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Unusual Sequel Trilogy Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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1-Apr-2021, 9:40 AM

I’m working on something that probably fits this: removing most of the original trilogy characters.

Altering Rey from Rey Palpatine to Padawan Rey Solo (Han and Leia’s granddaughter), and moving the whole trilogy another generation into the future (which removes nearly all of the OT characters). Rey is the last survivor of the second Jedi Purge and looking for Luke’s journal which she finds hidden on Tatooine near the homestead (Jakku is now Tatooine) which she hopes can help her restore the Jedi Order.

Kylo Ren is no longer Ben Solo but Rey’s ex-lover who fell to the dark side… you’d be surprised what kind of tension you can get out of this change with some major re-editing of the force connection scenes.

Rose and Finn’s mission is now to find a codebreaker who can slip through the shields at Starkiller Base located on Exogal. The throne room sequence is now edited with the battle over D’Qar; the bombing coincides with the saber breaking.

The climax is now Rey traveling to Exogal giving the Resistance the coordinates and facing off against Kylo, Finn and Rose deactivating the shields, and the Resistance attacking Starkiller Base. All three battles now play off each other.

Luke does make a couple cameo appearances as a force ghost.