What would you change? If anything?!

If I would change anything I would hire the same director for all three movies. Or at the very least the same writer. That would have fixed a lot of problems.

Change 1: Start by writing a complete outline with a beginning, a middle, and an end set before starting to film... Change 2: Hire continuity checkers and listen to them. You're building on a series that has been expanding for decades, therefore you do not have complete creative freedom. Change 3: Respect what has come before. The past is not an obstacle that needs to be torn down, it is your foundation. This is probably where the sequels lost the most longtime fans including myself. (On a side note: respect doesn't mean making a carbon copy of what we have already seen) Change 4: It's an entire galaxy, not a city. The chances of running into someone you (we) know on accident are... astronomical. Change 5: Hire people who love the property, you'll never satisfy the fans without passion.

I'm a huge fan of Han turning on the lightsaber on the bridge. It brings his character full circle, because the first time we see him, Han shot first.

I personally believe that one of the main problems is the size of the first order. If it had been smaller and not a full on empire, then the fight between Ben and Rey could be much more personable, meaning that galaxy's future would not be at risk, and their relationship and character development could be the main focus/plot. This would (in my opinion) fix the plot holes of the sequels and the fact that they ignore the previous movies. If the first order wasn't an empire already then it would make a lot more sense with the ending of the original series. And if the main focus was on the characters and not the war it would be a new and different storyline, instead of just another light vs the dark (whic there is nothing wrong whit it just gets a littel boring in the long run).

My biggest problem with the sequel trilogy is that I simply don’t think Luke would ever get that close to murdering his nephew. He decided to spare his father’s life even tho Vader had done innumerable terrible things at that point, so there’s no way he would decide to kill his nephew because of mere visions?! Also I don’t think any decent person would seriously consider that either. Luke almost killing Ben is the catalyst for Ben’s entire character arc, leads to there being no newly trained Jedi in the trilogy and turns Luke into a grumpy old man who has rejected the force. You can’t have that impactful of a scene be that out of character. The solution? Just have Luke expel Ben because he fears him becoming too powerful. This could lead to Ben being all alone and being led to the dark side by Snoke or something, and doesn’t ruin Luke’s character

The problem with the sequel trilogy is that it’s just not cohesive and feels like the visions of multiple people who had different ideas for what Star Wars should be. Say what you want about the prequels it was from the singular vision of George Lucas. Rian Johnson and JJ Abrams are pretty much polar opposites when it comes to their directing style. Johnson likes to subvert expectations and deconstruct, while Abrams is all about nostalgia (to a fault). It doesn’t mesh.

First of all Kylo with a white lightsaber would be straight up awesome!! However I also think it would be important to address Anakin as the chosen since they got Palpatine back and connect this final film to what came before. Therefore I’d probably have force ghost Anakin show up instead of Han after Kylo’s battle with Rey, but to make it a bit more epic I’d have him show up as Darth Vader. It would be something like this: Kylo/Ben would be at his most confused/conflicted which would perhaps be expressed by a scream in a moment of rage, but suddenly the scenery would change and he would be on either a dark fiery planet like Mustafar or on the Death Star and we’d here Vader’s voice beside him say something like “My grandson, you’ve disappointed me”. When Ben then turns around we’d see Vader ignite his red lightsaber and move towards him. After a short battle where Ben would just be desperately trying to block Vader’s powerful strikes, Vader would unsurprisingly prove to strong and Ben’s lightsaber would be knocked out of his grip as he falls on the ground. With Vader above him just about to strike we’ll see Ben cover his face and then suddenly the scenery changed again. This time Ben is on Tatooine as he sees a little boy (Anakin) with his mother, this sequence would then become like a montage where Ben gets to witness crucial moments from the saga. It would go from him seeing like Anakin’s happy moments with Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Padmé to then him being manipulated by Palpatine and turning to the dark side, where we’d for example see the end of his battle with Obi-Wan and the death of Padmé. Then we’d move to some iconic moments from the original trilogy, where Ben would see his parents together with Luke and ofc the moment when Luke spares Vader which then leads to Vader “killing” Palpatine. And finally we’d go to some short scenes from the sequel trilogy mostly focusing on his parents, perhaps the moment when Han dies and maybe also something with Rey. After that we’d here a voice (Anakin’s) saying something like “don’t let him/Vader win” (I couldn’t come up with anything less cheesy) to Ben. Then it’s suddenly back to the fight with Vader again and just before Vader’s saber strikes him he stops it with the force and pushes him away. Ben then gets his lightsaber and the fight continues, but this time the roles are reversed and Ben is the one pushing forward. The fight quite quickly ends with Ben cutting Vader’s mask in two. Then he’s finally back at Kef Bir and force ghost Anakin shows up to provide some motivational words of wisdom where he explains how Palpatine also took advantage of his anger and confusion and how the dark side consumed him. I’d prefer something like this over the original since it would both honour what came before and it would still give some more importance to the prophecy of the chosen one as Anakin guides Ben towards the light. Edit: I realise that this is way too long for anyone to be bothered to read it, but I just wanted to get it out lol

