Top 100 Star Wars Expanded Universe Moments

I see lists all the time with what will be lost with the discarding of the Star Wars Expanded Universe.  In my opinion, we aren't losing it... it's still there... it's just a shame that more isn't going to be considered part of the mainstream movie universe.  There truly was a LOT that did not have to be thrown away.  A LOT of work by very good writers has been marginalized.  Hopefully parts of this amazing body of work will be used in some way... it could be fun to one day do a blog about all the stuff that was used in the new trilogy that came from the EU.

What I have here is a list of the Top 100 Moments, Events, or just Pieces of Awesome from the Star Wars Expanded Universe.  I tried to give a small amount of info on these where it was needed... and the main book/comic/other where this is located is included in the right column.

These are in NO PARTICULAR ORDER...

*** SPOILERS *** If you haven't read much of the Star Wars Expanded Fiction, you may want to go to one of my other blog entries on what to read... This blog post will give away some important parts of really good books so just be aware!*** SPOILERS

1) Cloned Emperor returns - One death is not enough for someone who planned the CLONE wars.	Dark Empire
2) Ood B'nar defeats Executor Sedriss - This one started 5,000 years before Luke.  You'll have to go to the Tales of the Jedi comics to get the start of this story.	Dark Empire II
3) Mara Jade marries Luke - From Emperor's Hand to Jedi Grand Master's Hand...	Star Wars: Union
4) Vergere is a Jedi? Or Sith? - Vergere is one of the most enigmatic and possibly misunderstood characters of the whole universe, but a great character arc.	New Jedi Order: Star by Star
5) Ganner's last stand - One of the all time best moments of redemption for a wishy-washy character.  You will dislike this character and then cheer out loud.	New Jedi Order: Traitor
6) Jaina trains with Boba Fett - You read that right... Han's kid trained to go after Han's other kid.	Legacy of the Force: Revelation
7) Han works with Fett to get Thracken - More family issues with the Solo clan.  Loved the idea of Solo and Fett working together on this one.	Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
8) Anakin Solo becomes one with the force - One of the most wrenching and unbelievable moments in one of the top 5 EU books.  Disparage the NJO series all you want, but this one is a downright gem!	New Jedi Order: Star by Star
9) Raynar Thul is found as the Joiner King - A very cool/disgusting way to connect to a prior event. Like if the Star Trek Borg were bugs.... ick.	Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
10) D'Harhan blasts the Shell Hutts - So few know about this guy.  5 words ... Replaced Head With Laser Cannon.	The Bounty Hunter Wars Book 1: The Mandalorian Armor
11) Exar Kun almost takes down the Jedi Academy - Exar Kun is another one you'll have to go back to the Tales of the Jedi to learn about, but his attempted takeover of the galaxy from beyond the grave was really cool.	The Jedi Academy Trilogy
12) Ahsoka leaves the Jedi Order - Unexpected and unresolved.  Made for a great end to a GREAT series.	Last Episode Clone Wars Season 5
13) Enter Lumiya, Dark Lady of the Sith - Lumiya came back to haunt the Skywalkers much later... which adds to an already cool character	Star Wars Marvel Comics
14) K'Kruhk survives… again - No list of cool EU is complete without K'Kruhk.  Does his hat have special power?  He lives!	Clone Wars microseries - Legacy: Ghosts
15) Quinlan Vos wakes up with no memory - One of the best additions of the entire EU.  He went from background character in Ep I, to comic legend, to Clone Wars canon.  If something was to survive in the EU, Vos and Aayla are good choices.	Star Wars Republic: Twilight
16) Cantina Patrons get backstories - Read this book and then rewatch the movie with new eyes.	Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
17) Jabba's Palace gets backstory - Read this book and then rewatch the movie with new eyes.	Tales from Jabba's Palace
18) Kir Kanos takes down Carnor Jax - You always wondered what those Imperial Guard guys in red cloaks could do... just admit it!	Crimson Empire
19) Jacen Solo's captivity with the Vong - Say what you want about the Vong technology, but you could feel Jacen's time with them and you changed along with him.	New Jedi Order: Traitor
20) Grand Admiral Thrawn begins his domination of the galaxy - Thrawn.  If you are here you know that name.	Heir to the Empire
21) Baron Fel joins Rogue Squadron - Another cool concept in the EU.  An Imperial Ace Pilot that joins the ultimate Rebel Fighter Squadron.	X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Making of Baron Fel
22) Aayla Secura defeats Aurra Sing - Aurra Sing deserves a mention on any Star Wars list.  These two had opposite paths to legitimacy.  Aayla was a minor comic character that made it big on the screen.  Aurra was a background character that made a big splash in the comics.  Plus hot chicks fighting...	Jedi: Aayla Secura
23) Assaj Ventress battles Anakin on Yavin - The Clone Wars Microseries made Star Wars cool again.	Clone Wars microseries
24) General Grievous' first appearance - (See previous) Lucas should have taken some notes on Grievous in this microseries... he was awesome here.	Clone Wars microseries
