There’s nothing here not doable or damaging to the franchise, and lots that would be both cool and, I think, helpful.
As the MCU has shown for Disney/Marvel, it’s possible to tell a variety of stories in a variety of tones. The one-shots — Rogue One, Solo — are part of that, and all of the below could easily be part of that variety of a film world/franchise that is getting richer, not on a single railroad of epic trilogies.
[h/t +Stan Pedzick]
13 Things We’d Love to See in a Star Wars Movie
Yoda would hate us. Just like Luke Skywalker, we’re never in the present. We’re almost always thinking about the future of Star Wars. It’s a future that’s mysterious—but also, especially with the release of The Last Jedi, more wide open than ever. And while most thinking right now is focused on what we might see in Episode IX, we wanted to go even bigger.
Before I even read the article I was thinking about a Seven Samurai story, but then there it is in the article too. Westerns and samurai movies would easily adapt into the universe and I'd love to see both genres brought in.
+Roy Hembree Given that the original A New Hope was consciously modeled after The Hidden Fortress, yes, there is definitely an affinity between Star Wars and samurai films, even when one ignores the guys in robes waving swords around. 🙂