One idea that has been floating around in my head for a while is TV in a Star Wars Universe. Simply keep everything that makes the show work but reset the location into Star Wars. I have some examples below of ideas that I think I would like to see. I'm also curious what you can come up with. What would be the greatest location swap for any show, past or present? Personally I would love to see these show actually get made. The Mandalorian show that Disney has the tech and tools to make it happen. I have really wanted to see stories set in this universe that don't involve Skywalkers, War, or Rebellion. All of these shows could happen in the same universe but barely be touched by the war or ignore it completely.

Cops/Brooklyn 99 but set on Corellia (Yes I have seen the Cops - Tatooine parody)

Nature Documentary set on Dagobah

Dark Matter - Just drag and drop

Sitcom a la How I Met Your Mother set on Coruscant.

"Real" Housewives of Alderaan

6 minutes ago, GM_Needs_A_Xanex said:

"Really vaporized" Housewives of Alderaan

Most of my favorite shows are either Star Wars or from the '60s.

Adam-12 (Aurek-12?), Dragnet... Basically cop shows on Coruscant. Ooo... Perry Mason! That would be a fun one to do in Star Wars. Maybe "I Love Lucynthia"? All kinds of shenanigans you could get up to in the Star Wars universe.

One thing I would absolutely love is a National Geographic-style series of nature documentaries where they travel around the galaxy doing pieces on the wildlife of various worlds. Fun lore, and useful for GMs.

Two cents, worth mentioning for show-flavors...

the HOLONET was the republic broadcasting through the galaxy, but the Empire took control of it ... which basically turned it into 1984 censorship and propaganda.

there'd probably be Pirate Radio style alternatives that spring up in its wake

sooooo ...

you could have the far more homogenized/vapid shows be on the Imperial Holonet (reality TV, news broadcasts, "comedy talk shows" that are really just propaganda, etc)

and then the pirate radio stuff would be more unhinged/creative/vocal. That'd be where stuff like the Brooklyn 99 parody (ripping on imps), more crass stuff that wouldn't fly on the holonet, documentaries trying to recover the unaltered history, etc

It's a curious concept, honestly. 😃

Starship Troopers, you really don't even need to change it, just reskin it and have it be Imperials instead of the Federation. They're both space nazis anyway.

Honestly though, pretty much any genre could fit into Star Wars, because, it's just a setting. It's not unique to any one thing. So any type of story could be told in it. From comedies to dramas, to small scale action flicks to anything else.

Just now, KungFuFerret said:

Honestly though, pretty much any genre could fit into Star Wars, because, it's just a setting. It's not unique to any one thing. So any type of story could be told in it. From comedies to dramas, to small scale action flicks to anything else.

Yeah. Honestly I kinda want Disney to actually make one of these shows. Why cant we get a sitcom in the Star Wars universe. That would be fantastic to watch.

Personally, I consider Freemaker Adventures to be a New Republic kids’ show, fictionalizing and exaggerating events from the war for a young audience.

16 minutes ago, GM_Needs_A_Xanex said:

Why cant we get a sitcom in the Star Wars universe.

Because the fans and creators of the franchise (pre-Disney as well), have been engaging in a continuous act of plot recycling of "Epic Force Power Actions With The Fate of the Free Galaxy In The Balance" since the start of the franchise, in every facet of it? From novels, to comics, to video games, etc. It's ALWAYS the same story. Why? *shrugs* Lately I'm thinking because SW fans just can't actually accept anything new, so they just rehash the same thing over and over. Because it's familiar and safe.

1 minute ago, KungFuFerret said:

It's ALWAYS the same story. Why? *shrugs* Lately I'm thinking because SW fans just can't actually accept anything new, so they just rehash the same thing over and over. Because it's familiar and safe.

That's why I wanted to create this thread. Whats the best new idea we can come up with that we would love to see set in the Star Wars universe?

the nature documentary needs to be hosted by a a steve irwin knock off. but not dagobah. instead Naboo, Tatooine, etc. Dagobah is an unknown place. if it were known yoda wouldnt have used it.

8 minutes ago, GM_Needs_A_Xanex said:

That's why I wanted to create this thread. Whats the best new idea we can come up with that we would love to see set in the Star Wars universe?

