logo Sign In

Post #600111

Author
McFlabbergasty
Parent topic
The Vader Trilogy
Link to post in topic
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/600111/action/topic#600111
Date created
4-Oct-2012, 10:01 PM

Tentative titles...

Episode I: A New Order (11 BBY)

Episode II: The Apprentice Rises Again (9 BBY)

Episode III: Empire of the Machine (9 BBY)

 

Let's test the waters. Here's the beginning of my outline for Episode I.

The setting is a medical suite in the heart of Imperial Center. Darth Vader climbs out of a surgery pod with a brand new cybernetic right arm, a replacement for an older model. He crushes a battery pack with his enhancement to test its strength, noting a substantial increase in performance from the previous unit. Soon after, he receives a message from an officer: Vader is to defend Palpatine's flagship from a Rebel ambush above Ord Mantell. Answering the call, Vader brings his best wingman, Captain Wreth.

 

Vader and Wreth jump out of hyperspace right in the middle of a bombardment of Palpatine's destroyer by numerous Rebel cruisers and bombers. The duo prevails against many Rebel interceptors in the ensuing dogfight. Vader then receives an order from Palpatine to execute the Rebel leader, situated on the largest ship of the attacking fleet, before she can jump back into hypersace. The dark lord boards the Rebel flagship and fights his way to the bridge, disposing of many troopers along the way. He stops short of killing the enemy commander, a human female. Her presence causes Vader to sense a tremor in the Force, similar to a feeling of "deja vu". Vader's hesitance allows her to close a blast door between herself and the dark lord. She escapes Ord Mantell's orbit via shuttle. The other Rebel cruisers have been reduced to ruins by a force of Imperial strike frigates.

On Palpatine's flagship following the battle, Vader convenes with Emperor Palpatine and Moff Vellam Nox, the officer in charge of defending the oversector from Rebel incursions. After receiving praise from Palpatine, Vader lies to his master about allowing the Rebel commander to fleet the scene, saying that she overwhelmed him with a mass of repeater gunners. After Palpatine's departure, Vader questions Nox on his incompetence. Despite the Moff's pleas, the dark lord choke Nox into unconsciousness.

He then leaves the room and meets Wreth, telling him to ready his fighter for a new mission. Vader aims to find the Rebel commander by any means necessary, as she may yet prove more useful alive than dead...