3 minutes ago, LTD said:

This isn’t Star Trek. Paper exists.

I didn't say they didn't exsist, (all though I can't think of a time I actually saw paper)

Wait I just remembered the ancient Jedi texts In last Jedi, that's paper!

Just now, LTD said:

This isn’t Star Trek. Paper exists.

Reminds me of a NJO novel where the Jedi are shocked the Chiss Ascendancy have almost all their important data written in books.

44 minutes ago, LTD said:

Make a movie about the bureaucrat who takes papers off Palpatine’s desk so he can’t sign them.

If we're talking about Palpatine, it sounds like a very short movie after all. (Unless it ends up being a part of a giant evil plan orchestrated by Palpatine himself)

It's a big galaxy. He can't possibly remember everything!

(And there is paper in Star Trek too - but only in the Next Gen stuff where Picard has books on his shelves in the ready room)

I would love to see a Thrawn movie where he rose to the rank of Grand Admiral,

his enemy? Not the Rebellion but other Admirals and competitors. ( dont forget, as a non-human it was a very unique situation of him being a Grand Admiral).

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2 minutes ago, LostFleet said:

I would love to see a Thrawn movie where he rose to the rank of Grand Admiral,

his enemy? Not the Rebellion but other Admirals and competitors. ( dont forget, as a non-human it was a very unique situation of him being a Grand Admiral).

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Isn't there already a book about it?

38 minutes ago, clontroper5 said:

Wait I just remembered the ancient Jedi texts In last Jedi!

* cough*

Luke looks more like a muppet than Yoda in that gif.

1 hour ago, The Jabbawookie said:

Edit: Or you could have someone born on a poor rim world who joins the military to escape, doesn't get kicked out for being a scruffy-looking nerf herder, glimpses the opulence of the core, and is horrified when they start oppressing worlds just like the one they grew up on.

This is a great idea...but I don't see it as an Imperial focused film. This is likely where the slight difference in opinions comes from here.

That sounds like a story that evolves into the individual rebelling against the Empire....which then in my opinion isn't an Imperial based film. It's the origin story for a Rebel.

Or you could do a real deep artistic film that is shooting for academy awards. Soldier has existential crisis about what he sees and experiences, but realizes he's unable to change the system and tries futilely to inform his fellow Imperial citizens about the atrocities. The movie ends on a sad note and everyone goes home depressed. Could be a great movie, and it doesn't glamorize the Empire...but it's not exactly a Disney Star Wars movie that would appeal to children (in order to sell toys).

1 minute ago, kmanweiss said:

This is a great idea...but I don't see it as an Imperial focused film. This is likely where the slight difference in opinions comes from here.

That sounds like a story that evolves into the individual rebelling against the Empire....which then in my opinion isn't an Imperial based film. It's the origin story for a Rebel.

Or you could do a real deep artistic film that is shooting for academy awards. Soldier has existential crisis about what he sees and experiences, but realizes he's unable to change the system and tries futilely to inform his fellow Imperial citizens about the atrocities. The movie ends on a sad note and everyone goes home depressed. Could be a great movie, and it doesn't glamorize the Empire...but it's not exactly a Disney Star Wars movie that would appeal to children (in order to sell toys).

That's fair. It's worth noting you can be "pro-Imperial" as in an individual without being "pro-Empire" as in the system. Perhaps our hero reacts by performing little acts of good that bend the rules; maybe he disobeys an unlawful order, but has a clever bargaining chip over his superiors by the end of the movie to avoid punishment. Neither of these things make one a "Rebel." They don't paint the Empire in a favorable light because the Empire is still the antagonist. In fact, we can get a more intimate look at the Empire's evils than ever before. But both end on a hopeful note or even a triumph, without needing a single named Rebel character.

slight tangent about imps in movies, what are the opinions on this deleted solo scene?

32 minutes ago, Geressen said:

slight tangent about imps in movies, what are the opinions on this deleted solo scene?

Don't like the new TIE or Arrestor cruiser to be honest, both look ugly.

I didn't see Solo but at least Fallout is Canonized as part of Star Wars because of it.?

2 hours ago, PT106 said:

Isn't there already a book about it?

Thrawn Timothy Zahn 2017 and Thrawn: Alliances 2018 alternates between him as Grand Admiral working with Vader and Chiss Ascendancy Commander Thrawn working with Anakin Skywalker.

Some of the books are from the Imperial point of view Tarkin, Thrawn, Inferno Squad, Lords of the Sith...

