Ideas for Star Wars X-XII

  So recently it was reported by Deadline that, rather than just one post-Rise of Skywalker film in the Star Wars franchise, we might actually get three, and they might collectively be branded as the next trilogy in the mainline saga, i.e. Episodes X, XI, and XII.

Mind you, other outlets have since followed up on this initial report, stating that Deadline’s claim of these new films being X-XII is inaccurate. A couple of other sources who have proven to be mostly-credible recently though say that Deadline is right on the money. For what it’s worth, Daisy Ridley herself liked a post on social media the other day referring to these new movies as specifically X-XII, so make of that what you will…

Whether or not Deadline’s scoop turns out to be accurate or not, since it dropped a few days ago, I couldn’t help but start thinking what I would do if I were tasked with crafting “Episodes X-XII” specifically. I’ve written before about how I would revisit characters like Rey in a post-Rise timeline, but never before with the notion of her future films actually being branded as “Episodes” of the main saga. That in itself carries a whole lot more weight to it…

As I’ve said before, however, lately I haven’t really been into Star Wars as much as I used to be. I’m not planning to watch Skeleton Crew or the second seasons of Andor and Ahsoka (at least not right away), and I’ve also decided to just wait for streaming for any movie going forward (unless I happen to be home for the holidays and family wants to go see something in theaters). I’ve got nothing better to do today, though, so I might as well write this…

And here… we… go!:

A new Skywalker heir

If this does end up getting branded as part of “the Skywalker saga,” but has Rey in a mentor role rather than as the protagonist again, then I think the new protagonist should either be someone Rey adopted at a young age, or a child she had biologically, who maybe decides to use the name “Skywalker” rather than whatever their father’s last name is. I’d be fine with a “long lost child” angle (i.e. Luke had a kid we never knew about until now or an offspring that was created artificially for evil reasons or something). Rey was almost gonna be a long lost Kenobi, after all. If they go the adoption route, the new lead hero could be someone who doesn’t like using the Skywalker name at first, due to all the baggage it carries, but then learns to embrace it. Or maybe they can flip the script and have it be a Skywalker who decides to take on a different name, for some other noble reason (or cause they’re pissed at Rey for being known as a Skywalker instead or something).

Alternatively, I’m also cool with the idea of these next movies being X-XII, but not necessarily part of the Skywalker saga. People forget now, but the main saga rebrands itself all the time. When the original trilogy was made, the whole thing was just known as “the Star Wars trilogy.” Then the prequel trilogy happened and the whole thing got rebranded as “the complete saga.” Then the sequel trilogy happened and the whole thing got rebranded again as “the Skywalker saga,” which also helped distinguish the main films from the spin-offs. We are probably heading for another rebrand. In the future, Episodes I-XII will probably just be called “the Star Wars Episodic Saga.”

Double down on the Rey Palpatine thing

I suppose another angle would be to do a Bloodline* scenario with Rey, where the galaxy finds out she’s actually related to Palpatine instead of Luke. Perhaps that would helps to make things feel more thematically connected to I-IX. Maybe the new villains want to use her DNA to try to resurrect Palpatine yet again, or maybe they wanna see if they can “possess” her so that his essence can come back through her. Just spitballing here…

*Bloodline is a recent book that takes place before The Force Awakens, and showcases the galaxy finding out that Leia is related to Vader, and how she learns to deal with this.

Plagueis

Regarding what I was saying earlier about them working the “Rey Palpatine” angle, they could also bring Palpatine’s master, Darth Plagueis, back from the dead. It’s implied that he also figured out how to cheat death, after all. Plus, Lucasfilm already introduced him in canon via The Acolyte. I could see his motive being to want to destroy “the last living descendant of Palpatine” as a form of revenge. Maybe he also learns that Rey decided to abandon the whole “Jedi are not allowed to have kids” rule, and therefore wants to prevent that bloodline from continuing, which leads to Rey’s true lineage being exposed publicly. Perhaps they could even establish that Palpatine stole the idea of “corrupting the republic into an empire from the inside out” from Plagueis, to tie things all the way back to Episode I a bit more.

