THEORY: Star Wars/Doctor Who Crossover

Today Variety broke the news that Matt Smith has been cast in Star Wars: Episode IX in a "key role". Matt Smith is most famous for playing the Eleventh incarnation of the time-travelling alien known as The Doctor in the long-running BBC series "Doctor Who". The Doctor is a Time-Lord from the planet Gallifrey. Time-Lords have the ability of regeneration; when a Time-Lord is close to death, every cell in their body changes and they essentially become an entirely new person with a different personality, though they keeps most of their memories. This allows Time-Lords to be nearly immortal, and allows the role of The Doctor to be recast every few years, with a new actor (or now actress) taking over as the character. It has also been established that Time-Lords can transfer regeneration energy to other people with similar DNA.

After Carrie Fisher's untimely death, I started working on a completely ludicrous Doctor Who/Star Wars crossover theory. Now, it seems like it could possibly happen!

Even before "The Last Jedi" was released, it was known that General Leia Organa was going to sustain injuries during the course of the movie. This happened when the bridge of the ship she was on was blown up by Tie-Fighter pilots and she was sucked into the vacuum of space. The Force protected her from freezing to death, and she was able to harness The Force travel through friction-less space and back into the ship. She was unconscious after that ordeal, only to be awoken by connecting through The Force with her twin brother Luke Skywalker. Although she was able to take command again, it is unknown what injuries she sustained in space.

There is a good chance Leia Organa is dying. We know that archive footage of Carrie Fisher that was shot for is going to be used in Episode IX. What I've been hoping is that The Doctor will visit Leia, and transfer a regeneration to her. (Leia has half of the midi-chlorian count of her father Anakin, which means she's stronger with The Force than most.) Leia will regenerate, allowing a new actress to continue in the role. (Possibly Keri Russell.)

So why would it be Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor, instead of the current Thirteenth Doctor played by Jodie Whittaker? Because the Eleventh Doctor is the incarnation that received the new cycle of regenerations. Plus, Matt Smith is the most popular actor to have played The Doctor in the newest iteration of the series.

I must emphasize that if this theory does not come true, then Episode IX will be THE WORST MOVIE EVER!!! and MY CHILDHOOD WILL BE RUINED!!! (even though I only started watching Doctor Who five years ago, when I was 22).

Should Kathleen Kennedy Be Fired or Step Down?

There are rumors/fanboy hopes that Kathleen Kennedy either be fired or step down as President of Lucasfilm. A very vocal group of people claim that she "ruined" Star Wars because they don't like some or all of the four movies released by Disney (even though George Lucas already "ruined" Star Wars with the Prequel Trilogy...or maybe it was with "Return of the Jedi"). Others point to the fact that "Solo: A Star Wars Story" will be the first Star Wars movie to lose money, even though the previous three movies have earned over four billion dollars at the box office. I have differing opinions on this situation.

On one hand, Kennedy is the President of Lucasfilm, not the President of Star Wars. Although Lucasfilm has focused primarily on Star Wars for the last five years, she has also put another Indiana Jones movie into pre-production, and might possibly begin work on a Willow sequel. Some people have pointed out that she is a movie producer first and not a Star Wars fan, but they fail to realize she wasn't hired to run Star Wars. She was hired to produce all movies from different franchises.

On the other hand, she hasn't done a good job as a producer of the movies that have been released. She has clashed with the directors of almost all of the movies released or are yet to be released, even removing a few of them during production. I still don't understand how after a year-and-a-half of pre-production and four months of production (not to mention however long the process was to "interview" for the job) she decided that Phil Lord and Chris Miller weren't the right directors for "Solo" after all.

I don't have an answer to the question. If she's kept around, people won't be happy. If she's removed, another group of people won't be happy, especially if she's fired so a man can take over her job. Either way, it seems to be lose-lose.

How To Remake "The Last Jedi"

How to remake #TheLastJedi:

Make it EXACTLY like "The Empire Strikes Back" because it is the best and only good Star Wars movie, but don't make it too much like "The Empire Strikes Back" because people will complain that it's just a beat-by-beat retread.

— BrianBlogsStarWars (@bbstarwars) June 21, 2018

DO NOT under any circumstances introduce new Force abilities that have not been seen in any of the previous movies, even though every Star Wars movie has done exactly that.

— BrianBlogsStarWars (@bbstarwars) June 21, 2018

Also DO NOT depict Luke as a failed Master, because there have never been any Jedi that were failures in any of the previous movies. Remember, that was not J.J. Abrams' intention for the character of Luke when he wrote that Luke was in hiding on a far away planet.

— BrianBlogsStarWars (@bbstarwars) June 21, 2018

And finally, remember that Star Wars movies are made only for you and your nostalgia, and not for a wide audience. And also, do not use any CGI ever, only practical effects.

— BrianBlogsStarWars (@bbstarwars) June 21, 2018