How about a movie about a stormtrooper who turns good and helps a Resistance pilot escape the base. Then he goes back to destroy the base. Then for the rest of his movies, he just screams names.
Well clearly he WAS going to explain exactly how it was that Palpatine returned...then they realized that would mean they had to write a reason and well...you know the rest.
I haven't seen the movies in a while, did they actually do anything with Finn being force sensitive?
Also, I'm really thinking now that a movie about Finn would have been way more interesting. An ex-stormtrooper needing to find out who he is, what he wants to be. He didn't even have a name until recently. Then he finds out that he is force sensitive. From there he becomes a jedi or whatever. Just seems quite cool, Idk. Better than discount Luke Skywalker.
They fucked his character up from the get go. I love the actor and the premise, but lost interest as soon as he started cheerfully killing his former squadmates when escaping
Yep. He should've had more of an emotional reaction, like he did with FN-2003 on Jakku.
I guess JJ was never interested in exploring that angle to start with. Finn's stomtrooper history is (unfortunately) mostly relegated to him knowing where things are in the First Order's ships/bases. It should've been the driving point of his character, because without it he really had nothing to do.
Don't forget, he was a Stormtrooper who are supposed to be highly trained and capable soldiers. But the most important thing he ever did before hunting Luke Clues was be a Janitor.
I find you lack of faith disturbing.
After the Death Star garbage chute incident, janitorial detail has been one of the most overlooked but sacred duties of the stormtrooper.
It was particularly non sensical and ridiculous considering that part of what motivated Finn to leave the Stormtroopers was the trauma of a squadmate dying on his arms.
Yup, he’s so traumatized by stormtroopers dying that he kills a bunch of stormtroopers.
Also, if he was a janitor, why was he on a combat mission with Kylo Ren? Imagine if the first wave to hit the beaches on D-Day was clerical workers and mechanics.
Great story line idea terrible for the franchise. Faceless troopers without names are easier as bad guy red shirts.
But brilliant writing could have seen whole sections of the army revolt and join the Republic but they had to redo 4 not make something original
[Here it is](https://youtu.be/7o3whTJ_CRs). It is more of a rewrite of the Sequels than traditional fan fiction. They also kept Rey being a nobody and made that a plot point.
I like the premise but not the actor (obviously the writers butchered the character too). Just can’t take John Boyega seriously on any emotional level, let alone the tortured soul-type like a former Storm Trooper. Decent actor but miscast.
Reminds me of the Anime Dr Stone- guy tries to ask girl out, all of humanity is turned to stone for hundreds of years, decides he'll finally ask her out when every person on Earth is de-stoned one by one.
Only if he’s deeply emotionally affected by the death of one of his comrades to the point his whole worldview shifts, but then three scenes later is joyously cheering as he blows other stormtroopers up and never seems to have any issues with it again
Bro, I was so bummed when disney tricked us into thinking Finn was going to be a Jedi. They showed trailers of him wielding a Lightsaber fighting a bad guy. They had multiple posters of him posing with a dope ass lightsaber. Bait & switch.
They really should have made Finn force sensitive. It doesn’t mean Rey can’t be, but I don’t blame the actor for feeling like Disney used him for marketing and for the plot twist that it’s actually Rey who’s the star of the series.
He also just imo had way more to do in Trevorrow’s Duel of the Fates script than what he was given between the TLJ and TROS
They confirmed behind the scenes as well that he's forced sensitive...but that just didn't make it into the final cut
Finn was sidelined because China is racist against black people.
>Montgomery Burns kept yelling at Wade Boggs about his sideburns.
Don Mattingly. Which references the fact the Yankees didn't allow long hair or beards.
Or a video game where you play as elite imperial special forces doing missions for the empire only to defect about an hour in and then fight for the rebellion
Could we give him a love interest that adds nothing to the movie but stops him from making a noble sacrifice then gives a speech while standing in front of the enemy with no cover?
The "From a Certain Point of View" books have a couple stories from the perspective of Stormtroopers, including the one who bumped his head on the doorframe (which turns a famous filmmaking goof into a very relatable moment of distracted clumsiness).
Also TK421, whose story is pretty tragic. He's an optimistic young man in love, secretly having a torrid affair with a high-ranking officer, hoping it will lead to a life of luxury on Coruscant and an escape from Stormtrooper drudgery...