There are multiple problems with the sequel trilogy but I think the one that bothers me the most is deep in the core of the sequel plot. It appears that nothing previous to episode 7 mattered. The empire fell and a new republic was created but it appears weak and irrelevent. The jedi returned but are gone in episode 7. The characters we follow have either not improved or they have degraded. The universe is filled with plain worlds, desert and loneliness. There are no jedi temples, no artifacts, no cultures. The galaxy don't even know what happened in return of the jedi, they don't know that Luke existed. This is by design a reboot of the series, so vague and open to interpretation that it is completely uninteresting as well as insulting. The sequel have no soul for that reason. They are the result of Star Wars being obliviated.

I just think that 6 was the perfect ending for the main movies. Everything was perfectly wrapped up. The sequel trilogy feels like a completely new offshoot of stuff that didn't need to happen. Prequels: rise of an empire Originals: destruction of an empire Sequels: destruction of another empire

Here's my idea I thought of for "fixing" the sequel trilogy: The Force Awakened was good until Rey magically could use the Force. What they should've done was have Finn, Han, and Chewie actually save her. Gave her some breathing room after her interrogation, then with the fight between them and Kylo had Chewie save them with the Millennium Falcon before Rey somehow beat a trained apprentice. Then have Last Jedi show her beginning her training with Luke, Luke actually being on that planet because he was stranded in his journey instead of in self pity for 10 years or so. Completely erase the Finn and Rose mission. Then have Luke really come and fight Kylo, but die by his hands to prove a point that no matter what happens the light will always be there. "Star Wars is like poetry. It rhymes with the movies." Have Luke die like Obi Wan did for him so that it can open up to Rise of Skywalker with Leia "completing Rey's training". Leave out the Palpatine granddaughter surprise and focus on the message that "you can come from nothing and end up with everything." Do all of this and the movies actually become good enough to rival the Prequel trilogy at least. With this new look, it would give Rey enough time to go from "lucky" to "trained." It'll give her time to accept loss and focus on being better so that she finally beat the threat of the galaxy herself. This gives her the room needed for character development and personality. Especially with Finn pawing after her and Kylo being interested. For once, I wouldn't have minded some drama between a good friend who is interested in her and the "troubled enemy" who wants to have her because she makes him feel normal. But yes, by the end have her redeem Ben, but end up with Finn to promote both biracial couples and female strength the right way. That, in my opinion, is how they could've saved the Sequel trilogy.

One thing I would change would be in TLJ, make someone on board the rebel ship a spy. It add more depth to the fight with the first order as there is now a counterpart to Finn, it solves the issue of Holdo not explaining her plan, it explains how they are being tracked through hyperspace. It doesn't matter too much who the spy is but it would make the movie much better