Mortis

For those who don’t know, this is a “realm” introduced in The Clone Wars that serves as the home of three Force-sensitive entities: The Daughter (who represents light), The Son (who represents darkness), and The Father (who represents balance). The first season of Ahsoka seems to imply that Ahsoka, Baylan, and Anakin’s ghost are all slowly turning into the new versions of these deities, but we’ll see if the second season follows through with that. Either way, Lucasfilm almost incorporated Mortis into the plot of Episode IX, so this angle has clearly been on their minds already as is. Even if Mortis itself is never seen in live-action, I think future “mainline” movies will need to start bringing in “bigger” stuff like this. Or else, what’s even the point of continuing the so-called “saga”?

Use more previously-discarded ideas

Might as well, right? On the subject of “bigger” ideas, Lucas wanted the sequel trilogy to introduce the “creators” of The Force, whom he called The Whills (which some people also speculate might be the “Force Priestesses” whom Yoda met in The Clone Wars). I wouldn’t mind something like that. Maybe they could even do a Wonder Woman scenario where the heroes kill the “creator” of the dark side, but evil (the Sith, etc.) continues. Lucas apparently also wanted the new evil war faction to be a collective of pirates/ crime syndicates. I wouldn’t mind something like that either. He also wanted to bring back “weirder” worlds like Felucia (the planet with the big flowers briefly seen in Revenge of the Sith), etc. Again, why not? You could even pull from non-Lucas ideas that never made it passed the red tape before, like how Episode IX was originally gonna be a “post-apocalyptic” movie, of sorts, with inter-planetary comms across the galaxy being knocked out and stuff.

Use the prequel trilogy as a blueprint

Since VII-IX recycled a bunch of ideas from the original trilogy, this next batch of films might as well recycle some ideas from the prequels now. Maybe another clone wars? Maybe cloning has gotten advanced enough now that Force-sensitives can be cloned too? The old expanded universe novels toyed around with this idea. Make Rey fight a clone of herself, or a CGI Luke clone or something. Screw it! Go nuts! EDIT: Rather than echo the prequel trilogy, I suppose an alternative would also be to try to echo the few unique things that the sequel trilogy did (runaway stormtrooper, etc.).

An outer-galactic threat

I’ve proposed this idea before, and it’s something else the expanded universe explored too. Plus, some of the newer canon novels have hinted at a looming threat coming from another galaxy, and the Ahsoka show has now established that advanced civilizations that speak english do in fact exist in other galaxies, with Force-sensitive factions and all.

More Expanded Universe stuff

With Rey and Kylo kissing at the end of The Rise of Skywalker, I think it’s pretty safe to say that Disney is trying to move away from the whole “no attachments allowed” rule that the prequel-era Jedi had. Between that, and the growing possibility of outer-galactic threats, it’s starting to feel like Disney is just taking stuff that Luke did in the old expanded universe timeline, and giving it to Rey. That might not necessarily be a bad thing, though! In fact, they can even acknowledge it by having Rey say some quick line like “lately I’ve been having dreams of Luke doing these things, in another life.” Maybe not exactly like that, but something along those lines.

The feeling of “delight”

Above all else, the most important thing about the new movies is that they just need to be fun. While I don’t consider The Force Awakens a perfect movie, one thing I do enjoy about it is how “light and airy” it feels when you don’t think too hard about it. JJ Abrams had said that the writing process of that movie started with he and the other creatives asking themselves “what do we want to feel?” And then writing a bunch of emotions on the wall, with “delight” being the primary one. Hopefully future films in the franchise take a similar approach. That said, I understand that sometimes it’s less about “what the audience wants” and more about “what the story needs,” so that balance needs to be taken into account too.

…Well, that was a fun way to waste another day!

Peace!

2026 UPDATE: With the recent news that Ben Solo might also come back, I know a lot of people think that means he and Rey are finally gonna end up together for real, but I’m not so sure. I used to think Rey’s order would embrace attachments, but the Rise of Skywalker novelization, Luke’s personality in The Book of Boba Fett, and Finn referring to Rey and Rose as “just friends” in that Resistance Reborn book all make me think otherwise now.

Related: Fiction Repository

Expanding My Latest Rey Outline

2024 UPDATE: I’m not proud of this outline anymore, but also don’t feel like deleting it so… Whatever…

A few months ago, there was a new contest on the message boards of theforce.net, which asked Star Wars fans to write fan outlines for the three new films announced this year. I submitted my entries and then moved on with my life, but recently, I revisited my work and realized that the outline for the Rey movie in particular was lacking detail, compared to the other two. Therefore, I’ve decided to revisit that story and add more to it.

