Voss Caltrez said:

NeverarGreat said:

Perhaps the story doesn't need to be done vastly differently than the prequels to have no spoilers. As I've posted incarnations of this story elsewhere, this will be draft three of an evolving set of ideas forced into formation. Make of it what you will:

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There's some great ideas and suggestions in this thread, but this has easily been one of the most entertaining fan written prequels I've ever read.

But I don't quite get the ending. So is the hooded figure that presumably kills Anakin a clone of Anakin?

Oh wow, it was fun to re-read that outline! I was getting kind of nutty by the end there, and I don't really like the red-robed figures angle anymore. But in response to your question, I intended the mysterious warrior to be the sum of Anakin's fears about himself, much as Luke faces the sum of his fears as Vader while training with Yoda. However, the audience is encouraged to consider the possibility that it could be a clone of Anakin, or just a secret apprentice of Obi-wan, simply as misdirection. In my version of events, after the shadow figure deals his killing blow to Anakin at the end of Episode 3, Anakin would realize that he was still alive and that his opponent lacked physical substance and was a manifestation of his own dark nature. Realizing that it was his own nature that led the Jedi order to its doom and destroyed the Old Republic, Anakin is crushed beneath the weight of his failure and becomes a shadow of his former self, and takes his place at the Emperor's side.