10 Star Wars Anthology Movies That Need To Happen

Through the Force, things you will see.

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The Internet is currently lighting up in excitement for The Last Jedi, and then we've got Lord and Miller’s upcoming Han Solo spin-off, and fans are speculating wildly about what form Disney’s next anthology movie will take, and now Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has just said that she hopes it will be announced this summer.

Scheduled for release in 2020, there are plenty of theories circulating about the nature of the movie, with most people hoping for specific prequel stories, genre homages, or standalone character spin-offs.

But the Star Wars universe is such a vast and complex fictional entity, and with a financial juggernaut like Disney calling the shots, there are even more interesting and experimental directions you could take the series, particularly when given the license and creative freedom to go somewhat ‘off book’.

That’s exactly what these anthology movies can do, if harnessed properly, and if Disney’s first run of three proves to be both critically and commercially successful, there’s endless potential to explore the more weird and wonderful sides of Star Wars canon in future instalments.

10. Darth Bane: A Star Wars Story

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If you’re not familiar with Darth Bane, then perhaps you ought to be. Not only is he a very important character, at least in terms of shaping the Star Wars universe we’ve come to see on our cinema screens, but he’s also a total badass.

The Star of a trilogy of novels penned by Mass Effect and Knights of the Old Republic writer Drew Karpyshyn, Bane joined the Sith Order about 1000 years before the Star Wars movies took place. A hard worker and dangerous combatant, Bane came to disagree with how the Order was structured.

When he found out that powerful Sith masters were being murdered in their sleep or outnumbered by their apprentices, he soon realised that the Order was becoming weaker, while the Jedi retained their power through shared knowledge.

To cut a long story short, Bane introduced ‘The Rule of Two’, the system mentioned in The Phantom Menace, whereby the Sith must only operate as an order of two individuals, a Master and an Apprentice.

There’s more than enough to chew on here for a feature film, or at least for a movie that co-opts or references Bane’s accomplishments. He’s made an appearance in The Clone Wars TV series (voiced by Mark Hamill, no less), so there’d be no need to reintroduce him into the canon.

Centring a movie around Bane and his exploits would also present a chance to explore alternate representations and philosophies of The Force; one of the best parts about Karpyshyn’s books is how credibly they make evil characters seem completely likeable.

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