The original trilogy spanned my teen years, and I don't think young people today can really understand what it was like for us. We didn't binge them - we had to wait three years between them. There weren't other blockbusters to distract us (especially in the beginning) because Star Wars sort of gave birth to the idea of the accessible blockbuster. My family didn't have cable or a VCR until after Empire. There was no internet with forums and KZfaq channels - so Star Wars existed in our minds in a way that's not easily understood anymore. I might have liked the sequels better if they weren't supposed to be part of the Skywalker Saga. This wasn't the third act of a massive saga - it didn't have enough of a through line in the story. If you listen to Dave Filoni's "Duel of the Fates" explanation (for Ep. 2 of Mandalorian Gallery), you can see where the first 6 episodes were part of a single story - love or hate certain parts of it, it was a story. But the sequels - it was like disconnecting the third act. But perhaps the biggest reason I disliked the sequels is my own fault, and I honestly should've seen it coming. I was excited for The Force Awakens, and I even enjoyed it. BUT, after I'd seen it, I felt horrible, and it took me a while to understand why. They stole my "Happily Ever After". Perhaps nothing would've satisfied me. But when I saw Return of the Jedi, I was a romantic teenage girl who loved Han and Leia...who never would've dreamed that they'd have only the one kid who turned out to be a whiny brat, completely lacking his father's charm or his mother's grace, and seemingly incapable of self-reflection. And Luke's life was...wasted. In the end, there was nothing left of them. No bloodline with generations of potential new stories to tell. Nothing. How could they have improved the sequel trilogy? They could've made it part of the same story as the other two trilogies.

Oh man, having a white lightsaber ignite in the dark, with the audience not knowing who it is, only for the cross guard to ignite two seconds later would have been incredible.

The biggest change is that we need a singular vision for all the movies. Also, the trilogy format doesn't work any more. The Prequel trilogy proved it. Look at all the Expanded Lore like TCW, KOTOR, and so on made the Prequels so much more. There should be more movies for telling the Sequel movies.

I like Leia being the one to destroy the fleet, giving both her and Luke these heroic endings by the movie's end. Give more focus on the new, the passing of the baton to the new generation

My 3 changes Probably would be. 1.Give Finn more of a character Arc 2.Put more effort into developing his and Rey's relationship(which mean taking out his needless relationship with Rose). And finally 3.Give Rey more practice and allow her powers to grow more like how Luke's did. Instead of the power spikes that happen. She could even do the force lightning scene, by that point it would be logical and make even more sense when she finds out that she's a Palpatine

The main problem was with character development. You can’t make a trilogy of new characters if you’re gonna introduce them, spend the entire movie building on them, only for them to be cast aside and have them never used again. Looking at Rose. Or just hire Dave filloni

Definitely a story I would be willing to accept. A story that feels like its own. What I really hated about the trilogy is it felt like it lacked soul. A mashup of nonsense, a story that wasn't being told but simply a set of parameters put in a blender together. What you described, sounds like a story. A genuine, intelligent, interesting one.

I would have made a side story where Finn is treated much better than in the last film. His bromance with Poe isn't enough, especially considering how he was the first major character we saw. Like, what's the point? What happened to Chekhov's gun? Also, Finn's story felt more like pandering to the crowd. If they didn't like the build-up of Ray's reveal, they could have at least treated us to Finn's story. ('They' being the directors.) Instead we get confusing character developments, and even more confusing plot reveals. A final change I would make is teleporting. That's too op. Or, keep it but Kylo survives so they can continue to be op.

I would've loved just giving Kylo some relationship with the Knights of Ren, like even a moment at that last fight scene where one of them is like.... really dude. Like it goes along the same vein of making his character arc making a little more sense, and we see Kylo as a very impressionable person. He seeks out reassurance and wants to make the people around him proud and I feel like that would spill over into his relationship with the knights of ren, at least to the point where they deserve faces and one of them gets a name and a line.

"We established that she's capable of leading!" In terms of inspiring a mutiny, refusing to communicate with those under her command, and demanding suicidal obedience as her soldiers are picked off around her, I'd put Holdo on par with Pong Krell

"How to fix the Star Wars sequels" Every fan knows it needs an overhaul.....

Holdo being capable of leading in TLJ is the funniest joke I’ve heard in a while

I think Ben should have lived instead of Rey. Rey dying to fulfill her purpose in the force would be epic and Ben recovering from the dark would have made him even better at rebuilding the jedi

Fix Number 1: Have Luke & Han & Leia together on screen.

