What would you like to see a standalone SW movie about?

[Kor]

I would like something along the lines of the "Tales of the Jedi" comics... a story that takes place in hoary antiquity, thousands of years before the movies, when things were more mythic and fantasy-like.

Kor

 

[Reverend]

Indeed, I get the impression that 'Rogue One' will be more along the lines of 'The Guns of Navarone' and 'Dambusters' than 'The Dirty Dozen'.
The forces are rag-tag, but not out-and-out renegades who have to be coerced into doing something heroic.

I suspect finding the Death Star plans will be a surprise bonus of the first battle with the Empire, rather than the whole point of the mission, hence the mad scramble we saw at the start of ANH.

I mean if the plan was all along to get the plans back to Yavin IV & tap Kenobi to help out, sending the same ship to do both jobs is a *really* bad idea, as we saw. If it was planned ahead of time they'd have gotten Kenobi with a much more low-key mission, preferably without a Star Destroyer hot on their arse.

When Rogue One comes out we'll learn the truth about how the rebels got the Death Star plans. And the opeing scoll to ANH says that Leia was racing home with the plans, how she wound up at Tatooine is beyond me.

She said it herself: -

"General Kenobi. Years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack, and I'm afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."

Seems pretty deliberate to me.

From this I think we can surmise that they didn't know Vader was so hot on their heels and didn't catch up to them until after they emerged from hyperspace over Tatooine.

 

[Ithekro]

The Clone Wars did show that Vader can bring a ship out of hyperspace really, really close to a target, and can track them from time to time. He likely had his Star Destroyer com out of hyperspace as close as possible to Leia's ship within the abilities of the ship and the gravity well of Tatooine.

 

[Reverend]

I don't think any special tricks were required. It's likely that the rebels thought they'd gotten away with the plans without the Empire tracking who'd received the transmission and were taken by surprise when a Star Destroyer came up right behind them as they entered orbit. If you want to apply some tactic to the situation, one might postulate that they jumped in further out in the system and waited for the rebel ship to enter the gravity well in low orbit before attacking them, making that much harder for them to flee into hyperspace.

They make it pretty clear in the movie that Vader is not directly using the force to gain any special foresight into what's going on (probably because he can't, indeed one of the Imperials taught him with this fact) otherwise he wouldn't have needed to interrogate Antillies, or Leia and wouldn't have had to send a detachment down to search the escape pod.

 

[Jedi_Master]

If the Tantive IV had been fitted with a Imperial tracking device - it would help explain Leia's certainty that the Falcon had also been fitted with a tracking device after the escape from the Death Star.

 

[Awesome Possum]

After reading that Lando comic, I want a Lando and Lobot buddy comedy where they get into some sort of scam and have to avoid the Empire. If I were making it, I'd just make the Cannonball Run in space.

Maybe call it the Kessel Run.

 

[Captaindemotion]

After reading that Lando comic, I want a Lando and Lobot buddy comedy where they get into some sort of scam and have to avoid the Empire. If I were making it, I'd just make the Cannonball Run in space.

Maybe call it the Kessel Run.

I'm not sure if your tongue was in your cheek when you posted that but I think that such a film could well work!

Who would you cast as Lando?

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

Everyone likes a GOOD space battle. Do a space battle movie ABOUT a major battle between forces. Like "Tora! Tora! Tora!"', "Midway", or even "The Battle of Britain". Show both sides of the fight, include a touch of human drama amidst the Star Destroyers and such duking it out. "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" is an awesome model of how it can be done.

And ship to ship fighter combat too. I always thought "Red Tails" would have been a FAR better movie if Lucas had done it with X-Wings. Hell, assuming Rogue One doesn't do it, why not see the formation of the first Rebel fighter squadron. Base it on the real-life legends of the Flying Tigers, and put it in space.

Mark

 

[JoeZhang]

I'd like to see a SW version of 'The Hangover' where Pig-noise and his mate get into comedic adventures.

 

[Awesome Possum]

After reading that Lando comic, I want a Lando and Lobot buddy comedy where they get into some sort of scam and have to avoid the Empire. If I were making it, I'd just make the Cannonball Run in space.

Maybe call it the Kessel Run.

I'm not sure if your tongue was in your cheek when you posted that but I think that such a film could well work!

Who would you cast as Lando?

If going for a known actor, maybe Michael B Jordan. I think he can pull off being as charming as Lando. His performance is one of the few decent parts of Fantastic Four.

 

[Captaindemotion]

I haven't seen him play anyone quite as debonair as Lando but that doesn't mean he couldn't. He's certainly charming and charismatic enough to play him and his stock is likely to rise after Creed. Good call.

 

[Shaka Zulu]

"Seven Samurai" with Jedi. Set a few years after RotS, Survivors of the purge (and friends) are gathered up by a grizzled, old, one-armed Mace Windu (Living under an assumed name in the darkest alleys of Coruscant) who has been hunted down by a force-sensitive kid in the hopes of procuring his help fending off the Imperial invasion of an outer-rim planet where the first inklings of a serious Rebellion has begun to form in earnest. An Alamo-esque finale (and death of these last few Jedi) kick-starts these beginnings of the Rebel Alliance.

I love your idea.

 

[Turtletrekker]

A "Spinal Tap" style movie following the Max Rebo Band on tour.

 

[Mach5]

A "Spinal Tap" style movie following the Max Rebo Band on tour.

I can totally see George Lucas doing it.

 

[Mike Farley]

A "Spinal Tap" style movie following the Max Rebo Band on tour.

I can totally see George Lucas doing it.

Thesa goin' to eleven, day is!

 

[JD]

A "Spinal Tap" style movie following the Max Rebo Band on tour.

I can totally see George Lucas doing it.

I could have easily seen that as a Clone Wars episode.

 

[Shaka Zulu]

I'd love to see movies based on the current solo Marvel comics about Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and Lando, if possible.

 

[arch101]

I just don't get the fan obsession with Boba Fett. I mean, I thought he was cool when I was 12 in 1980. I even had one of those mail-order figures (not the one with the firing missile).
But then, Jango came along. He is a significantly more interesting character. And his suit looks cooler, too.

 

[P0sitr0nic]

I just don't get the fan obsession with Boba Fett. I mean, I thought he was cool when I was 12 in 1980. I even had one of those mail-order figures (not the one with the firing missile).
But then, Jango came along. He is a significantly more interesting character. And his suit looks cooler, too.

Boba is head and shoulders above Jango Juice.

 

[arch101]

I just don't get the fan obsession with Boba Fett. I mean, I thought he was cool when I was 12 in 1980. I even had one of those mail-order figures (not the one with the firing missile).
But then, Jango came along. He is a significantly more interesting character. And his suit looks cooler, too.

Boba is head and shoulders above Jango Juice.

Yeah, yeah, I hear that all the time. But nobody seems to know why.