Rey’s New Star Wars Movie Must Break George Lucas’ Prequels Rule To Avoid Just Being Episode 10

Summary

• Rey’s upcoming movie should break the tradition of rhyming with the Skywalker Saga to differentiate itself and ensure a sense of finality for the original nine films.
• By abandoning the rhyme scheme and storytelling repetitions, Rey’s Jedi Order film can establish its own unique style, tone, and atmosphere.
• Dropping Lucas’ rhyming scheme is actually a way to honor his legacy, as it allows the original three trilogies to stand on their own while new continuations of the franchise can explore new paths in the galaxy Lucas created.

Rey’s New Jedi Order Star Wars movie will inevitably be dubbed Star Wars: Episode X, though it could move away from a George Lucas franchise rule to differentiate itself from the Skywalker Saga. Daisy Ridley’s return to the franchise as Rey Skywalker was announced as part of Lucasfilm’s slate of upcoming Star Wars movies. Ridley’s film was confirmed to take place 15 years after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, centering on Rey’s rebuilding of the Jedi Order. When watching the movie in connection with solely the Skywalker Saga, Rey’s project will be the 10th Star Wars movie in order.

This will naturally lead to Rey’s story being dubbed Star Wars: Episode X, though this is something Lucasfilm should try its best to avoid. The benefits of differentiating Rey’s upcoming movie from the Skywalker Saga will be twofold; not only would it allow the nine mainline films to maintain their sense of finality, but also provide Rey’s story with the ability to take the franchise into the future. To solidify this separation, Rey’s New Jedi Order movie must break a rule from George Lucas’ 12-movie Star Wars plan.

Rey’s New Jedi Order Movie Needs To Finally Drop George Lucas’ Star Wars Rhyme Scheme

Rey’s Jedi Order movie has the opportunity to drastically set itself apart.

The rule Rey’s movie needs to break to differentiate itself from the Skywalker Saga is the concept that Star Wars should rhyme. Since the prequel era, it has long been held as gospel that Star Wars‘ various projects should rhyme with one another. This idea came from Lucas himself, who was heard saying that Star Wars’ prequel and original trilogies are like poetry in that they rhyme with one another. This was Lucas’ way of saying that symmetry is important in Star Wars, be it from the similar character arcs or interchangeable plot elements of the franchise.

The Skywalker Saga will then be its own story in more ways than plot, with the filmmaking techniques and storytelling repetitions used throughout being limited to those nine movies.

In removing the rhyming, conscious mirroring, and obvious inspiration found in the Skywalker Saga, Rey’s Jedi Order film can become something new entirely. The Skywalker Saga will then be its own story in more ways than plot, with the filmmaking techniques and storytelling repetitions used throughout being limited to those nine movies. In separating itself from these storytelling methods, Rey’s New Jedi Order movie and every other upcoming Star Wars film after it can stand on their own with their singularly unique styles, tones, and atmospheres, rather than be yet more endless continuations – and derivative mirrors – of what Lucas created.

Abandoning Lucas’ Rhyme Is The Best Way To Honor Him

Allowing Lucas’ nine-episode story to stand on its own will honor the filmmaker’s legacy.

While many would likely position Rey’s Jedi Order movie dropping Lucas’ rhyming scheme as a dishonor to his legacy, it would actually be the opposite. If all other Star Wars movies employed a more unique, original storytelling style than the Skywalker Saga, it would ensure that the three trilogies stand completely on their own. The characters, plot points, and themes of Lucas’ original vision would stand completely separate from everything else in Star Wars, preserving the Skywalker Saga’s iconicity for decades to come amid new continuations of the galaxy Lucas created.

Star Wars Can Introduce A Whole New Rhyme Scheme

Rey’s Jedi Order movie can rhyme with other movies that are also separate from the Skywalker Saga.

Rey’s Jedi Order movie standing on its own two feet, away from Lucas’ Skywalker Saga, is undoubtedly the right decision. However, this is not to say that the film cannot hold rhyming symmetry with any other Star Wars movie at all. Upon the announcement of Rey’s film, it was also confirmed that James Mangold would direct Star Wars’ “Dawn of the Jedi” movie as an upcoming story. This tale was confirmed to take place 25,000 years before Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and will explore the first Jedi Order of the galaxy.

What Mangold explores concerning the Prime Jedi could tie intrinsically to how Rey rebuilds the Jedi…

With Rey’s movie exploring the future of the Jedi Order and Mangold’s movie doing the same for the past, the two could form a rhyming connection that separates them both from the Skywalker Saga while keeping a Star Wars tradition intact. What Mangold explores concerning the Prime Jedi could tie intrinsically to how Rey rebuilds the Jedi after the sequel trilogy. From similar traditions, teaching techniques, weapons, outfits, or temples, Rey’s new Star Wars movie could rhyme with another that is removed from George Lucas’ legacy.