So without further ado, here you go:

Opening crawl explains that Rey has spent the last several years traveling the galaxy and training different people, but refuses to bring them together to form an order, cause she fears that doing so will only repeat “the cycles of the past.” We then see Rey (wearing an outfit similar to the golden ceremony tunics from The High Republic), traveling on the Falcon with her newest apprentice, Thea (one of the working names for Rey during the development of The Force Awakens). Her outfit is more like the brown travel tunics from The High Republic, and she’s very similar in face and age to Rey. It almost looks like they could be twins (intentional).

They land on a barren wasteland of ice in the middle of the night, right in front of the ruins of a massive, ancient temple. We then get an Indiana Jones-like sequence where they go inside and uncover a small mechanical device simply known as “the decoder.” Rey reiterates that she needs this device to help translate “the last page of the sacred Jedi texts,” which is written in a language that’s even more archaic than the rest of the texts. The pair then go back outside, where they suddenly find themselves surrounded by strange humanoids in bronze armor, carrying exotic-looking blasters. Thea then suddenly reveals that she’s secretly been in league with these beings behind Rey’s back for some time. She explains that they’re called The Grysk, and that they’re “galactic conquerors” that come from another galaxy (they’re mentioned in some of the recent books). Rey asks why she betrayed her, to which Thea explains that the Republic has already failed the galaxy twice, and that simply keeping all the Jedi separate isn’t enough to prevent future turmoil, in her opinion. She then adds that the Grysk there with them are merely “a strike team sent early,” and that a full army is on the way.

Thea then draws her lightsaber out (it’s purple, to contrast with Rey’s yellow). Rey manages to escape back into the Falcon, which Thea taunts her for from a distance (“Running away so soon?”). Rey then returns to Coruscant (looks more like it did in Andor), which is back to being the capital of the Republic (no more “New” in the title). She passes by Rose and Babu Frik, who have been constructing a massive ship together for some time and are finally almost done with it. Rose offers it to Rey (not the first time), but as usual, Rey declines, saying “the Falcon is more than enough for me.” We then cut to her walking inside the old Jedi Council room, where all the seats are empty and covered in dust. Chancellor Poe (yes, really) meets her in there with his droid entourage (R2, 3PO, BB-8, D0).

Rey explains the Grysk situation to him, adding that she wishes she could turn to the Jedi spirits for help, but that she “lost contact with them some time ago.” Poe tells her it’s time to bring some of her old students together and form a new order, to figure out what to do about the new threat, but Rey rejects his advice, pointing out that the Jedi order already imploded twice in a row, meaning there’s a pattern there, and that most of the public hates the Jedi now for all the trouble they caused since the clone wars anyways. Poe says he wishes he could keep talking to her about this, but that he needs to go meet up with Zorrii (implying that they’re a couple now). On his way out, Rey jokes that she’s the better pilot now because he’s “out of practice,” but he playfully insists that he still “has it.” Rey then heads to her own bedroom, where the original Jedi texts are. She tries using the decoder to translate the last page of the last book, but can’t figure out how it works.

We then cut to the lower levels of Coruscant, and see some Mandos (they’re like the “police” now). They chase down some pirates who are part of a growing gang called “The Uprisers,” who feel the need to fight back against the Republic for still supporting Rey after all the issues the Jedi have caused over the decades. They’re also pissed off about the fact that she’s both a Palpatine as well as the fact that she chose to take on the Skywalker name. The Mandos manage to arrest the small group of Uprisers right after they blow up a statue of Rey, but acknowledge that there are more (“There’s always more.”). 

Rey then catches up to them and sees the statue of herself in ruins. This leads her to finally deciding to travel to Mimban, where Finn is (she catches him just as he finishes leading a revolt of some kind). Together, they review records of all the other people Rey has trained over the years, and recruit the ones they feel would best learn from one another. This ends up being Rey’s team:

Finn: The “heart” of the group. Wants everyone to get along. His outfit is basically a traditional prequel-era tunic. Green saber.

Krash: The “lancer” of the group. He’s a purist, though that sometimes makes him come across as a bit of a jerk. His outfit is similar to what Baylan wears in the Ahsoka show (though maybe more gray than black). Orange or bronze saber. Maybe one of each? Or maybe one of them is blue? Something like that.

