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My main sources are:
- The Tales of the Jedi comics
- The Thrawn Trilogy
- The backstory of the cancelled The Epic Continues toyline.
Needless to say, I'm a huge fan of the TOTJ comics. I see the TOTJ-era Jedi as the Jedi when they were in their prime -- no permanent Jedi Council; no base of operations on Coruscant; no dogmatic doctrines beyond what was stated in the Jedi Creed; just many masters on many worlds training many apprentices to serve as protectors and peacekeepers throughout the Galaxy.
The TOTJ Jedi Order, though it no longer exists as such in the timeframe of my re-write, casts a long shadow over the Jedi of my story. Its Jedi serve as inspirational figures for ronin Jedi such as Yoda and Ben, and the Order itself serves as a stark contrast to the heavily dogmatic and hierarchal Coruscanti Order.
The TOTJ Sith also play a part in my re-write. Exar Kun and the Great Sith War are mentioned often, and the long-dead Sith of the original Sith Empire will play a part in Anakin's fall to the dark side.
As for the Thrawn Trilogy, it's descriptions of evil Clonemasters at war with the Republic, Spaarti cloning cylinders, etc. have all served as inspirations behind the Third Clone War.
The Epic Continues has a figure named Atha Prime serving as the instigator of the Clone Wars. I've taken that character and made him the leader of a number of other athas AKA clonemasters.
Beyond Star Wars sources, other influences have been:
- The history between the Catholic and Protestant Churches
- Star Trek
The Coruscanti Order is similar to the Catholic Church in the sense that both are the original sects of their respective religions, both have fallen from grace since their inception (according to some POVs, of course), and both have given rise to many splinter sects, each with varying doctrines and beliefs.
As for Trek, most of the stuff involving Bail Organa and his crew have basically been a pastiche of Kirk and co's voyages aboard the Enterprise.