We now know that there will be future Star Wars trilogies. These will not be Skywalker stories, for that legacy and possibly bloodline ends here. This is not to say that anyone not already dead (fictionally or otherwise) will die in the film. It is to say that they want to do other stories and tell other angles of the world. I believe in this idea. I believe less in the ability of a Disney Company to hire the right people to carry it off. Still, I don’t see anyone inviting me to Skywalker Ranch to pitch, but if they did I would have a lot of ideas to offer them.
I believe the Star Wars universe is filled with untapped potential. There are tons of what ifs, tons of criminal organizations and governments making power plays. There are many who roam the universe wielding the power of the force, and there is a great likelihood that multiple orders of force wielders (black, white, and even gray) will rise in the wake of this trilogy.
I imagine a story in this world built around the old concepts of Knights and Samurai–particularly Ronin, giving us young jedi thrust into conflicts where their untapped potential can turn the tide. I see baronies and space wars. I see potential endless.
What I do not see is a plan. Marvel/Disney has a plan (albeit a bad one) and they have a series of films building towards a conflict deserving of a new Avengers film. They don’t have an Iron Man reboot scheduled. They will let the world move forward. Star Wars claims the same, but there is not a lot of cool rushing in to fill the void. Everything is referential of what was, and that is a scary place to be.