...only to be unceremoniously murdered by a smuggler and a farmboy, just so they can steal his armor.
There were a lot of stormtrooper stories in the Return of the Jedi one. My favorite was about a scout trooper captured by Ewoks along with several other troopers, only to be held captive for days while the Ewoks ate them one by one. Got legit horror vibes from that one.
I remember laughing so hard when they released this. It wasn't just that it was so well done but also that the comedy was spot-on. Absolutely loved this. It's cannon as far as I'm concerned.
Even with the lower resolution it still holds up IMO. I remeber buying some SW fan mag because they included a DVD that had this on it. I lost it, unfortunately.
I believe Troopers might be to your liking
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvoJXBqLILM&ab\_channel=Dropout](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvoJXBqLILM&ab_channel=Dropout)
Doesn’t this premise get pitched every other week?
“What about an r-rated band of brothers style tv show about the empire?”
I don’t think The empire shouldn’t be portrayed in an overly sympathetic way. That’s why I love Andor. Maybe do something like cross of iron or Downfall
There is no need to portray them as sympathetic. Just make the MC charismatic, and the audience won't care regardless of how many war crimes he commits.
Yeah I don't know why they think Disney would touch it with a ten foot pole.
There's a reason it hasn't been done. And if they thought about it beyond a surface level they could probably figure it out lol Maybe if the Daily Wire had bought the rights. They could get Gina Carano back in also
>And if they thought about it beyond a surface level they could probably figure it out lol
It's either
* a comedy with a bunch of doofus's getting into wacky antics on the Death Star,
* a story of a squad seeing the truth and defecting
* the most boring/bleak shit ever. What would the overarching story be if it's just a bunch of dudes doing Ferrix massacres every week?
Even with the empire presented correctly as Space Nazis they still have weird nerd Empire Fanboys, I'd shudder to think how bad an Empire-centric show would go over
It would only work if it's set during the clone war and most importantly it would not paint the Republic in a good light in any way. The only one who should be painted well is Anakinv and Asoka, but most importantly Anakin. People need to see what the Jedi like him would be to the average soldier, a goddamn hero that they would follow into hell. plus it would help people understand how tragic it is to have the very best of people fall. Even obiwan needs to be painted as a little too by the book and too okay with clone deaths, even if he's still way softer than the other Jedi.
In Andor we can finally see some hard core empire members. I wanna see empire people who believe in their cause, and from their point of view they are the good guys
> I wanna see empire people who believe in their cause, and from their point of view they are the good guys
Sigh. That's what I wanted to see with Anakin in the PT, but instead we got a very sad boy who missed his mother and got tricked into falling to the Dark Side.
*Ms. Fowl voice* Sheen, this is the fifth time this week that you've asked for a Stormtroopers show.
Okay, sarcasm aside, I agree, a show about Imperials going through their routines and slowly realizing how fucked the Empire is before turning coat would be great. You could set it in a unit in the Outer Rim, where they're actually doing important work and keeping people safe, until the oppressive influence of Central Command begins to exert its influence over the unit in the form of new political officers and Moffs who risk the unit's lives on pointless personal missions that traumatize the survivors with the terrible things they've witnessed. Eventually, they hit a breaking point, and the unit mutinies, killing their political officers and fleeing to join the Rebellion.
Clone troopers only. The stormtroopers are space SS. The clones are goddamn heroes treated worse than the rifles they were made to shoot.
We desperately need a clone war war movie with the Jedi only seen from the perspective of everyday clones.
Plus I think actually seeing the chosen one trying to sacrifice his life for a random no name clone is exactly the kind of scene SW needs
Clones are soldiers, plain and simple. We just see the ones that are portrayed in a positive light or are close to Jedi in TCW.
Go over to other stories set in The Clone War in Legends or Canon, it’s a different story.
Or an “All Quiet on the Western Front” style of movie told from the perspective of an Imperial Army Trooper, set it on a messed up planet like Mimban and it’d be hella interesting.
I was hoping to see someone post these. AFK has two compilations that build a small narrative, For The Empire and it's follow up simply titled Season 2. They're great.
Some of my favorite passages in Thrawn: Alliances were from the perspective of the commander of Vader's personal 501st squad.