25) Boba Fett blasts out of the Saarlac - You can't eat Boba Fett.	The Bounty Hunter Wars Book 1: The Mandalorian Armor
26) Kit Fisto battles underwater (lightsaber lit) - The Microseries again... it was able to capture the imagination 3 minutes at a time. INCREDIBLE genius work.	Clone Wars microseries
27) Jaina battles Jacen - Hard to read if you followed these characters from when they were born.	Legacy of the Force: Invincible
28) Full scale Clone Wars battle in "Landing at Point Rain" - What the Clone Wars aspired to be but didn't really get into in the movies.	The Clone Wars season 2
29) Corran Horn vs. Shedao-Shai - It's the 'fight me man-to-man and leave everyone else alone' plot.	New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin
30) Chewbacca has a moon land on him - This is something the new movies reverse that I am excited about.  I didn't read this book for awhile when I heard they had killed Chewie.... how could that happen?	New Jedi Order: Vector Prime
31) Borsk Fey'lya's Sacrifice - Weasel politician causes so many problems... AND TOTALLY REDEEMS himself.	New Jedi Order: Star by Star
32) Mandalorians battling on Mandalore - Boba Fett was cool even though he was in the movie for like 8 seconds... More Mandos please.	The Clone Wars season 5
33) Prince Xixor tries to best Darth Vader - Xixor was a Falleen with pheromone powers over women... look out Leia.	Shadows of the Empire
34) Starkiller unleashes the force - The video game was fun... the full story was ok.  The idea of Vader having a secret apprentice was really interesting.	The Force Unleashed (VG and Comic)
35) Boba Fett tracks down Jodo Kast - Just go read it... widely agreed on as one of the best moments.	Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction
36) Darth Krayt is who? - I'm not telling, but he's on this list elsewhere.	Star Wars Legacy Comics
37) Winter protects the solo children - Winter is one of the most underrated characters in all the EU.  She factors in several stories and is always cool.	Vol 3 of the Jedi Academy Trilogy: Champions of the Force
38) Republic Commandoes roll out - The video game was fun... the stories written about them were very intriguing.	Republic Commando (VG) & Republic Commando: Hard Contact
39) Tenel Ka has a daughter - Allana we hardly knew ya.	Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
40) Darth Bane establishes the 'Rule of Two' - Bane gave us a side to the EU that was incredibly dark and we liked it.	Darth Bane: Rule of Two
41) Durge pulls himself together - LITERALLY pulls back together and probably is still.	Clone Wars microseries
42) Obi Wan in The Box - Bounty hunters are great... Obi Wan playing bounty hunter- even better.	The Clone Wars season 4
43) C-21 Highsinger does his thing - This one wouldn't make a lot of lists, but his quick moment made me 'WHOA'... and that was enough for me.	The Clone Wars season 4
44) Death Troopers - Zombie Stormtroopers, c'mon.	Death Troopers
45) D-Squad - R2 was already a hero... now he leads his own astromech squad?	The Clone Wars season 5
46) Assaj Ventress becomes a bounty hunter - New novel just came out that expands on this character and Quinlan Vos together - Dark Disciple.  Can't wait to read that.	The Clone Wars season 4
47) Last Stand on Jabiim - The poor Padawan pack.  Great looking characters... that were doomed from the start.	Star Wars: Republic Comics
48) Zombie Sith - Immediately read this one after reading Death Troopers (or before)	Red Harvest
49) Vader Remembers C-3PO - Just a quick panel or two but very nicely done.	Star Wars Tales 6
50) Darth Plagueis trains Sidious to take power - 'Darth Plagueis the wise' - Only Star Wars gives a setup like that in an opera house and then knocks it out of the park with a great book to tell the tale.	Darth Plagueis
51) The Death of Mara Jade Skywalker - Almost as shocking as Chewie's death.  Mara held on to point out the guilty.	Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice
52) Luke succumbs to the Dark Side. - Luke as a dark jedi is something you've always wanted to see... you know it.	Dark Empire
53) Cade Skywalker vs. The One Sith - Descendant of Skywalker vs. what looked like descendants of Darth Maul... mix and serve.	Star Wars Legacy Comics
54) Corran Horn rescues his wife Mirax - Just a great book.	I, Jedi
54) Hutt Council - Cartoony, but it was a cartoon after all.	The Clone Wars Season 3
55) Clone Trooper Fives journey - A clone unlike the others.	The Clone Wars Seasons 1-6
56) Star Wars Infinities (What if) - Lots of 'what if' moments are indulged here... cool alternate story telling.	Star Wars Infinities
57) Darth Revan is what? - Revan quickly became a fan favorite.	KOTOR video game
58) Obi Wan and Anakin track down Darth Sidious - VERY underrated book with immediate ties to Revenge of the Sith	Labyrinth of Evil
60) Corran Horn escapes the Secret Lusankya Prison - This one's more about the prison ship ripping itself out of Coruscant's buildings.	X-Wing:  The Krytos Trap
61) Wedge reforms Rogue Squadron - We all needed more Rogue Squadron after Wedge manages to survive both Death Stars!	X-Wing:  Rogue Squadron
62) Ulic Qel-Droma is disgraced and redeemed - Did you know the Force could be ripped away from you?	Tales of the Jedi
63) The Rakghoul plague - This followed all the way from Ancient times to Skywalker's decendents	KOTOR comic
64) Valance has his true self revealed - Sometimes you hate what you are.	Star Wars Marvel Comics