What if Leia pulling off the hyperspace maneuver was explained with her using the force with the engines or something, doing something that no jedi would have known or tried since they use the force for defense and never with aggression, while sith would never have known about it because they are selfish and would prefer self preservation. Instead of it being "1 in a million".

I personally wish they had leaned more into the grey jedi narrative (there were hints, but it all sort of came to light and dark again) and had kept Rey a nobody (ie not a palpatine or any other major bloodline from previous movies). I also wish they had done more concrete things with Poe, Finn, and Rose's characters. I read a meta that said Finn should have left with those two spacers to the outer rim in TFA so that he could see and experience the hardship those people on the outskirts lived and that driving him to active rebellion (also, they tots should have made him force sensitive), and I quite liked that. Or have had him and Reigh train as padawans under Luke and/or Leia- that would have been interesting too. So much wasted potential (that being said, I did enjoy the sequels as popcorn movies. you can't really think about the main movies too hard anyways else you're bound to notice plot holes)

I liked force awakens, but last Jedi kinda ruined the story for me (still nice set pieces tho) I was most disappointed with what they did with Finn. I thought he and Rey would both be force sensitive and training together. Rey more talented at force use and Finn taking to lightsaber dueling faster because of his formal military training.

Absolutely love these changes. It would definitely help focus this art about healing from trauma and how the journey is messy and doesn't have to be taken alone. This to me truly elevates the story.

My problem with Kylo Ren is that he wants the dark side because of what? Because he was sent to his uncle when he was older? He felt so bad about being sent to Luke that he was willing to kill his own father? Anakin atleast had a horrible childhood, lost his mom and was always doubted by the council. Luke was always kind of alone and didn't want to lose anyone else (his sister). Similar to Anakin. Kylo Ren had a lot of potential but was ultimately wasted, like 90% of the sequel trilogy, such a shame.

I love this rewrite of the Disney Star Wars trilogy. As a screenwriter, one of the biggest flaws the trilogy had was not really giving the audience a thorough, morale, and theological reason/explanation as to why The First Order and The Resistance are fighting in the first place. What moral/ideological differences do they have to make them enemies in the first place? Had the screenwriters had an answer to that question, the trilogy would have had a chance to succeed, along with much, much better character development.

100% agree with every single thing you said (except about Hondo she should have trusted Poe) . Those changes would have made so much more sense. Star Wars & all media truly needs to learn how to complete a redemption arc. Redemption ending in death isn't true redemption. One more change I would make would be Ben Solo's survival. At the least it needs another movie where Ben is saved from the World Between Worlds by Rey & they complete the story they started. They could be the balance in the Force.

Holdo is capable of leading? What did she do to lead in this movie? Take out Poe, what did she do to lead? She's just there (taking out the Poe stuff).

That white saber reveal would have been the coolest thing ever and now I’m mad we didn’t get it

I like the lightsaber color change, but I think keeping it all crackly would still be cool because it shows his character still has that edge, that spark. His transition to the light is complete but he’s still changed by his experiences and is still fractured

I’m excited that Ben is Back

Sorry you lost me when you said Commander holdo was a great character in the last jedi im glad leia didnt pass the torch to her she didnt have a reason to be secretive about the plans to evacuate the space ship so poe trying to do something made sense because it looked like the leaders werent leading. And if you say well there could be first order spies on bord it didnt say that in the movie so it really doesnt make sense why she wouldnt share the plan with everyone else. Then it also helps people work together cause they have a reason to do stuff. Not mad but just wanted to say why i didnt like her character.

Disney should really consider hiring youtubers as consultants for their movies.

The idea of Ben Solo (Kylo Ren) using a “white lightsaber” is really cool. I’d love to have seen a red kyber crystal being healed and turn white. It’s what Ahsoka did to an Inquistors lightsaber.

