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I have only two more posts or so to go, and then this screenplay is finished. With that in mind, I thought now would be a good time to talk about the ships I've shown throughout this script.

The Consular-class cruiser Radiant VII is the exact same ship that shows up in the beginning of TPM.

I've always thought of it as the mirror image of SW's Tantive IV, so I felt it would work perfectly as the ship the Mandalorians board in the beginning of my story.

The Jehavey'ir-class assault ships are based off of the Jehavey'ir-type assault ship.

I just replaced "type" with "class" because I think "class" sounds better.

The Nyax is a Lictor-class dungeon ship like the one pictured in this image.

When I was younger, the little bit of info Dark Empire gave on the dungeon ships and their part in the Clone Wars/Great Jedi Purge helped feed my imagination on what the Purge was supposed to be like prior to the release of ROTS. As such, the dungeon ship eventually served as the genesis for the premise of this script. 

The Jedi starfighter Siri rides around in is the same type of fighter the Jedi in the PT go flying around in, detachable hyperdrive ring and all.

The Light Hammer -- and all other dreadnaughts mentioned throughout the screenplay -- are Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers.

Suffice it to say, ever since I read the Thrawn Trilogy, I've wanted to incorporate dreadnaughts and every other ship/vehicle/weapon mentioned in the early EU as having been used during the Clone Wars into my PT rewrites.

The Twilight is a G9 Rigger freighter, the exact same ship Anakin is shown to pilot on occassion in The Clone Wars series.

Ever since I started on my endeavour to rewrite the PT, I wanted to reveal that what Owen said to Luke about Anakin being a navigator on a spice freighter wasn't actually a lie, and so I tried to include that seemy side of Anakin's past in his background on Tatooine. I never really did a good job incorporating the idea into my previous rewrite, but I feel I got it nailed down this time around.

The Xuthltan -- the ship commanded by the ill-fated Captain Wahr Blarh -- is a Xiytiar-class transport.

I wanted the Xuthltan to be as ungainly-looking as possible, so I went with this kind of ship. In hindsight, though, I regret giving such a lame ship a cool name like Xuthltan, especially since I got the name "Xulhltan" from a pretty good Cthulhu Mythos story.

Ah, well, I'll just reuse the name for something more deserving of it in the sequel. ;-)

This is the Kom'rk-class fighter the Death Watchmen use in their planetside raids/attacks.

The Venator-class star defender is based off of the Venator-class star destroyer from ROTS.

The reason I'm calling this type of ship a star defender rather than a destroyer is because, as a pre-Imperial class of ship, it wouldn't be given such an intimidating name. In my canon, the term "star destroyer" only came into use after the Republic transitioned into the far-less beneficient Empire, and as such it's only applied to wedge-shaped warships designed and built after the transition.

The shuttle Commander Piker flies to-and-from the volcanic moon inhabited by the warlike female aliens is a Theta-class shuttle.

In my canon, the TIE-fighters built before the rise of Palpatine had life support systems and hyperdrives. As such, they share the same full body of Darth Vader's later advanced TIE-fighter, only with straight, hexagonal panels instead of bent, octagonal panels.

While not the same type of ship, the medium-sized fighters of the warlike aliens Commander Piker and his team run up against in orbit above the volcanic moon are obviously inspired by Klingon Bird-of-Preys.

The Victor-class star destroyer is based off of the Victory-class star destroyer.

The reason why I'm calling it a Victor-class star destroyer instead of a Victory-class star destroyer is because I want the name of every star defender/destroyer class in my canon to end with "tor" (so Victor instead of Victory, Imperator instead of Imperial, etc.).

The T-Wing fighter is based off of the Z-95 Headhunter.

The reason why I'm not calling them Headhunters in my script is because the idea that the Headhunters are two-winged proto-X-Wings is another stupid retcon of the modern EU; Brian Daley's original description of the Headhunters painted a far different picture of their actual appearance. Therefore, out of respect for the original writer's original vision, I'm not applying the proto-X-Wing design to the Z-95 Headhunters.

Still, I like the proto-X-Wing look, and I still wanted to incorporate those kind of ships into my PT rewrite, so I just chose to call them T-Wings instead (they do look like capital "T"s, after all).