Hope: The “smart one” of the group. Non-force sensitive Jedi. Her outfit is reminiscent of the Old Republic era (i.e. tunic with pieces of armor). Uses gadgets and stuff to get by. Snarky attitude, but sensitive on the inside. White double-sided saber that maybe spins and/or bends.

Lowbacca (aka Lowy or Low): The “big one” of the group. He’s Chewy’s son (Chewy himself is mentioned as being retired on Kashyyk now). Wears an outfit similar to what Ben Kenobi wore in the original trilogy. Similar personality to his dad (usually nice, but not afraid to get his hands dirty). Prefers not to use a saber. The Force is the only “weapon” he needs (that and ripping people’s arms out, I guess).

After coming together, Rey and her new group hear from a Republic spy who’s been hanging out in the underworld (Connix, wearing Leia’s bounty hunter outfit from Return of the Jedi) that the Uprisers are planning to attack/ steal credits from a bank vault. Rey and team see this as a good opportunity to prep for the incoming Grysk invasion. Part of the Uprisers’ plan involves using ships, so Rey takes off in the Falcon, with Finn at the gun turret (they make a reference to “old times” during this), while the other Jedi pursue other Uprisers on foot. Things go horribly wrong, though, and the Falcon is destroyed in the process (but Rey and Finn manage to escape). The Mandos end up having to come in to save the day. The public ridicules Rey (making reference to the Palpatine lineage as well as the Skywalker name tag). We then cut to a barren moon, where the Gryssk army finally arrives from their distant galaxy. Thea tells them that they should attack Mandalore first, since that’s the home of the Republic’s army. They agree to her plan.

Back on Coruscant, the Jedi retreat to their temple. Hope gets most of the blame for the plan going sideways. Krash especially yells at her (he doesn’t think she deserves to be there). Finn calls him out for going too far with his criticisms. Meanwhile, Rey retreats to her own room, unable to handle the stress, and regretting the fact that she brought all these people together. Finn walks in to check on her. He mentions that he’s glad they’re back together, but wishes they could be traveling around the galaxy as one group, instead of being stuck at the capital, as he thinks they would get along better if they were actually adventuring and “among the people.” Rey ponders these words as Finn leaves. She then sees the decoder on her desk, and to take her mind off things, she tries using it again, but is still unable to make it work.

BB-8 suddenly rolls in and figures out how to get the device working. Rey finally reads the last piece of the Jedi texts, which turns out to say “Light will always be there for the people, even when they cannot see it, even when they do not want to.” This leads Rey and her Jedi peers to realizing that the galaxy may never accept them, but that’s not the point. Rather, the point is to just simply be there for them regardless. This newfound motivation allows them to finally all get along. Krash in particular starts to finally lighten up quite a bit, and Rey tells him that he “reminds her of someone” (Kylo reference). He seems to like hearing this. There’s hints of romantic chemistry between them.

Soon after, Thea and the Grysk army finally arrive on Mandalore, and a battle breaks out on both the ground and sky between them and the Mandalorians. Rey and her new Jedi order arrive to assist (on Rose and Babu’s ship), as well as some of the Mandalorian “police” from Coruscant. All the Jedi have a climatic moment where they have to use the Force together to stop a giant “warhammer” battering-ram weapon (discarded concept from The Force Awakens). Rey in particular duels Thea, and manages to gain the upper hand, which leads Thea to having to retreat (callback to the “running away so soon?” moment). The Grysk army is also defeated, but both the Jedi and Mandos acknowledge that more will probably come (callback to the “there’s always more” moment).

We then jump to some time later. The Jedi order are back on Coruscant. Rey tells Poe that she and her new order have decided to stay united, but rather than remaining on Coruscant, they want to instead travel around the galaxy together, helping people from a distance. They think that this “distant” approach might help the public to feel more comfortable with them. Furthermore, they think that constantly moving around will give them all something ongoing to focus on, which should hopefully limit infighting, while allowing them to still stay united as one order (callback to Finn’s words from earlier). Rey promises Poe that they’ll keep in contact with the Republic, but they wanna be the guardians of “the people” now, not just the Republic. Poe says he understands, and gives them all his blessing.

