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Post #592952

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darth_ender
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The Prequel Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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31-Aug-2012, 8:05 PM

Interesting thoughts.  I just came up with some of my own.  They are very rough and don't take pacing or anything like that into account.  I just wrote what came to me.  Not sure it could ever work.

  • Battle over Coruscant, Shaak Ti and other extended opening scenes, but remove any mention of Dooku or Palpatine.
  • Return from battle
  • Padme tells him she’s pregnant
  • Anakin is taken in as agent of the Emperor, “eyes and ears of the Republic.”  Not appointed to council.
  • Opportunity to catch Dooku (just a rogue Jedi), not Grievous during opera, and on Mustafar, not Utapau.
  • Seeds of Rebellion scenes.
  • Anakin learns that Emperor can help him with Padme, not from birth, but from Dooku (dreams about Dooku killing her, maybe Force lightning from Ep II and Padme screaming)
  • Anakin swears allegiance to save Padme.
  • Emperor orders Anakin (not Lord Vader) to take out Separatist leadership on Mustafar
  • Defeats Dooku, no Palpatine present, no Obi-Wan on Mustafar (change windows to show Mustafar exterior instead of space battle)
  • Then Anakin takes out Separatists leadership.
  • Palpatine gives some order to destroy Anakin by hologram to cloaked figure (who really is Anakin).
  • Obi-Wan talks to Padme so he can help Anakin.
  • Obi-Wan arrives on Mustafar.
  • “Anakin Skywalker is no more, my master,” by hologram to cloaked figure.
  • We see a scorched Anakin on the lava bank and Obi-Wan looking at his body.
  • He then pilots the ship away, obviously distraught.
  • Order 66.
  • Jedi temple is attacked by an armored Vader.
  • Yoda exile.
  • Padme gives birth.
  • Padme survives—Boleyn Girl
  • One twin goes to Lars homestead.

 

Make sure Emperor’s face is never damaged.

 

 

A few changes would need to be made to the OT to smooth out the wrinkles, as I've mentioned before, specifically removal of the line that Vader was Obi-Wan's pupil and anything related, as well as significant and lengthy flashback during ROTJ to fill in how Obi-Wan fought him, etc.

I really am not saying this is a solution.  These are just ideas that perhaps can be fleshed out.