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- #1596674
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- Darth Plagueis: The Canon Edit - A novel fanedit (Released)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1596674/action/topic#1596674
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References to Darth Maul’s mother (Kycina) are taken out. Maul’s origin is presented as compliant to the Canon explanation (Sidious took Maul from Mother Talzin who is actually the mother). Dooku leaves the order in 42 BBY instead of at the end of the novel. Dooku scenes in the 34-32 BBY era are rewritten to reflect. Palpatine’s final words to Plagueis are changed slightly to reflect Rise of Skywalker.
The version I’m working in right now will remove some out of place EU references (such as the Bando Gora and Xanatos) and slightly extend the references to essence transfer already in the novel. In canon, Plagueis attempted essence transfer as he died. Sidious also survived post ROTJ with this technique. Surprisingly, there is already a allusion in the existing novel that Plagueis is attempting something when he dies.
I actually like the idea that Kycina is Talzin. Either way, i forget if Sidious took Maul or if he was a gift, but the fun thing is that Tal & Sid are implied to have made Maul in the Son of Dathomir comic. She refers to the mixing of the magics to make Maul and it almost seems like she’s implying that Palps fathered him.
I also prefer keeping the EU references intact, even if Canon won’t ever reference Xanatos, there’s no point in removing him imo.
Edit: Similarly, if you do a RotS edit I wouldn’t remove the EU lore and references unless it constitutes a major contradiction, like there being no Ahsoka or Maul being dead. I wouldn’t remove Mace having Yuuzhan Vong visions for example.
I sent you a message about potentially splitting this into three volumes and adding End Game, whether you do that or not changing Yaddle’s dialogue to match how she speaks in TotJ and The Living Force seems like a good idea.