By Alex Franco

Staff Writer

In the spirit of the summer movie conclave well underway with the recent release of Marvel’s, “Iron Man 3” this past week, I feel it is now a suitable time to begin the talk about what would arguably be the biggest blockbuster release in 2015 and perhaps all time, when Disney and J.J Abrams release “Star Wars: Episode VII.”

Since Disney bought LucasFilm and the Star Wars Franchise in early 2012 and then announced that a 2015 “Episode VII” would be made and released, fanboys and girls everywhere have been clamoring about what story it would follow and where director Abrams would take the film. Given the franchises expansive universe past the six films in the saga and the hundreds of novels, comics, video games and fan-fiction, there is no telling where they could go.

With the film two years away and no official story, script or plot revealed, no cast confirmations, no movie title, no scenes shot, it could be a little too early to begin speculation, but these are “Star Wars” people and it’s never too early to talk about it.

There is one rumor circulating around the interweb that perhaps Emperor Palpatine, who died in “Return of the Jedi” at the hands of Darth Vader, could return to wreak havoc on the rebel alliance once again. Some fans are saying, according to a Yahoo! Movies, that they know the emperor has cloned himself and will go on living as a spirit. With all that said, I’ll have to say this is not a possibility for them to go with because the emperor is dead, plain and simple, there’s no way he could come back from that death, and creator George Lucas has gone on record saying that he is definitely dead after his fall at the hands of Darth Vader in “Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.”

Another possible and more likely storyline is that the new films will take place 30 years after the events of “Jedi” and will chronicle the lives of Luke Skywalker’s children, and Leia and Han Solo’s children and their battle with a new sith presence. With this battle against the sith waging through the galaxy, the Skywalker/Solo kids will battle their own inner demons in classic Skywalker family fashion. This storyline also features another “fall from grace” character, and to prevent possible spoilers, I won’t mention who.

Finally, there is the storyline and movie we all want to see, and that is the recently released idea from actor Patton Oswalt on a “Parks and Recreation” bit where in an attempt to filibuster a town meeting, he gave his input on an “Episode VII.” If you haven’t seen it already, his version features a crossover of astronomical proportions, with the combined universes of “Star Wars,” “Marvel,” and the Greek gods from “Clash of the Titans.” I would absolutely love to see this version, but realistically speaking, it is more unlikely than the first storyline I mentioned. But hey, a fanboy can dream.

Until 2015 comes, there will no doubt be a non-stop influx of new story ideas as well as character and plot details being made up until the day the first trailer or plot detail has been released. See you in 2015, and may the force be with you.