At work a few weeks ago I had an idea for a recontextualizing of TFA’s backstory that might be doable in a fanedit?
Like I said on Discord, this is basically what I had in mind but more fleshed out and with Hux as a senator instead of Snoke. I still think it should be Snoke.
Before the war, though, Hux begins to fall for the spell of a Rasputin-like figure, aka Snoke.
Actually, this is pretty interesting. Unfortunately it doesn’t quite work with how their relationship is presented in the film.
Snoke could also be involved somehow else, or Hux could be involved somehow else, although Senator Hux is much more believable to me than Senator Snoke.
We’ll just have to agree to disagree, but they’re both fairly plausible.
In 2020, no one at Lucasarts cares about canon except Dave Filoni and crew.
Tell that to Hidalgo and whoever else writes the guidebooks.
the Centrists (god awful name wtf Lucasfilm)
What about Centralists? Is that better?
Okay, now let’s try rewriting the crawl to accommodate for the new backstory, since that’s likely where most of it is going to fit.
Luke Skywalker has vanished.
In his absence, the REPUBLIC
has become divided between
the militaristic FIRST ORDER
and the liberal RESISTANCE.
War has erupted, with each
side fighting for control of
the Senate.
Resistance leader Leia Organa
is desperate to find Luke in
hopes of ending this conflict.
The First Order seeks him as
well for fear he may destroy
them.
Leia has sent her most daring
pilot on a secret mission
to Jakku, where an old ally
has discovered a clue to
Luke’s whereabouts…