I dreamed that I was watching an Old Republic and in it Snoke creates the first Sith by luring Jedi into some sort of hell, the entrance to this hell being located on Moraband.
The Trade Federation’s role could be reduced. TCW without the prequels implies that the Trade Federation is distinct from Nute Gunray and the other Nemoidians who support the Separatists. Anakin could be the good friend that the OT implied he was.
A number of stupid PT elements would still remain – Darths, younglings, Gungans, Chosen One prophecy, etc.
That doesn’t mean that a TCW-compatible PT would have to reference them. Also, we could be selective as to which TCW episodes we include in the continuity of our rewritten PT.
I figured that he was young when he turned. However, I also thought that the saber that Obi-Wan gives Luke is the saber that Anakin used for his entire Jedi career. I also thought that Anakin and Uncle Owen were close before Obi-Wan entered the picture and that Owen tried to convince Anakin not to become a Jedi.
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I do like that another non-dark side Skywalker was revealed to exist. It allowed for Vader’s “If you will not turn, perhaps she will,” moment and Luke’s reaction to it.
Isn’t it possible that the Imperial General on Endor was a baffoon and/or a traitor?
I’d love to see some of the Imperial officers from the beginning of Star Wars.
The EU lacked any clear direction and constantly undermined itself. By the time Jacen turned to the dark side, Palpatine had already been cloned a bunch of times and the Vong war had already happened. Chewie dies, and then two years later the character he died to save dies.
Force Awakens by far
ROTJ continues ESB’s theme of choice, free will, and rejecting a dark destiny. Luke is taunted that it’s his “destiny” to turn dark and replace Vader, he’s told that the Emperor is now his master, but he disproves all that and stays true to who he is. Yoda and the Emperor both tell Luke that turning back from the dark side is impossible, Vader says “it’s too late for me,” but at the end Vader overcomes the dark side and sacrifices himself to save Luke.
A lot of what Palpatine told Anakin could have been a pack of lies with a tiny grain of truth. This is the guy who told him he killed Padme after all. Not to mention implying he knew how to cheat death, and when Anakin has taken the bait, Palpy is all “well, I’m sure we can learn how to do it”.
I’ll bet that bastard never even brought it up again.
Why would Palpatine lie about Plagueis’s gender?
According to the Art of TFA book, they considered making Snoke female. Palpatine repeatedly referred to Plagueis using male pronouns.
Another thought: what happened to the CGI Tarkin rumours? Do we know if that’s happening?
I wouldn’t mind Daine Jir, Motti, or Tagge being recasted, but I’m not sure how I’d feel about cgi Tarkin.
It would be awesome if Snoke is the being who corrupted the first Sith. Nobody ever said that evil began with the Sith.
Faces has some digital sound effects that weren’t present in the theatrical releases and the binary sunset close-up has a purple sky instead of a red sky.
Episode I should show Anakin constructing the lightsaber that Luke uses in Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back. This way Luke receiving and using it and the line “your father’s lightsaber” would be more meaningful.
Between the editing and the music, TFA reminds me of AOTC in a bad way. The music doesn’t sound right, important things are edited out, we don’t get a chance to see the environments, etc.
I thought the same too. Rule of two makes it less impressive since it implies it’s some key thing every Sith has to do and it’s expected. Being an anomaly as darklordoftech mentioned is far more interesting and there’s more impact to what Vader says. As if Vader has been loathing his master for a long time but had no means to overthrow him. Then comes his son and Vader has a “Ah yes, there’s finally hope in the galaxy after all!” moment. His aim was to restore order to the galaxy rather than have an apprentice for the sake of having one. I like that concept better imo.
This is exactly what I was going for. Vader longs to be free from Palpatine’s cruelty and oppression and sees Luke as an oppertunity to make that hapoen.
I thought maybe Anakin started going by “Darth Vader” before he became a famous Jedi. Vader having been Obi-Wan’s apprentice seems to be public knowledge in the OT.
Still, in Empire, Vader wants to persuade Luke to rule with him as father and son, which implies that he wants to get rid of the Emperor. If you’d want to change the prequels so that Vader’s turn against the Emperor is not hinted at, you’d have to change Empire, too.
What you could still do is keep Vader’s ambitions a surprise until the end of Empire. Before the prequels, I didn’t think that Sith plotting against each other was the norm, but rather an anomaly resulting from the personalities of Vader and the Emperor.
I’d enjoy an anthology film about someone who’s a slave of the Empire. Their goal could be to escape to a free planet.
Can everybody please stop saying ‘Midichlorians’ please?
When I stop hearing about Plagueis, I’ll stop talking about m***********s.
I just realized that the Force Awakens essentially “retconned” (does that mean written out of canon?) the PT. The PT made clear that Vader was destined to destroy the Sith based on some ancient prophecy, and I’m assuming that Kylo Ren and that fish guy in the hologram are Sith - or at least the equivalent. So basically all that nonsense about the space prophecy and Vader being the savior of the universe was irrelevant.
The Nightsisters in TCW aren’t Sith and neither is Kylo Ren and his master. Abrams mentioned that Kylo Ren isn’t a Sith. Therefore, the prophecy is irrelevant to TFA. It never said “destroy the dark side.”
If Snoke is Plagueis
I’d rather Snoke be a giant midichlorian than he be Plagueis.
May I ask why? If Snoke is Plagueis that means that the Greatest Sith Lord in Galactic History was merely a pawn in what could be a much more labyrinthine scheme. I like it.
I just realized that the Force Awakens essentially “retconned” (does that mean written out of canon?) the PT. The PT made clear that Vader was destined to destroy the Sith based on some ancient prophecy, and I’m assuming that Kylo Ren and that fish guy in the hologram are Sith - or at least the equivalent. So basically all that nonsense about the space prophecy and Vader being the savior of the universe was irrelevant.
The Nightsisters in TCW aren’t Sith and neither is Kylo Ren and his master. Abrams mentioned that Kylo Ren isn’t a Sith. Therefore, the prophecy is irrelevant to TFA. It never said “destroy the dark side.”
If Snoke is Plagueis
I’d rather Snoke be a giant midichlorian than he be Plagueis.
Anyway, I really cared about Finn, Han’s death was an excellent scene, Rey vs. Kylo was an excellent climax, and I love that Luke wears a gold and white version of his ROTJ robes. However, TFA feels extremely disconnected from the OT and doesn’t feel like it takes place in the Star Wars universe. The lighting-pacing-music combination that gives Star Wars its identity isn’t there. The music is performed in a way that makes it fail to convey the emotions that the music conveyed in the OT. The Starkiller Base weapon is introduced out of nowhere and feels like it went out of its way to rehash the OT.
I just realized that the Force Awakens essentially “retconned” (does that mean written out of canon?) the PT. The PT made clear that Vader was destined to destroy the Sith based on some ancient prophecy, and I’m assuming that Kylo Ren and that fish guy in the hologram are Sith - or at least the equivalent. So basically all that nonsense about the space prophecy and Vader being the savior of the universe was irrelevant.
The Sith are one of many organizations that uses the dark side. The Nightsisters in TCW aren’t Sith and neither is Kylo Ren and his master. Abrams mentioned that Kylo Ren isn’t a Sith. Therefore, the prophecy is irrelevant to TFA. It never said “destroy the dark side.”