3 hours ago, PT106 said:

Isn't there already a book about it?

Yeah, there are and it would be great to see it in live action,

6 hours ago, LTD said:

Make a movie about the bureaucrat who takes papers off Palpatine’s desk so he can’t sign them.

Ha! Sounds kinda like what Gaeta does during the Cylon occupation right under Baltar's nose. Feeds the resistance, but what does he get for it? A firing squad!

I believe TOS had paper. I think those tablets Kirk we're signing had paper in them.

32 minutes ago, Stasy said:

Ha! Sounds kinda like what Gaeta does during the Cylon occupation right under Baltar's nose. Feeds the resistance, but what does he get for it? A firing squad!

I believe TOS had paper. I think those tablets Kirk we're signing had paper in them.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a22984425/bob-woodward-donald-trump-aides-steal-off-desk/

6 hours ago, Piratical Moustache said:

I didn't see Solo.

it's a decent movie, go watch it someplace perhaps.

4 hours ago, Stasy said:

I believe TOS had paper. I think those tablets Kirk we're signing had paper in them.

I think the only paper in TOS is in the original pilot - and the bits that survived into the episode that used it as a flashback.

From an Armada point of view -- if there should be made a "inside Empire" sort of movie -- I would like to see a movie about Walex Blissex, "father" of VSD who joined the rebellion and his reckless daughter, Lira Wessex, who is head engineer of ISD and SSD and married with an imperial navy commander.

I think it could be interesting to see the characters struggling between family feelings and political loyality. Spying, stealing plans, betrayal and the question how much would you damage your own daughter/father if she/he is at the "wrong" side in this conflict. And there could be a lot of capital ships in this movie, VSD would became canon, and in the end there should be a huge space battle!

Also: In the end of the films, when Walex is about to sabotage and destroy the ship his daughter invented. She would say: "Don't do that!". He would shrug and reply: "I am your father." And she will cry: "Nooooo!"

On 9/26/2018 at 8:21 AM, Drasnighta said:

But how many of them can be told without glorifying the Empire?

Thats my problem...

Who cares if it glorifies the Empire? Lovecraft glorified Clthulu. Dracula glorifies vampires. It’s ok to have movies where the bad guys win.

Empire troops fighting Cannibal Space Pirate Slavers on the Outer Rim. There. Now who are you going to root for to win? The guys eating your face or the guys taxing your moisture vaporators to build a Super Massive Law & Order Enforcement Sphere?

On 9/26/2018 at 9:46 AM, LTD said:

It frustrates me that folks refer to the pre imperial days as lawless, chaotic, Wild West etc. We know from the movies that the Jedi kept the peace for a thousand years. The Republic worked well until the Senator was made Chancellor and we later discover that that same guy was the one who started the whole thing. Who would have thought one crazy old man could disrupt the global - er - Galactic order.

And then Jar Jar made everything worse.

For those who want to know the real story, check out darthsanddroids.net

They kept the Status Quo for thousands of years, and the Peace to the extent that there wasn’t a pan-galactic war, the glalaxy was still full of horrors.

Yes, but not vast interplanetary war.

The Clone Wars take place because Palpatine made them. And then he set up the Empire to stop the wars he started.

Most civilized and peaceful nations have pockets of horror, poverty, crime, etc. There are neighbourhoods where most people choose not to go even in very wealthy nations. That does not make them places of chaos that require a totalitarian dictatorship to restore order.

7 hours ago, Snipafist said:

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a22984425/bob-woodward-donald-trump-aides-steal-off-desk/

Hey, I did hear about that. Probably didn't click because I'd rather talk about my daughter's bowl movements than politics.

Fun note: I met Senator Arlen Spector twice at my job before he passed. Totally got the Palpatine vibe from him and his cronies.

Make a movie from Admiral Daala character, her drafting, her teaching amid a phalocrat institution, her romance with Tarkin, and how she ends being at the head of Maw complex, building the first death star with thousands of ET slaves. if you have a second movie available, film her involvment with thrawn and how she finally get under Pellaon's Remnant (2nd part is 100% Legend, too bad)

that would be a very dark film about a young lady being misled and corrupted by a all-powerfull military establisment. That will never be a thing, too politically hot topic in today's world, and impossible in Disney Corp at any time

2 hours ago, Triangular said:

. She would say: "Don't do that!". He would shrug and reply: "I am your father." And she will cry: "Nooooo!"

but does he... have a bad feeling about this ?