I'd like to see action stories that, at most, escalate to only a global threat. One planet. Heck even smaller would be ideal. I've never been a follower of the idea that drama has to be larger scale to be more dramatic. Most of the classic films/stories are usually very small scale, very personal in scope. A handful of people trying to survive. A single village being attacked by bandits, etc.

So stuff like say, Die Hard, or given Coruscant is a single massive city, then the Cyberpunk trope of the Arcology would make for a really cool enclosed society story. Some massive building that is self-sufficient in it's design, so the residents don't have to leave if they don't want to. But some Batman style hero prowls the levels of the building, keeping the residents safe from the people who would try and set up a personal fiefdom in the building.

You could have a slice of life kind of show, following a package delivery droid, as they go about their daily job of delivering packages to customers, and the wacky hijinx that ensues. You could have the droid return to the droid hub, and all the droids gossip about the weird things biologicals get up to that make no sense to them.

7 minutes ago, Daeglan said:

the nature documentary needs to be hosted by a a steve irwin knock off. but not dagobah. instead Naboo, Tatooine, etc. Dagobah is an unknown place. if it were known yoda wouldnt have used it.

Please no rehashing of old locations. We have an entire galaxy of untapped resources, can we please stop touring the same planets in every installment?

Side note, to this nature documentary knock off, for a bit of a dark comedy angle for it, we could have the host be some kind of species that either clones themselves regularly, is able to reproduce asexually via some kind of budding system, or perhaps a droid who has several backups of itself. And have some of the more dangerous animals occasionally eat the host. So we can then have a running gag of "Welcome to the show, I'm Neepo Looplub 8!" One year later. "Welcome to the show! I'm Neepo Looplub 27!"

A cross between Brooklyn Nine Nine and Super [storm] Troopers

From the Imperial HoloNet

Rise to Power, a "historical" docudrama detailing the life, times, rise to power, and glory of the Emperor during the Old Republic and Clone Wars.

Storm Commando Six, a drama about an elite team of storm commando, their missions, and how it impacts their personal lives.

ISB, a drama about young and idealistic ISB agent as they are introduced to the dark and dangerous world of chasing rebel terrorists.

Troops, holocrews follow the members of Imperial garrisons on distant worlds and film live as they bring order to the galaxy.

The Naihsadrak's, a reality show that documents (markets) the private and professional lives of one of Coruscant's leading elite celebrity families.

Sith Eye for the Jedi. No, wait. That's a joke. Totally scratch that.

Chelli the Rakghoul Slayer.

Agents of COMPNOR.

Space opera based on a station ala Babylon 5.

1 hour ago, KungFuFerret said:

I'd like to see action stories that, at most, escalate to only a global threat. One planet. Heck even smaller would be ideal. I've never been a follower of the idea that drama has to be larger scale to be more dramatic. Most of the classic films/stories are usually very small scale, very personal in scope. A handful of people trying to survive. A single village being attacked by bandits, etc.

So stuff like say, Die Hard, or given Coruscant is a single massive city, then the Cyberpunk trope of the Arcology would make for a really cool enclosed society story. Some massive building that is self-sufficient in it's design, so the residents don't have to leave if they don't want to. But some Batman style hero prowls the levels of the building, keeping the residents safe from the people who would try and set up a personal fiefdom in the building.

You could have a slice of life kind of show, following a package delivery droid, as they go about their daily job of delivering packages to customers, and the wacky hijinx that ensues. You could have the droid return to the droid hub, and all the droids gossip about the weird things biologicals get up to that make no sense to them.

Please no rehashing of old locations. We have an entire galaxy of untapped resources, can we please stop touring the same planets in every installment?

Side note, to this nature documentary knock off, for a bit of a dark comedy angle for it, we could have the host be some kind of species that either clones themselves regularly, is able to reproduce asexually via some kind of budding system, or perhaps a droid who has several backups of itself. And have some of the more dangerous animals occasionally eat the host. So we can then have a running gag of "Welcome to the show, I'm Neepo Looplub 8!" One year later. "Welcome to the show! I'm Neepo Looplub 27!"

Gotta do a little of old locations. but also lots of new locations. Tokadana, Correlia, Random exotic planet like Tahiti, Random planet like a rain forest, random planet like Norway with Fjords, etc. RTandom Pine forest, random decidous forest. Dantooine,

1 hour ago, kaosoe said:

Super [storm] Troopers

Wow, yeah I can see those guy from Super Troopers, dressed up in cosplay, acting like complete tools. That would be pretty funny.

