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I want more plot, character development AND expensive sweeping CGI shots. I want this sh*t to be epic.
This is going to be a grand showdown between David, the engineers, the Xeno/protomorphs, and perhaps the colonial marines, so we need some of those sweeping shots.
Space Jockey (God), Engineers (Titans), Colonial Marines (Humans), Xeno (Eagle), and David. Please.
David travels back to LV-223 in order to obtain the quantities of black goo that he needs for his experiments on the colonists (doesn't have enough left after the assault on the Engineer city. Space Jockey awakens (hence the title) to discover David has destroyed paradise and the peaceful Engineers (ones who didn't rebel against the SJ and steal it's tech). SJ tracks the Covenant to LV-223. In the mean time David conducts his experiments. Earth send Colonial Marines to investigate. Battle between David's forces and marines. Deacon appears at some point also. SJ turns up and kicks the shit out of everyone. SJ takes David's eggs, maybe adding it's own touch (bio-mechanical), and sets out to deliver them to Earth. David/a surviving hero/or the Deacon sabotages the SJ and it crashes on LV-426.
I think it's time to accept that the Engineers are the Space Jockeys, mate.
Why's that? The Space jockey is literally 3 times the size of the rebel Engineers. Rebel Engineers themselves are bigger than the subservient "Engineers". The story of Prometheus is about a group of Titans stealing the fire of creation from God and giving it to Man and then being punished by an Eagle that eats their liver every day. The Engineers can't be both God and the Titans. Their ships look the same but smaller because they stole the tech for the SJ. They were trying to create a bioweapon to fight the SJ, maybe even a version of something which the SJ already has (the bio-mechanical Xeno).
Also take into account there needs to be a big reveal in part 3. Some kind of larger menace. That won't just simply be the bio-mechanical Xeno. Ridley is over them and the casual audience won't know the difference (it will appear though). It won't be the Queen either as it's not Ridley's creation. What's left? What is the biggest mystery of Alien, the very reason for the prequel trilogy? It will be the Space Jockey, the only larger menace and true villain of the entire Alien storyline. He always said that was the story of Alien which he wanted to explore. He's not so senile to make it into a giant blue human. Again, think of the Prometheus mythology. We have the Engineers because the SJ seeded many planets. A section rebelled and stole the tech. Now we are involved and even making similar mistakes (David). Ridey loves the idea of Ancient Aliens and the hubris of creation.
It's entirely possible that he's deliberately misleading you to maintain the surprise. I don't know why people expect him to tell nothing but the truth. So to discredit the ideas above is entirely close minded.
When you consider all things we know: The mythological story of Prometheus. The massive size discrepancies. The desire of Fox to expand the universe. The title of the next film. LV-426 being in the same system as LV-223. David setting a course for the Engineer home planet but only primitive worshiping "Engineers" existing there.. The possible ways to tie the 3rd prequel directly to Alien...
Everyone wins this way.