65) Young Han Solo has to make his way in the universe - The whole trilogy is awesome, but fleshing out some of Han's motivations is priceless.	The Han Solo Trilogy: The Paradise Snare
66) The Jedi Temple was built on a Sith shrine? - Interesting revelation here.	Tarkin
67) Palpatine takes matters into his own hands - Darth Sidious gets his hands dirty.	Lords of the Sith
68) Leia becomes a full Jedi - Leia's path to becoming a jedi was done in fits and starts, but she gets there and whether you like it or not, she is a Skywalker.	Dark Nest II: The Swarm War
69) Outbound Flight is destroyed - The folly of master Jorus C'Boath	Outbound Flight
70) Joruus C'boath is a mad clone - C'boath was one of the first new jedi we'd seen in a Star Wars novel and we find out he's crazy... and a clone of himself.	Heir to the Empire
71) Darth Maul dismantles Black Sun - Just a fun look at what Darth Maul did outside of menacing Jedi and getting cut in half.	Star Wars: Darth Maul
72) Warriors riding Rancors - Self explanatory I think	The Force Unleashed (VG)
73) Onimi is in control - Twist that few would have seen coming	New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force
74) Yoda talks down Count Dooku - One of few novels that look at Master Yoda.	Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
75) Luke is not afraid of the Dark - The master	Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor
76) Darth Vader purges a jedi conclave - We knew about the jedi 'Dark Times' and this was a good way to show Vader at the height of his power.	Star Wars: Purge comic
77) Nute Gunray becomes the Trade Federation Leader - Misdirection leads to Clone Wars... Gunray became a big piece of the beginning of that war.	Cloak of Deception
78) Solo's Eleven - A heist story that is full of great twists, just love this team.	Star Wars: Scoundrels
79) A Gamorrean in Wraith Squadron - PIGGY!	X-Wing: Wraith Squadron
80) The Tusken Jedi - Another great character that became even greater.	Star Wars Republic: Outlander
81) Darth Malgus destroys the Jedi Temple - Go watch The Old Republic: Deceived Trailer RIGHT NOW if you don't know what this is.	Deceived - Star Wars: The Old Republic
82) Darth Talon and Darth Nihl - Hands of the Sith Emperor	Star Wars Legacy Comics
83) Eight for Aduba - I don't care if you don't like Jaxxon... this Akira Kurasowa tribute to the Seven Samurai is a great tale.	Star Wars Marvel Comics
84) The 'death' of Shira Brie - An emotional time for young Skywalker	Star Wars Marvel Comics
85) Dash Rendar sightings? - Did he or didn't he die?	Shadows of the Empire and Shadows of the Empire: Evolution
86) Enter Cad Bane - One of the best new characters from The Clone Wars cartoon that I hope we see more of.	The Clone Wars Season 1
87) Embo, Sugi, and the Star Wars Seven Samurai - Another Seven Samurai tale... this time played out on screen instead of in a comic.  AND Embo! --- like the Snake Eyes of the Star Wars universe.	The Clone Wars Season 2
88) Hondo Ohnaka's Weequay pirates - Hondo was another of the fantastic additions to Star Wars from The Clone Wars.  Loved his pirate gang.	The Clone Wars Season 1
89) A Life Debt to remember (Han meets Chewie) - The story of how Han met Chewie is layered when you read the WHOLE Han Solo Trilogy.	The Han Solo Trilogy: The Hutt Gambit
90) What happened right before the first movie took place? - Everyone loves a lead in story, right?  Why was Han at the Cantina?	The Han Solo Trilogy: Rebel Dawn
91) Zayne Carrick escapes the Jedi Covenant and Padawan Massacre - From the very beginning, this comic series grabbed you.	Knights of the Old Republic
92) Vector - The ambitious crossover event that spanned the millenia	Dark Times, Rebellion, KOTOR, Legacy
93) What happened after Vader got blasted by Han in Episode IV? - We knew he didn't die since he was back in Empire...	Star Wars: Empire comics
94) Kyp Durron and the Sun Crusher - Kyp possessed by Exar Kun pulls the Sun Crusher weapon off of the surface of a Gas Giant planet... Sounds impressive right?	The Jedi Academy Trilogy
95) Han and Chewie escape the Spice Mines of Kessel - The Kessel run and the Spice Mines of Kessel should ring a bell... both were spoken in the original trilogy.	The Jedi Academy Trilogy
96) Sith Lineage of Naga Sadow, Freedon Nadd, and Exar Kun - Kun again... the Tales of the Jedi gave a great backstory to the Sith.	Tales of the Jedi
97) Alema Rar is taken apart piece by piece - Shoulder, Lekku, foot... this all takes place in different novels and she just keeps coming.	Dark Nest I: The Joiner King - Legacy of the Force: Fury
98) Mara Jade - The Emperor's Hand - If you are ranking characters, she'd beat out most of the main characters for popularity and a lot of that is due to her time as a 'bad girl'	Heir to the Empire
99) Noghri Bodyguards for Lady Vader - The Noghri became a part of the family and when they were gone it was felt. And they called Leia Lady Vader... sweet.	Heir to the Empire
100) Han and Leia get hitched - So this was not a shock... but it wasn't easy to get these two together.	The Courtship of Princess Leia

100 things to think about for the new Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (Ep.VII-IX)

I'm going to name the Sequel Trilogy right now: 
Star Wars Ep. VII:  The Burden of Peace Episode 7
Star Wars Ep. VIII: Awakening Monsters of Myth Episode 8
Star Wars Ep. IX: Echoes of the Force Episode 9
What do you think?

