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My Star Wars Prequels rewrite based on the Pre-PT EU, old concepts of Lucas and more. Part 1: Legacy of the Jedi. I posted the general outline here:
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1asCSw4ZxxvjijdxdsY0YxSPjcJ8NF2bjlDFeXuryYK4/edit
Characters
Anakin Skywalker - The 19-year-old main protagonist. He is long-haired and has a ponytail and the lower part of his hair. He is a naive orphan from Corellia who never knew his parents and his only friends are Owen Lars and Beru. He is a romantic, idealistic teen who dreams of being a Jedi Knight defeating tyranny and fighting for The Republic in “The Clone Wars”, which he believes is a Force of Good. Anakin is bullied by the local thugs of Corellia and is saved by Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Master who senses that Anakin is uniquely strong with The Force. Obi-Wan invites Anakin to join him in a journey toward becoming a Jedi Knight. Anakin refuses at first, influenced by Owen who doesn’t want him to go after Obi-Wan in some “damn fool idealistic crusade”. Anakin eventually joins Obi-Wan, in an adventure influenced by Luke’s journey and The Classical mythical “Hero’s Journey”.
Obi-Wan Kenobi - A powerful Jedi Master who serves the House of Organa in The Clone Wars, discovers Anakin and takes him under his wing. He is the last Apprentice of the legendary Master Yoda. He insists on training Anakin despite The Jedi Masters’ refusal. Obi-Wan is Owen Lars’ brother and there is some hostility between them.
Nellith Arkady - An Alderaanian aristocrat who is going to marry Prince Bail Organa despite not wanting the marriage. She is assertive and strong-minded, feels she is being a “slave” to the high society of Alderaan and of her family, and is a bit headstrong. She and Anakin bond and she becomes his love interest in a love triangle between Her, Anakin, and Bail.
Lord Maul - A mysterious dark-side warrior who was raised in the “Dark Worlds”, Maul is the Apprentice of the mysterious “Emperor”. He leads the Clone Army against the Republic and develops a grudge against Anakin. He is a brilliant and cunning military strategist and a ruthless Jedi killer who also has a political agenda of his own.
Bail Organa - The Prince of Alderaan, the Leader of the House of Organa. He is a space Errol Flynn mixed with Prince Barin from Flash Gordon, charismatic and charming, and is supposed to marry Nellith. He is good friends with Obi-Wan Kenobi and suspicious of Xon Palpatine. He eventually decides to join the War efforts to protect his people and helps to form the rebel alliance alongside the House of Organa.
Master Bendu - While Master Yoda is on Dagobah and is not a Part of the Jedi’s, Bendu is the Main Jedi Master. He is old, wise and balanced, the first student that Yoda trained.
President Xon Palpatine - The candidate of the Imperial Party for the presidency. A sneaky politician who runs on the platform of completely eradicating the House of Mandalore by using Force. Anakin finds himself agreeing with some of the ideals of the Imperial Party and Palpatine sets his eye on the Young Man.
Mon Mothma - A friend of Nellith and an aspiring Young Senator.
Mala Creel - A blue, female Twi’lek Jedi Knight and a colleague of Obi-Wan Kenobi, takes part in the Battle of Alderaan.
Clieg Whitsun - The second Apprentice of Master Yoda and a Jedi Master who is second only to Bendu.
Jedi Knight Montross - A black-skinned Jedi Knight who fights in The Clone Wars for the House of Arkady. He is powerful and cunning and while he is on good terms with Obi-Wan, he is sort of the opposite of him.
Garm Bel Iblis - The candidate for Presidency of the Alderaan Alliance and a mentor to Bail. The political rival of Palpatine, gets defeated by him in the elections. He is a tough, but honest man and a dove when it comes to the War.
Knight Antilles Windy - A Urellian Jedi Knight (Urellians are green-skinned Aliens from the original concept of Star Wars. Han Solo was originally meant to be a Urellians)
Governor Hoedackk - A Clone Master who is the mastermind behind the Clone Army and governs Star Systems in the Dark Worlds.