INT. RESOLUTION/BRIDGE

SENSOR OFFICER #2: The bombardment was successful, Admiral. The Mandalorian dockyards have been completely obliterated.

BAIL: Time for the second phase of our attack. (to the communications officer) Order Black and White Squadron down to the planet.

EXT. DANIA VII - PLAINS - DAY

From out of the sky plummets a burning escape pod. Its engines damaged, it cannot slow its descent as it plows into the ground, blasting a large crater into the earth.

As smoke rises from the charred exterior of the pod, the hatch is blow open. Stepping out onto the uprooted soil, visibly injured from the impact, is Pre Vizsla.

As Vizsla staggers away from the pod, the sound of sublight engines begin to resound through the air. Looking up, the Mandalorian Knight watches as twenty-four starfighters -- the six TIE-fighters of White Squadron and the six T-Wing fighters of Black Squadron -- soar through the sky over his head, their trajectory taking them toward the front wall of the Mandalorian complex which stands far in the distance near the horizon.

PRE VIZSLA: No ...

Taking another step forward, Vizsla collapses to his knees, grunting with pain.

INT. BLACK LEADER'S TIE-FIGHTER/COCKPIT - DAY

BLACK LEADER: (to the other fighters over his radio) We're approaching the Mandalorian complex. Remember to limit your weapons' fire to hangars, gun emplacements, and ammunition dumps -- we want to keep civilian casualties down to a minimum.

INT. WHITE LEADER'S T-WING/COCKPIT - DAY

WHITE LEADER: Copy that, Black Leader.

As the Imperial fighters near the Mandalorian complex, several gun emplacements built along the top of the front wall come to life and begin unleashing volleys of yellow turbolaser fire. Twisting and turning, most of the fighters dodge the energy blasts and return fire, immediately destroying a third of the emplacements.

EXT. CENTRAL TOWER/GARDEN - DAY

As Zull sits upon a patch of vibrant teal grass, her eyes closed in meditation, a Mandalorian comes running into the garden, the expression on his face one of desperation.

MANDALORIAN #16: Mistress! Mistress!

Opening her eyes, Zull turns to look upon the man.

ZULL: What is it?

MANDALORIAN #16: It's the inmates, Mistress. They're revolting!

ZULL: (rises to her feet) What?

MANDALORIAN #16: The inmates of Bunker 13 are rising up, Mistress! They've killed most of the guards and taken their weapons!

ZULL: Aren't our warriors capable of crushing an insignificant little rebellion?

MANDALORIAN #16: They took our warriors by surprise, Mistress.

ZULL: Then have it stopped before news spreads to the other inmates and we have a full-blown riot on our hands.

MANDALORIAN #16: That isn't all. We're being invaded by the Empire.

ZULL: Why are you wasting your time telling me about it? Order our ships up to repel their fleet.

MANDALORIAN #16: We tried that, Mistress, but it was too late. The Imperials blasted the dockyards from space. There's nothing left.

ZULL: Aren't there any other ships anywhere else on the planet?

MANDALORIAN #16: Not on this planet, no, but we do keep a small reserve of sixteen dreadnaughts on Dania II.

ZULL: Send them.

MANDALORIAN #16: Mistress, the Imperial fleet consists of five Victor-class star destroyers and two Venator-class star defenders. Maybe our dreadnaughts could overwhelm the destroyers, but there is no way they could take on the defenders. They'd be sitting ducks.

ZULL: Send them anyway. What do we have to lose?

EXT. SPACE - DANIA VII

As the ships of the Imperial fleet sit facing the red planet before them, sixteen Mandalorian dreadnaughts approach them from behind and open fire.

INT. RESOLUTION/BRIDGE

The ship shakes as the turbolaser fire's kinetic energy reverberates through the hull.

BAIL: What was that?!

SENSOR OFFICER: Admiral!

BAIL: What is it!?

SENSOR OFFICER: Detecting sixteen Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers coming up on us from behind!

BAIL: Order all ships to turn around and return fire!

EXT. SPACE - DANIA VII

Turning around, the seven Imperial ships open fire upon the Sixteen Mandalorian dreadnaughts. Deciding that the star defenders are too powerful to take on directly, the Mandalorians decide to concentrate their firepower on the weaker star destroyers. Within moments, two of the destroyers go up in flames.