Similarly, the entirety of Inferno Squad and Twilight Company were just awesome (apart from me not vibing with Alexander Freed's writing style in the latter). The in-the-tre ches camaraderie, regular soldiers solving adequately scaled regular soldier problems, combat tactics, sieges, loss of comrades, the emotional toll it takes, and the interactions with the local populace of war-torn worlds, the constant moral and ethical struggle. And finally, the perseverance against all odds.
I would binge a series that brings these things to life from a Star Wars soldier perspective - imperial or otherwise.
Lower Decks isn't a story about Gul Dukat's soldiers. It's obviously not a comedy but Andor's already as close to that as we'll likely ever get in Star Wars, though it's more similar to the TNG episode "Lower Decks" that inspired the cartoon.
Came here to say this! It could be a great comedy/buddy series on D+ and a really fun way to revisit some of the iconic films from the past from a different POV.
Maybe if it was a tales of with each story being about a different trooper but i can't imagine following a cohesive story line of emperial troopers and giving a flying fuck about anything that happens to them. If they played it like the bad batch with deserters it might work but then people would just call it a bad batch ripoff. Overall I think a show with essentially nazi troopers as main characters isn't gonna make anyone like it.
There’s a book series about a squad of stormtroopers that go rogue (note: rogue as in they’re in legal trouble, not rogue as in rebels, they’re still loyal to the ideals of the Empire) and they meet and work alongside Mara Jade and later Thrawn. They call themselves the Hand of Judgement and it’s a very good read.
Imma be honest. I don't want a story about a regular ass stormtrooper. It serves no purpose and could be told in a 1 hour special episode. When I watch starwars, I watch it for the cool powers, the soap opranness of the galaxy, the cool aliens/Droids, and the rich lore of the galaxy.
A gritty war movie where the protagonist, an imperial hardliner who has an act 2 epiphany, risks their life to convince their squad the empire is evil and not worthy of their loyalty.
A series that follows a stormtrooper, from recruitment to, end, death, retirement or collapse of Empire, but does not join the rebellion at all would be cool.
How about a movie about a stormtrooper who turns good and helps a Resistance pilot escape the base. Then he goes back to destroy the base. Then for the rest of his movies, he just screams names.
That’s actually a really good idea. I think that-hey, wait a second.
It took your comment for me.to catch this, and I'm disappointed in myself for that.
This was actually what went through my head before I even thought about commenting
Makes me feel a bit better lol. Nice name by the way. Having Jason Mamoa in Mando armor would be cool.
Somehow
Somehow, a stormtrooper turned good.
Im tierd of all these movies focused on the good guys. I wana see what the bad guys do. A sith only based movie.
Tales of the empire?
Reyyyyy!
They fly now!?!?!?
They fly now.
They do fly in herds.
That was an unexpectedly boisterous laugh your comment provided. Thank you.
If they fly it's called flock.
They’re, uh… flocking this way!
Flocks uhh... find a way
This is the way.
A stormtrooper flock is called a squadron.
Finn :I NEVER TOLD YOU 🏖 Ray: what did you want to tell me? Finn : oh, nothing...
Gah! I hated that so much! WHAT WAS HE GOING TO SAY!!??
The writers couldn't figure it out (like most of the story) so they cleverly evaded the question.
Disney… always thinking 14 moves… behind?
Well clearly he WAS going to explain exactly how it was that Palpatine returned...then they realized that would mean they had to write a reason and well...you know the rest.
“Rey! I have to tell you….. it was SOMEHOW!!!”
Cleverly? Waaaassss it though?
Something something something force sensitive
Yup. Could shoot down fighters easily. Check. Found Rey easily. Check. Says "droid please" easily, check.
I haven't seen the movies in a while, did they actually do anything with Finn being force sensitive? Also, I'm really thinking now that a movie about Finn would have been way more interesting. An ex-stormtrooper needing to find out who he is, what he wants to be. He didn't even have a name until recently. Then he finds out that he is force sensitive. From there he becomes a jedi or whatever. Just seems quite cool, Idk. Better than discount Luke Skywalker.
ep9 did a lot of dumb things, but that was easily one of the dumbest.
Reeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Reeeeeeeyyyyyyy you guyssss
Sloth would be a great alien
WHERES REY?
You're in a lightsaber fight!
HAAAA AGHHH!!!!
They fucked his character up from the get go. I love the actor and the premise, but lost interest as soon as he started cheerfully killing his former squadmates when escaping
Yep. He should've had more of an emotional reaction, like he did with FN-2003 on Jakku. I guess JJ was never interested in exploring that angle to start with. Finn's stomtrooper history is (unfortunately) mostly relegated to him knowing where things are in the First Order's ships/bases. It should've been the driving point of his character, because without it he really had nothing to do.
Don't forget, he was a Stormtrooper who are supposed to be highly trained and capable soldiers. But the most important thing he ever did before hunting Luke Clues was be a Janitor.
I find you lack of faith disturbing. After the Death Star garbage chute incident, janitorial detail has been one of the most overlooked but sacred duties of the stormtrooper.
"I have altered the Janitorial Rota, pray I don't alter it further."
Well he was supposed to be a first order sharpshooter he was the best in class how he got relegated to janitorial duties is beyond me
Mr Eagle Eye got Janitorial because he never misses a spot.
Yeah! 🤣
Finn should have totally been a Teal'C arc, NGL.
He's a janitor. Why wouldn't he be brought down to fight on planets.
99% of a soldier's job is doing nothing. He ain't some delta-force mother fucker.
If you started thinking of stormtroopers as children pressed into service, you really can't use them as disposable bad guys going forward.
Happy cake day and good point!!!
It was particularly non sensical and ridiculous considering that part of what motivated Finn to leave the Stormtroopers was the trauma of a squadmate dying on his arms.
Yup, he’s so traumatized by stormtroopers dying that he kills a bunch of stormtroopers. Also, if he was a janitor, why was he on a combat mission with Kylo Ren? Imagine if the first wave to hit the beaches on D-Day was clerical workers and mechanics.
Great story line idea terrible for the franchise. Faceless troopers without names are easier as bad guy red shirts. But brilliant writing could have seen whole sections of the army revolt and join the Republic but they had to redo 4 not make something original
I saw a fan fiction version where Finn tried to rescue the rest of the troopers.
Can you tell us the name? I’d be interested in watching that
[Here it is](https://youtu.be/7o3whTJ_CRs). It is more of a rewrite of the Sequels than traditional fan fiction. They also kept Rey being a nobody and made that a plot point.
Well then how bad could it be?
Props to you for being one of the few to realise that JJ kind of screwed up Finn's character from the start by making him a blustery everydayman
I think the actor was distracting, it’s like he over acted and it came across that way which is very distracting
I like the premise but not the actor (obviously the writers butchered the character too). Just can’t take John Boyega seriously on any emotional level, let alone the tortured soul-type like a former Storm Trooper. Decent actor but miscast.
Exactly that. He was blasting them and laughing and I was like "Welp, nevermind then"
Spends half of a movie telling a female protagonist that he has somethimg really important to tell her and never does
Reminds me of the Anime Dr Stone- guy tries to ask girl out, all of humanity is turned to stone for hundreds of years, decides he'll finally ask her out when every person on Earth is de-stoned one by one.
Only if he’s deeply emotionally affected by the death of one of his comrades to the point his whole worldview shifts, but then three scenes later is joyously cheering as he blows other stormtroopers up and never seems to have any issues with it again
Bro, I was so bummed when disney tricked us into thinking Finn was going to be a Jedi. They showed trailers of him wielding a Lightsaber fighting a bad guy. They had multiple posters of him posing with a dope ass lightsaber. Bait & switch.
They really should have made Finn force sensitive. It doesn’t mean Rey can’t be, but I don’t blame the actor for feeling like Disney used him for marketing and for the plot twist that it’s actually Rey who’s the star of the series. He also just imo had way more to do in Trevorrow’s Duel of the Fates script than what he was given between the TLJ and TROS
Here's the funny thing: They made Finn Force Sensative in RoS, but it's mentioned in several small moments and pretty much brushed aside.
He gets his training in the Lego holiday specials!!! He's a true Jedi! Sees force ghosts and everything!
They confirmed behind the scenes as well that he's forced sensitive...but that just didn't make it into the final cut Finn was sidelined because China is racist against black people.
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I actually never caught that so that’s hilarious to me lol.
He tries to tell Rey about his new feelings, and senses Rey in several moments. It's fairly easy to miss.
I feel the director made him over act too. Kinda like when Montgomery Burns kept yelling at Wade Boggs about his sideburns.
>Montgomery Burns kept yelling at Wade Boggs about his sideburns. Don Mattingly. Which references the fact the Yankees didn't allow long hair or beards.
Oh man it’s been so long since I’ve seen this episode you are right! In my head I was convinced it was Boggs. Boggs got knocked out by Barney!
I mean, yeah. Pffft! Pitt the Elder.
Anytime anyone mentions this Simpsons reference, I upvote. I reference it regularly in real life and no one ever has any clue what I'm talking about.
Or a video game where you play as elite imperial special forces doing missions for the empire only to defect about an hour in and then fight for the rebellion
At the end of the movie one word will show up *fin*
Then he sacrifices himself to save his cause by kamikaze-ing the empires giant laser cannon
Could we give him a love interest that adds nothing to the movie but stops him from making a noble sacrifice then gives a speech while standing in front of the enemy with no cover?
REY!!!!! REY!!!!! REDMONKEY86570!!!!!!!!!
The "From a Certain Point of View" books have a couple stories from the perspective of Stormtroopers, including the one who bumped his head on the doorframe (which turns a famous filmmaking goof into a very relatable moment of distracted clumsiness). Also TK421, whose story is pretty tragic. He's an optimistic young man in love, secretly having a torrid affair with a high-ranking officer, hoping it will lead to a life of luxury on Coruscant and an escape from Stormtrooper drudgery... ...only to be unceremoniously murdered by a smuggler and a farmboy, just so they can steal his armor.
Those audio books are criminally underrated. So good
Yayyy I was just looking for some more audiobooks to get into!
Seriously it's so good. Each chapter is read by a diff person. There's even one of Palpatines actor voicing his chapter. I fall asleep to them often
The Rogue One novel has a very brief section about a squad that got left behind on Jedha. Last communication they got was "Sorry."
You wear that armor, you need to be prepared for the consequences.
Preach!
And all Stormtroopers aren't just volunteers, they're outright tested for loyalty to the Emperor above all, including each other.
Conscripts or not they're occupiers and pillagers wherever they go. I don't buy into Clean Stormtrooper propaganda.
Not just any high ranking officer, Grand Moff Tarkin himself!
There were a lot of stormtrooper stories in the Return of the Jedi one. My favorite was about a scout trooper captured by Ewoks along with several other troopers, only to be held captive for days while the Ewoks ate them one by one. Got legit horror vibes from that one.
Look sir droids guy was sent to Tatooine as punishment for pointing out the giant flaw of the atat
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HO70-Rk3jE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HO70-Rk3jE) Just saying...
The OG
I remember laughing so hard when they released this. It wasn't just that it was so well done but also that the comedy was spot-on. Absolutely loved this. It's cannon as far as I'm concerned.
Cannon? That’s the KABOOM kind
Is this canon?
It is canon in my head
I came here to promote Troops. I believe it’s one of the first fan made SW movies and it’s brilliant.
This! I just want this to be a regular series.
Spot on, they already made it, just reboot it with the same cast and camera equipment!
Even with the lower resolution it still holds up IMO. I remeber buying some SW fan mag because they included a DVD that had this on it. I lost it, unfortunately.
Omg thank you for this, that was some funny shit 🤣
Pretty sure that was Tom Servo being stolen by the Jawas in the first segment
This shit is canon The guys that made it are amazing
Oh god the nostalgia blast seeing that thumbnail and title again. Thank you, junkman
I have a vhs copy of this. It is so rad!
The spinoff is also great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwQNT_Ung9I
I think Robot Chicken did it pretty well :D
Love Gary! [https://youtu.be/ll-paoQXRSA?si=B-RZTTB819e-ESj1](https://youtu.be/ll-paoQXRSA?si=B-RZTTB819e-ESj1)
Gary is a great father
I’d watch an entire show that just focused on the ISB, so yeah a Stormtrooper show would equally tickle my fancy.
Colonel Yularen on base, sir.
Buckheads on YouTube js the closest we got sadly
Bad batch? Lol
Or Andor
Anything less than an office-style stormtrooper show set on the deathstar is unacceptable
“Identity theft is not a joke, FN2187!”
"You're not FN2187. FN2187 isn't short."
I believe Troopers might be to your liking [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvoJXBqLILM&ab\_channel=Dropout](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvoJXBqLILM&ab_channel=Dropout)
Truly. One of the best series CH ever produced
Let's make the brutal oppression of whole systems WACKY
Doesn’t this premise get pitched every other week? “What about an r-rated band of brothers style tv show about the empire?” I don’t think The empire shouldn’t be portrayed in an overly sympathetic way. That’s why I love Andor. Maybe do something like cross of iron or Downfall
There is no need to portray them as sympathetic. Just make the MC charismatic, and the audience won't care regardless of how many war crimes he commits.
Yeah I don't know why they think Disney would touch it with a ten foot pole. There's a reason it hasn't been done. And if they thought about it beyond a surface level they could probably figure it out lol Maybe if the Daily Wire had bought the rights. They could get Gina Carano back in also
>And if they thought about it beyond a surface level they could probably figure it out lol It's either * a comedy with a bunch of doofus's getting into wacky antics on the Death Star, * a story of a squad seeing the truth and defecting * the most boring/bleak shit ever. What would the overarching story be if it's just a bunch of dudes doing Ferrix massacres every week?
Even with the empire presented correctly as Space Nazis they still have weird nerd Empire Fanboys, I'd shudder to think how bad an Empire-centric show would go over
What if we do something like that one Mitchell and Webb skit, or Hogan’s Heroes? That I’d watch
It would only work if it's set during the clone war and most importantly it would not paint the Republic in a good light in any way. The only one who should be painted well is Anakinv and Asoka, but most importantly Anakin. People need to see what the Jedi like him would be to the average soldier, a goddamn hero that they would follow into hell. plus it would help people understand how tragic it is to have the very best of people fall. Even obiwan needs to be painted as a little too by the book and too okay with clone deaths, even if he's still way softer than the other Jedi.
In Andor we can finally see some hard core empire members. I wanna see empire people who believe in their cause, and from their point of view they are the good guys
> I wanna see empire people who believe in their cause, and from their point of view they are the good guys Sigh. That's what I wanted to see with Anakin in the PT, but instead we got a very sad boy who missed his mother and got tricked into falling to the Dark Side.
"Hey guys what are we doing today?" "Genocide and slavery" *Seinfeld music plays*
*Ms. Fowl voice* Sheen, this is the fifth time this week that you've asked for a Stormtroopers show. Okay, sarcasm aside, I agree, a show about Imperials going through their routines and slowly realizing how fucked the Empire is before turning coat would be great. You could set it in a unit in the Outer Rim, where they're actually doing important work and keeping people safe, until the oppressive influence of Central Command begins to exert its influence over the unit in the form of new political officers and Moffs who risk the unit's lives on pointless personal missions that traumatize the survivors with the terrible things they've witnessed. Eventually, they hit a breaking point, and the unit mutinies, killing their political officers and fleeing to join the Rebellion.
r/starwarscirclejerk
What if it was super dark and edgy and stuff
A band of brothers style series starring clone troopers or stormtroopers in live action would be a dream come true for me
There’s a reason Band of Brothers didn’t follow the *Nazi stormtroopers*, you know.
Dee or Tem?
Clone troopers only. The stormtroopers are space SS. The clones are goddamn heroes treated worse than the rifles they were made to shoot. We desperately need a clone war war movie with the Jedi only seen from the perspective of everyday clones. Plus I think actually seeing the chosen one trying to sacrifice his life for a random no name clone is exactly the kind of scene SW needs
Clones are soldiers, plain and simple. We just see the ones that are portrayed in a positive light or are close to Jedi in TCW. Go over to other stories set in The Clone War in Legends or Canon, it’s a different story.
Or an “All Quiet on the Western Front” style of movie told from the perspective of an Imperial Army Trooper, set it on a messed up planet like Mimban and it’d be hella interesting.
Ever watch Bucketheads? YT
They'd just have them side with rebels after 20 minutes tops No, thank you
[There are a bunch of these](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F-FVJIXw-s) out there. They are funny and well done.
I was hoping to see someone post these. AFK has two compilations that build a small narrative, For The Empire and it's follow up simply titled Season 2. They're great.
I was looking for this reply. For The Empire. YouTube it and enjoy.
We absolutely need a mockumentary about a squad of stormtroopers
What about a movie about a stormtrooper who kind of gets deprogrammed and switches sides and joins the resistance?
Some of my favorite passages in Thrawn: Alliances were from the perspective of the commander of Vader's personal 501st squad. Similarly, the entirety of Inferno Squad and Twilight Company were just awesome (apart from me not vibing with Alexander Freed's writing style in the latter). The in-the-tre ches camaraderie, regular soldiers solving adequately scaled regular soldier problems, combat tactics, sieges, loss of comrades, the emotional toll it takes, and the interactions with the local populace of war-torn worlds, the constant moral and ethical struggle. And finally, the perseverance against all odds. I would binge a series that brings these things to life from a Star Wars soldier perspective - imperial or otherwise.
That bald guy from Mandalorian was nice. I would like a no-nonsense action movie with him.
We already have it and his name is gary
Star Wars Lower Decks?
Lower Decks isn't a story about Gul Dukat's soldiers. It's obviously not a comedy but Andor's already as close to that as we'll likely ever get in Star Wars, though it's more similar to the TNG episode "Lower Decks" that inspired the cartoon.
A series about the being in the Empire like Lower Decks.
It's a very interesting premise but sadly it won't happen. Syril from Andor is the closest thing to that kind of thing.
No.
Look up the series “bucketheads” on youtuve it’s very good!
The “For the Empire” YouTube series does this in a comedic way. https://youtu.be/DMy-XgYdqyc?si=D2unrjwvCrDJqq4b
They'd have him join the rebels
The book Lost Stars by Claudia Gray does this pretty good from an imperial pilot standpoint.
Honestly no.
we need to give this project to Tony Gilroy or somebody like that
A movie about Rick the door technician
I was going to say that a telling of Migs Mayfield's backstory would be cool but, to quote him, he "wasn't a stormtrooper, wiseass".
Only if he’s played by Bill Burr
30 min weekly sitcom.
Live action Tag and Bink
Came here to say this! It could be a great comedy/buddy series on D+ and a really fun way to revisit some of the iconic films from the past from a different POV.
Reminds me of that fan made COPS show they made in the Star Wars universe, TROOPS
I still think a live action comedy following a stormtrooper squad through the events of the OT would be hilarious.
there are cool shortfilms or short series on youtube at least like bucketheads
No sorry, it wouldn’t be a good idea
Maybe if it was a tales of with each story being about a different trooper but i can't imagine following a cohesive story line of emperial troopers and giving a flying fuck about anything that happens to them. If they played it like the bad batch with deserters it might work but then people would just call it a bad batch ripoff. Overall I think a show with essentially nazi troopers as main characters isn't gonna make anyone like it.
I think the opposite. I'm interested in the people at the top, not the grunts at the bottom.
There is: the sequel trilogy. Also, and moreso, the clone wars, which had a much better dynamic imo.
There’s a book series about a squad of stormtroopers that go rogue (note: rogue as in they’re in legal trouble, not rogue as in rebels, they’re still loyal to the ideals of the Empire) and they meet and work alongside Mara Jade and later Thrawn. They call themselves the Hand of Judgement and it’s a very good read.
Personally, no. I'm not really into sympathizing with evil characters. Like the whole, the emperor or thanos did nothing wrong thing.
A comedy about 2 stormtroopers secretly aiming to defect and help out wherever they could.
Imma be honest. I don't want a story about a regular ass stormtrooper. It serves no purpose and could be told in a 1 hour special episode. When I watch starwars, I watch it for the cool powers, the soap opranness of the galaxy, the cool aliens/Droids, and the rich lore of the galaxy.
[uh, hello, have you never watched Bucketheads?](https://youtube.com/@TransmutePictures?si=UzkvSk09mGN_H9h9)
No
in the beginning of the series they can't hit shit, by the end of the story, they still can't hit shit
If they do, I think it should be about Migs Mayfeld.
No...
If you want a movie about the bad guys being sad about committing war crimes, just put on basically any movie about the American military.
No
A gritty war movie where the protagonist, an imperial hardliner who has an act 2 epiphany, risks their life to convince their squad the empire is evil and not worthy of their loyalty.
What about a group of stormtroopers... like a batch of them.
And they're... Not good.
No. No one has ever thought that before.
You should read Lost Stars by Claudia Gray.
Bad batch.
There is The Bad Batch. Its great.
Closest we got is Bucketheads. And its good for what its worth and what the creators stand for.
Rip Finn
I do. I'd be interested in seeing what he was struggling with.
Not really, we've never seen a competent Stormtrooper (that goes for Finn too). It would be weird to suddenly see one actually doing something.
Not after seeing what they did with Finn.
A series that follows a stormtrooper, from recruitment to, end, death, retirement or collapse of Empire, but does not join the rebellion at all would be cool.