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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 7880976" data-attributes="member: 6803337">I want to go back to Disney's "Session Zero" and re-write the history between RotJ and TFA.  The heros' efforts succeed, but not to the extent they dreamed of.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The New Republic is the largest and most powerful of the Imperial successor states; it also is surrounded by rivals and does not have the spare resources to go meddle in the Outback over rumors of a rising warlord or something.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Luke is running a Force training school; his students include a few outstanding successes (one of whom takes over when he exiles himself) and a few dramatic failures (including Kylo) and lots of basic competent people who become building blocks of their local communities.  At the beginning of the new trilogy, Luke is taking time alone with the Force to get himself re-centered.  Artoo knows how to find him, and is not in hibernation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Han and Leia are able to keep their relationship alive.  Leia is a diplomat and founds the Resistance because the Republic cannot / will not intervene; Han is both learning 'the lay of the land' for her and tracking their son from a distance.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lando is the CEO of a self-made conglomerate industrial company.  Sometimes he hears rumors that his old friends would find interesting.  He hears 'buzz' about that XL mobile shipyard / factory.</li> </ul>Now the new heroes have some inspiring predecessors with modest resources, who can help them deal with the new crisis, but not step in take over and do all the heavy lifting for them.  The villains have a few distractions to hold their attention while the new heroes get their act together.</blockquote>

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