EXT. DANIA VII - BUNKER 13 - DAY

As the residents of Bunker 13 rise up from the depths of the bunker, they find a living barrier made up of armed Death Watchmen lying in wait for them. Like a living tide, the Force-wielding rebels surge forth against the Mandalorians; while those in front are quickly cut down by blaster fire, the overwhelming numbers of those who remain prove to be too great for the Mandalorians to resist and, within moments, the rebels swarm over them, beating them down and taking their weapons.

EXT. MANDALORIAN COMPLEX - DAY

The starfighters of White and Black Squadron descend upon the Mandalorian complex like harpies from Hell, laying waste to Death Watch's hangers and ammunition dumps with their lasers and torpedoes. While a number of Death Watchmen are able to roll out a few anti-aircraft weapons platforms and send out a couple of fighters to counterattack the Imperial ships, they aren't enough to do much good against their attackers.

CUT TO

A montage of more-and-more residents throughout the complex rising up against the Mandalorians as the T-Wing and TIE-fighters bombard the Mandalorians' storage facilities.

EXT. SPACE - DANIA VII

While the Mandalorian dreadnaughts have managed to destroy all but one of the star destroyers, they failed to do much damage to the star defenders. Teaming up, the two defenders have laid waste to ten of the dreadnaughts and are quickly overpowering the remaining six.

INT. RESOLUTION/BRIDGE

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER: Admiral!

BAIL: Yes, Lieutenant?

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER: We're being hailed by the remaining dreadnaughts. They're surrendering, sir.

BAIL: (to the weapons officer) Stop firing.

WEAPONS OFFICER: Yes, sir!

BAIL: (to the communications officer) Tell them we accept their surrender.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER: At once, Admiral.

Sighing with relief, Bail turns to regard Vaness.

BAIL: It's over, Vaness. It's finally over.

EXT. CENTRAL TOWER/GARDEN - DAY

Zull stands in the garden with the Mandalorian, who is busy talking with someone over a comlink.

MANDALORIAN #16: (deactivates the comlink) (to Zull) The dreadnaughts have failed, Mistress. They have all been destroyed or surrendered. The Imperials have won.

ZULL: I see ...

MANDALORIAN #16: There remains but one thing for you to do now.

ZULL: I will deliver our surrender to the Imperial fleet commander myself.

MANDALORIAN #16: (astonished) What!? That isn't what I meant at all!

ZULL: (furrows her brow) What did you mean?

MANDALORIAN #16: The self-destruct sequence! I need your order to activate it! Once this complex is destroyed, they will have nothing! Nothing!

ZULL: (shocked) You're mad! I won't sacrifice thousands of lives just to spite the Imperials!

MANDALORIAN #16: (enraged) Spineless weakling! If you won't do it, I'll send the order myself!

Bringing up his comlink, the Mandalorian reactivates it.

MANDALORIAN #16: This is Pes Ahnt! Execute --

Reaching into her robes, Zull withdraws her lightsaber. Wasting no time, she drives the emitter of the weapon into the Mandalorian's gut and engages it, running him through with her chartreuse blade.

MANDALORIAN #16: (eyes bulging) Ugh!

Deactivating her lightsaber, Zull pushes the Mandalorian back, allowing his dead body to collapse to the ground.

So I read that Lucas himself considers the dark side of the Force stronger than the light side. Seeing as the guy is incapable to depicting Force users and Force useage properly, this doesn't surprise me in the least.

Bad vibrations, man, bad vibrations.

Star Wars

The Empire Strikes Back

Return of the Jedi

Nothing else matters. ;-p

No one in the PT knew anything that an imbecile in the real world would have been able to figure out right away.

That's the best answer in a nutshell.

^Now've you've jinxed it ...

He'd better.

Johnny Ringo said:

 

Sigourney wants to make another movie. I wonder if they would pretend Alien 3 and Resurrection never happened?

She's been saying that for years. I don't think it will happen. is there anywhere left for the story to go at this point?

How about a musical? That hasn't been done yet. Think about it; Alien 5: I've Grown Accustomed to Your Facehugger.

b-wing

INT. TRAINING CENTRE 14/ROOM 112 - DAY

Students file into the room as Instructor Poule goes over his notes on a datapad. As Anakin takes a seat at his desk beside Orowi, he stares hard at the Mandalorian instructor.

