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What do you consider a Star Wars movie?

CLG ear·12/10/2017, 2:20:35 AM·2 votes·343 views

That is to say,

what comprises a Star Wars movie? What separates a Star Wars movie from other science fiction films?

Is it

  • Rebels vs Empire
  • The Force
  • Lightsabers
  • Giant battleships/land vehicles with lasers
  • People from the old trilogy (4, 5, 6)
  • Some combination of all of the above or all of the above?

I only ask because I read that they're going to start production of a Obi Wan Kenobi film in 2018, and I was thinking "why can't they make a Star Wars film that doesn't have anything to do with the original characters from the og trilogy.

Then I thought, could Disney actually make a Star Wars film that did not have The Force, The Empire, Lightsabers, Stormtroopers, or any callbacks to any trilogy? I originally thought yes, but then I realized without one or any of those it wouldn't really be a Star Wars film; just a standard sci fi film.

I then got this idea of an R-rated crime thriller that takes place in the star wars universe. The main character is a cop or private detective on a planet and he has to solve a murder or something; and he has to team up with someone who has the force but doesn't really know what it is; and through their investigation they learn things about one another and maybe the cop dies at the end and the guy with the force gets disillusioned and goes off to learn power.

What do you think makes a Star Wars film?

9 Comments

RedPannda12/10/2017, 2:23:51 AM1 votes

R rated + Disney.

You wish, will never happen. They forced EA to cancel the M rated star wars game (They won't admit it but that is what I choose to believe).

The star wars mythos is ripe for so many interesting stories. But until our generation dies out and everyone who was alive for the originals is dead and gone we probably won't get those stories.

Marshbouy12/10/2017, 2:25:24 AM1 votes

I think that a star wars film should be set in the same universe, include the force in some way, and include other elements from previous films such as alien races and technology (like lightsabers).

Anomander12/10/2017, 2:26:36 AM1 votes

The Ewok Adventure...........

LostFr0st12/10/2017, 2:26:41 AM1 votes

I honestly think they'd have an easier time making a prequel to the prequels (I, II, III) than movies after the OG IV, V, VI. It's like they feel restricted by what happened in the past plots when they make the scripts or something.

Kythers12/10/2017, 2:59:15 AM1 votes

being progressively worse than the previous movie

this is the only requirement

GIJose6512/10/2017, 3:04:43 AM1 votes

https://youtu.be/Kc2kFk5M9x4?t=628

skip to 10:28 just in case if it did not automatically send you there.