The Jedi then get into their new ship from Rose, who says goodbye to Finn particularly. There’s a hint that there’s still romantic tension between the two of them too, all these years later, but Finn doesn’t know what to do since Jedi traditionally don’t take romantic partners. Rey notices his internal conflict and pulls him aside to say something like “don’t worry, we’ll figure it out” (hint at what the sequel will be about). We also see Rey flipping through the books again inside the ship’s cockpit (she says she likes to re-read them sometimes), and she happens to flip to a page that depicts the father, daughter, and son from Mortis (another sequel tease, since the Ahsoka show seems to be hinting that Anakin, Ahsoka, and Baylan are becoming the new versions of the father, daughter, and son). The big Jedi ship then takes off into the stars. The end.

And in case you’re wondering; I intentionally left out senior-aged characters like Lando, Wedge, D’Acy, etc. because, frankly, I think they’re all too old now. I also left out Jannah cause she’s with Lando now (I guess?). Lastly, I left out “mandoverse” characters because, as of this writing, it sounds like this movie will be coming out first, so including any of those people would give away the fact that they survive their own shows/movies. I’d also like to mention that I have an alternate idea for Finn: Rather than being a Jedi, he could instead be one of the Mandalorians. Perhaps the leader of the Mando “police group” on Coruscant. I wouldn’t be surprised if Lucasfilm decide to have him “choose a different path,” so that he’s not always in Rey’s shadow. Either option works, I guess.

…Welp, that’s all I got!

Peace!

PS: Not important, but at some point Finn and Poe walk passed one another and point at each other playfully like they did in The Force Awakens. As you can probably tell, I like little “callbacks” like that. Also, since I mentioned Baylan towards the end of my outline, I’d like to take this opportunity to say that I think he should be recast, and if the actor they pick ends up looking or sounding very different from the late Ray Stevenson, they can just quickly explain it by saying “he was changed by force magic” or some other mumbo jumbo. On a similar note, if we do see Anakin’s force ghost again at some point, I think it’d be cool to see him quickly “flicker” between Hayden Christensen and an older actor that resembles Sebastian Shaw, like he supposedly does in the book Shadows of the Sith. I like the idea of force ghosts being able to “flicker” between different forms. Lastly, if it were up to me, I’d make it clear in the marketing that Thea is a villain, rather than try to hide it…

Related: Fiction Repository

Reimagining Star Wars As One Big Show

Recently I was asking myself why I like to write about Star Wars so much on this blog, and why I keep doing it, even when I say I won’t. And then I realized something; talking to other people about Star Wars sucks, cause all of our opinions about it are too “unique” from one another, at this point. That said, I still have thoughts about it, and don’t want to keep those thoughts stuck in my own head, so this is the next best thing…

And about a year ago, I had this thought in particular; what if all the movies were one big show instead? I find that Star Wars is a lot funner to think about when you just look at it all as “one big show” that’s been running on and off since 1977. Furthermore, as much as I enjoy all the movies (for different reasons), I don’t really have two hours to kill to watch one of them in my day-to-day life, even on weekends. Therefore, I came up with a way to watch them all in “chunks” instead (using Disney Plus for the time stamps).

To make things a little more interesting, I also came up with episode titles for each segment. On top of that, I’m including Obi-Wan Kenobi on this list too, as it’s the only Star Wars show that didn’t give titles to its episodes, so I thought it’d be fun to make up my own titles for it. Lastly, I’m including some episodes of The Clone Wars and Rebels that I consider “essential” if you want to also incorporate all the other live-action shows (which I will list here as well). I like the other animated shows too, but none of them have anything “essential,” in my opinion.

So without further ado, here you go:

The Phantom Menace

0h00m - 0h27m - “Invasion”

0h27m - 0h55m - “The Deal”

0h55m - 1h16m - “Podracing”

1h16m - 1h45m - “Alliances”

1h45m - 2h09m - “Duel of Fates”

Attack of the Clones

0h00m - 0h24m - “City Chase”

0h24m - 0h50m - “Investigation”

0h50m - 1h23m - “The Nightmare”

1h23m - 1h50m - “Captured”

1h50m - 2h16m - “Battle of the Jedi”

The Clone Wars (Movie)

0h00m - 0h26m - “Meeting the Student”

0h26m - 0h47m - “The Battle of Teth”

0h47m - 1h06m - “The Mission Comes First”

1h06m - 1h34m - “Father & Son”

The Clone Wars (Series)

Season 3, Episodes 15-17

Season 7, Episodes 9-12

Revenge of the Sith

0h00m - 0h27m - “Not the Jedi Way”

