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Star Wars is alive and doing very well right now, mostly thanks to the success of its recent forays into the world of streaming.
Jon Favreau and his brainchild, The Mandalorian, did what the sequel films couldn’t quite do (after the initial success of The Force Awakens), and restored a sense of wonder to that galaxy far, far away.
Gone were the bigger than ever bad guy weapons of mass destruction and the retread villains, and back were the intimate stories set against an epic background that had made the original Star Wars so great. Yes, we all loved the Death Star and the space battles, but we connected with the characters and their stories, and returned as much for them as for the spectacle.
While the recent Book of Boba Fett didn’t impress as much as it could have (thanks primarily to the Disneyfication of Boba), the recent Obi-Wan Kenobi limited series proved that The Mandalorian wasn’t a fluke, and Andor cemented that even further.
Yes, the third season of The Mandalorian took a lot longer than it could have to get to our screens, and it has been a strangely disjointed offering this time around, but when it gets ‘it’ right, the show gets ‘it’ right in bucket loads!
The future of Star Wars, it seems, is best on a smaller screen. Especially considering the fact that for many of us, the recent silver-screen outings took something very special away from the Star Wars universe. The Skywalker family.
The Skywalker’s’ and their story meant and continue to mean a lot to the fans, and that family made the gargantuan feel personal.
Does every Star Wars story need to be about the Skywalkers? Definitely not, but that doesn’t mean they needed to be wiped away and discarded. Their story is the connective tissue of Star Wars – and their legacy isn’t something that can be adopted by taking on their name.
Rey is special, but she didn’t become a Skywalker magically just because she was trained by Luke and then Leia, and had a unique connection to Leia and Han’s son.
I’d love nothing more than to see a series pick up the Skywalker family story somehow, and continue it for even more generations of viewers to enjoy.
They are iconic, and ending their line seems dismissive and… well, stupid. Not to mention the fact that it feels like a cruel slap in George Lucas’s face. A bit of a slap to Hayden, Natalie, and especially Mark and Carrie, too.
At the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker I felt let down. The film left me feeling empty, when it should have left me feeling like I was floating on a cloud – like Star Wars: Return of the Jedi had, three or so decades before (give or take the Ewoks).
I enjoyed the third sequel movie for what it was (though the spectacle got a bit silly toward the end), but it’s the only film in the entire series that I can’t watch all the way through again, after originally seeing it at the cinema when it was released. It leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
But one scene did stand out for me though, and provide me with a sense of hope.
No, it’s not the one where Rey declares herself a Skywalker. That was sweet, but kind of hollow.
It’s the scene where Ben gives his life force to Rey, and then dies.
That scene rattled around in my mind for a long time. All I kept thinking was… “what if that transfer of energy made Rey pregnant?”
What if, sort of like Shmi Skywalker, Rey had a child through the Force?!
There was, to me, some beautiful symmetry there.
That’s very fan-servicey, I know… but I actually don’t have an issue with fan-service, and don’t really understand why it annoys a bunch of people. We’re fans. We love this shit! So long as it’s done well, I don’t see anything wrong with it.
I don’t believe that the Skywalker story needs to be over, and I don’t believe the new custodians of the saga need to wipe away George’s creation to make Star Wars whatever they think it needs to be, for modern audiences.
The Skywalker family are a part of our collective consciousness now, and Luke and Leia and Anakin and their families are important – and should be allowed to be. There’s almost 50 years of history there, that needs to be treated with respect.
There is more than enough room in that galaxy far, far away, for unique and individual stories of adventure that introduce us to never before seen heroes and villains, as well as stories about the Skywalker family.
And so, this fan-story/script is a “what if,” intended to sooth my disappointed fan-soul, and hopefully yours too, if your reaction to the sequel films was anything like mine.
Personally, I’d rather the Skywalker Line (including those who made the continuation of the line possible) look like this…
Than it be ‘reset’ with Rey (despite how much I do love that character).
The addition of a daughter, via a mystical occurrence caused by the Force, would be a beautiful way of carrying on the legacy of the Skywalker family, and a far more meaningful one than Rey simply adopting their name.
Read on (jump over to the World-Building page to start with), and enjoy.
May the Force be with us all, and let’s hope that at some point soon, Disney finds a really cool and meaningful way to return the Skywalker’s to us.
A quick glimpse at the character names first?
Leneia Organa-Skywalker
Joryn Mothma
Callus Hunter
Mother Karnyj
Piri Dakar
Sedecca Voss
Kyran Skywalker
Jet Sylka
Rose Tico
Oryssa
Seraya Saan
Vin Ekrist
Keedha
Ariella Sentis
Ersta Baryn
With special guest appearances by Rey Skywalker, Finn Skywalker, Poe Dameron, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, and the Force ghost of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Hit the links above and head over to the world-building section for more information.
Star Wars: Rebirth is a work in progress. Check out the Series Bible (which is currently being written) for more information on this fan’s take on an imaginary new Star Wars television series for Disney+.
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