Frasier was a spinoff from cheers and was nothing like cheers and explored a character and his friends and life . Godfather 2 explored the legendary protagonist in the first one and felt like a story about a totally different guy . Godfather 3 ventured further away and was worse . Rogue One is a Star Wars story and it ' s not about the Death Star plans per se or even about the heist , but the spirit of the rebellion , the passing of the rebellion torch , the depiction of the war , fleshing Vader out even more , and plain telling a story about a female character . Last few times we got new characters it didn ' t go well . Jar jar binks , anyone ? And they already said that Star Wars will always be about or feature skywalkers in one character or another . If they did a true spinoff away from the rebellion and to the outer rim where no one out there is involved in the rebellion or empire it might as well be Star Trek or Guardians of the Galaxy . Ask yourself what excites you about Star Wars , and try to imagine a movie without familiar elements . Introducing midichloriansscience , jar jar , a kid protagonist , and pod racing were all very foreign concepts for Star Wars and it SUCKED .