POULE (INSTRUCTOR #2): (walks up to the head of the class) Alright, everyone, today we're going to go over the --

Noticing Anakin's hard stare, Poule goes silent for a moment.

POULE: (frowns) What's your problem, Skywalker?

Without a word, Anakin -- along with half of the other students in the room -- closes his eyes.

EXT. TRAINING ARENA - DAY

Ben, Siri, and a number of other Level 34ers are led out into the centre of the training arena, various cleaning tools and products on them. Waiting for them, his fat, red, grinning face unhelmeted, is the Mandalorian taskmaster.

TASKMASTER: Alright, you worthless grubbers, I want you to get this arena nice and clean for Noum's afternoon training session. I want it clean enough to reflect the suns' light, understand? Good! Now hop to it!

While a number of the workers obey and start about their cleaning duties, most of them -- Siri and Obi-Wan included -- merely stand where they are, refusing to move. Immediately aware of this act of disobedience, the taskmaster's red face deepens to maroon.

TASKMASTER: (angry) What are you dung-eaters doing standing there like a crop of dead 'droids?! Get to work!

The still workers refuse to respond. Instead, they all close their eyes.

INT. BUNKER 13/SUBLEVEL R/TRANSMITTER ROOM - DAY

Nashira, the snivvian, the saurin, and the Chadra-fan all sit cross-legged upon the stone floor, their eyes closed in concentration.

INT. TRAINING CENTRE 14/ROOM 112 - DAY

Frustrated with Anakin's silent treatment, Poule strides over to him and angrily places his hands down on the boy's desk.

POULE: Am I boring you, Skywalker? Am I putting you to sleep?

Suddenly, a strong, sourceless breeze begins to blow through the room. Alarmed, Poule staggers back.

POULE: (afraid) What are you doing?

EXT. TRAINING ARENA - DAY

Full of rage, the taskmaster stomps over to one of the silent workers -- a tall, slender ho'din with blue-green skin.

TASKMASTER: (yelling) I said get to work!

With a heavy punch to the gut, the Mandalorian sends the ho'din to the ground. Spitting on the ho'din, the taskmaster then kicks her in the side of the head.

TASKMASTER: You won't work? Then you won't live!

Reaching for his side, the taskmaster unsheathes his sword. As he raises his blade of polished Mandalorian iron high above his head, Siri and Obi-Wan pull out their lightsabers.

INT. TRAINING CENTRE 14/ROOM 112 - DAY

Full of fear, Poule rushes over to his desk. Pulling a drawer open, he pulls out a blaster pistol and quickly aims it at Anakin. Before the instructor can pull the trigger, however, the closed eyes of every concentrating student in the room open.

An invisible force suddenly hits Poule, hurling him backward. With a loud crash he hits the wall, collapsing to the floor in an unconscious heap.

EXT. TRAINING ARENA - DAY

As one Obi-Wan and Siri open their eyes and activate their lightsabers. As the taskmaster swings his sword downward, the two Jedi Knights cross their lightsabers before it, blocking the metal blade before it can make contact with the ho'din.

TASKMASTER: (surprised) What!? Where did you get those lightsabers?!

Bringing their blades up, the two Jedi knock the taskmaster's sword back. Wasting no time, the Mandalorian takes a swing at Obi-Wan and strikes the Jedi in the face with the flat side of his blade. As Ben reels backward in pain, the taskmaster quickly turns upon Siri; lunging forward, he crosses blades with the Coruscanti Jedi.

TASKMASTER: (screaming) Death Watchmen! To my aid!

Hearing his cry for help, various Death Watchmen stationed throughout the training arena leave their posts in a rush to reach the centre of the arena.

As the taskmaster knocks Siri's lightsaber from her hand, the beaten ho'din rises from the ground and throws her hand out toward the Mandalorian. To his surprise, his sword is telekinetically wrenched out of his grasp and into her. As the Mandalorian reaches for his blaster, the ho'din lunges forward, running him through with his own weapon.

As the armed Death Watchmen arrive in the centre of the arena, the remaining workers all awaken from their trance and turn to face their oppressors. As the Mandalorians open fire on them with their blasters, the Level 34ers throw up their arms and, through the Force, erect a shield which causes the blaster bolts to dissipate before they can reach their targets.

