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Post #1417267

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GMatias
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Unusual Sequel Trilogy Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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14-Mar-2021, 1:59 AM

Hivemind help request:

I’m working on a B&W sequel trilogy edit that, among other things, takes the Sith fleet attack from TROS and moves it up to happen during the slow chase of TLJ.

That thread breaks down like so:

  • In TFA, Leia & Co find out about Starkiller & the Sith fleet existence at the same time,

  • they attack Starkiller as the more immediate threat since they don’t know the Sith fleet’s location yet,

  • Han (who survived Starkiller in this version) leaves immediately to round up an attack fleet with location to be sent to him later,

  • R2 fills out BB8s map (which was to the fleet not Luke) to figure out where the Sith fleet is but Snoke & company ambush D’Qar before that info can be send to Han, & Leia doesn’t want to risk the transmission being intercepted and losing the element of surprise,

  • Finn & Poe are eventually able to sneak away during the slow chase to lead that attack, while Holdo maintains the chase to keep the FO focused on them,

  • The Sith fleet is defeated,

  • Holdo maneuver helps Leia & survivors make it to Crait where the FO fleet, tho too stunned to mount a ground assault, sends in the Dreadnought that Leia avoided earlier in this version, so that battle now takes place over Crait while the Falcon heads down & picks up survivors and they jump away.

So I’ve now decided I want to use some ROGUE ONE footage as actions of a parallel cell of Leia’s group doing work to set up the Sith fleet assault while Holdo is distracting FO command (specifically as much of the Scarif infiltration as possible) and for that I need help figuring out a justification for that infiltration mission.

Like: maybe R2 doesn’t complete that map and the Jyn’s Scarif upload is the rest of the map?

Or maybe she’s uploading comms codes to allow the Republic force to jam FO signals in & out of Exegol, to keep the fleet from signaling for help or/and communicating with the Nav tower for directions?

Thoughts?

PS - I’m not necessarily worried about anachronisms because I play up the fact that FO and Leia’s group are using Imperial-era surplus, so with some judicious editing & a tad bit of disbelief suspension that should be fine.