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Post #1408374

Author
CaptainFaraday
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The Rise of Skywalker Expanded Edition by Rae Carson: The Faraday Edit (WIP)
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Date created
6-Feb-2021, 12:22 AM

Here’s a link to the first chapter. I used the opening crawl text from Hal9000’s TROS Ascendant fanedit; I think it sets the stage much better than the original opening crawl.

https://pastebin.com/PSX2Zhxf
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Changelog:

  • New opening crawl text.
  • Reordered the first few chapters for better narrative flow. This was originally Chapter 2.
  • General quality-of-life edits: trimmed, reordered, and tightened up dialogue and big print.
  • Cut a lot of big print that overexplained characters’ thoughts and feelings which were clear from their actions.
  • Cut smaller scenes that slowed down the narrative without adding useful information, such as the creature guarding the wayfinder.
  • Added Vader’s castle to the Mustafar scene.
  • The transmission from Palpatine is now sent privately to the First Order, not the entire galaxy.
    Instead of trying to find the Emperor to kill him, Kylo Ren is initially doubtful that the transmission is genuine but also curious what he could potentially gain from the Emperor.
  • Snoke is no longer a clone or puppet, but is implied to be an apprentice who betrayed Palpatine. Similarly, Palpatine wasn’t controlling all the events all along, but has just been biding his time until now.
  • Rey Nobody. This is the biggest deviation I’m going to make from the original plot. I know opinion is divided, but I personally think it improves the story significantly.