Anaokar said:
LOL. It's addicting, isn't it? There are so many things that can happen in the SW galaxy, the mind just reels.
While I like your ideas for the showdown between Luke and Vader, I have to admit that this was one of the first things I fleshed out when I began writing. However, the image of the "Hero of Yavin" in shackles broadcast gives me an idea. Also like the idea of a rebellion in splinter cells.
I assume you're back to writing fan fiction then?
Oh, I am fully addicted to rewriting the prequels, but throughout these several years I have operated under the consideration that the original movies are gospel. It almost feels like cheating to rewrite the originals, as hindsight is 20/20, and people have had thirty years to figure out what works and what doesn't work about the originals.
It's been an interesting challenge, creating backstory to a good, yet flawed trilogy. If I were to discard the originals, I might as well write my own original movies in their own universe. Not to say that your project isn't interesting or worth pursuing. It's just part of the fun for me to try and reconcile why Anakin never goes back to Tatooine, despite apparently being from there, or how Han just happens to run into his old friend Lando while he is stranded without hyperdrive, given the vast scale of the galaxy. If you're just rewriting it, it's the easiest thing in the world to fix.
What I'm trying to say is that for me, limitation breeds creativity.