I am working on a rewrite of the Star Wars sequels to address many shortcomings, missteps, and missed opportunities that I saw in those films. My critiques are not those of a certain subset of SW fans who believe the films were too “woke”. In fact, the things I have planned for my rewrite would probably give those guys a heart attack.
I understand that I will never be able to monetize this, otherwise the big Mouse will drop a Death Star on my head.
My intent is to start with completing a written treatment of my vision of Episode 7 and then produce that in video format using my own art assets and non-copyright music that sounds John Williams-esque. Once I get some response to that, I think then I would like to flesh out the ideas I have for Episodes 8 and 9.
I’m happy to share concepts and bounce ideas if interested! One of the main througlines of this trilogy is an armed Droid Revolution.
The issue I now face in this regard is that while it’s easy to draft up a ship, creating one that fit the world is a whole another story.
I want to follow the same path I did when designing my own Star Trek ship. I want to avoid a common tropes in fan-designed ship that only focus on the ship’s capability. Way too many designed are basically a bigger, more badass version of existing ship, with minimal regard to why or how it would exist in the first place. Instead, I want to emphasize that a ship is a complex combination of numerous systems that is influenced by numerous factors such as military doctrine, economic, politics, technology, and much more. To do that, I have to flesh out New Republic, the Imperial Remnants, the First Order/New Sith Empire, and pretty much the entire galactic astropolitics as well.