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Monroville said:
I would have the Imperial SDs resemble Sith battle cruisers. I say make the Jedi and the Sith actual forces to be reckoned with, and the Empire was created as a means of wiping out ALL religion. Being that the Empire is a good mix of the Nazis, Communist Russia and colonial British Empire, one of the goals of the first 2 groups was to eradicate religion as they believed it to be the source of all bad things. If it is shown just how ravaged the Republic becomes due to the constant crusades and jihads the Jedi and Sith declare on each other (with everyone else left in between) I could easily see how the masses could elect the 3rd party candidate so to speak (in the form of a General Palpatine) who then becomes the first Caesar.
In regards to the Mandalorians, one could make them more like the Templars than pirates - they are hired to do specific jobs, which may or may not mean assasination, stealing or whatnot. I would keep them low in number (like 10 or 12) and give each unique battle armor.
So glad to see someone is still playing!
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Palpatine's rise to power as a general as opposed to as a politician is BRILLIANT. It makes him more interesting and vital, eliminates the need for complicated politics in`the plots, and is a nice 180* turn from the actual PT. ALso, he can be one old, grizzled, ugly warlord type, eliminating the need for any 'Sith deformities' to explain how damn ugly he is.
Although having the Jedi/Sith conflict as bad as you imply makes Palpy almost a good guy, which is some morally murky water. There are interesting plot points in making the Jedi morrally questionable, but that might be taking it a bit far if we plan to have them as heroes. Also, if we have Jedi and Sith, having the Madalorians as another class of super-warrior might get crowded. I'd rather keep the Super Mandalorians as you describe and just cut the Sith alltogether.
Having read the excellent SECRET HISTORY OF STAR WARS I am more enthused than ever to include as many names and ideas from the original treatments into the NPT as possible. Episode II might involve the Kiber Crystal, and somebody needs to be named CJ Thorpe.