What Star Wars story are you still looking forward to?
I’m still looking forward to Ahsoka 2 and Endor 2. I’d be thrilled if they rethought Rogue Squadron or Rangers of the New Republic. The character Ezra Bridger deserves his own series. I wouldn’t mind if they focused their converging series notions all on the Thrawn trilogy period and used a bit more of the books. It would be interesting to see a couple seasons with Luke and Mara Jade. I’d like to see stories of more Jedi who survived Order 66. I’d like to see more Ventriss. This is all focused in a small portion of the SW timeline, where the good guys are rebels. I don’t think they should depart from that portion of the formula the way they did with Acolyte.
I’d like to see a story in the Thrawn timeline that focuses on the Sentinels, and especially the Shadow Sentinels who can mask their force powers, and who hunt Sith artifacts for destruction, and the Sith themselves. I’m a big fan of the Shadow Sentinel concept found in the Fantasy Flight TTRPG games.
Writers often misunderstand the need to be new and different. I don’t think radically changing the setting is helpful. Each character is new and different. There’s no reason to confuse people by jumping times and the essential setting with the bad guys in control. There are a million stories to tell inside that setting.
I think Ahsoka was good, and it could get better. My concern is that at this point, no matter how good it is its audience has gotten fed up and wandered off. I think they need to create another huge moment like when Luke rescues Mando, Grugo, etc. That scene had all the audience cheering like madmen. If they can duplicate that somehow, maybe they can save the franchise. Maybe. The damage is so severe lots will never give it a chance in the future.
With Ahsoka, they could really cash in on a decade of storytelling if they can bring the Force Paragon station front and center. Ahsoka is unique that she left the Jedi Order because of their corruption, and when she cleansed a pair of corrupted light sabers and turned them white, that set her apart from all the other Jedi. We need to see where that leads her. She could succeed where Luke failed in rebuilding the Order.
Thanks KK for shitting on all our hero’s. Now go sell shoes.