In this thread I will detail my outline for a new film entitled "Star Wars Episode I: In the Age of the Jedi". Before I do that, though, I thought it might be appropriate to give short biographies of the most important characters in the film. Here goes nothing...
Dramatis Personae:
Ben Cortel (born 55 BBY) - The protagonist of the trilogy. A half-Chiss, half-Human captain of the smuggling freighter Belisarion. Ben is down on his luck because the threat of galactic war has shut down all the usual spice trade routes. He is a wily character who cares for little except for amassing credits through the use of his knack for defying the odds. This changes when he starts to realize his place in the order of the Jedi. But little does Ben know that his latent Force-sensitivity will let him shape the destiny of the galaxy in ways that no-one can foresee...
Jeni Lars (born 50 BBY) - Navigator of the Belisarion. Her long and complex relationship with Ben has put the pair at odds with each other. Jeni turned down a potentially-promising career in politics alongside Bail Organa in favor of free-wheeling about the galaxy as an independent star pilot. Like her cohort Ben, Jeni is not one to be loyal to a greater authority. The crew of the Belisarion takes what it needs, when it needs, with little regard for the Republic's reaction. What Jeni does not yet realize, is the role she will play in the fate of the galaxy and the Jedi...
Legate Ceres (born 66 BBY) - The supreme leader of the League, a union of secessionist alien worlds bent on exterminating Humanity. Her war against the Human race accompanies her crusade against the light side of the Force, putting her at odds with the Jedi, those she once called her comrades. It is realized only too late that her hatred of the Human species stems from being abused by her Human father, who killed her Zygerrian mother. She personally issues the order that begins the Clone Wars, the seminal conflict of the galactic chronicle...
Anakin Skywalker (born 59 BBY) - A powerful Jedi Knight who hides a fiery, vengeful soul under a placid exterior. Anakin's torn past is betrayed by his mechanical right arm. His bitter vendetta against Ceres will have long-reaching consequences, not just for the course of the Clone Wars, but for the fate of the Jedi and the galaxy at large...