MANDALORIAN #14: Their Force shield is too strong for blasters!

MANDALORIAN #15: Call for reinforcements! Tell them to bring in heavier --

Before the Mandalorian can finish her order, the workers send the Force outward to throw her and her fellow Death Watchmen back into the stone walls of the converted amphitheatre.

INT. TRAINING CENTRE 14/ROOM 112 - DAY

Walking over to Poule's unconscious form, Anakin bends down and picks up his fallen blaster. Rising back up, he leaves the classroom; his fellow students follow along behind him.

INT. TRAINING CENTRE 14/CORRIDOR - DAY

As the students walk out of Room 112, they spot two Mandalorians -- an instructor and an armoured Death Watchman -- walking down the corridor together. As Anakin blasts the warrior in the face, killing him instantly, one of the other students uses the Force to send the instructor flying down the length of the corridor.

INSTRUCTOR #3 (Wilhelm Scream)

CUT TO

A montage of various inmates throughout Bunker 13 and beyond rising up against the Mandalorians, using their collective knowledge and power in the Force to strike back. While many end up dying at the hands of the Mandalorians, many more manage to prevail against the armoured warriors.

I can't help but wonder why B-wings are called B-wings. Their shape doesn't resemble the letter "B" as far as I can tell.

Ah, but you can't have thousands of Sith with thousands of red lightsabers running around in a PT/OT setting, can you? That pesky Rule of Two gets in the way.

TheBoost said:

Kenner toys had a proposal for what the Clone Wars were in their rejected plan to continue the Star Wars toy line after ROTJ.

Atha Prime and his double-decker star destroyer ... strange as it may seem, I actually consider it (semi) canon. 

I don't know if I'd blame the public so much as the writers/designers of the game itself.

EXT. SPACE - DANIA VII

The Nyax and its escort of three assault ships leave Dania VII's orbit for open space.

INT. NYAX/BRIDGE

Pre Vizsla sits in the command chair on the Nyax's bridge, his aide Karras standing at attention by his side.

KARRAS (MANDALORIAN AIDE): We are out of Dania VII's gravity well, milord. We can make the jump to lightspeed at any time.

PRE VIZSLA: (to the helmsman) Do it.

The Mandalorian helmsman nods once with silent acknowledgement and begins entering the coordinates for Ryloth into the navicomputer.

EXT. SPACE

Suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, seven Imperial warships -- two Venator-class star defenders and five Victor-class star destroyers -- drop out of hyperspace right in front of the Mandalorian ships.

INT. NYAX/BRIDGE

Seeing the imposing number of ships comprising the Imperial fleet, the Mandalorians on the bridge of the Nyax freeze.

PRE VIZSLA: (alarmed) What in the name --?

INT. RESOLUTION/BRIDGE

Bail Organa sits in the command chair on the bridge of the star defender Resolution, Raia Vaness standing at attention by his side.

SENSOR OFFICER #2: We have four Mandalorians on the scope, Admiral. One Lictor-class dungeon ship and three Jehavey'ir-class assault ships.

WEAPONS OFFICER: Permission to blow them out of the sky, sir.

BAIL: (grins) Make it so.

INT. NYAX/BRIDGE

Vizsla bolts upright from his chair.

PRE VIZSLA: Establish communication with Dania VII! Inform them --

EXT. SPACE

The Resolution opens fire on the Nyax. Green turbolaser fire pummels the smaller dungeon ship, pierces its deflector shields, and quickly reduces it to a flaming wreck. The three Mandalorian assault ships are quick to retaliate, but they are automatically vaporized by backup fire from one of the star destroyers.

INT. RESOLUTION/BRIDGE

SENSOR OFFICER #2: The assault ships have all been obliterated and the dungeon ship's a burning ruin. We got 'em, sir.

BAIL: Good, very good. (beat) Now, with that unpleasantness out of the way, prepare to go into orbit around the planet's fifth moon and alert our friends in the Mandalorian stronghold of our arrival.

