My attempt at a new opening crawl. I'm sort of trying to explain exactly what the Sith and Jedi are in as concise a way as possible, and still have time to set the scene...

STAR WARS:

Thousands of years after the Jedi Knights, ancient guardians

of peace and justice in the galaxy, defeated their dark kin,

the Sith Order, conflict now shrouds the Galactic Republic.

A coalition of greedy warlords, calling itself the GALACTIC FEDERATION,

has mysteriously emerged and conquered defenceless

planets outside the protection of the Republic.

Now, in a daring move, the Federation has

surrounded the peaceful Republic world of Alderaan with a blockade of

deadly warships and presses the idealistic young leader, Padmé Amidala,

to submit to their tyranny.

Hoping to avoid the ever rising threat of

war, the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic

has dispatched two Jedi Knights to negotiate with the Federation.

Though seemingly a conflict of civilisations, ancient rivalries are stirred and some more

insidious evil than greed secretly inspires the enemies of the Galactic Republic ....