this won't be popular or realistic, but I'd like to see them take a risk and do a Star Wars movie without much (or any) Jedi stuff. After watching Lucas fill 3 prequels with armies of crappy kendo student extras, lightsabers being ignited every 4 seconds, and pointlessly long duels, I would love if they did something that was more like Shadows of the Empire or the Tie Fighter PC game, where the main character isn't force powered.
Sure, you can still have Jedis or Siths as part of the SW backdrop, but having less emphasis on shiny laser swords and telekinetics might actually force the screenwriter to create characters that are compelling in their own right. A New Hope did pretty good with very limited Force usage, because it was fun watching rogue Han, spunky Leia, prissy 3P0, etc. in a straightforward space adventure. The last 3 films were about waving sabers in your face so that you forgot for a second how nonsensical the script was.
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