Anyway... here are 50 Do's and 50 Don'ts for the new trilogy.
They match up to a degree with what I would like to see and what I think they should do.  This is not necessarily what is best for the masses or what is best for the saga in general.  I can't wait for the Star Wars madness to start again!!!!

1) DON'T MESS UP CONTINUITY!!!  I can't stress this one enough. It would be numbers 1 through 100 on my list if I knew that it would make a difference.  Tweaks and retcons to the Star Wars universe are okay... but there are some major things that must not be overwritten.  Han and Leia have 3 kids, one dies, one goes dark. Luke marries Mara and they have Ben.  All three main characters live well into the future after ROTJ.  Mess up some of this stuff and you throw out a lot of hard work by many credible authors, and whether you like the EU or not, I can't imagine WHY you would start completely over when you have a whole universe of possibilities to work from.
2) DO look to the EU for inspiration.  Anyone that has read much of the EU can pull something they really like out of one of the books, comics, or television shows.  Maybe it was a simple plot line, or a villain, or a sequence that really blew you away, but there is a lot of stuff out there.  (are you an Assaj Ventress fan?  Quinlan Vos? Did you watch "Landing at Point Rain"? Do you want to see more Sith?  Ask me and I'll tell you what you should read or see if you have a specific interest.)
3) DO be careful with the use of EU characters.  Yeah, I know... I said look at the EU for INSPIRATION.  That doesn't mean that every character that was ever created needs to be in the new movies.  Would I pull a few in?  Certainly.  BUT, you gotta be careful not to pull too many fanboy wishes into this.  Am I a fanboy?  I enjoy the saga no matter what... so I consider myself to be a fan (period).
4) DON'T just copy an EU character.  Quinlan Vos is the Wolverine of the Star Wars universe.  That is fine...but we don't need Jimlan Gos the *New new Wolverine of the Star Wars universe.  Be more creative than that. (a little more on EU characters later).
5) DO start the new movies in 45 ABY.  That is not just a random (fake, I realize) date.  99% of Star Wars material that has been written is written before this date.  The last major book series ends here.  Comics start again nearly 100 years later.  The core characters are still alive and it is a completely unknown future.  Show what happened directly after the second Death Star blew up in a pseudo documentary style (if you wish) at the beginning of the new sequels, but this would be my starting point for new movies.  ALSO:  Luke (Hamill), Leia (Fisher), and Han (Ford) would all be EXACTLY the right age right now to play roles at this time period.  Just sayin...
6) DON'T try to pass off Hamill, Fisher, and Ford as younger versions of themselves (like they did with TRON).  It worked to a degree with TRON because it was a computerized world to begin with.  Just don't try it here... no... just no.
7) DO go easy on the CG.  I know that Star Wars has always been about pushing the cinematic technology to new heights, but I say let someone else push for a bit.  There is some magic that is lost when everything is done with a computer.  I loved that Yoda was a puppet, guys were wearing masks, and matte paintings filled in the background.  I know we shouldn't go backwards totally, (and I love the CG Yoda now) but bring back some magic.  Can we still be awed by something on the screen?
8) DON'T pull another Jar Jar.  Ok, Jar Jar was a miracle of technology.  Subtlety is bliss.  (more on this later in the program also)
9) DO work on the dialogue.  Star Wars is an action movie, but if current shows (*Cough* Walking Dead *Cough*) can tell us anything... it is that characters and well written dialogue run the show.  Lucas is great with imagination, but poor in conversation.  I'm not going to go into particular lines that make me cringe, but I will say that there are MANY of them and while it didn't ruin the movies entirely, it was difficult to overlook at times.  Mainly a prequel problem.
