Okay, I've been seriously neglecting this blog. While I have been working on the latest DRC chapter, and a secret project, and a DRC app, thats no excuse. But while discussing the nerd shattering news that Disney will be releasing Star Wars episode 7 in 2015, I was suddenly struck with an idea so awesome I had to drop everything so I could fart this out of my head and into this blog before I hurt myself.
The next set of Star Wars movies can't rehash old stories. I'm not interested in another rise of an Empire or a fall of a Republic. The entire story structure has to be different. Maybe even a smaller scale would be better.
Episode 7 should take place on a post ROJ (Return of the Jedi, c'mon keep up) galaxy where instead of there being a galaxy spanning Republic or Empire, each planet has its own government. A traveler shows up and must abide by the local rules and customs ("no droids in these here parts!"). Think of America in the old west days.
Instead of having a huge Jedi Council and only two Sith, its the opposite. There are only two Jedi and a huge gang of Sith that pillage from planet to planet like a wolf pack. Or Pirates. Think of the Reavers from Firefly/Serenity.
The two Jedi are an old Sensei like Jedi Master Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamil could still pull this off) and his young female Padawan. The girl Padawan could be played by someone like Jennifer Lawrence (X-Men First Class/Hunger Games) I can already see a movie poster with her posing with a green lightsaber and an army with red sabers behind her. The jedi live secluded in some farming planet where the population is low and they just hang out and meditate and do other Jedi stuff.
Until:
The Sith Pack shows up to the planet and terrorizes the local farmers. Picture the girl Jedi confronting them, taking them all on with cool light saber kung fu while the wise Master Skywalker easily dispatches a few Sith on his own. These Sith are weaker. With the rule of two if one got too powerful he would take over and kill the others. Maybe there is someone behind the scenes artificially keeping the rule of two from working so that no Sith gets too powerful and he can have a biker gang of Sith that terrorize the planets. Maybe the guy behind the scenes wants to use them as an excuse for a stronger government. (At some point it turns out to be more than he can control and one one the Sith becomes too strong and kills him)
One of the up and coming Sith kill poor old master skywalker. The padawan is upset, but is soon guided by Lukes ghost (CGI could even make it a younger looking Luke). She escapes the planet with the help from a handsome starship pilot and his large droid co pilot (think robot version of Chewbacca who can get in fights, loose an arm then screw it back on). The story arc will follow the Young Jedi girl as she tried to uncover the secret behind the Sith Gang (now that they know a Jedi still exists they are hunting her down) and deal with her feelings for the Pilot Stud while guided by Ghost Luke and ultimately becoming a Jedi Master for a young Jedi kid she meets somewhere along the way.
This is so perfect it must happen. Disney Lucas are you listening? Whatever idea you have it can't be as good as this! Its not too late to use this! You're my only hope!
UPDATE: Heres the sequence and types of planets they should show in Episode 7:
Start on a farming planet: Lots of open fields of grass and wheat with the occaisional sci fi farming equipment and alien beasts of burden. This is where we establish the relationship between Luke and his Padawan. There is a primitive market place where the townfolk trade their space fruits. This is also where the Jedi are confronted by the Sith Gang. Once Luke is killed and Jedi girl is clearly outnumbered, Pilot Boy saves her by whisking her off in his speeder bike. There is a high speed chase over open fields. As they speed along, Jedi girl glances at the cave she lived in with Luke briefly then goes back to blocking attacks with her light saber as they race back to Pilot boy's ship. They jump into hyperspace and escape.
Next planet: A mining planet. Its rocky and full of craters. The architecture has an Asian/Indian influence. The miners use large dinosaur/elephant creatures to do their digging. They come here because its a hub for a lot of activity. Easy to hide here and for Pilot Boy to use his connections in the black market to get the info they need. Pilot Boy also has a passenger who is a young boy with a cyborg arm. He keeps him around because he is also good at repairing the ship. Jedi girl begins to suspect the Cyborg Boy is also strong in the force. He seems to be able to communicate with animals: he has a pug like pet that only likes him and Jedi Girl. Also there is an incident with the Dino/Elephant Beasts. Because of some mistreatment they go on a rampage through the city. Our heroes narrowly escape getting crushed as they try to outrun the destruction. Cyborg Boy is able to calm the herd down to everyone's amazement. Ultimatley, Pilot Boy obtains information there that leads then to the next planet:
An Ocean City Planet! This is like Cloud City meets Kamino and Courouscant. Large oceans with small island cities covered in complex skyscrapers. They come here only to find out (cue Admiral Ackbar) "Its a Trap!" The same source that lead the good guys here also told the bad guys. Meanwhile the bad guy pulling the strings is betrayed and killed by the new bigger threat: a Sith that has become powerful and took command of the Sith Pack. The Sith are bent on either killing or converting Jedi girl. They arrive and chase our heroes through the narrow hamster tube corridors of the city. The good guys race back to where they docked their ship and fly out thinking they are safe- only to find their ship surrounded by mini Sith fighter ships. There is a space ship dog fight over the sea, which by the way is filled with killer sea creatures who eat any ship that falls down on them. Eventually the Strong Sith leaps onto the wing of their ship and demands they give up the girl or he with use his saber to dismantle the ship sending it to the toothy depths below. Pilot Boy thinks he's bluffing but Jedi Girl is already outside the ship on the wing in a lightsaber duel over the churning sea. She is outmatched by the Sith but through some contrived means, the Cyborg Boy is able to help her knock Strong Sith off the wing and into the sea. As the Heroes escape, we see the Sith underwater about to get eaten by a sea creature, until the Sith smiles and slices the crap out of it creating a bloody seafood stew in the bubbling water.
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