5 minutes ago, Edgehawk said:

Space opera based on a station ala Babylon 5.

I'd love a new Babylon 5 style show, that would be awesome. But, given the significantly different tone regarding mysticism in that franchise versus Star Wars, I'm not sure it would gel well.

4 minutes ago, KungFuFerret said:

I'd love a new Babylon 5 style show, that would be awesome. But, given the significantly different tone regarding mysticism in that franchise versus Star Wars, I'm not sure it would gel well.

The Wheel station on the outer rim...need to figure out the intro

38 minutes ago, KungFuFerret said:

But, given the significantly different tone regarding mysticism in that franchise versus Star Wars, I'm not sure it would gel well.

Han Solo: "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."

6 minutes ago, GM_Needs_A_Xanex said:

Han Solo: "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."

That's one person, who is a side character, in a franchise heavily weighted towards a magical energy field with heavy religious overtones of Light and Dark, that has permeated the franchise. A setting that actually DOES have magic spaze wizards, using real magic, not the Arthur C. Clarke "magic" that is just super advanced tech, like the Technomancers.

J. Michael Stracynski is a staunch atheist (which is why an atheist was first in line during that "share the religions of the species episode), and if you actually watch the details of the show, none of it actually plays on mysticism and magic. It's all the scifi variation of evolution and hyper-advanced technology. The only episode that jumps into the completely weird and mystical stuff, is that one episode that he didn't write, that Neil Gaiman did. Where Star Wars pushes so hard to go down the pseudo-religious side, especially in the recent films, trying to imply the "Will" of the Force, which suggests an actual conscious mind with an agenda. That's a WAAAAY different setting than the far more grounded in reality setting of B 5.

Besides, Han is demonstrably wrong with that quip. Ancient weapons do all kinds of crazy good stuff in Star Wars. Block blaster bolts, act as blasters themselves when reflecting said bolts back at enemies. Universal cutting tools. Ancient magical lightning blockers, light source in dark places. Emergency stomach opener for cold shelter, taking down giant machines of death and destruction (AT-AT's), setting things on fire, the list goes on and on. And the stuff that the hokey religion lets you do...well, yeah let's just say a blaster is pretty inadequate in comparison to all that.

Now, that being said, I think it's entirely possible to do a B5 in SW setting, you just ignore the Force stuff. But, basically NOTHING in Star Wars does that. It almost ALWAYS creeps into the narrative in some way. Because people just can't let things be, and fans especially will burn down the studio if the creators don't adhere to their zealous headcanon about what should/shouldn't be depicted in the show, and how.

So yeah, I don't see B5 happening. The basic premise of "a drama on a space station" sure, but it won't be B5.

Sorry, I'm a huge B5 fan, it's probably my favorite scifi series on a personal level, well beyond SW at this point, and I really do kind of cringe at the idea of it being altered in the way basically everything in SW does.

OT: The Sopranos, but it's The Huttanos. That would probably be fun for someone. Never watched Sopranos personally, so I have no individual stake in that, but it could work.

House of Cards, but it's the Galactic Senate during the Republic era.

Probably more but I can't think any others at this moment.

Instead of The Apprentice, the Sith Apprentice. Instead of the signature phrase "You're fired!" it's "You're fried! ... (cue lightning)..."

Honestly, I think almost anything could work, and I disagree that the Force has to be part of it, rabid uber-fans notwithstanding. One of the notable things about the Mandalorian is how many non-fans are enjoying it. It's drawing in people with no expectations. Baby Yoda wouldn't have ever had to use the Force, it's so darn cute it'd still be a meme. The darksaber would never have had to show up. Very little needs explaining, in fact, the irony is some of the exposition dialogue is so the fans know what is going on. Everybody else just seems to roll with it.

And you could easily have an atheistic B5. TV shows aren't about "the truth", they are about a character's perception of the truth, whether or not they are wrong. The Mandalorian character is wrong about a lot, it's still a successful show. There would be plenty of "atheistic" types in a SW galaxy where there are thousands of living traditions and many more deities. Even if you knew about the Force, and believed that Force users were tapping into something real rather than doing parlour tricks, it wouldn't necessarily mean you believe it has a will or a purpose or should be used as actionable guidance.

