Fix Marvel Comic's Star Wars

Of Marvel's Star Wars Comics, I've only read a few issues. I read the entirety of the Shattered Empire mini-series, and roughly the first volume of the main Star Wars series. I didn't like it. It didn't feel like Star Wars. So, I stopped reading it.

What I didn't like about Shattered Empire: Shattered Empire was a diversity checklist. The main character is a woman. She's also not white. She get's shoe horned into adventures with the main characters. The comic makes references to all of the places from the movies, in a very artificial way. In the end it was all about Force sensitive trees - stupid. They retconned the Rebel Commandos into a diverse fighting force full of men and women, despite what is seen in the movies. The main character settles down on Yavin 4 - why? Why did Palpatine want to destroy Naboo, his homeworld?

What I liked about Shattered Empire: It fleshed out a side character, like the old stories used to do. Palpatine had an evil plan in place for when he died. It added some details that didn't detract from what was shown in the movies.

What I didn't like about the Star Wars comics: Luke uses his lightsaber WAY too much. Luke encounters and fights Vader far too early, deflating their big fight in Empire Strikes Back.  The way the artist decided to illustrate the lightsaber motion - clunky. Those tentacled scavengers were just reworked Jawas. What was a Jawa doing imprisoned on that moon anyway? Some of the art makes Han Solo look like a Neanderthal or some sort of ape-man. Why is Boba Fett chasing Luke and not Han? Sana sucks. Han's hideout planet sucks if its electrical atmosphere can't keep out TIE fighters. The artwork for some of the aliens sucks.

What I liked about the Star Wars comics: Having the heroes work together to go get shit down, and continue the fight against the Empire - good. Sabotaging an Imperial arms factory and free slaves - good. Vader was good.

Here are my proposals to making the comics better:

First, adopt some guidelines:

1. Never supersede the movies. If it wasn't in the movies, doesn't sound like it could've been in the movies, or doesn't look like it could've been in the movies - don't publish it. Essentially, no retconning without cause.
2. Never supplant the main heroes. No one can be better than the main characters from the movies. This doesn't mean that characters can't grow to be as good as the main characters, but they can't exceed them. Essentially, no Mary-Sues.
3. Understand the source material. Understand the time in which it was created. Understand where it was created. Understand how it was created. Understand the why. Watch the movies, repeatedly.
4. Write to the time line. You have 3 years between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. You have 1 year between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Always keep this mind. Keep your stories tight. Don't get bloated like Dark Horse and the original Marvel Star Wars comics.

Second, some specific suggestions for direct fixes:

• Find better artists. Find artists that can draw the Star Wars characters without needing to trace still images from the movies
• Hire better writers. Hire people who love Star Wars, who want to dig into all of its lore and mine it for ideas.
• Tone down Luke's use of his lightsaber to almost nothing. Seriously. Luke doesn't learn how to really use his 'saber until Empire Strikes Back, after his training with Yoda. Show Luke practicing what Obi Wan showed him in ANH (they do actually do this), but show him failing at it (very slow progression). Show him accidentally cutting something realizing just how dangerous they are.
• Stop feminizing Luke Skywalker. In many drawings of Luke, he looks like a woman. Gross. Stop that! This goes back to the better artists.
• Stop drawing Han like a big dumb brute. Again, better artists.
• Luke should never fight Vader directly. Never supersede what is in the movies. In fact, just keep Vader separate from the main characters as much possible. Make all of their encounters long distance.
• Kill off Dr. Aphra. She's a terrible character. Also, destroy her droids. Her astromech has too many weapons in it to be taken seriously. Again, never supersede what is in the movies. Nothing else in the Star Wars movies had weapons like that droid does.
• Get rid of Sana. Seriously. She's a strong independent woman. Why is she pursuing Han?
• Tone down the diversity. Star Wars is inherently diverse - trillions of people in the canon universe, you don't have to force it. People's outward characteristics aren't their only qualities, nor should they be their dominant qualities - that's poor writing. Additionally, as your sales-numbers have shown: forced diversity doesn't work.
• Let the men be men, and the women be women. See above. Stop trying to make all of the women so much better than the men. Men and women are different and each have their own unique strengths and weaknesses. Embraces that. It's natural, it's reality.
• Boba Fett should be hunting Han, not Luke. It would fit far better with the movies

Lastly, I also have some ideas for the story.

Anytime Darth Vader shows up, the situation should suddenly feel tense. I don't know how you'd portray this in comics, maybe by changing characters' speech patterns. Darth Vader just lost the Death Star. He's obviously angry, but isn't lashing out at people. Why? Instead he seems focused, intensely focused, almost calm. What does Vader know that his underlings don't know?

Now, take the above situation, lets expand that. Things in the Empire have gotten tense since the Death Star exploded. The wider galaxy didn't even know the space station existed - because the Empire keeps a strangle hold on the HoloNet. This is a great place to write about the obvious information war going on between the  Rebels and the Empire.

We know that the Rebellion had spies throughout the Empire, and that there were Imperial deserters. With the unease throughout the Empire growing, and the hunt for Rebels intensifying, how are the spies doing? They see Vader, the Emperor, and the Imperial High Command are all extremely calm. What do they know that know one else knows?

Rogue One, for all of its faults, showed us that there were different mentalities within the Rebellion. With the destruction of the Death Star, some of those mentalities obviously would've wanted to press their advantage. Why didn't they? By Empire we see the Rebels hiding on Hoth? Why? Who and what convinced them that hiding and building up their forces was a better idea then pressing the attack?

Luke is obviously friends with Dak Ralter by Empire. How did that friendship develop? In fact, why not spend more time on Luke developing as a fighter pilot. What other friendships did he develop with the other pilots and Rebels?

One thing Marvel did well, was Luke seeking a teacher. I never though about before. That's good, but keep his force and lightsaber training to minimum. Let him practice infrequently - he is after all a Rebel pilot now and his duties will call him away. When he practices the Force, don't make it like what we see in Empire. Maybe he's just lying on his cot, with a blast helmet on, trying to reach out with his senses. Maybe's he gotten away from his friends for a moment and just concentrating on something, trying to summon the same sensation he felt during his trench run. As for his lightsaber training - see above. Maybe he encounters a swordsman? Can the swordsman teach Luke when there are fundamental differences in their tools?

Develop the relationships between the main characters. Luke witnessed Vader kill Obi wan - how does he feel about it? Does it make him angry? Does he act on that anger? Does Luke and Han, talk to Leia about her torture by Darth Vader? How is she feeling about that? How do they feel about that? What are their thoughts? How is Leia feeling about the loss of Alderaan? Why is Han sticking around with the Rebels? What makes him decide to leave at Hoth? Develop Leia and Han's relationship. Take it slow. There are 3 years here.

Develop the supporting caste. How does Wedge Antilles become the leader of Rogue Squadron? How is Rogue Squadron formed? What is Mon Mothma up to? How are some of the other Rebel characters recruited or were they always there? If some of them were always there, how did they rise to power or to the spotlight?

Develop the Empire. Who are their elite teams? How are some of their members reacting? Just tell stories from their perspective.

In general, take what is seen in the movies, and work backwards. What happened in the time between the movies that got the characters to where they're at? Ask questions, and seek answers. Think things through and always ask if it makes sense - if it follows the rules of the Star Wars universe.

I love Star Wars, and I want to see its comics be the best it can be. It saddened me greatly how much political correctness, "diversity," and SJW bullshit infected its comics after the Force Awakens.