoner]

My headcanon is that Rey is a clone, created by Palpatine ...

This is the safest route, for imagining things.

 

[generic]

This is the safest route, for imagining things.

Probably, I mean, she could be Han Solo's grandmother from another great-granddaddy, in a universe of anarcho-communist Illithids, but sometimes, it's best not to let my imagination dash away completely.

 

[Imaculata]

You sure about that? At this point, I'd rather have my teeth extracted than deal with some of the Star Wars comments.

I share some of your sentiments. But I don't want to go against the original intention of the thread. I do however think you bring up some really good points. I'll leave it at that.

Yes .... ish. I mostly agree. Unfortunately, however, you cannot "unsee" some things. The knowledge of what you have seen, that experience, may color your experience when you go back to that which you enjoyed.

Well, I feel the Star Wars prequels did Darth Vader a huge disservice, but I still enjoy the original trilogy all the same.

But what about Ghostbusters 2? As much as I'd like to excise that from my brain, I always think about it when I see the ending of Ghostbusters (and not in a good way). Or Highlander 2, a movie that so ruined the original that they had to ignore it moving forward.

I might be in the minority here, but I enjoyed Ghostbusters 2 just fine. It's certainly not as good as the original, but it has better effects and the same great humor that made me love the first movie. Highlander 2 was abysmal, but I can still enjoy Highlander 1 just fine.

A movie I really hated was Prometheus, the prequel to Alien. But as mind blowingly dumb as Prometheus was, I still love the movie Alien. I simply don't consider Prometheus and Covenant part of the original canon. I also ignore Alien 3 and 4, even though they are direct sequels. Raiders of the Lost Ark is still a fantastic movie, and my enjoyment of it is not lessened by the existence of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. And so on.

 

[dragoner]

Probably, I mean, she could be Han Solo's grandmother from another great-granddaddy, in a universe of anarcho-communist Illithids, but sometimes, it's best not to let my imagination dash away completely.

Contrarily, I often do think that's best, it's definitely where the best ideas for challenges to throw at players come from. So see, maybe Rey is where Han gets his big hands from, sort of like Blister in the Sun by Violent Femmes.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Again, bringing back the Emperor is the worst idea, because it retroactively vitiates Vader's sacrifice.

No argument here.

 

[Ovinomancer]

No argument here.

Did Vader sacrifuce himself to kill the Emperor, or to save his son? Was Luke unsaved because Palpatine lived?

Maybe I don't understand Anakin's sacrifice.

 

[GreyLord]

Did Vader sacrifuce himself to kill the Emperor, or to save his son? Was Luke unsaved because Palpatine lived?

Maybe I don't understand Anakin's sacrifice.

Maybe...not sure you do or don't.

According to some (not everyone, but a lot of people out there)...

Anakin's soul was redeemed to a degree and he was turned back to the light by saving his son.

However, the sacrifice to kill the Emperor was the fulfillment of the prophecy that Vader would restore balance to the force. The Emperor and the dark side was a disruption of balance (the natural order of things being that the force was in balance already...and it was the dark side that brought imbalance). Thus, by killing the Emperor and turning himself from the Darkside, as well as leaving no more Sith, he balanced the force and fulfilled the prophecy to bring balance to the force.

That was the entire point of the first six films. In that light, the Disney Trilogy could be seen as invalidating George Lucas's entire storyline by bringing Palpatine back.

 

[Imaculata]

However, the sacrifice to kill the Emperor was the fulfillment of the prophecy that Vader would restore balance to the force.

That was introduced in the prequels. It was never about that in the original trilogy. It was all about Vader's move back to the light side of the force and saving Luke.