And I’m over here still hoping we get to eventually see a force master that embodies balance. End of the Jedi’s light fanaticism and Sith’s dark megalomania

I would have loved to see more scenes of Finn being a Jedi or Force sensitive but the directors rewrote everything

I really wish that the writers should’ve had more respect for the prequels and original trilogy, instead of disregarding things we learned in them all together. I also think Rey got WAY too much power towards the end of the trilogy and didn’t have enough of a good character similar to some other protagonists. I also feel that adding Lando earlier in the series would’ve been a good move. On top of that I feel that Luke’s character was to sassy and sarcastic, and honestly would’ve rather seen him more like Obi-Wan (the best character btw). Finally, I think that the entire “Palpatine hiding away in an uncharted planet unseen forever” was extremely unbelievable and his plan worked too well.

I did actually get chills when you talked about seeing the light saber turn white at the end.

I literally got tears listening to this, especially the 3rd change... Great job.

Why couldn’t a droid or just the ship’s nav system do the jump autonomously? Like it’s super advanced tech, no need for a kamikaze suicide run. “Flyings for droids”

I liked 7 and 8, but I feel like they should have written down a synopsis of the trilogy from the start. Also, Poe should’ve gone with Finn to Canto bight. Poe needs to learn that war is cruel and unforgiving, and who better to tell him about that than a former stormtrooper.

Option A Make 3 changes: 1. Drop a hint that Palpatine might be back in episode 8 instead of it coming out of nowhere in 9. 2. Cut all the cringy moments from episode 8 like the blue milk thing, the casino, the phone call joke.... grrr 3. Kill Rose EARLY... the earlier, the better. Option B: Let JJ Abrams do all 3 movies, enough said.

Honestly, there are so many who would change this and that but one thing in common is that the series needed a change. Too much unnecessary fillers, disrespect to the original cast and a 180 of their personalities, superman Leia, Mary Sue Rey, the spoiler beginning credits that basically gives away the ending of the 3rd movie (I didn’t even watch the 3rd movie but a friend told me Palpatine was coming back) anyone can already guess why…

I forgot where I read this but there was a fan theory before episode 9 came out that looked at the new Force abilities that are introduced throughout the series. In 3, Anakin turns evil so that he and Palpatine can try to find out how to use the dark side of the force to prevent death; meanwhile, Qui-Gon Jinn discovers how to become a Force ghost after he's dead. In 4-6, Obi-wan and Yoda learn it. In 8, Yoda can control lightning, while Rey and Kylo have Force conversations and can transport raindrops. The culmination of this, it was argued, was that in 9, Palpatine would return as an extra-powerful Force ghost and be able to defeat Rey/Kylo and the Jedi Force ghosts with all his new Force powers. He can only be defeated by someone powerful enough to return, in flesh, from the dead. And who better to do this but Anakin, the Chosen One? He is the Skywalker who rises (from the dead), he defeats Palpatine, and restores balance to the Force. While this would definitely be unfair to the newer group of characters, I still like it because this is the only fix to the sequels that tries to unify all 3 trilogies into a single story.

“That iz: our own trauma…” whether we choose darkness, or growing from the trauma. We can choose the light.

I've unintentionally been away from this channel for years; I'm glad to see that it's still the same great channel as ever😁

A Star Wars video again!!!! Yay!!!!!!

A change I would have made is connecting the series to a major theme. There are some character beats about trauma, abandonment, shared experience, family, grey morality and redemption, but not a through-line theme across the trilogy. Playing off the redemption idea, I would have loved to see Star Wars taking a nuanced approach to the Force. Star Wars has been very intricate with its morally grey characters, but the idea that the light side of the Force is always good and the dark is always bad always seemed uncharacteristically simplistic to me. As you have explored in a couple of past videos, the mentality of dark side of the force has some good points - express your emotions, pursue your ambitions, etc. Most take these to their extreme, but still. Suggesting that neither purely dark or light is good seemed the Skywalker saga's natural conclusion based on the prequels pointing out the imperfections of the Jedi. Tell me if this is too preachy, but a suggestion that a balance of light and dark is the best way to live could serve as a subtle metaphor to dealing with mental health. Don't dwell on your emotions and give into fear and anger and be blindly pessimistic by being purely dark, but don't suppress your emotions fall into toxic happiness and be blindly optimistic by being purely light. Instead of just Rey pulling Ben to the light, Ben could also pull Rey to the dark. We've seen entities in Star Wars that use neutral force, neither light nor dark, but not really both. Force users all drawing from both sides of the force could create peace and balance once and for all - after all, a lot of the problems of the Skywalker saga start occurring because the Force tries to balance out light Force users and dark Force users. Rey's and Ben's lightsabers could turn purple (ik Windu's is purple but it's a cool idea) or orange. Idk, it seems like a wise final step the sequels should have taken. A shame that this wasn't explored this trilogy, but maybe the next (you know in 20 years' time Disney is gonna go back on their no more Skywalker movies promise by then, or if not, some other major Star Wars tv/movie series is gonna happen by then). We'll see!