3 hours ago, KungFuFerret said:

Please no rehashing of old locations. We have an entire galaxy of untapped resources, can we please stop touring the same planets in every installment?

Side note, to this nature documentary knock off, for a bit of a dark comedy angle for it, we could have the host be some kind of species that either clones themselves regularly, is able to reproduce asexually via some kind of budding system, or perhaps a droid who has several backups of itself. And have some of the more dangerous animals occasionally eat the host. So we can then have a running gag of "Welcome to the show, I'm Neepo Looplub 8!" One year later. "Welcome to the show! I'm Neepo Looplub 27!"

Crikey!Look at that Krayte. She is a buet...Let's see if I can get you closer( camera zooms in from a distance. Camera man is NOT and idiot.) Look at her size! gets noticed..loud Krayte Roar..look at how fast she runs.. look at those claws and jaws she is...screaming as Neepo Looplub is eaten...

12 minutes ago, Daeglan said:

Crikey!Look at that Krayte. She is a buet...Let's see if I can get you closer( camera zooms in from a distance. Camera man is NOT and idiot.) Look at her size! gets noticed..loud Krayte Roar..look at how fast she runs.. look at those claws and jaws she is...screaming as Neepo Looplub is eaten...

Yeah, you could even have the cameraman be a droid, who is actually smart, and has survived all the previous episodes, and maybe he's got a little progressive "tag spray" on his chassis, of the various ways the Looplub's have died. Like a fighter pilot marking kills on the side of their plane. Each new death gets it's own little spray, eventually turning the camera droid into a multicolored, floating droid of sass and sarcasm for the host. "What's that CAM-RAlpha ? You don't think I should go in there? Crikey! That's a really silly notion! What could possibly go wrong!?" *droid beeps and whistles with sarcastic tones.* "What do you mean that's what Looplub 12 said? Come on he was an idiot! I'm way smarter than him!"

1 minute ago, KungFuFerret said:

Yeah, you could even have the cameraman be a droid, who is actually smart, and has survived all the previous episodes, and maybe he's got a little progressive "tag spray" on his chassis, of the various ways the Looplub's have died. Like a fighter pilot marking kills on the side of their plane. Each new death gets it's own little spray, eventually turning the camera droid into a multicolored, floating droid of sass and sarcasm for the host. "What's that CAM-RAlpha ? You don't think I should go in there? Crikey! That's a really silly notion! What could possibly go wrong!?" *droid beeps and whistles with sarcastic tones.* "What do you mean that's what Looplub 12 said? Come on he was an idiot! I'm way smarter than him!"

Like a seeker droid. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Seeker_(droid)

13 minutes ago, Daeglan said:

Like a seeker droid. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Seeker_(droid)

Yeah that would be a good choice. The arms would allow for a lot of comical limb flailing in fear and frustration at the idiocy of Looplub X.

2 hours ago, KungFuFerret said:

Wow, yeah I can see those guy from Super Troopers, dressed up in cosplay, acting like complete tools. That would be pretty funny.

I'd love a new Babylon 5 style show, that would be awesome. But, given the significantly different tone regarding mysticism in that franchise versus Star Wars, I'm not sure it would gel well.

We, the audience know about all of the space wizardry, but to 99% of the galaxy it's just a myth. It'd be super easy to have a show without the force.

In my dawn of rebellion game there's an acted action holoseries called Jango Fett: Hero of the Republic. The first season was a gritty character study of what kind of man picks up the blaster and bola to hunt sentient beings, but that was quickly retconned in later seasons and the whole show turned into a propaganda-soaked soap (space) opera about Jango and Sheev Palpatine, and how he alone had the right solution for addressing the faults of the Republic. The final scene was a long tirade and a final hurrah from Jango to his trusted clone troopers [all of whom are white with blue eyes and blond hair], where he expressed unequivocal support for Palpatine and lambasted the Jedi for betraying the Republic. And then he bled to death from his heroic wounds.

There was also an animated spin-off series called Jango and friends which covered the heroic exploits of Jango and his band of merry bounty hunters who fought for truth, justice, and the Imperial way against the cartoonish alien villains that later formed the CIS. There was talk of getting Boba Fett into the show to boost ratings, but he refused to have his likeness or name appear on the show, so Jango instead had a son called Skippy, I think, who was the Robin to his Batman.

Then there's also the Calrissian Chronicles, which are canon.