10) DON'T get cliche'.  There are a lot of words out there.  We don't need to hear the same lines from the previous movies so the dullards out there can go, "Did ya hear that?  Luke said 'I'm here to rescue you' " *wets pants. 
11) DO use the "I have a bad feeling about this" line.  This line is as iconic as the story itself.  Don't overuse it, but this is one exception to the rule in #10.
12) DON'T go too crazy with trying to make the story parallel with the others.  We don't have to have another redemption story.  We don't need another naive farmboy.  Tell a unique story.
13) DO use dialogue to ignite other stories.  Remember when Obi Wan said he had fought alongside Luke's father in the Clone Wars?  Remember how your imagination went nuts thinking about what that was?  I remember, and I think it's amazing that they've gone back and filled in some details of the Clone Wars.  This is a sequel, so there isn't any expanding on something said in the future, but there is some room for this kind of magic.  Make a reference to another event that we haven't seen or read yet.
14) DON'T use dialogue to tell people plot points because you assume we are stupid.  Too many movies explain the whole thing with dialogue that is really meant to be inferred or debated.  Too vague and you get Matrix-level confusion... too concrete and you get boredom.  Explaining away the force with Midichlorians ring a bell? 
15) DO bring back the mystery of the force. It surrounds us, penetrates us...binds us together.  Luminous beings are we.  That puppet said some crazy stuff that gave a real mystery and cool factor to the force.  Bring it back.
16) DON'T explain everything away.  I like not knowing what species Yoda is.  I like not knowing why they would have repulsors and yet still create giant walking hulks.  I like wondering why you would have a robot with wheels pulling a repulsor-lift cart, or where Vader's suit came from. (Well, I know the last one now, but I liked speculating)
17) DO get relative unknowns to play major characters.  If I see Nicolas Cage, Channing Tatum or Robert Pattinson show up attached to these movie I may have to be induced into a coma to stop the rage vomitting that will commence.  These are just examples... I don't hate them personally or even as actors (well except Cage).
18) DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT including a flavor of the month celebrity for these movies.  Or any movies really ... even for cameos... I'm serious.  Justin Bieber is probably a nice person.  Mariah Carey, Snookie, and the 'Duck Dynasty' guys are also nice; I imagine.  They are not actors.  Google it... it's true.  I'm watching you this time N'Sync...
19) DO use the Millenium Falcon again.  I shouldn't even have to say that.  If the Millenium Falcon isn't in this next movie, I will eat my keyboard.
20) DON'T blow up the Millenium Falcon.  I couldn't believe it when I heard they'd killed off Chewbacca.  I refused to read the book for quite a while... seriously.  I've heard rumblings about killing off major characters.  The Falcon is a major character.  That said...
21) DON'T KILL MAJOR CHARACTERS.  Luke, Leia, and Han need to live long lives and fly off into the sunset.  The only exception to that is if they decide Luke has to become a force ghost to guide the new cast like Obi Wan did for him.  THEN it should only happen 4 trilogies from now.  It's hard to let them go.  I don't care what Harrison Ford wants... Han will always beat the odds.
22) DO create some tension with cliffhangers where we don't know what is going to happen.  I want to think that they are in peril.  I don't think I can handle watching them get blown up or something horrible.  If they have to die, it had better be in saving the lives of everyone else by  having a moon land on them or something.
23) DO use the force ghosts.  Yoda, Obi Wan, Qui Gon... someone should show up as a force ghost.
24) DON'T go crazy with having everyone showing up in ghostly form.  We don't need a chorus of ghosts making our heroes seem like crazies talking to the voices in their heads all day.  Imagine having all of your teachers voices jumping in and out to tell you what to do... {shiver}.
25) DON'T rely on the main characters for much.  In my opinion, cameos for Luke, Leia and Han would be best.  Let them do something cool and then go off into the sunset.  Let the new crop take the movies where they are going to go.
26) DO make these movies (at least the first one) a nostalgic trip down Star Wars lane.  I'd love to see a movie that had the fun that the original Star Wars had.  It was truly lightning in a bottle.  Not sure that is possible, but it would be amazing to get that feeling back.
27) DO make a credible villain that stays around for awhile.  I'm talking more Vader and less Maul, Dooku, Grievous, or Fett, which to me means the villain is in all three movies and not in 20 minutes of one. 
28) DON'T kill off the cool bad guys.  Again... Maul, Dooku, Grievous, Fett are all pretty good bad guys, but they didn't get to expand their character much.  Jabba was awesome - dead.  Put them in the Arkham Asylum or something.
29) DO be careful with the Jedi Powers.  Jumping, running, choking, telepathy, lightning... all good powers.  However, there needs to be a limit to their power to make them relatable and believable.