0h27m - 0h56m - “Fear of Loss”

0h56m - 1h21m - “Sith Rising”

1h21m - 1h48m - “Liberty Dies”

1h48m - 2h14m - “The Chosen One”

Solo

0h00m - 0h25m - “Lost & Found”

0h25m - 0h47m - “Enter Crimson Dawn”

0h47m - 1h10m - “A Solid Crew”

1h10m - 1h36m - “The Kessel Run”

1h36m - 2h07m - “Trust No One”

Obi-Wan Kenobi

“The Call”

“The Search”

“The Apprentice”

“The Fortress”

“The Escape”

“The Future”

Rebels

Season 3, Episode 20

Season 4, Episodes 10-15

Andor

Seasons 1-2

Rogue One

0h00m - 0h36m - “The Strongest Stars”

0h36m - 0h56m - “No Better Name”

0h56m - 1h19m - “Wrath of the Storm”

1h19m - 1h48m - “Sacrifice”

1h48m - 2h06m - “Lighting the Fuse”

Star Wars

0h00m - 0h28m - “Stranded”

0h28m - 0h51m - “Scum & Villainy”

0h51m - 1h16m - “A Larger World”

1h16m - 1h39m - “Learner & Master”

1h39m - 2h01m - “Letting Go”

The Empire Strikes Back

0h00m - 0h26m - “Visit from Beyond”

0h26m - 0h45m - “Separated”

0h45m - 1h07m - “Trials of a Jedi”

1h07m - 1h29m - “A Powerful Ally”

1h29m - 2h02m - “Revelation”

Return of the Jedi

0h00m - 0h37m - “The Crime Lord”

0h37m - 0h56m - “There Is Another”

0h56m - 1h18m - “Leading Edge”

1h18m - 1h45m - “Surrender”

1h45m - 2h08m - “Balance of the Force”

The Mandalorian

Seasons 1-2

The Book of Boba Fett

Season 1

The Mandalorian

Season 3

Ahsoka

Season 1

Skeleton Crew

Season 1

The Force Awakens

0h00m - 0h27m - “The Right Thing To Do”

0h27m - 0h54m - “A War Hero”

0h54m - 1h18m - “The Watering Hole”

1h18m - 1h42m - “Beneath the Mask”

1h42m - 2h08m - “Facing Destiny”

The Last Jedi

0h00m - 0h25m - “A Thousand Questions”

0h25m - 0h59m - “Connections”

0h59m - 1h21m - “Not Alone”

1h21m - 1h48m - “Failure”

1h48m - 2h24m - “Peace & Purpose”

The Rise of Skywalker

0h00m - 0h26m - “Together”

0h26m - 0h51m - “The Dagger”

0h51m - 1h13m - “A Dyad in the Force”

1h13m - 1h39m - “Into the Ruins”

1h39m - 2h13m - “True Family”

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to watch one of these and kill another 20 or 30 minutes of my life…

Peace!

The Ahsoka Show: Seven Things I Wanna See

  So I heard that the upcoming Ahsoka show for Star Wars finally started filming the other day. Therefore, I thought it’d be fun to make a predictions list for this show, like I did for Obi-Wan Kenobi. However, for this project, I wasn’t able to come up with a bingo card’s worth of predictions (twenty-four) like I did for that one. I only came up with seven this time around, but figured I could just go into more depth with these, and treat this all more as a “wish list,” of sorts.

With that all out of the way, let’s just dive right into it:

Ghost Anakin

Figured I should put this one first, since its the obvious one. In fact, Hayden Christensen is already confirmed to be in this series, but I don’t think its been specified yet whether or not he’ll be there as a ghost or just in a flashback. Personally, I think it’s the former, and I hope I’m right. Having present-day Ahsoka interact with her fallen-but-redeemed mentor would provide some great closure for her character.

Ezra and Thrawn

So the Rebels cartoon show ended with Ahsoka and Sabine vowing to go search the galaxy for Ezra, who disappeared with Thrawn. When Ahsoka made her live-action debut in The Mandalorian, she straight-up asked someone for Thrawn’s location, so I think it’s pretty safe to say that her own show will involve her hunting down the blue man himself, which means Ezra is probably not too far behind. The fact that a live-action Sabine is already confirmed for the series too further adds fuel to this fire.

