Unfortunately Firefly is set in the future, and Star Wars is set "a long time ago". Too many fans would see that as an insurmountable hurdle.
Disney Plus could be rebooting Firefly
Argyle King
Legend
I suppose so, but it's a matter of perspective. Past and future are terms which require a definition of when "now" is to have meaning.
In a saga which includes sequels, prequels, and some pieces which may or may not be canon (depending upon who is writing,) I believe room exists for it to be possible.
With respect, an audience in 1977 was told "a long time ago". They were speaking to that audience. That sets "now".
It is also "in a galaxy far, far away". Meaning, not the galaxy the viewer is in. Not the Milky Way. But Firefly happens to people who do not have FTL travel, and are explicitly originated on Earth - and so must still be in the Milky Way.
So, really, they aren't in the same place and time. Sorry.
And this all besides the fact that the rumors have turned out to be about a comic book, and there's no sign of a TV show to be concerned with.
The film ended certain story lines and relationships, and events in the real world ended others.
Rest in Peace, Ron Glass.
From "Barney Miller" to "Serenity" and everything between and after those, you always raised my appreciation for the entertainment you contributed to.
As with old friends I haven't seen in a long time, I wonder how the characters are doing. How did the events in the film change the direction of their lives? Did any of them continue working together? Where in the 'Verse are they now?
If Disney were to engage the original actors/characters as they have become all these years later, I'd be interested in catching up with them.
As others have already observed above, it was those relationships that made Firefly matter to us.
Rest in Peace, Ron Glass.
From "Barney Miller" to "Serenity" and everything between and after those, you always raised my appreciation for the entertainment you contributed to.
As with old friends I haven't seen in a long time, I wonder how the characters are doing. How did the events in the film change the direction of their lives? Did any of them continue working together? Where in the 'Verse are they now?
If Disney were to engage the original actors/characters as they have become all these years later, I'd be interested in catching up with them.
As others have already observed above, it was those relationships that made Firefly matter to us.
LuisCarlos17f
Legend
I am afair it is not the best time for a reboot, or not with the same Union of Allied Planets and their Chinese-Western mixture. In the real world 2021 is going to be a very, very, very hertic year, with radical changes linked with China. How to explain it softly with an example? Do you remember Resident Evil 6 with actions in a Chinese city? Today it is not the right time for a title about a zombie apocalypse in China, is it? Something like that. For a time, at least a complete year, maybe more, talking about China will be not a confortable thread, but previous historical imperial age, too interesting time, like in the Chinese curse.
* Why not a CGI animation? Today it may be very realistic, people are used for cartoon for mature audence, and with the epidemic it will be safer.
Or a comic with those crazy crossovers, for example with Transformers, or Aliens vs Predator.
* Reavers are too crazy and fools to travel through the space. Can they repair and keep the space-ships? They shouldn't surive more two generations, even if they could infect others with their bloodthirsty madness.
* A reboot of the sci-fi movie "the black hole" would be easier, or a sequel of "the planet of the threasure".
* Why not a CGI animation? Today it may be very realistic, people are used for cartoon for mature audence, and with the epidemic it will be safer.
Or a comic with those crazy crossovers, for example with Transformers, or Aliens vs Predator.
* Reavers are too crazy and fools to travel through the space. Can they repair and keep the space-ships? They shouldn't surive more two generations, even if they could infect others with their bloodthirsty madness.
* A reboot of the sci-fi movie "the black hole" would be easier, or a sequel of "the planet of the threasure".
MarkB
Legend
Reavers don't repair and keep spaceships, they take them and then run them into the ground, and then they take new ones to replace them. We get mentions of how Reaver ships run with their reactors unshielded - that's presumably not because they're deliberately stripping off the shielding, it's because they're running them well past their tolerances, and then keeping on running them until they finally break down or break up.
BrokenTwin
Biological Disaster
I don't think the Reavers have been around that long in-universe, have they? Miranda was their origin point, and happened within a generation or two at most. It's entirely possible that their numbers have been dwindling since then (captive replacements notwithstanding), and within a generation or two they may die out entirely without any form of unified action against them.
Ryujin
Legend
I got the impression that it was within the characters' lifetimes that the Miranda incident occurred. There would be no new Reavers, as what created them no longer exists. At least it seems like they dropped that particular line of research after the incident. Given that they tend to rape/kill/eat anyone that they come across, and the massive losses from the end of "Serenity", there aren't likely to be all that many left anyway.
Argyle King
Legend
and yet "now" also includes a television show which is currently on: the Mandalorian
MarkB
Legend
How is that relevant? You want an opening slide on The Mandalorian that says "slightly longer ago, but still just as far, far away"?
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