Should there be a Star Wars Episode VII - IX?

No there should not be anymore SW live action movies.

You mention the Thrawn Trilogy of books. Do you know that without those 3 books the story of SW would just be one of those classic stories that people talk about as being a fond memory. There would be no SE or DVD versions of the OT, although I'm sure Lucas would have put them out on DVD eventually. There would be no prequels for everyone to whine about being so "bad". Star Wars would be dead. These books came out from 1990 - 1992. At that time if you had asked the "average Joe" on the street what they thought of SW they would have told you that it was the worst idea that Reagan ever had. These 3 books were a last ditch effort by Lucas to see if the SW fan base was still out there. The answer was an overwhelming yes ... BUT ... only if there was a good story line. These books were so loved by fans that in 1995 Lucas gave very serious thought to making them into ep 7 - 9 as they would have been the perfect continuation of the story. One call to Harrison Ford killed the idea in its tracks as he told Lucas that he wouldn't be able to reprise his role as Han Solo because he was too busy with other projects at the time. It's a little known fact but Lucas almost had to beg Ford to do ep VI because while Hamill & Fisher had signed a 3 movie contract Ford had not. Ford didn't see how the character would add to the story and thought that having him die to save his friends was the perfect end to the character. It wasn't until Lucas made Leia the "other Skywalker" and told Ford that Han & Leia would end up as a couple that Ford agreed to do ep VI. BTW, I've seen Harrison Ford lately but have you seen Carrie Fisher lately ... the "metal bikini" days are far, far, behind her. Also, Leia wasn't the "extra" or "other" hope of the galaxy ... she was the "other Skywalker". It is open to interpretation as to what that means but I don't think you are looking at it correctly in the context of the story as a whole.

Of the 6 movies only ep IV is even remotely close to being true to the original 12 part story outline that Lucas started out with. Remember the duel between Vader & Kenobi in ep IV, Vader said "When I left you I was but the learner now I am the master" to which Kenobi replied "Only a master of evil Darth". He said "Darth" as if it was his first name. Why did he do that ... because at that point in the story development it WAS his first name. We knew he was a "Sith Lord" but we had no idea what a "Sith Lord" was. We didn't know that all Sith Lords had "Darth" as their first "name". At that time Darth Vader & Anakin Skywalker were TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS ... NOT ONE. The same is true for Luke & Leia being siblings, at that time they weren't. This is also why the prequels seem to be disjointed and "different" ... they are NOT the back story that Lucas originally planned because in that back story Anakin & Kenobi were the same age, both Jedi Knights fighting together in the Clone Wars. Darth Vader was Kenobi's student who turned to the dark side and murdered Anakin Skywalker. When the two characters were combined that back story went out the window.

If you want to know what the story of SW originally was, how it was changed and the ripple effects those changes had on the story pick up a copy of the book "The Secret History Of Star Wars" by Michael Kaminski. This book proves Lucas to be a walking contradiction of himself.

Do you have to accept the EU as "fact", of course not ... HOWEVER ... since it IS the true canon of the SW story as it moves into the future and past ... well it's your decision. I've read most of them and while there are some that are horrid most are decent, some are great, and fit in with the overall story line. The games are only canon in that they are set a a "real" point in the time line, the events that happen in the games are NOT canon. The only exception is the game called "The Force Unleashed" ... it does have canon elements in it but personally I don't think much of it as an overall story. People "hate" Jar Jar because his sole purpose in the movies was to provide the same kind of comic relief that R2D2 & C3po added to the OT and in that role the character failed big time. I'm running out of room here so I'll close with this ... SW is whatever you want it to be ... it can be a 6 movie story & that's it or it can be a all encompassing epic full of great stuff ... it's up to you.

May The Force Be With You ...

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There is a series of books by Timothy Zahn called The Thrawn Trilogy. The individual books are 'Heir to the Empire', 'Dark Force Rising' and The Last Command. The events in these books take place five years after the events of episode VI (Return of the Jedi) It is the most popular and respected storyline among fans. And when asked, I bet the majority would say that it should be made into a movie.

GL missed his window to film VII-IX. The Big three's actors are too old now. The Thrawn Triology is VII-IX IMO. But why should th EU leave ROTJ alone with the happy ending. It's not realistic. The Death Star was a battle station. Coruscant was basically the seat of Galactic power. Control it and you control the Empire/Old Republic. Some of the novels do suck. They are horrible editions to the Star Wars Universe as a whole. The LotF serious in my opinion was a waste. Chewbacca's death was a waste, as was Anakin Solo's. What did you mean you can finally see SW on the big screen? How old are you? ROTS was only five years ago. Either you are five or your parents kept you from seeing it in theaters.

I just reread your post and realized you made suggestions for new actors. The fact you suggest replacing the Big Three, with DiCapprio and Fey non the less, makes me now want to stop typing because you clearly have no idea.

The story that Lucas wanted to tell in the form of live action movies is done ... end of story. I do have to say that some of your "thoughts" on this subject are way beyond out there ... just not going to happen and definitely not going to happen the way you want it to.

No.

The prequels ruined it beyond repair and proved George Lucas to be nothing more than a shrewd businessman. They are so bad that they tarnished the original trilogy. It is so hard to explain to people how bad they are because absolutely everything was wrong with those movies. It sounds stupid, but I actually lose a little respect for people who like or try to defend those movies because it's obvious they were just fooled by Lucas and all his shiny toy advertisements.

But I know I cannot convince any of you guys so I'll stop.

But I can't believe you are trying to defend that ******* cartoon rabbit. Worst thing in Star Wars ever short of the "midichlorians" or whatever crap Lucas called them.

If I was to make a sequel trilogy it'd be based around Darth Krayt's One Sith and Cade Skywalker

There was originally supposed to be twelve episodes produced, I want them all.

I just want to see a Star Wars movie that tells the entire story of the Sith ... would like to see Darth Bane