Hera’s son

The finale of Rebels also introduced us to another new character, Jacen Syndulla, son of late Jedi Caleb “Kanan Jarrus” Dume and rebel general Hera Syndulla. I find it odd that this character is clearly force-sensitive, yet we hear nothing about him in the sequels. Given how close Sabine is to Hera, I think it would make sense to at least scratch the surface on young Syndulla’s situation at the time of this show. Also, for those who don’t know, his strangely-spelled name is a reference to Han and Leia’s other evil son from the original trilogy continuation you didn’t see…

Clone Wars characters (mainly Barris, Lux and Rex)

In addition to Rebels characters, I think/ hope to see characters from the cartoon series that introduced us to Ahsoka Tano in the first place; The Clone Wars. If I could only pick one person from this roster, it would definitely be Barriss Offee, who originally appeared as a background character in the prequel trilogy, to be fair, but she wasn’t fleshed out at all until Clone Wars. In short; she killed innocent people and framed Ahsoka for it, who then left the order as a result. Barriss was eventually caught and arrested for her crimes, but we never found out what happened to her after that. Was she killed during Order 66 like everyone else? Who knows! If I had to guess, though; she’s probably still alive. In fact, I would go as far as to say she was the one who saved little “Baby Yoda” himself from the aforementioned Order 66. If you look really closely during his flashback of that event, you can see Barriss’s family crest on a banner in the background. I think this was the creators clueing us in. Therefore, tying Ms. Offee herself into this new series would knock out two birds with one stone; giving her closure with Ahsoka, and shedding more light into Grogu’s backstory.

Another Clone Wars character I would like to see return is Lux Bonteri, the one-time flame of Ahsoka who dumped her in favor of Steela Gerrera (sister of Rogue One’s Saw), but then she died literally right after, and then Lux is never seen or heard from again. This is definitely an awkward loose end I would like to see wrapped up, though it’s not essential. Lastly, I wouldn’t mind seeing the return of Captain Rex, since he was by far the clone that Ahsoka was closest to (plus, a convenient Return of the Jedi retcon makes it look like he’s still alive).

No World Between Worlds

Please Lucasfilm, for the love of all that is holy, don’t touch this time travel nonsense ever again…

No more “Gray Jedi” edgelord crap

Unlike most other fans, I actually like Ahsoka less when she becomes more and more disillusioned from the Jedi. I understand it was needed to justify her reasons for leaving, but I feel Rebels and the final season of The Clone Wars both take it too far. It feels insincere when she says “I’m no Jedi” to Vader in Rebels, and then proceeds to draw a pair of lightsabers and duel him. Yes, I am aware of the “Gray Jedi” concept, but for one reason or another, it just doesn’t feel earned. She’s referred to by others as a normal Jedi in The Mandalorian and doesn’t seem to mind (probably cause that show takes place after the original trilogy, so her absence from big events no longer needs to be explained). That said, in The Book of Boba Fett she sees Luke Skywalker building a Jedi school, and yet seems to display no interest whatsoever in helping him out with that. Would be nice if her own show finally does away with this “edgelord” side of her. In fact, it’d be cool to see her fully re-embrace her Jedi roots, as a closing point for her character. Speaking of which…

Ahsoka, Barriss and Rex all dying

Yes, I want all three of these characters to die. The fact that Ahsoka and (likely) Barriss are both still alive during the original trilogy already undermines Luke’s importance enough, so to have both of them still be alive during the sequel trilogy too would equally undermine Rey’s importance (I understand that’s what a lot of people want, but that’s neither here nor there). So if there’s an opportunity to kill both of them off, this is the show to do it. I understand leaving Ezra alive, for now, as taking all this time to find him only to then kill him right away would feel cheap. I further understand leaving both Jacen and Grogu alive, since they’re both still kids at this point. But Ahsoka and (maybe) Barriss? Yeah, time for them to go. I also hope we see Rex bite the dust cause clones have accelerated aging as is, so the fact that he supposedly managed to live this long is already a bit of a stretch.

And there you have it! Like always, I’ll try to be as open-minded as possible once the show actually makes its way to the surface. That said, I’m hoping deep down that at least some of these wishes come to fruition. One way or another, I think this show has the potential to do some interesting things…

Peace!

2023 UPDATE: Even though not all of these predictions came true, I still ended up liking the show, for the most part.