McFlabbergasty said:
I sense that after so many years of having to put up with Lucas' PT we've been led to assume that an alternate treatment of the story would have to include the same story elements, plot lines, characters, and locations, but ever so slightly re-arranged.
Alternatively, the rewriters in question may just like those concepts and would like to see them in a better context =P
here is a list of Lucas PT elements that I have done my absolute best to avoid. This list is not comprehensive...
- The term "Sith". They are not Sith, they are "followers of the dark side" or "dark Jedi".
Though I don't hate the Sith (at least the Sith as they were portrayed pre-PT), I think this is a good idea. The Sith have too much baggage; having the lightsiders and darksiders belonging to two different sects of the same basic religion is a nice simplification.
- A very small Jedi Order. Their numbers in this trilogy never go past seven members.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. It could work if you don't have the Jedi acting as a kind of cornerstone to the Republic, so to speak, but as some minor group that almost no one knows about which plays no major role in galactic affairs.
- A female villain. And no, her name does not begin with "Darth".
DEFINATELY agree with these, especially the "Darth" one. It'd also be nice if the female villain is young, attractive, and seductive rather than old, ugly, and deformed.
Also, she is not conspiring with Palpatine.
Another good one. We don't need the universe revolving around Palpatine.
- There are only four lightsaber users in this trilogy. It's not much of a stretch from the OT's three; and it's far less indulgent than the Lucas PT's 1000+.
Any plans of including lightsabers coloured something other than blue, red, and green?
- Jedi are infertile. And this fact is believed to hold fast and true for all of them until it is revealed in Episode II that Jeni is carrying Anakin's children. I will not explain this scientifically because that would lead us into midi-chlorian territory. Just chalk it up to the mysterious workings of the Force.
Hmm ... not really seeing the necessity of this. Again, though, it all depends on how you go about executing the idea.