xhonzi said:
Alright, kiddies... put on your Infinities hats (mine has a beanie!) and let's use our imaginations for a spell! We all know how Luke's face-off against Vader and Palpatine went down. He surrendered himself and focused all of his attention on his father- showing no fear and an outpouring of compassion for him. Vader was torn between warring emotions... and while he tried to remain firmly rooted in the Dark Side and its associated subservience to the Emperor... once the Emperor's attention focused on his only son, a son who had just stood on the brink of the Dark Side and had safely stepped away... he saved his son and threw his master to his death.
Our infinities scenario picks up similarly. Luke surrenders himself to an Imperial patrol. But, to his disappointment, Vader is no where to be found. Instead, he faces the Emperor alone. What happens next?
From what i have read the idea originally would have been for Luke to confront Vader first and defeat him. Then the Emperor would be confronted later would be why there were 9 episodes instead of 6, and Leia would not be the sister.
I'm not sure if this was before or after they decided Palpatine was a sith and not just a corrupt politician.
According to Kurtz Han would have died, and leia would have been queen of her people so Luke would have very much been alone in his confrontation of the emperor after undergoing a long period of training under the tutelage of yoda.
I guess you could say it would be like a kung fu warrior facing an opponent of one skill level and gaining strength form defeating him like in a video game or movie, and then facing the master. He would only be strong enough through the trial of defeating Vader. Defeating Vader would be mostly a bout of physical strength the Emperor's power being his voice and power of persuasion.
The Emperor would be so powerful he would not need to jump and twist around with a lightsaber. Stupid prequels ruining Yoda and Palpatine by giving them lightsabers and making them warriors rather than masters of arcane knowledge.
You can thank Dark Empire for putting Ideas in Lucas head. Palpatine's clone with a lightsaber outclasses Luke Skywalker in a duel.