Am I the only one who actually wouldn't mind seeing Johnny Depp in a Star Wars movie, as long as he wasn't the main character? It could be kind of amusing.
As for the coming movies, I'm wondering if they'll even have Luke, Han and the others in it at all, or if they'll skip over it for Jason and Jaina, or just create new characters entirely. As much as I would love to see the the Thrawn trilogy be made into a series of movies it seems fairly unlikely, considering that Hamill, Ford and pretty much everyone else would be too old to play the parts. They could have new actors/actresses playing the characters but I don't think that would sit well with the fans (maybe it's just me but Han Solo isn't Han Solo unless he's being played by Harrison Ford
). The only way I could see a Thrawn series happening is through CGI.
The most logical thing seems to either be create new characters entirely in a story that doesn't involve the Trilogy characters (except maybe through hologram or something where the characters could be CG), use an existing story or a new story and characters that takes place long after Episode VI, or do a series of "Jedi academy" movies where the main characters aren't Luke, Han and so on, but they could make appearances as they would be older, anyway.
Actually, the latter could be kind of neat, seeing an older Luke as an instructor at his Jedi academy.
But I'm still hoping for a movie staring Dash Rendar. A guy can dream.
