Rian Johnson:
Why not use the original Marvel comic books from the 70s and 80s as an inspiration? They have so much potential. If we are going to get entirely new characters, a new storyline and everything else, but somehow connected to the already existing Star Wars universe, let's hope it is completely independent from the other movies. No stories about what happened between or before already existing stories. Why not make it in the "present", but completely unconnected to what has happed so far. Or in the future. With Rogue One, the Solo movie and the prequels, there is always the danger that fans can get tired of things that happened in the past in the Star Wars universe.My entire pitch to Kathleen Kennedy and Disney was, 'Let's tell a new Star Wars story. Let's tell one story over three movies, where we go new places and meet new people. It's a brand new story that feels like a great Star Wars story.' That was the extent of it. I didn't pitch an idea or a time or anything like that. It was just bright blue sky to tell a new story in, and they were so excited about it. Honestly, I've been the rigamarole of releasing this movie so I'm just starting to form clusters of ideas for the trilogy, but really the most exciting thing right now is the potential of it.
Instead of making a list of things that would be cool to see, it is easier to make a list of what would be great to exclude.
No jedis, lightsabers or the Force. All the references to the Force is getting tiresome. Rouge One was refreshing in that regard, except from the scene near the end where we get some of the usual chant.
And no Yoda philosophies. No more "fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to the dark side".
And of course; no gungans. Or more Death Stars.
Personally, I think it would be interesting to see something that focused on robots and alien forms of life.
