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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 8553625" data-attributes="member: 63">Lord, I'm once again reminded of how bizarre it was for Disney to not even write down a sequel trilogy plot outline on the back of a napkin before they started filming.It's maybe not incredibly easy, because usually 'middles' of trilogies end on a down note, whereas Return of the Jedi ends on a very upbeat note.So here's what you need. Fans like Jedi and old characters. Fans wants new stuff too. You also need some wars in some stars. For it to really feel like a consistent story with the original, you need some of the old guard, and you need the main trilogy conflict to tie into what happened before without negating the victory of the heroes in the original trilogy.And if the Original Trilogy was basically World War 2 vs space Nazis, and the Prequel Trilogy was the descent into fascism, then I dunno, maybe have the Sequel Trilogy be inspired a bit by the Cold War, with some sort of proxy war hurting bystanders and a looming threat of mutually assured destruction. While you're at it, maybe we can wrap up the 'bring balance to the force' prophecy.If Disney had bought me a steak dinner I could have come up with a trilogy outline by the time I'm done.--- Broad strokes? The Empire is gone, for good. But some members of the former Rebel Alliance weren't all goody two-shoes themselves, so afterward they made a splinter First Order. There's not open fighting with the Republic, but worlds on the galactic rim are fought over, and that's where our main characters clash.Rey's a scrounger on one of those worlds (Jakku) who is brought to train with Luke. Ben's a student of Luke's who feels like he'll never have a chance for glory like the past generation. Finn is a former First Order trooper who defects and becomes a war hero that the Republic admires. Big beats? Ep 7 has the First Order (and their Knights of Ren) on Jakku looking for coordinates on a Star Destroyer that would lead them to the kyber crystals they need for their own super weapon. The team comes together to steal the coordinates themselves and rescue Poe (a Republic spy). They escape, but the First Order does recover the Star Destroyer's cargo which has enough crystals for a weaker weapon. The group goes to Luke's school for guidance, and Ben's pride leads him to taunt the First Order, so the First Order arrives, attacks to recover the device that has the coordinates, and then blows up Luke's school. Our heroes escape, but Luke dies covering their escape. Nobody but Ben knows that he's complicit. Ep 8 is a spy mission with sneaking and scheming and stealing ships, culminating in a raid loosely inspired by the sabotage of a Norwegian Heavy Water Facility in World War 2. Finn and Poe are friends (with a romantic subtext that Disney won't let us make explicit) but they clash because Poe is too willing to kill First Order soldiers, while Finn wants to avoid conflicts and try to give conscripts a chance to escape. Rey and Ben have a close bond that he wants to be a romance, but she's disinterested, which again puts him on a dark path. He's captured during the mission, and is tempted by the chance to be a hero for the First Order. The climax has him confront his former team as they work to destroy a factory that could synthesize kyber crystals. They succeed the mission, and Rey is about to kill Ben, but Finn stops her. An explosion gives Ben a chance to escape. Ep 9 is akin to the Cuban Missile Crisis. The challenge is getting people to stand down. I'll workshop it.</blockquote>

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