Until the recent GREAT REBELLION, the JEDI BENDU were the most feared warriors in the universe. For one hundred thousand years, generations of JEDI perfected their art as the personal bodyguards of the emperor. They were the chief architects of the invincible IMPERIAL SPACE FORCE which expanded the EMPIRE across the galaxy, from the celestial equator to the farthest reaches of the GREAT RIFT.

Now these legendary warriors are all but extinct. One by one they have been hunted down and destroyed as enemies of the NEW EMPIRE by a ferocious and sinister rival warrior sect, THE KNIGHTS OF SITH.

I'd love to see those original treatments, I must admit that reading stuff like the Star Wars story synopsis (1973) was a lot of fun - well, most of the early drafts are real c**p, but it's still somewhat enjoyable

LOL, imagine stormtroopers with lightsabres and shields (see: script & pre-production artwork), they look like riot police