30) DON'T use the jedi stuff just to meet a plot point.  In the OT, there were no jedi so Luke, Ben, and Yoda were showing us everything we would know about the jedi powers.  Now, we know what jedi can do, so be aware that this power shouldn't be as arbitrary as it seemed in the PT.  Example: Anakin can jump 100 yards onto the head of a droid, but can't jump over Obi Wan to the high ground?  Example 2: Qui Gon and Obi Wan super run to get away from Droidekas, but Obi Wan can't run fast enough to get through the Naboo Theed Generator complex to get to his master's side?
31) DO be mindful of the fact that Star Wars can have a future.  In essence... don't blow EVERYTHING up.
32) DON'T forget that a lot of stuff has been written up and down the timeline.  Cade Skywalker needs to be born (albeit much later).  Luke appears to him as a force ghost at some point.  So it's not unprecedented that Luke becomes one with the force... eventually.
33) DO have a cantina scene.  Just do it.  I can't imagine why not... it's iconic and awesome. Do what must be done!
34) DON'T be lazy and just copy the original.  While I would probably love it, it just seems like there is more that can be done without repeating the same thing over and over.  The "Hangover" movies can apparently get away with it, but not every movie can.
35) DO involve the Hutts somehow.  The Clone Wars cartoon showed us a Hutt council... and while it was cartoony, it was a pretty cool idea.  Hutts are still pretty mysterious and gross and would be fun to see again.  Is Rotta (Jabba's son) still alive out there somewhere?
36) DON'T underextimate the power of the metal bikini.  At the time that was shocking and managed to kickstart puberty for a generation.  Find another way to excite without copying.
37) DO go for a PG-13 series.  I don't want my Star Wars to be Sopranos or Dark Knight dark, but I also don't want it to be Dora the Explorer.  They've got to find a way to appease a very large and diverse crowd... I don't envy them for that.
38) DON'T go too G on me.  Disney... I'm talking to you.  Do some Star Wars cartoons if you want kids stuff.  You have your own channels on TV for that.
39) DO be sure to use C-3PO and R2-D2.  Again, I feel like I shouldn't have to say it.  These guys ARE Star Wars.  C-3PO has the first ever line in the movies (by release), and the last line (basically). Don't know how they'll pull it off, but they need to be fully involved.
40) DON'T destroy or try to replace these two.  R2 and 3PO have been blasted and come back before, but this would be like pink slipping or shanking Mickey Mouse.
41) DO cut an arm off, or two. We've seen it aplenty in Star Wars.  I want to cheer when I see the next arm go flying.  One of life's guilty pleasures I guess.
42) DON'T forget that prosthetics are pretty good these days... look at Luke's hand.  Let the good guy get chopped... we can rebuild him/her.  We have the technology.
43) DO show me some new bounty hunters.  Cantina, bounty hunter, etc... that's pretty much the top of the cool list in my book.  I loved the books that expanded the bounty hunters personalities.  I want more bounty hunters to wonder about.
44) DON'T forget about some of the EU bounty hunters.  Aurra Sing, Assaj Ventress, Skorr, D'Harhan, C-21 Highsinger (look him up and then watch the video of him and then tell me that droid model doesn't need a role in the new movie).  Are any of these still around?  Did anyone else get the D'Harhan treatment? (look him up also... you won't be disappointed)
45) DO have John Williams start right now with creating some music.  John Williams score is the one thing the Lucas himself said that he was completely satisfied with in the original.  Have him create some themes to go along with what we already have heard. 
46) DON'T try to get someone to copy John Williams or try to do something "new or current".  Get him to do it.  The Clone Wars music is fine for the cartoon, but they had better score this thing like the others. New and current is a terrible idea... not always... but quite often.
47) DO have someone turn to the dark side.  At the very least have someone flirting with it.  Anakin's turn was paced wrong or something.  Maybe it's because we knew it was coming... but somehow didn't have that final punch to say... OK, THAT would do it.
48) DON'T cheapen the dark side by having all sorts of dark jedi and such.  Dark jedi are a fun side project, but sith are not just dark jedi... maybe it's the level of commitment that makes the difference.  Then again, maybe having a rainbow of jedi might be fun?  Light, dark, tan, eggshell... not exactly skittles colors.  Yeah, maybe not.
49) DO have some comedy.  Comedy always adds to an adventure, but it has to make sense and weigh out among all that is going on. 
50) DON'T make the comedy obvious.  SUBTLE - a look, a turn of phrase, a humorous quip.  Poop and fart jokes and getting kicked in the junk are funny for about five seconds (if you are twelve).  All three of these "comedic" elements happen to Jar Jar... hence, people hate him.  I'll take my Star Wars without poop and groin shots please.  And make C-3PO prissy and emotional again and not spit out one-liners like, "This is such a drag"... bah.
51) DO keep the political intrigue to a minimum.  I imagine there will be some Imperial entanglements or some government trifling, but we don't need long periods of diplomacy onscreen. We know that the Imperials are the bad guys from the beginning of the OT.  No one had to tell us or point it out.
