Anyway, I've already posted my own prequel trilogy ideas in another topic. Since I think this topic's gonna outlast mine, I hope no one minds if I cut n' paste my prequel ideas:
1. The Empire. As I said in the aforementioned topic, in my prequels it would already exist. There would be no "origin of the empire" story (mostly because I thought about it, and realized the one given in the A New Hope novelization works as good as anything).
2. Darth Vader would be in all the prequels. BUT! The Vader in the first two would NOT be Anakin, but rather would be a human who has been turned into a cyborg, made from a highly-skilled bounty huntress (yes, a female Darth Vader). This Vader would be destroyed by the Jedi, only to be replaced in the third movie by an even more advanced Darth Vader who horrifies everyone because he fights like a Jedi and has control over the force! By the end of the movie, Obi-Wan would have figured out who this new Vader is, though he would not explicitly state as much. Which brings me to...
3. Anakin: Instead of a love-story/manipulation plot, Anakin Skywalker would simply be a pupil of Obi-Wan's who ignores the "peace/self defense" side of the Force and falls in love totally with the power aspect of it. In the second movie, Anakin would attempt to single-handedly take on the empire, having delusions of godhood. He'd put up an impressive show--even making Star Destroyers implode (after all, he DOES say "the power to destroy a planet is insignifigant next to the power of the Force") but a more powerful force from an unseen entity would fell him. Then, a voice would be heard commanding an imperial troop to bring him to the Emperor's ship.
4. Recurring characters from the OT: Only Obi-Wan, Anakin/Darth Vader, and maybe R2D2 and C-3PO would reappear. Other OT characters who would realistically exist at this time would never be seen (especially Yoda--remember, his first appearance was supposed to be a surprise too!) and the rest of the cast would be entirely new characters (also, absolutely NONE of them would be holdovers from George Lucas' prequels--no Quigon, no Jar-Jar, no Padme, etc.) My idea of a (sub)plot for the third movie would involve Obi-Wan trying to find a foster home for baby Luke, so he might reappear as well (albeit as a toddler).
2. Darth Vader would be in all the prequels. BUT! The Vader in the first two would NOT be Anakin, but rather would be a human who has been turned into a cyborg, made from a highly-skilled bounty huntress (yes, a female Darth Vader). This Vader would be destroyed by the Jedi, only to be replaced in the third movie by an even more advanced Darth Vader who horrifies everyone because he fights like a Jedi and has control over the force! By the end of the movie, Obi-Wan would have figured out who this new Vader is, though he would not explicitly state as much. Which brings me to...
3. Anakin: Instead of a love-story/manipulation plot, Anakin Skywalker would simply be a pupil of Obi-Wan's who ignores the "peace/self defense" side of the Force and falls in love totally with the power aspect of it. In the second movie, Anakin would attempt to single-handedly take on the empire, having delusions of godhood. He'd put up an impressive show--even making Star Destroyers implode (after all, he DOES say "the power to destroy a planet is insignifigant next to the power of the Force") but a more powerful force from an unseen entity would fell him. Then, a voice would be heard commanding an imperial troop to bring him to the Emperor's ship.
4. Recurring characters from the OT: Only Obi-Wan, Anakin/Darth Vader, and maybe R2D2 and C-3PO would reappear. Other OT characters who would realistically exist at this time would never be seen (especially Yoda--remember, his first appearance was supposed to be a surprise too!) and the rest of the cast would be entirely new characters (also, absolutely NONE of them would be holdovers from George Lucas' prequels--no Quigon, no Jar-Jar, no Padme, etc.) My idea of a (sub)plot for the third movie would involve Obi-Wan trying to find a foster home for baby Luke, so he might reappear as well (albeit as a toddler).
Now, I've also had some ideas for a Sequel Trilogy.
The main thrust of it would be that, of course the Rebels won, the Empire is crumbling, the Old Republic is being restored, yada yada.
However the peace is upset by the arrival of these dark beings--nebulous shapeshifters that seem to come from the darkness of space itself. Soon these begin attacking Republic planets and destroying things. What's more is that it seems like they're led by yet another Darth Vader--one with no face (the helmet is just on a smooth ball) and who obviously isn't Anakin (since Anakin has seen the light and all.
It eventually turns out these dark beings are in fact made up of the Dark Side of the Force, and that the new, faceless vader is in fact the former Emperor. "But wait! He's dead!" says the heroes, but it turns out the Emperor (since I'm totally disregarding anything that wasn't specifically stated in the O-OT, I'm not sure I'll keep the "Palpatine" and "Darth Sidious" names) had actually developed the empire, started the war, etc. specifically to keep the forces of Good in the universe busy while he conducts experiments in immortality, and that by the time ROTJ came around he had managed to build a machine--with the guidance of the Force--that would contain his soul (this is the REAL reason he wanted Luke to kill him!), thus the new Darth Vader suit. Eventually the former Emperor becomes so powerful that he can continue living even without the machine.
As for the OT characters: Luke would be training Leia, Han would begin carrying a Lightsaber but probably not become a Jedi (I see no reason Lightsabers should belong only to Jedi), and just for kicks, maybe C-3PO grows a backbone and does some Jedi training so that he can be a better bodyguard for Leia (as well as her personal interpreter!)
And that's as far as I've gotten with that idea. Thoughts? Comments? Criticisms?