Lol, always appreciate you trying to keep my ideas grounded Vladius! đ
Always wanted to say that this is just creative exercise atm. I donât have any plans to work on any Prequel or Sequel Trilogy stuff anytime soon.
I wasnât sure if I wouldâve ended with broom boy. Regarding Kyloâs fate, thereâs an openness to his ending in TLJ that I like. I donât think Luke believes he is beyond salvation, he just accepts that he canât be what he was for Vader because of what he did to Ben.
Luke: I came to face him, Leia. And I canât save him.
Leia: I held out hope for so long, but I know my son is gone.
Luke: No one is ever really gone.
But again, people heard that and still felt that Kylo is past the point of no return. I think that is valid too. And like I said, since we donât know the fate of the Solo son/Jedi Killer Lucas would have given this character, I liked the idea of keeping it open. Not trying to start another TLJ debate if anything!
Admittedly, this idea has sort of evolved from just a rather simple edit to something a little different.
The idea is kind of inspired by the Greek Epic Cycle. A lot of people know major story beats of the Trojan War, like Achillesâ being shot with an arrow by Paris, the Trojan horse, and the sacking of Troy, but most of that comes from summaries of lost poems that we got from secondary sources. They arenât actually depicted in the Iliad. So I like this idea of creating a simulacrum of Lucasâ vision of the Sequel Trilogy using the visual medium of the Sequel Trilogy we got.
And even that idea is not perfect, because they obviously donât have the same visual flair Lucas wouldâve given it, and Lucasâs ideas for the ST evolved and changed over time, but it is simply meant to evoke the feeling of what it could have been like. Perhaps using a dubbed or silent movie approach could help use further plot points from we know of his story, but that might take away from the experience for people.
Anyway, just a thought experiment! A part of me thinks it would be fun to give yourself these rules/guidelines of âHere are these Lucas ST story beats. How can we get these ideas across with the available footage that we have?â But there are other edits I would like to work on before I would really consider working on this anyway, so I was just interested to hear other peopleâs thoughts and ideas too.