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The Rise of Skywalker Expanded Edition by Rae Carson: The "Tragedy of Vader" Edit (v2 NOW AVAILABLE) — Page 8

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Try making the Pasaana festival more of a thing that happens every generation rather than 42 years or biannually, to tie into the “generations” thing of the saga or the sequels. I also think referencing the other seven movies (you’ve already referenced TLJ in it) in it would reinforce that.

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Hmmm that’s actually an interesting idea. Definitely ties into the name: “Festival of the Ancestors”. I do wonder if that might actually make the believability of the trio encountering this event even more ridiculous, however, lol. Since a generation of humans is like 70-80 years. Unless the event ran for like an entire year or something crazy like that.

As for the other part of your post, here are some things from each “generation” of Star Wars I’ve incorporated into this edit:

  • The japor snippet plays a crucial role in Kylo’s transformation to Ben Solo
  • Plagueis and his form of essence transfer factoring into how Palpy survived
  • Rey’s father being a mutated/engineered clone like the Bad Batch
  • Sith stormtroopers being clones of multiple templates with inhibitor chips (v2 change)
  • Ben’s blaster on Exegol being a gift from Lando and forged with chromium from Naboo
  • Endor from ROTJ as the moon the trio travel to instead of a new moon
  • Luke Skywalker’s severed hand in Palpy’s citadel (v2 change)

I could go on but I think you get the point.

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I thought a generation was 25 years? (Try looking up Generation Z/Y/X/or others)

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Right I was thinking about when a generation would die off (fitting since we’re talking about “ancestors”). You’re talking more about a new generation being born.

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Also regarding the references I was more referring to any future additions into the festival scene

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I’d say it’s in a good place. The emphasis is on Luke Skywalker since he became a legend.

Once the Empire swooped in they made sure to brainwash the common folk to forget about the Jedi. So any prequel references in the Festival of the Ancestors wouldn’t make much sense

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I’m definitely intrigued by what have you been trying to do with this project. Can I have a link?

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PM sent! Let me know of any changes that might be useful for a v2.

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Did this get finished? Really interested in checking it out.

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Yes I finished V1 of the project and I mostly finished v2. I just never ended up creating a sharable PDF of it. I’ll send you v1 in a PM though, let me know if you want v2 as well.

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I decided to go ahead and save what changes I’d made since last year for a v2 release (there were actually quite a few from what I remember). Anyone else can PM me for access to it.

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I’m thinking about making an alternative version of this project which cuts back on some of the more fan-fictionish elements of the story. One example of this is the Poe/Finn bromance, which I unfortunately feel doesn’t have enough set up based on the previous novelizations. I’ll also include some other QOL changes, such as the following updated crawl:

Flames of rebellion burn across the galaxy. The tyrannical First Order has retaliated by silencing any planetary system that supports their enemy.

As Rey, sole heir to the Jedi, continues her training, General Leia Organa sends her brave agents across the stars to unite the disparate worlds in the name of Resistance.

Meanwhile, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren travels to Mustafar, chasing whispers of a HIDDEN POWER that stands to usurp his vulnerable regime. . . .