WheresBlackhawk said:I'm not sure of the best way to get into my ideas for Ep2 and 3. When I gave my bare outline for Ep1, it was shot down pretty quick. I have a lot of ideas going for the next two, but its not as complete or solid as my recent Ep1 outline. Would you folks rather the bare bones outline of both episodes (I'm not even sure where the transition between movies should occur yet) or just lay out some of the concepts I'm working on?
For example, questions I'm trying to answer are:
1. What is Clone War II?
2. Why do we never see Yoda in this trilogy and why is he on Dagobah?
3. What sets Anakin apart from other Jedi that Palpatine is interested in him?
4. How does the emperor rise to power and how do we make him NOT seem evil?
5. If the emperor is willing to kill Anakin's children because they would be a threat to him, why does he keep Vader?
6. Who are the Sith and why aren't they in the OT?
7. Why did Obiwan tell Luke, "I was ONCE a Jedi knight, the same as your father"?
8. After Alderaan is destroyed in ANH, why isn't Leia a queen? Wouldn't she be the last living royalty of that world?
9. Why does Leia remember her "real mother," while Luke finds Dagobah familiar?
Let me know how you would like me to present my ideas (outline or concepts).
Palpatine has to be the consumate politician. Capable of spinning facts to his benefit whilst never seeming to be 'out of line' from the general population. He would be someone with the charisma of Bill Clinton but the underhand/sly tactics of George Bush perhaps (in that he went after a target because he thought it was the right thing to do without the full information or because his advisers told him to)
By the time Vader is in the life supporting armour, his ability to control the Force is already diminished to the point that all he can is Force choke and move objects. To the Emperor, he is already largely useless and perhaps he feels guilty for almost killing his prize 'pupil'.
As said already, Ben is a former Jedi knight because the order is no longer in existence. It's not to say he isn't a Jedi still...just no longer a Knight. Presumably, the older you get the less able you are to control or access the Force which is why Vader taunts him during their final duel - 'your powers are weak, old man'.
Luke and Leia...perhaps their mother actually survived their birth and both were raised on Alderaan till an early age. Luke was taken to Dagobah when he was split up from his sister and had a suggestion planted in his memory before his memory was wiped 'to protect your sister and keep her safely anonymous'? A little far fetched, but plausible given the powers of the Force.
Yoda on Dagobah? Maybe that is the centre of all things Jedi. This is where the apprentices go, not to a seemingly overgrand gesture of a building. It is undetectable by other Force users due to Yoda's immense presence within the Force allowing him to mask the entire planet.
I don't know if this might help, but these are my views on things.