If you could take over an entertainment company or an IP and do something petty/out of spite like they have done (for example, 2016 Ghostbusters which was a middle finger to real fans or Disney throwing out the EU only to bastardize it). What is 1 to 3 things you would do just to return the pettiness or for revenge?
I would do the following:
Make the Rey "Skywalker" movie and have Rey give up on everything and become a grumpy hermit just to see the critics/shills twist themselves into knots explaining why that was brilliant for Luke but sexist for Rey.
Hire someone to actually adapt Wheel of Time and cast people who look like they are described in the book so I could sit back and laugh at the wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Take over a company that makes romance novels or romance movies and have all the male love interests be balding, overweight, middle aged men who are unemployed. When there is backlash I'll just lecture the women about body positivity and unrealistic expectations.
Buy the Star Wars IP for tree-fiddy and a Subway coupon, and then release Episode VII. Beginning scene is scenes from the Disney attempt at a sequel, and then you cut to Luke waking up in a cold sweat next to an older redhead. The rest of the sequel would be the Thrawn trilogy, with Thrawn being accurate to the books. Off years would feature installations of the X-Wing series of movies and Heir to the Empire.
That would be one of those lopsided movies. The fans would love it and critics would hate it. My kind of movie.
You want to know what is the fun part? For all of them pushing this sort of stuff, my fiancé just recently discovered Thrawn through second-hand Ahsoka stuff. She like him enough to look up more stuff, and then discovered the Original Thrawn. And now that has become her autistic obsession because she likes the OG more than Disney Thrawn.
This is probably why they try to pretend all of that stuff doesnt exist.
Awesome! Think she will read the other EU stuff? I know people who picked up the LOTR books due to annoyance with Ring of Power as well as Wheel of Time. I bought the Witcher books due to Netflix butchering it
Possibly. I know that she is on Thrawns Origin comic right now, and she seemed interested in some of the other EU characters I talked about like Mara Jade (as well as the Vong as an enemy).
If I had absolute dictatorial powers with no one able to gainsay my will on threat of being flayed alive, and I was tasked with going full scorched earth on the clusterfuck that is the Disney Triology, I'd have two options;
One, do the Thrawn trilogy, only with the main characters being the OG Trilogy's proteges. The MC would be one of Luke Skywalker's hand-picked student, you'd have a scrappy young smuggler taking on the Han roll, and the older, more seasoned diplomat taking over Leia's typical roll. The bold, brash new generation taking the risks while all the OGs get the heavy lifting done.
Thrawn would still be Thrawn, though.
I'd also do a blatant Mara Jade expy for the Jedi MC to fight against(and pair up with), only to have an explicit scene in the final movie showing both Luke and Mara as a couple. Just to mess with the fans.
Second option, do the Legacy comic series with Cade as the main character, keeping his actual lineage as a big fucking deal and a late second movie reveal. Legacy has some low moments, but I love how they went all balls to wall with the various crazy potentials the Star Wars universe has, from the Sith to the Imperial Remnants and all that good stuff.
The hardest part about doing Legacy would be finding someone to play Cade, though. That, and all the blatant sex appeal I could squeeze in, given some of the characters. I'm not much for the Twi'leks, but I'll take a couple of Zeltron, thank you and yes please.
You know what? Fuck it. I'd do both.
I only have a few of the Cade comics but I like what I’ve read.