The Vong are one of the worst parts of the EU bar none, and kind of sum up all of the worst parts of the EU as a concept.
If you think people are shitting on the Disney movies now, they'd be shitting on them far worse if they'd just aped the EU as a whole for a few movies and then brought the Vong in.
A strange and alien race that are a literal void in the force that utilize living organisms as weapons and are more than capable of overwhelming the republic at its full strength yet have fractures and flaws in things like their cast system and an unhealthy focus on the jedi? They may not have worked in the books and what-not, but if you can't at least see how that COULD work in a movie sequel than I'd have to seriously question you. I mean... Start off with the first movie involving the arrival of the Vong and a slow march that culminates with Luke and his Jedi making a heroic last stand at the Yavin temple before being forced to flee with heavy losses. Regulate the war itself to an animated series then pick up with the second movie going from the fall of Courscant, Jacen's fall to the dark side, and then the battle of Ebaq 9. Continue the mini-series and have it conclude with the second battle and defeat of the Vong. You can even throw some stuff in like having the battle of E9 'won' by having the Republic ally with the Imperial reminates. Star Destroyers and Republic frigates fighting alongside each other, stormtroopers beside Jedi, and everything. If we're gonna deviate from the canon we may as well make it big and show progress as opposed to having the first movie be Episode IV and the second be V in reverse if it was written by monkeys.
Agreed.
The concept of the Vong could actually work in a live-action Star Wars. ---
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