Admiral Tarkin - An ambitious but racist Admiral who assists Palpatine in the elections. He promotes a Hawkish stance on the War.
Owen Lars
Beru Lars
Bail’s father
Palpatine’s entourage
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The Episode opens above Coruscant. Coruscant is meant to have similar vibes to that of New York. THEN, a giant ship is capturing a republican ship, and a Dark figure, Lord Maul, is heading out of the ship. A short fight starts there; Maul is accompanied by a Boba Fett-like troops and he slaughters the guards. Maul then meets Governor Hoedackk, who tells him that another Legion of Clones is ready. Maul is satisfied, we see a small scale of the “Clone Wars” and Maul orders his troops to prepare their battleships.
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There is a cut to the Planet of Corellia. Corellia has a barren, rocky landscape. The atmosphere is very thin, with most of the air being provided by factories on the surface. Ancient tombs and ruins. We are introduced to our main protagonist, Anakin. We see Anakin’s life: He is only friends with Owen Lars and Beru and is bullied by the local thugs. We see Anakin’s desire for adventures while Owen tries to convince him to stay away from it as the Galaxy is dangerous to the violent Clone Wars. There were already multiple Clone Wars. The 2nd One ended not so long ago and the 3rd one is already raging.
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Anakin is nicknamed “Kane”
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Anakin rushes off to fight back against his bullies which also introduces us to his bit of a hot temper, after he is attacked brutally by the thugs - Anakin is saved by a mysterious figure (Homage to Miyagi saving Daniel in Karate Kid) - who is revealed to be Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan reveals to Anakin that he was sent to the outer rim to investigate Governor Hoedackk and Maul’s illegal deals and the sources of funding to the House of Mandalore. Obi-Wan gives Anakin more background about the Clone Wars. It is revealed that Obi-Wan is Owen’s brother and there is hostility between them.
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Obi-Wan reveals that he senses that The Force is uniquely strong with Anakin, stronger than anything he felt before, and offers to train him. Anakin rejects at first and Owen tries to keep Obi-Wan away from Anakin. Still, Anakin, having naive ideals to become something “special”, later agrees to follow Obi-Wan in his “idealistic crusade”. Anakin identifies with Obi-Wan’s ideals more than with Owen’s pessimistic worldview. Anakin agrees to join Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan has a droid named DV-4 who develops a connection to Anakin.
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Darth Maul slaughters resistance groups in Kessel, taking over cloning facilities. Due to the Clones’ growth problems, we discover that Maul wants to invade Alderaan which has advanced cloning facilities.
Anakin and Obi-Wan arrive in Coruscant, we are introduced to Bail Organa and Nellith Arkady. Nellith Arkady and Prince Bail Organa of Alderaan are going to marry due to their family’s arrangement. Bail is interested in Nellith, but she is not interested in him. They are on friendly terms despite some of the hostility between them. It is revealed that Bail and Obi-Wan are good friends as Obi-Wan is serving the house of Organa during the Clone Wars. -
Anakin falls in love with Nellith the moment he sees her and is disappointed to learn that she is going to marry Organa. Obi-Wan requests to train Anakin as his Apprentice; The Leaders of the Jedi Knights, Master Bendu and Clieg Whitsun, aren’t sure if he is ready
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In Coruscant, Anakin attempts to talk with Nellith and he discovers they have some things in common; Search for identity and belonging. Bail notices it and develops hostile feelings towards Anakin. Obi-Wan tries to convince Anakin that Nellith is not for him.
Through Anakin’s eyes, we meet different Jedi Knights that are meant to be memorable like the supporting cast of the OT like Knight Montross, Clieg Whitsun, Mala Creel, Jedi Knight Marstrap, and more. The Jedi Knights are like the Knights of the Round Table. -
Meanwhile, Maul is ruling the conquered Planets with an Iron fist alongside Hoedackk who wants to use the Alderaanian facilities to gain more wealth and power. Both understand that the Alderaanian facilities can help solve the growth problems of the Clones. We see the scale of the war with Maul hunting down human soldiers.