I got chills too. Your changes make such a difference

Yay! A Ben video, welcome back we've missed you. And you hit it out of the park with this one, love it and agree 💯

1st change- Don’t make a Anakins sacrifice for nothing by bring palpating back 2nd change- make Rey turn evil in the end and Kylo turn good 3rd change- actually pay attention to details and make everything flow together and not have every movie seem to be a part of different series

The worst thing about the sequels, imho, is that they sh*t all over all the rest of the movies in the Star Wars continuity. Let me elaborate: At the end of Episode 6, Luke is about to rebuild the Jedi Order, Leia is going to be the leader of a New Republic, Han is going to marry Leia (and they'll probably have kids), the Empire is in ruins, Vader is redeemed, the Prophecy is complete, and the Sith are no more forever. Our heroes are headed towards a satisfying Happily Ever After. At the beginning of Episode 7, Luke has abandoned his failed Jedi Academy, Leia's New Republic has failed, Han and Leia's marriage failed, Han has gone back to being a two-bit criminal, Han & Leia's only kid has become a bad guy, the Empire has inexplicably come back even stronger, and not only is there a new Emperor (Snoke), but the OLD Emperor is revealed later not to have been destroyed (nullifying Vader's sacrifice). Even Lando has just been, like, hanging around doing nothing for decades. So to sum up: All our favorite characters, our HEROES, are now has-beens and losers. Everything that they worked so hard to accomplish has been undone. At the end of the Sequel Trilogy, all the main characters have died without much fanfare. The Skywalker and Solo bloodlines have both ended. How AWFUL. What would I do to fix these movies? First, I would make the main characters children of Han & Leia (and maybe even Luke, Lando, or Chewie). Second, I would NOT retcon the first six episodes. Third, I'd come up with an ORIGINAL plot. Finally, I would not try to outdo all the other movies.

I love it, I got some chills when you showed the white lightsaber igniting. It could've never happened tough, that sort of thing requires forethought and planning, of which there was very little to none.

YES! I had the same idea about Han igniting the lightsaber to prevent Ben from fully turning to the darkside. Imagine the lighting on his face is red like in the movie, but when Han ignites the lightsaber, Kylo shouts, "NOOO!". Not because his father died, but because his father prevented his transformation...and the blue light shrouds his face once again.

Leia doing the Holdo maneuver and sacrificing herself would have been cool but then we wouldn’t have had that beautiful moment between her and Luke which is one of my favorite moments in that entire movie.

How to fix the Leia scene: The problem with the Leia surviving/flying through space scene is that we have only seen her with the fleeting visions through the Force in Empire, Jedi, and TFA. RoS eventually shows Leia getting training from Luke, but because we haven't seen this yet, her flying through space feels unearned. So to fix it, I would have had Luke sense her peril, immediately meditate, and then show him reaching out on the island while she reaches out in space. She drifts back and is rescued, and we see Luke exhausted at the end. The implication being that this is earned because it is Luke who would know how to use the Force like this. Or even if we go with him teaching her how to do it and her using the Force to survive, at least it doesn't spring out of nowhere. The other thing this does is foreshadow that Luke can project himself half a galaxy away, important for the final confrontation with Ren.

loved this video, probably my favourite SCB video for a long time!!

I honestly hated Holdo. A good leader does this little thing known as LEADING. She never told anyone what her plan was. If she had just said what the plan was rather than just sit quietly while her whole crew thinks she's leading them to certain death, Finns whole side quest would have been avoided, Poes attempted mutiny would have been avoided, and countless resistance members lives could have been saved. In my opinion, her sacrifice at the end was her redemption for leading everyone astray for the entire film.

