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brimforge
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The Prequel Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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22-Oct-2014, 4:10 PM

Not sure if anyone tried this, but I had the idea when watching the movie "The Escapist" ...

ok, what if Episode 1 starts with a prologue like Lord of the Rings, giving us the needed background about Jedi vs Sith (could be a force ghost talking or a recording ala Dune => Holocron) and the rest that leads to the first scene of the story.

Then we have the main plot with Obi-Wan as the protagonist, this whole PT will be shown through the eyes of the Jedi Knight - his point of view(!), making his statements "true" ...

PT will be mainly "The Clone Wars" - ending with birth of "The Empire" - 15/20 year break (during the gap rebellion starts) - leading up to ANH.

ANH and ESB run as we know it, only minor corrections needed (see Adywan's improvements) ...

THEN there comes ROTJ - it opens with a recap / "flashback" of what REALLY happened in the years before aka "The Clone Wars", now with knowledge of Vader being Anakin Skywalker and Luke's father ...

After this we continue with the normal "timeline" (Luke saves Han in "Rambo style" - for lack of better description - no stupid plans that go wrong!) - audience is not sure if he is Jedi or Sith (after Vader's revelation ...) - Rebels assemble at Sullust to strike their last desperate attack: Corruscant! (maybe they got hands on a "special weapon" - needs more thought, but 140% better than DSv2)

Leia's not Luke's sister - she and Han still hook up - Luke leaves into sunset after he defeated the Emperor (with the help of his father), maybe to find the "other" Skywalker.

yeah, NO Ewoks - oh boy, they were so silly ;-)

this solves many problems and gives opportunity to add more movies, if not ST contradicts events from PT ...