The candidate of the Alderaanian Party for Presidency is Garm Bel Iblis. Iblis presents a dovish worldview and seeks to bring peace. -
The Alderaanian aristocracy tells Nellith that she can’t hang with low-classers. Nellith, however, becomes in love with Anakin and it seems that she enjoys not listening to the High Society of Alderaan. Obi-Wan notices it. Anakin and Nellith’s romance is similar to the romance in Titanic. The Alderaanian Aristocracy is a bit racist towards aliens and arrogant toward people like Anakin.
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We are introduced to New Races of Aliens, meant to be memorable and expand the lure.
The Jedi Knights are noble and legendary Knights, like the Knights of the Round Table. Each Knight is memorable andunique. We see a glimpse of their mightiness but discover that ever since the War many Knights were killed. Anakin wonders why The Republic isn’t using Clones as well, and Obi-Wan explains that Cloning is an illegal technology that is only used by the House of Mandalore, which is why The Republic is morally superior. -
Anakin and Obi-Wan share the same humane, conciliatory, and even a little naive worldview
Other supporting characters are Mon Mothma and Admiral Tarkin.
There is some lore background to the Mandalorians. The Mandalorians are a Clone Army with Boba Fett-like armor. Maul’s associates are acting in the old Italian mob style (the likes of Al Capone) -
Obi-Wan introduces Anakin to the High Society Elite of Coruscant. Anakin struggles to fit in and it is very noticeable that he is not one of them.A rivalry continues to be developed between Anakin and Bail Organa over Nellith’s heart.
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Palpatine and Tarkin are using a bit of a racist rhetoric. They seek to restore Order to the Galaxy via force, establish a Republican dominance over the Galaxy, and win the War.
Anakin, who was raised in Corellia since he was born, is shocked when he is introduced to Coruscant and Alderaan. Anakin’s innocence is quite obvious when he cannot hear Obi-Wan talking to him since he is “still recovering from the shock of seeing such a different Galaxy than what he was used to” -
Bendu refuses to allow Kenobi to train Anakin, sensing much anger in him. Obi-Wan is confident he could train Anakin just as well as Yoda, as Anakin is a good star pilot who can be a Cunning Warrior.
Obi-Wan gives Anakin some basic training with a Lightsaber, Anakin struggles to keep up and quickly gets defeated by Obi-Wan. -
While he plans on Invading Alderaan, Maul kills Jedi Knights and human soldiers that we met earlier which builds him up as Obi-Wan and Anakin’s main rival.
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Other planets that are introduced are Chandrilla and Planets which Maul conquers.
The rivalry of Anakin and Bail heats up as Anakin and Nellith get closer.
Obi-Wan and the Republican troops discover Maul’s plans to construct a weapon with an Unprecedented power: The Death Star. -
Maul, his troops, and the House of Mandalore are invading Alderaan. Obi-Wan tells Anakin not to get involved and stay in Coruscant, but Anakin insists on following him and Nellith, highlighting his struggles to let go.
An amazing battle starts, Anakin steals a ship and assists Obi-Wan in the space fight. It is revealed that Anakin is a great Pilot due to his time in Corellia, and eventually he destroys the battle ship of the House of Mandalore. Anakin discovers that Maul wants to kill Nellith -
Obi-Wan goes after Maul. An iconic fight starts. Anakin and Nellith are fighting together against Maul’s troops. Anakin is not skilled and finds himself saved by Bail
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Maul defeats Obi-Wan. Anakin does not listen to him and attempts to fight Maul on his own. Maul taunts Anakin and tells him he feels anger and fear in him. Maul easily defeats Anakin and cuts his hand.
There is a ceremony in Alderaan. Despite Anakin’s loss to Maul and his low skills in Lightsaber and The Force, his piloting skills won the day and he is hailed as the Hero of Alderaan. It is revealed that Bail and Nellith’s wedding was canceled. Anakin and Nellith are watching the sunset of Alderaan and they kiss passionately.
Palpatine wins the election and becomes President and is impressed by the Hero of Alderaan who blew the ship of the House of Mandalore.
Obi-Wan nicknames Anakin “Skywalker”
