Back in the mid 1980's I went to one of Creation's Star Trek / Comic Book Conventions and found at a dealers table a copy of what was being described as a "Story Treatment" for the next "Star Wars" project. I knew that it was not anything official, but being hungry for anything "Star Wars" at that time, I gave up $5 and began to eat it up... I thought it would have made a good movie at the time. I've found it here on the internet, so here is a link to it... Some of you may find it enjoyable.

September 6, 1983
STAR WARS III: FALL OF THE REPUBLIC
Story Treatment By John L. Flynn

FADE IN:

MAIN AND CREDIT TITLES SUPERIMPOSED ON THE
BLACK OF OUTER SPACE -- pinpointed with
piercing stars, several moons, a planet,
and a bright-colored nebulae. As TITLES end --

The following is related in the story, roll-up
format:

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the Old Republic was
crumbling away, rotting from the corruption and treachery
within. Power-hungry technocrats and wealthy bureaucrats
maneuvered and bribed their way into office, while one am-
bitious senator plotted to destroy the Jedi and rule the
galaxy.

Hoping to restore virtue and the remembered glory of the
Republic, the High Council of Senators dispatched the Jedi
Knights - protectorate of justice in the galaxy - on a
quest to retrieve the lost Kaiburr Crystal. They believed
that the small diamond-like object (which intensified the
power of the Force) would unite the disaffected among the
people and would destroy the corruption around them.

However, within their Council, the evil Senator Palpatine
had other traitorous designs. Foreseeing that the Crystal
would secure his position as Emperor, Palpatine deceived one
of the Jedi Knights and sent him to acquire the Crystal.

DISSOLVE TO:

CLICK ME FOR THE REST OF: "Episode III FALL OF THE REPUBLIC" Story Treatment By
John L. Flynn

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