52) DON'T show everything taking place.  I can get the idea that a law has been created without sitting through the debate and signing process.  Sometimes it is what is NOT shown that makes the experience exciting.  Then you can imagine and speculate.  Or blog about it :)
53) DO use some recognizable space ships.  Star destroyers, tie fighters and X-wings may not be the ship of choice anymore, but the newest model should have shades of the old.  Show me an R-wing fighter if you want, but make it recognizable.
54) DON'T miss out on the chance to create some new hotness.  Merchandising will make sure there are new toy ships to sell, so I don't think we will have to worry about this.
55) DO use some recognizable locations.  Tatooine is in 5 of the 6 movies. Going back to one of the previous locations might be very interesting.  What does Utapau look like now? In the EU, Yavin was levelled... Coruscant was "Vong-formed".  I imagine we'll see Coruscant, but other places might be fun to revisit.
56) DON'T ignore locations that exist in EU.  Sure you can create new locations.  There's now a fire planet, an ice planet, a crystal planet, a city planet, etc.  BUT... places like Ossus, Bast Castle on Vjun, Jabiim, Corellia, Malastare, and Dathomir exist.  Tell me you don't want to see Han's home planet.
57) DO tell us something we didn't know about the characters we do know.  Qui Gon had a son?  Mace Windu Survived?  Obi Wan had a cousin?  Palpatine had already planned beyond Darth Vader?  Not saying all of these things are or should be true, but I think it would be fun to find out something like this.
58) DON'T make it a habit of giving every character a relative.  We don't need Lando's little brother and Han's long lost half-sister and Kit Fisto's half Twi'lek/half Nautolan grandson roaming around. 
59) DON'T go for crummy plot devices.  Time travel, clones, stasis, mistaken identity, "it was all a dream"... some of these plot points have been used to good effect in some instances, but I think you need to avoid them for the most part.  We don't need old Luke getting a visit from a time travelling Padme or some dumb crap like that.
60) DO find a way for a new cast to give us traces of the old cast.  I'm talking about like how Ewan McGregor channeled Alec Guinness for that role (remarkable I think).  Or how Brandon Routh looked soooo much like Christopher Reeves. (unfortunately the Superman movie was rough... but the resemblance was uncanny).
61) DO show me a Bothan onscreen.  OK... this one is a personal preference, but the reference to Bothans in the OT and their use in comics is not enough.  I want a Bothan in my movie.
62) DON'T forget that there are tons of species out there.  We don't need 400 humans and 20 random aliens.  I think that was lacking in the background of the Geonosis scene.  It was just a little lazy to have so many human extras.
63) DO give me another Wookiee to love.  Ep. III... thank you for giving us Kashyyyk and a some Wookiee love.  I wish they had more to do in the movie, but it was cool to see them.  I want more.
64) DON'T just throw random characters in and give them nothing to do.  It makes me crazy when a cool design gets wasted.  I kinda feel that way with Darth Maul, but they brought him back... however hokey that may or may not have been.  Same with Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar, and Seasee Tiin's fight with Sidious.  REALLY?  4 seconds for you three Jedi Masters!?
65) DO have Luke quote Yoda.  This is another exception to #10.  Doesn't have to be a lot, but I think Luke should be in the Yoda role in this next movie.  He's Yoda and Obi Wan.  Yoda has some of the best quotes of all time.
66) DON'T try too hard.  You can't force a story.  Anakin and Padme's love... Young Anakin's prowess with a starship...
67) DO have a love story.  I choke on this one a little because I really felt one of the biggest "misses" in the PT was the love story.  It wasn't believable.  Han Solo portrayed a more believable connection in 2 lines than 3 entire movies did for these two. "Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her"; "You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life."
68) DON'T show us everything.  Leave something to the imagination with the love story.  We had a feeling that there was some stuff going on with Han and Leia in ESB even though we didn't see it.  I'm going to use my word again... subtlety.
69) DO use Ben Skywalker and Jaina Solo.  And probably Allana Solo as well, but she could be left out for something in the future.  These characters could be the new core.  I would use them instead of trying to come up with something that may or may not work (or God forbid erase the continuity of them and start over... PLEASE don't do that)
70) DON'T throw a character in that doesn't belong.  Ahsoka fits... barely, but she is acceptable I think.  Starkiller (from the video game)... ok... I have some reservations, but ok. It's very difficult to squeeze something in that doesn't fit, so be careful.  "Jump the Shark" is a reference that comes to mind.
71) DON'T go crazy with origin stories.  We have an origin... we don't need to be told how all the characters came to be.  Superhero stories are notorious for trying so hard to establish an origin, but why not just suspend belief in a story that is not real anyway.
72) DO expand on the new movies with more novels.  I'm sure this is a no-brainer, but we can learn more if we want to be *gasp* reading.
73) DO at least show me a Yuuzhan Vong. I want to see one onscreen.
