# Rian Johnson to develop new Star Wars trilogy from scratch **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159 "2017-11-09T23:28:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159/1 "2017-11-09T23:28:01Z")
[“Star Wars will get another film trilogy, which will be entirely new and will be separate from the current saga focusing on the Skywalker family and its close associates and friends. The news comes direct from Star Wars’ official blog, and we also now know that the new saga will be led by Rian Johnson, the director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”](https://www.yahoo.com/news/brand-apos-star-wars-apos-220530350.html) The Last Jedi must be pretty darn impressive if Disney’s just basically tossing him the keys to the franchise. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159/2 "2017-11-09T23:40:33Z")
I wish I was on this gravy train. The facts about the content of this trilogy are scarce, it just says it’s an unexplored aspect of the Star Wars universe, though I don’t know how that could be as it’s been quite thoroughly mined in additional media. But as it’s an entire trilogy, does this mean it will replace the current trilogy after it concludes, taking up its slot while further one-offs are released, and then the Rey Finn Poe story resumes sometime in 2026 or whenever? Or will they continue that story straight away and have this replace the one-offs, which they are having such a struggle finding directors for? Or will they be like Marvel and release multiple Star Wars movies per year (which might be over-saturation but seems to be working out okay for the aforementioned Marvel)? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159/3 "2017-11-09T23:51:44Z")
In the grand tradition of the Ewok movies (which nobody but me seems to remember), they’re going to make a trilogy of Gungan movies. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159/4 "2017-11-09T23:55:55Z")
I wonder if it just means they’re giving him a three-picture story, or if they’ll actually make it the next trilogy named Episodes X-XII. I’d prefer to avoid the latter (especially if it’s non-Skywalker related). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159/5 "2017-11-10T00:23:41Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The facts about the content of this trilogy are scarce, it just says it’s an unexplored aspect of the Star Wars universe, though I don’t know how that could be as it’s been quite thoroughly mined in additional media. I thought all the extended universe was eliminated now. He could set his trilogy a thousand years after or before our current movies for all we know. I think Episode VIII must be pretty good. I think Johnson turned down Episode IX; this opportunity is too great to walk away from, though. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159/6 "2017-11-10T00:42:40Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I thought all the extended universe was eliminated now. He could set his trilogy a thousand years after or before our current movies for all we know. They’ve even done that. See KOTOR, aka Knights Of The Old Republic. The canon of the old EU has been reset, but a lot of it has also been repurposed. Games and books and comics are ongoing, telling these same stories in a more controlled, carefully overseen canon. That means things like ancient Jedi, bounty hunters, smugglers, the Hutts, politics, different versions of an Empire, the Sith, have all still been utilised in the new stories. So an unexplored Star Wars idea is difficult to imagine. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159/7 "2017-11-10T00:53:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > In the grand tradition of the Ewok movies (which nobody but me seems to remember), they’re going to make a trilogy of Gungan movies. The first one, I hear, is titled: _Jar-Jar’s Back!!! meesa’s mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore!_ ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159/8 "2017-11-10T05:20:12Z")
I wouldn’t mind seeing a Mandalorian Trilogy set in the same period as episodes 4-6. Cover Bo-Katan and Sabine Wren fighting the Empire post Star Wars Rebels. Bo-Katan is in her 50’s, so middle aged female action lead type. Sabine in her 20’s at the start, we don’t need her to be whitewashed here. Celina Jade or Nichole Bloom? Her brother Tristan, perfect role for a early to mid 20’s rising star. All new Imperial admirals/agents/leaders. Hell, live action Thrawn? And lots and lots of new toys. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159/9 "2017-11-10T07:23:35Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Sabine in her 20’s at the start, we don’t need her to be whitewashed here. Celina Jade or Nichole Bloom? Chloe Bennet! ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159/10 "2017-11-10T15:59:49Z")
I’m not a big fan of prequels. Let’s finish the Skywalker series and move on to something else. Maybe something set 1000 years later? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159/11 "2017-11-10T16:27:48Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Sabine in her 20’s at the start, we don’t need her to be whitewashed here. How can she be whitewashed when she is already white? > [@Chronos](#): > > In the grand tradition of the Ewok movies (which nobody but me seems to remember) Space diabeetus! > [@John\_Mace](#): > > The first one, I hear, is titled: _Jar-Jar’s Back!!! meesa’s mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore!_ Jar-Jar [has a new canon fate](https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-new-star-wars-aftermath-novel-reveals-the-pitiful-1792481018). Personally, I want a Young Yoda Chronicles trilogy. His sidekick would be [an ET](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Asogian/Legends). Together they battle a coalition of Sith [Amanamen](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Amanaman) and [Ephant Mons.](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ephant_Mon)I’d watch the hell out of that. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rian-johnson-to-develop-new-star-wars-trilogy-from-scratch/801159/12 "2017-11-10T20:29:22Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > The first one, I hear, is titled: _Jar-Jar’s Back!!! meesa’s mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore!_ I love Jar Jar! I dont understand why more people dont???:dubious::dubious: