RUMOR What happened after ROTJ

Very interesting, thanks for posting @techsteveo

For what it's worth, canon info re: Anoat sector back this up to a point:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Anoat_sector/Canon

This I don't like, however:

The entire Imperial war machine, hiding in a nebula? Whaaaaa'?!

MvS as Rieken does make a lot of sense. Could be....

 

Leia is both a leader in the New Republic and the Resistance?

 

I guess the timeline was only from Endor to Jakku so still almost 25 years of changes.

 

The bit about the Anoat sector sticks out to me, too. That's the same sector in Star Wars: Uprising. Perhaps the game is all that note in the article is referring to, but I took it to mean that the Anoat sector continued to be isolated, and therefore free(r) of the chaos that plagued other Imperial sectors. Perhaps, if it continued to successfully shield itself from the galaxy at large, it could be a good potential birthplace for the First Order.

Heck. They've got a snow planet there and everything!

 

Are these details in new Star Wars(official) novels/comics/video games/media?
It seems many details in the post Battle of Endor(ROTJ) era will be in the Disney-Lucasfilm novel: Aftermath.
I hope TFA doesn't sling around a bunch of planet names, ships, stuff without any explaining or details.
Some Sci Fi shows and films do that, . Stargate, BattleStar Gallatica(Syfy version), Star Trek(TV series), etc.

30-35 years is a LONG time. Battles are won-lost, systems go back & forth, etc.
We(the mainstream audience and long time Star Wars fans) shouldn't be left in the lurch.

 

What if the First Order are the imperials who returned after disappearing into that Nebula? And they found Snoke there....then he would be the Yuuzhan Vong of this universe.

 

Don't forget Plaguis!

Don't call it a comeback!

 

Interesting, almost how they originally found Thrawn years before and then later after the Emperor's demise, he unleashes hell upon the New Republic. I like this.

 

Very interesting. This adds framework and scope to some of my own theories. Empire disappearing into a nebula? Perhaps that's the method they use to escape, but they set up somewhere else.

Regardless, we are living in a very exciting time for Star Wars and its fans!

 

Note:
In the Marvel Star Wars comics, the entire Rebel Fleet tried hiding in a sun.
The big plan back-fired and R2/C3PO saved the day, .
They were going to have a huge network of solar powered shields cover every vessel .
It was a good plot & exciting comic in the early 1980s.

TFM

 

The new information seems to be corresponding with the information from

(1) Aftermath:

"As the Empire reels from its critical defeats at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance—now a fledgling New Republic—presses its advantage by hunting down the enemy's scattered forces before they can regroup and retaliate. But above the remote planet Akiva, an ominous show of the enemy's strength is unfolding. Out on a lone reconnaissance mission, pilot Wedge Antilles watches Imperial Star Destroyers gather like birds of prey circling for a kill, but is taken captive before he can report back to the New Republic leaders.

Meanwhile, on the planet's surface, former Rebel fighter Norra Wexley has returned to her native world—war weary, ready to reunite with her estranged son, and eager to build a new life in some distant place. But when Norra intercepts Wedge Antilles's urgent distress call, she realizes her time as a freedom fighter is not yet over. What she doesn't know is just how close the enemy is—or how decisive and dangerous her new mission will be.

Determined to preserve the Empire's power, the surviving Imperial elite are converging on Akiva for a top-secret emergency summit—to consolidate their forces and rally for a counterstrike. But they haven't reckoned on Norra and her newfound allies—her technical genius son, a Zabrak bounty hunter, and a reprobate Imperial defector—who are prepared to do whatever they must to end the Empire's oppressive reign once and for all."

(2) Shattered Empire:

"Emperor Palpatine’s twenty-year reign of terror came to an abrupt and fiery end in the skies above the forest moon of Endor. A decisive victory for the Rebel Alliance, to be sure, but even with the loss of its leadership, the Empire’s Moffs and regional governors retained their hold on important systems from the Core to the Outer Rim, thanks to the might of the Imperial Starfleet. Now, with a power vacuum atop the Empire, those Moffs will jockey for position and control, and the heroes of the Rebel Alliance will soon discover that a wounded and fractious Empire may be more dangerous than any threat they faced before!"

(3) Uprising:

"In the days following the Battle of Endor and the fall of the Emperor, The Anoat sector has been locked down by the Empire. With the Rebel Alliance on the other side of the Iron Blockade, it falls to the sector's smugglers, freedom fighters, bounty hunters and gangsters to join forces and form an uprising."

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Death of Jar Jar Binks?

 

I know it won't happen, but as a symbolic gesture I would like to see Luke and Leia go to Naboo in this series, if for no other reason than to visit their mothers grave. I think it would be a nice touch. Their spirit and energy and sense of right and wrong carry so much of their mother that to just never visit even her grave would be kind of tragic to me in and of itself. Amidala deserves at least to be visited by her kids. Can't find a story reason why this would be needed though.

 

I agree with the sentiment. Leia actually went to Naboo in the recent comic book series (which took place between ANH and ESB). She felt something when she saw a mural of Padme there. However, if I remember correctly, Leia did not seem to be aware of whom she was. It would be touching if Luke and Leia would go to Naboo sometime during the sequel trilogy, but, like you indicate, there needs to be a good reason.

 

All of this makes me wish there were some kind of linking short showing before TFA but as a separate entity, maybe just CGI ships and planets, with a voiceover from Leia or Luke. I suspect that the crawl will significantly shorten the history aspect and just say "after a period of peace the New Republic is threatened by the emergence of the First Order..." or something on those lines.

 

It would be a hoot if JJ and Lucas had a Naboo scene with a statue of Jar Jar, saying how he died a hero.

A huge statue!