The Sequel has one major issue... They tried to tell the story of too many people. I think if you focus on Ben and his counter Rey, while allowing for development of people like Po, Fin, Rose, etc.; it would be much much better. The original trilogy focused on Luke and his counter, Darth Vadar... not on Han

I agree on most of your points except the "Holdo is an effective leader" one because she's truly not, there was no reason to withhold information(and no, there was no spy in the ship.) from Poe and the crew and had she been more open and reassuring Finn and Rose wouldn't have had to go do a pointless side-quest and Poe wouldn't have mutinied(part of being a leader is knowing who you're leading). That doesn't mean I don't think she couldn't have been a better character by just adding better writing cause acting wise she was great, they should have used that time to develop Finn, Rose, Poe, and Holdo's dynamic as a group and earning each other's trust(I would have loved to have seen them bounce off each other and see the chemistry in their trust) so when Leia passed the batton they would work as an effective unit to get things moving and she'd be able to properly lead them cause she knew them and their strengths better. Also they could have added Rose to the main trio more easily since we could see her interacting with characters we already liked and are familiar with which would have been a plus.

Amazing! I got goosebumps listening to the changes! Especially the final reveal of his journey with a white light saber, amazing! You blew my mind!

Love these proposed changes!! I shall be visualizing these from now on. ✨😎

The fact that everyone here has ideas that could likely improve the sequel trilogy says a lot about it.

The thing I would change is when the Emperor is about to beat Ray, and you see all his followers. I would make them all have light sabers. You'd still hear all the past jedi voices, but as they talk you see their light sabers ignite. The final voice would be Ben Solo, with his white light saber.

Yes, agreed with your ideas! Keeps it consistent and still shows a new path through learning about the Force!

I think they were a great set of changes to make across this trilogy. Bravo sir- brilliant and would make the films better and more cohesive.

In my opinion, every trilogy has a good movie, an okay movie, and a bad movie

If I were magically put in charge of Lucasfilm/Disney I would announce that the sequel trilogy is no longer cannon and that we are creating a new sequel trilogy. I would pay George Lucas to write them. I would have Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni co-direct them. Then I would bring back all the archived footage from Star Wars Underworld and begin production.

Ben that changes are just so perfect!!

Always have loved that SCB Star Wars intro music. Loved seeing its return

My solutions 1. Just do the books 2. if you can't do my 1st solution use all one vision from all one creator or 3. If you can't do the 1st 2 at least use TV show, TV movie, and video game canon with in the movie canon. use Dash Rendar. use Cindel Towani. Use Ezra Bridger Use Kyle Katarn. I feel any of these are the fix we need. I also feel like it would be fun if Disney + did a Star Wars What If... series so we can see if any other writer can come up with a better story

I still think its sad that Leia survived the coldness of space, but the actress who played her was taken down by a heart attack. She was a major player in the series from day one. Last Jedi might been better if they didn't have to shoot around her or use cgi to fill the void.

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Biggest change: Rey is the reincarnation of the Chosen One. Desert planet, mechanic, pilot, the Force, etc. The lightsaber called to her and went to her because it is hers. Other change: Luke. Luke getting down and out is OK, but it has to be set up. Johnson didn't. I agree with you that Leia should have been in Holdo's spot. Last one: Palpatine is a hard no. Bringing him back was the dumbest idea ever. Either Snoke shouldn't have died or Kylo should have been the villain.

I would’ve loved to see George Lucas’s story. The sequels suffered mostly from a lack of a concrete vision, and Lucas, despite all fans’ gripes with him, can write a compelling story. Ben Solo was the most interesting character in the sequels, but I don’t think they developed him correctly.

... is the hashtag supposed to be Harry Potter?

I had the same thought. Having Leía be the one to go out that way. I could see her with flashbacks with Luke Han Chewie and the droids and Alderaan and Ben and smiling as she goes to light speed showing the power of love once again.

Awesome video! This gave me chills as well. Love the changes.

