My idea for Star Wars - Episode IX: End scene, roll credits,
fade in to Spock waking up in his quarters and saying, “Woah, I just had the
worst dream…” Fade to black
I would almost agree that this is a good idea, in a nerd trolling sort of way, but I'm afraid that there would be riots. There are probably already going to angry emails sent your direction.
I should be a screenwriter. My book and movie ideas would sell millions, if only for the pure hatred of the concepts. A while back, I came up with my idea for the end of the Harry Potter series in which the whole show comes to a very abrupt end with Voldemort killing Harry and taking over the magical world. Imagine that...nearly 7 books and untold billions of dollars invested in a series, movies that had already been cast and had directors hired before the final book ever came out...and it all ends with on incredibly short prank ending. People had already devoted their lives to the series, only to have the rug pulled out from under them in one glorious swoop. There would have been massive panic in the streets outside of my house, but I'd be living someplace far away in my incredibly giant mansion, laughing all the way to the bank.
J.J. Abrams is in a rather unique position to do something just as bold and shocking. We all know that geekdom is highly segregated between the Star Wars fans and the Star Trek fans. Both are multi billion dollar franchises, both function entirely on their own merits, but ask any nerd to compare the two, and their answer will be one sided and more emotional than you're expecting (Heaven help you if you search the internet for which ship would win a battle between the Enterprise and the Millennium Falcon). Star Trek recently saw its universe rebooted with the 2009 film (with one sequel released and at least one more to come), and recent buzz surrounds the upcoming Star Wars sequel trilogy, episodes 7, 8, and 9, due to start being dumped on us in 2015. Quite honestly, nobody needs more of either series. Right around the time Lone Star married Princess Vespa, Captain Kirk met God, and Jar Jar Binks showed up, we all knew we'd reached the end of what could reasonably be expected. Yet, here we are, with more movies planned, and more money about to be shoveled towards Hollywood for producing roughly nothing new. Not all that long ago, when it was announced that J.J. Abrams would be directing Star Wars, Episode VII, hot on the heels of his directing the new Star Trek movies, I thought the world was going to implode. How could the universe expect these two series to coexist under one director?
Well, since there is plenty of speculation about the plots and characters of the upcoming Star Wars sequels, I thought I'd put in my two cents (Considerably more after I'm granted writing credit and royalties). I think it would be Genius if the Star Wars series would end as a nightmare in the mind of Spock. It's not such a bad thing, since it's not as if the Star Wars series has any integrity left anyway...not after Episodes 1-3. They've already rendered the entire series unwatchable, so why not go out with a controversy for the ages?
I chose Spock for one very important reason...recognizability. Since the reboot, the image of Captain Kirk has changed enough going from William Shatner to Chris Pine that he might not be immediately recognized. But Zach Quinto looks enough like Leonard Nimoy that, especially with the iconic pointy Vulcan ears, the character of Spock will be unmistakable for anyone who has ever watched Science Fiction. It just makes sense.
It would be as if millions of nerdy voices all cried out at once, and they'd never be silenced again. J.J. Abrams and I can then laugh all the way to the bank.
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