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Post #598827

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McFlabbergasty
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A Post-ROTJ Trilogy: What's To Come for the Big Three, And More
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Date created
27-Sep-2012, 5:36 PM

Jedi1 said:

 

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Sounds interesting and thought-out, although it would  be nice to also hear about new character development and motivations instead of just the over-arching political events in the galaxy. The thing about the original trilogy was that even though these momentous events were taking place (the Empire was fighting the Rebels, the Jedi Order was reformed by Luke, etc.), the films themselves generally focused on the characters and their emotions.

 Anyway here's the next part of Revenge of the Jedi...

 

 

Jeni recognizes the ruined ship as her father's from holograms she had seen as a child. She thinks of the times she had asked Leia and Luke about why he never came back, and the intricacy of the lies they had been telling her for twelve years...

Somewhere in the distance, a broken-down piece of machinery rolls off a large pile of junk. There is rustling noise in the sandy mist, accompanied by the sounds of labored breathing.

Jeni climbs onto the ship through a hole blasted in the side of the hull. The ship rests at an angle to the ground, causing her to grab objects in the interior for support as she navigates the vessel's passageways. Jeni pulls out a glowrod to illuminate the nearly pitch-black corridors. Somewhere in the bowels of the ship, Jeni passes by a checkered tabletop and a wall-mounted control panel with numerous view screens. She navigates around a hydrospanner, gold-colored droid plating, and severed wires strewn out across the floor as she forcefully pries open the door to the cockpit. 

Golden-red sunlight pours through the shattered canopy. A significant amount of dust and grit is seen clogging up the controls and piloting chairs. She looks around and, before she knows it, finds herself communing with the Force to glean what happened on the ship in the past. 

In a vision, Jeni sees the last stand of the Millenium Falcon against the Talon Striders. There is damage and disarray throughout the vessel. Five or six of the raiders have boarded the Falcon, trading blaster shots with Han and Chewie. The Wookiee defends Han with savage tenacity. He hurls a Talon Strider against an open electrical conduit, frying him to a crisp. Chewbacca then growls in anger, unleashing a torrent of blasts from his bowcaster, but his thick hide is overwhelmed by a flurry of blaster fire. He dies protecting his ship and his captain.

Han retreats to the cockpit in utter desperation. His DL-44 fire pierces a Twi'lek Strider through the torso, but another tosses a thermal detonator at him, flushing him out from cover. Wounded and helpless, Han's final sight is a Human Talon Strider mercenary's blaster muzzle.

Returning from her vision, Jeni lets out a tear.

It is just then that she hears reptilian growls somewhere on the outside of the ship. Then the click-clack of razor sharp claws rhythmically tapping the Falcon's durasteel outer shell. Jeni pulls out her blaster pistol and climbs through the broken canopy.

Out in the open air of Raxus Prime, Jeni turns around to behold a pair of hungry Massiffs. They have been stalking her since she entered the junkyard.

The nearer of the two big predators leaps at her, unleashing a ghastly roar from its spittle-ridden maw.