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Most of the suggested changes are pretty good and would go some distance to making the movies a bit better (I love a good redemption arc), but I disagree about Adm. Holdo. She was an arrogant and terrible leader. Poe, while also arrogant, headstrong, and a loose cannon, is also charismatic and, in the eyes of the other soldiers, a hero. By shutting him out of her plan, she set the stage for the mutiny. In the military there is the "follow orders" mentality, but there's also some amount of explanation. While in the end whatever the person in charge says goes, there is a discussion beforehand to work out the kinks and ensure all the officers are on the same page and will be delivering the same message with the same voice.

The Holdo Maneuver is not possible. There is a device in every ship’s hyperspace engine that prevents it from going through a solid object. If the device detects a object in the ship’s path the hyperspace engine does not activate, thus not allowing the ship to enter hyperspace.

This video made me cry good job dude!!

Ben Solo/Kylo Ren is definitely the most interesting character in the trilogy, and improving his arc would go a long way to improve the trilogy. However, I for one believe that Kylo Ren should go the opposite way. He should be a character that everyone, both the characters in the movies and the audience, sees as redeemable, but ultimately _refuses_ to be redeemed. Make it a story about a person with the ability to do good but willingly and consciously chooses to go down the bad route.

I love Star Wars. My love for this franchise cannot be described in words. It’s been one of my favorite movie/tv franchises since my mom introduced me to it when I was 5 in 2009. I think the single worst thing that the sequels did was to kill off Luke. Now yes, I understand that they kinda had to pass on the mantle to Rey and whatnot. But still!!! He was the most powerful force wielder IN THE GALAXY! EVER! Excluding possibly Anakin. But even Yoda could use force projection and maybe not to the extent Luke used it, but still, he was able to do it. That being said I don’t think Luke would have been weakened so much by doing it that he would have died, I think they could have made him less of an op character and maybe that’s how the mantle was passed but still. Luke should have lived, he should have taught Rey, and maybe more important than all of this: Rey should have been Luke and Mara Jade’s daughter. Then the 9th movie could have introduced and older Mara to be used in future films and tv shows for more character development than Legends already gave us. There, hope you like it , hope you agree, see ya!🙂

You like Holdo? (I don't know how to spell her name.) I felt absolutely nothing when she died. I WANTED her to die because I hated her so much. COMMUNICATION could have fixed so many problems in her entire arc.

For me, Snoke was such an interesting, mysterious villain. There was no reason to kill him off and then regurgitate Palpatine back into the story.

Keep Luke alive, through the whole trilogy. Why is this trilogy obsessed with killing the great charecters

I like the white light saber thing and giving Ben Solo an arc that's cohesive. I think we'd address my issue, which is that Ben didn't have much screen time and dialogue before dying. I think, whether he dies or not, he needed to find a way to cross his light saber with Rey's so they beat Palpatine together.

This video is what I’ve always wanted. He was literally my favorite character from the sequels

Great video, Ben!💖🌟

Step 1: have any sort of guideline for a trilogy.

Yeah I agree with most but not that Holdo was a good leader. She dressed down an officer in front of his peers, which was extremely unprofessional, and she did nothing to address morale. On top of that since they magical knew about the hyperspace tracking tech she had no reason to at least tell senior officers the plan. She would have been bad in an actual military and when she was in charge of what was basically a volunteer mercenary force she had numerous people try to desert and had a mutiny. If she told him to stand down and then he questioned her. There she could have pulled him into her office and said you don't question your commander in front of the troops. Then explain she can't tell everyone the plan because we don't know how they are tracking us, so until we find a tracking device or a spy I have to be careful. Which leads Poe to deciding to figure out how they are being tracked and when they are trying to leave Holdo tells the person holding them up to let them go. Finally if the change the ram into a self destruct with a ring explosion every problem I have with Holdo goes away and she becomes a good character and leader. Well provided she also takes steps to improve morale.

Additional Fix : Make the Solo Twins & Luke's Kid (or Kids) Canon Again, Yes thus Strengthening the Skywalker (Not Palpatine) Saga!

I needed to hear these changes.