ChainsawAsh said:
Since this thread has been a little dead lately, I figured I'd give a little update to let folks know this project is most definitely not dead - I'm about 20 pages into the first draft of the Episode I script based on Blackhawk's outline.

I am, however, running into a bit of a snag: I'm terrible at coming up with names that don't sound incredibly stupid.

If anyone has suggestions for names, please throw them out there! I need:

- King Organa's aides (1 main one, about 3 or 4 smaller ones that don't really *need* names but it'd be kinda nice)
- "NotPadme"
- General Mandalorian names, including the leader
- Any other names you guys can think of

I'm currently using the EU name for the Alderaan capital, "Aldera," unless anyone thinks of something better.

I too have been working on some material from Blackhawks story idea. Perhaps we should exchange work sometime.

NotPadme- two names I've been kicking around are 'Lady Arcadia' which I think has a nice noble ring to it and 'Lhasa,' which keeps the 'L' gimmick that she gives both her kids.

I think Lucas's earliest treaments are a rich sourse of good names. Kane and Deak are two names unused in the movies from the earliest drafts, as are the planets Aquilae and Townowi. "Aquliae Rangers" were a military force in the earliest drafts, and I'm using that name as Bail Organa's personal bodyguard. I see the Aquilae Rangers and analogous to Musketeers, as opposed to the wandering knight-errants of the Jedi.

I'm also proposing "Angel Blue," a refrence from an early draft of Star Wars, as the name of Anakin's ship.

Here are the least objectioable Star Wars person names out of the 275 I came up with.

Holis Raen, Bret Thousand, Saimus Thule, Kai Viratas, Rhana Ordalleon,

As for Mandalorians, I'm currently using "Ruthven" as the head mandalorian, a refrence to a Gilbert & Sullivan opera... names aren't my strong point either.

I think the "Old Republic" might be very heavy into monarchies and nobility. Much of that seems evident in the OT. "Lord" Vader, "Princess" Leia. etc. I think the "Republic" might only refer to a very loose federation of systems and alliances, mainly between hereditary rulers (or at least constiturional monarchies... no "elected queens" for us!) a system that has functioned well for centuries, but is currently in crisis. That the Republic is a bastion of democracy seems hard to reconcile with the number of royalty we have floating around.

I've been contemplating Bail's motivations. As the young king (or perhaps crown prince) of a wealthy and powerful world, his main motivation is to avoid political entanglements, commitments, or war. He thinks he can negotiage, appease, and avoid all confrontations. The Mandalorian blockade and assassination attemps makes him rethink this. I think his character arc might be the realization that he has to fight for the greater good, so his story ends with Alderaan committed to the Republic's defense.

I'm kind of at ends on how exactly NotPadme works into the story. I don't want her to feel like a hanger-on, but haven't figured out a role or real character arc for her. One idea I have is that she starts out as one of Bail's guards, an Aquiliae Ranger (she's also noble born) and they fall in love as she defends him. This makes her very vibrant and dynamic, and we can see why Bail and Anakin both fall for her.