What to do with the Sequel Trilogy?

(NOTE: I am probably going to misuse a few business words like “revenue” and such because I’m not much of a business person, I am just making observations based off what I know. But I think you will still be able to tell what I mean even if I DO make wording errors.)

Recently (and really ever since TROS) I’ve noticed a lot of people have been begging Lucasfilm to retcon the Sequel Trilogy. I’ve been kind of on the edge about whether or not I am in favor of this. Let me explain. 

I don’t like the Sequel Trilogy. I don’t. I mean, I don’t hate it, I just have no love for it. (Except for TFA was pretty good ngl) So I would be okay with them retconning it, except for one thing. The practicality of it. There is just SO MUCH literature, comics, fan content, etc. that it would be kind of impractical to just say it is no longer canon. You’re probably thinking “Well, that’s what they did with all of the old EU, why can’t they just do that with this?” I would agree with that point as well, except for ANOTHER one thing. The fact that they are movies. 

The ST is three movies. Three movies with large production costs. The production cost of TFA was $306 million. TLJ was $262 million. TROS was $275 million. Sure, they made large profits off of these, but they still spent a lot of money (not to mention time) working on them. But it is also partially the profit they made on them that is why it wouldn’t be smart to retcon them. They are still making profit off of them, even if it isn’t nearly as much as they were at the start. But if they were to just retcon them, the incoming revenue on them would drop significantly, if not completely. Who wants to watch something that is so ill received that isn’t even considered canon anymore? But there’s STILL more… 

The NEXT thing on our list is some people like it. Yes, hard to believe, I know, but there are still a LOT of people out there who actually like the ST. Even TROS believe it or not. So think about the backlash Lucasfilm would get from those people who actually LIKE the ST. It wouldn’t be great for their revenue either. There’s still one more reason against them retconning the ST that I would like to discuss. 

They are movies. I know, I said that before. But this time it’s not because of the BUSINESS side of things, it’s because of the VIEWERSHIP side of things. The movies are the thing that most people view. Most people don’t read any of the books, or comics, or even give a damn about the lore. They just watch the movies. A lot of them (maybe even most, IDK) don’t even watch the shows. So if they were just to retcon a movie, they wouldn’t necessarily understand and would likely complain about this, even if they didn’t particularly like the ST. (Of course they also might not even know they are no longer canon because of not being invested in SW much) 

That’s all of the reasons I can think of AGAINST them retconning/decanonizing the ST. BUt in my eyes, it’s enough to prevent them from doing it. BUT… What if there was still a way to retcon it without causing all of these problems? Well, there may be. 

Let’s now discuss how to retcon the Sequel Trilogy without actually retconning it. 

That sounds weird, I know. But hear me out. There is a way… And this all goes back to the Star Wars multiverse theory. If you are unfamiliar with this theory, I’ll give a brief (and not too great probably) summary of it. 

So it all goes mostly off of the episode of Rebels with the world between the worlds. This episode is called, unsurprisingly, A World between Worlds. In this, the idea of a world where there are several different entrances to several different times, and places, exists. And this got many fans theorizing about there being a Star Wars multiverse, which Ahsoka may have unlocked. And THAT, is where I am coming from. (If you want more information on that theory, I believe this link is a video I watched about it which explains it very well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPR9mMgaFvk) They would need to merely prove the theory of the Star Wars multiverse (which many fans are in favor of BTW), and they could easily solve the problem with the ST. Just say it is in a different reality, then perhaps make a NEW ST which is in the reality we see in The Mandalorian. And they could easily make this theory canon in one of the next Star Wars shows coming, Ahsoka. 

While making the ST in an alternate reality would technically not retcon it, it would get the job done in letting SW fans ignore it. Maybe they could even make a movie about them somehow sealing off the entrance to that reality to prevent it from even ever happening… While that would technically make the ST no longer canon, it would serve as what WOULD have happened if they hadn’t sealed off that entrance… But that’s just a theory. A FILM THEORY. 

Thanks for taking the time to read all of that, and may the Force be with you. Always.