Expanded Universe Characters you want in the next film

[Darth Simpson]

Ok there are so many cool Expanded Universe characters. Usually Lucasfilm oversees the other books and stories and approves them. George has shown an interest in some of the characters and ships in the past. (Dash Rendars Outrider blasting off from Mos Eisley in the special edition of A New Hope springs to mind)

There are some great characters like Xizor, Kyle Katarn, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Bel Ibliss, etc. The list goes on and on.

My personal choice would be Mara Jade (the Emporers Hand/assasin - future wife of Luke) I guess you would have to think about the age thing though, she would probably be only a kid at the time of the next film. Maybe people like Xizor or Thrawn, being alien gets rid of the problem of age.

Who do you want to see ?

[timdgreat]

nice thread DS, i really want to see more about Thrawn, would be really cool to see him come into play, and it would be interesting to see some otehr things too, like mabye Ackbar and his people inslaved by the imperials, and mabye even Mon Mothma looking young:rolly2:

[Jax]

Why me of course. I'd like to see more imformation and history to the Elite troops selected by Palpatine to be his specialist body guard. We know they were the best soldiers selected up through the ranks of stormtroopers. We've seen plenty about them in the expanded universe (eg Crimson Empire) where we meet Carnor Jax who betrays the Emperor and slaughters the other guards, and the only one that survived Kir Kanos who later kills Jax.

[timdgreat]

well we have actually already seen the begining of the elite guard of the emperor jax, they were the guys with the big headresses:rolly2:

[Jax]

Yeah you mean the guys in blue that look like Roman Penturions. Like you, I understood them to be the origin of the elite guard, but the more I think about it, who are they ?

We know up until the clone army in ep 2, that the senate has no troops or army, and so they must be simply normal guards with the honour of guarding the Chancellor.

The guys in red from Jedi were meant to be like the SAS, selected from various specialist imperial battalions. In the expanded universe they seem to have much more to do than just guard the emperor.

[timdgreat]

yeah i know, but i doubt we will learn that much about them, though if we do see the begining of the Empire the first thing we will msot likely see is hte guard switching out its uniforms, thats something to watch for.

I wonder if we can catch Han when he was younger, backl when he was reckless:rolly2:

[Jax]

Originally posted by timdgreat

I wonder if we can catch Han when he was younger, backl when he was reckless:rolly2:

Yes, this is the big question, we've waited a long time for. Will we ever see Han or Chewie again.

I guess the other one is, will we ever see the Vader suit again. Reading some of the interviews with Christianson, it looks like we might.

There's still hope yet.......

[Dave]

Originally posted by Jax
Will we ever see Han or Chewie again.

Wouldn't Han be about the same age as Boba Fett? A little young I think. As for Chewie, it depends on how long Wookies live for.

Originally posted by Jax
...will we ever see the Vader suit again. Reading some of the interviews with Christianson, it looks like we might.

Christianson is quoted as saying that he was keen to get the Helmet on, but Lucas might have plans for something else. You know by now the way that he works.

Just re-watching RotJ this week with my son, he was absolutely astounded at how unalike the image of Anakin standing alongside Yoda and Obi-Wan was to Christianson. IIRC it was the actor Sebastian Shaw. Both David Prowse and James Earl Jones thought that it should have been them, but neither would look right now we know thw whole story.

If there is to be the final lightsabre battle on the volcano/lava pit, I assume that that scene will be the climax of the film. Therefore, any 'helmet wearing' could only come at the very end of Episode III.

[Jax]

Originally posted by Dave


Wouldn't Han be about the same age as Boba Fett? A little young I think. As for Chewie, it depends on how long Wookies live for.

It all depends on how many years have passed since the last film. I think a gap of up to ten years would be beleivable. If Fett was between 8 and 12 in the last film, then he could be between 18 and 22. And, more importantly, so could Han.

If you think about Han in the original films, he could be anything up to 15 years older than Luke (luke early twenties, Han mid to late thirties). Since we know Luke and Leia will be born in the next film I think there would be room for Han.

As long as their paths don't cross too much. eg like Threepeo being made by Vader/Anakin, I never did like that idea.

[timdgreat]

dave, as for ur greyed area writing, we might get a scene with Vader and the Emperor on a balconie on courscant like at the end of episode two:rolly2: