xhonzi said:

timdiggerm said:

I do like the idea of the 451236 order, as a sort of... well, it's the best we can do.

As for plans like Bingo's & Ady's... I'll believe it when I see it. So please, I'd love to see it!

:(

Did no one read my missive? Or was it simply not on-topic since it wasn't about fan edits of the existing footage?

I read it. And I, as always, enjoyed your style, you. But you forgot to end it with "And the Death Star blows up." Disappointing.

I wonder about #2 and the 'sonogram' issue. If the wonder twins are taken away from it all for their protection, wouldn't that muddle the issue for Anakin? I think Ben's words to Luke on Degobah should be followed. If Vader had any offspring, they would be a threat to the Emperor. So notPadme goes into hiding (Degobah would work for this) and has the birth. Luke is returned and his existence is leaked to the growing rebellion (or anyone, I don't know if it matters to who) and Anakin finds about it. Maybe this is what finally pushes Anakin to the Dark Side. His bride (or lover) and his friends have taken his son from him. Talk about a betrayal!

Why would Luke need to be known to Anakin/Vader? To hide Leia. With Vader's attention on finding his son, his sister remains safely anonymous. Luke is the Son of Suns (or the Son of the Son of Suns) and Leia stays in the shadows. Obi-wan knows he can watch Luke from a small distance to take care of him. Leia is really kept out of the way until her own call to adventure.

*side note* Maybe there could be a second Jedi purge talking place during the main one. This second one would be a hunt to destroy the son of Skywalker. Maybe it could echo the infant Moses and infant Jesus stories from the Bible, where Pharaoh and Herod massacred babies to stop the children of prophesy.
Yeah, it's dark, but we need Vader to be hated and feared. As he is in Episode 3, we don't pity him at all as he burns on the side of that volcano.