INT. DANIA VII - BUNKER 13/SUBLEVEL R/TRANSMITTER ROOM - DAY

Inside the transmitter room sit three individuals -- a Chadra-fan, a snivvian, and a saurin. To deal with boredom, the three have each chosen different means to pass the time; the Chadra-fan works on a holographic jigsaw puzzle, the snivvian reads a comic book on a datapad, and the saurin plays with a neon-lit yo-yo. They barely notice Nashira as she comes walking in.

SNIVVIAN: Hey, Nashira. Didn't know you were working the early day shift today.

NASHIRA: I'm not, really. Nik sent me down here.

SNIVVIAN: So you're actually skipping out of your classes today?

CHADRA-FAN: Not smart, girl, not smart at all.

NASHIRA: Nik thinks today's the day the Imperials arrive. He wants me to stay down here so I don't get hurt when the revolt happens.

The saurin proclaims something in his reptilian tongue.

CHADRA-FAN: (giggles) You said it. That Nik and his daydreams.

Sitting down with the three non-humans, Nashira steals a glance at the comic book the snivvian is reading.

NASHIRA: What are you reading?

SNIVVIAN: Manman of Extraspace, No. 7362, Vol. 5603, "Manman vs. the Paruvans". (hands the datapad to Nashira) Want to read it? I can set the language mode to Aurabesh if you like.

NASHIRA: (holds up her hand) No, no, that's alright. I brought my own reading material.

SNIVVIAN: (shrugs) Suit yourself.

Just as the snivvian goes back to reading his comic book, the red light on the transmitter begins to flash. Taking notice of the flashing light, the Chadra-fan leaves her puzzle and bolts over to the transmitter.

CHADRA-FAN: (reading over the transmission) It's from the Imperials. Their fleet has arrived in the system.

SNIVVIAN: We have to tell the others.

Closing their eyes, all four individuals in the room begin broadcasting this information to their compatriots throughout the bunker.

CUT TO

A montage of inmates throughout the bunker receiving the telepathic broadcast from the informants in the transmitter room.

EXT. SPACE - DANIA VII'S FIFTH MOON

The fleet of Imperial ships hangs in low orbit above Dania VII's barren fifth moon.

INT. RESOLUTION/BRIDGE

CMDR. VANESS: Sir, an hour's passed since we informed the prisoners of our arrival. The time has come to attack.

BAIL: Right you are, Raia. (to the helmsman) Move away from the moon and go into low orbit around the planet itself. (to the weapons officer) Once we are in position, target their dockyards and open fire. (to the communications officer) Tell the other ships to follow suit.

EXT. SPACE - DANIA VII

As one, the Imperial ships move away from the moon and descend upon Dania VII itself. Once in low orbit, the star defenders and destroyers take aim and, finding the dockyards in the Mandalorian metropolis on the planet below, open fire with their turbolasers.

EXT. DANIA VII - METROPOLIS - DOCKYARDS - DAY

As the Mandalorians go about their business on the dockyards housing all their dreadnaughts, assault ships, and fighters, a torrent of heavy green turbolaser fire falls down on them from the sky. They haven't even the time to register what is happening as they, the dockyards, and the surrounding three-hundred kilometres are eradicated from existence.

.Mac. said:

In ESB, with Hamill's injury to the face from a car accident, they implemented that injury into the movie by having the Wampa swipe at his face. That actually worked out very well and added realism.

The wampa attack doesn't actually explain Luke's different nose between the first two movies. You look closely enough, and it's easy to see that Luke has Hamill's post-accident nose even before the wampa slaps him across the face.

Hal 9000 and darthcantthinkofasuitablereasontobehereanymore have both taken me off their ignore lists. I am back to being ignored solely (and inexplicably) by Heilemann.

RicOlie_2 said:

Yes, and I have to avoid speaking English. Les Canadiens find that offensive in the Frenchier areas.

I suggest you speak deliberately mispronounced French just to get back at them. ;-) 

^And I was actually looking forward to seeing it. *shakeshead*

Sounds incredibly skippable.

It'd be nice to think that people don't take lightsaber colours into consideration because lightsaber colours don't really mean anything or indicate the wielder's affiliation, but I know that's not likely to be the case.

Around the time AOTC came out, I remember hearing two guys say that the clones were going to be clones of Anakin. I thought that was an interesting development. Then I saw AOTC and was subsequently underwhelmed by who the clones really were.

Indeed. French-Canadians eat poutine, not snails. ;-)