74) DON'T go into detail about all the Vong bio-technology. It was an interesting part of the New Jedi Order books. That is all.
75) DO give us more monsters. Another Rancor? Sure. Wampa? Maybe. Some other nightmare creature? Yes please.
76) DON'T go too "out there". I mean, we don't need another Harryhausen monster battle royal. Don't get me wrong... I liked the monsters on Geonosis, I just want new and different things.
77) DO dive into the underworld a bit. Nar Shaddaa and Nal Hutta are cool locations. Coruscant has lots of hiding places. Already mentioned Hutts and bounty hunters, but not just in our world... let's look into theirs.
78) DON'T forget about some of the EU bad guy organizations. Nightsisters... Mandalorians...Black Sun... etc. Fun easter egg kinda stuff at least!
79) DO use Saba Sebatyne. The time period I would choose would require that she be in it somewhere. She's like the #2, sometime #1 jedi in this universe. I realize that she is not as well known as some of the jedi that you could use... I'd like to see Kyle Katarn, Kam Solusar, Corran Horn, Kyp Durron... but all of them are white guys... not a racial thing... it's a big lizard jedi thing.
80) DON'T CG her either. I've seen some incredible makeup from amateurs on TV...
81) DON'T use little kids. Young Anakin only succeeded in diminishing one of the greatest villains of all time. No offense to Jake Lloyd, I don't think too many youngsters would look cool with some of the things he was expected to say. 
82) DO have some jedi academy action. It would be fun to see a jedi academy in action.
83) DO find a way to get Vader into the action. While in the iconic black suit we see Vader chatting with Tarkin and the boys, stalking hallways, turning knobs in his starship, bowing to the Emperor, choking a couple guys, and what 2 1/2 lighsaber fights? {the fight with Obi Wan in Ep IV is the 1/2}. Maybe an evil Vader disciple borrows the mask. Maybe a droid in the suit... I don't know.
84) DON'T try to get us to believe that Luke goes bad or something. No... just no. NooooOOOoooo...
85) DO have a rogue Imperial, or something, to get the Empire back in play. Rogues are unpredictable. Maybe he is the good guy? Hmmmm....
86) DON'T make the Empire all white guys. Make the Empire more diverse. I want to see a Mon Cal or Bothan (see above) in Imperial dress. Nice.
87) DO think about the possibilities of Korto Vos. Kiffar can read the past from objects. Quinlan had a son. Just a thought.
88) DON'T forget that Lando also had a son and a lucrative business: Tendrando Arms.  This kinda breaks one of my other points, but Lando is pretty cool, so he may be an exception.  Not sure if Billy Dee is up to it.  (Actually not sure Hamill or Fisher are up to it either... LOVE them, but they don't exactly seem like they are ready for a closeup if you know what I mean)  Age is a part of life.
89) DO Stormtroopers. We need some sort of stormtrooper, if for no other reason than to shoot at them.
90) DON'T do Clones.  We had our Clone Wars, give me rakghouls or some warrior species if you can't give me Stormtroopers.
91) DO have some massive fight scenes.  Space battles are a huge part of Star Wars.  More "wars" in the "stars" for me is perfect.
92) DON'T forget lightsaber battles. More lightsabers = more awesome.
93) DON'T make the technology too different.  The PT seemed to have better technology than the OT, which is concerning, but understandable. We are talking about Republic money vs. Rebel money.  Holos, shields, hyperdrive... those are all pretty standard I think.
94) DO come up with some new technology that we haven't seen before.  I mean for the movie characters, not Lucasfilm.  We've seen all kinds of stuff in movies nowadays... not sure what the new thing is going to be, but I'm sure Star Wars can find it if anyone can.
95) DO release the OT in 3D on movie screens.  I had fun watching Ep.I on the big screen again and it would be fun to see the OT eventually... maybe in between releases? maybe after?
96) DON'T make me wait forever to get the 9 part trilogy with all the cut scenes, bloopers, documentaries, etc.  I want it now, but I'll wait until the next three are done.
97) DO keep Lawrence Kasdan in the loop as long as possible. He wrote ESB, which is widely acclaimed as the best Star Wars movie.
98) DON'T ignore Leland Chee, Keeper of the Holocron.  He has all the knowledge.  ALL of it. He is the Holocron Keeper. Ask him if you don't know. There are others you could ask like Pablo Hidalgo or me :)
99) DON'T stop making those Disney - Star Wars mashup figures.  They are really neat and while I'm at it, I'm going to request more build-a-droids and a new Mickey Mouse Star Wars Movie! When was the last Mickey Mouse movie?
100) DO a Star Wars Theme Park.  If you read to this point you deserve your own theme park.  Harry Potter world would look like the Small World ride if they did the park that I have in my head.  Pod race roller coaster, Battle Droid Shootout, Trench Run roller coaster, Giant AT-ATs, Imperial Parade... DISNEY.... DO THIS.... DO IT NOW!!!

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