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"I prefer the OT conception. This means relying on a lot of what was not said. How many times did we hear the name "Sith" in the OT? When Luke tried to persuade Vader that there was still good in him, Vader didn't retort, "I am a Sith Lord!" (Because a title would make up for having to slaughter children). The whole notion simplifies motivations and characters too much for my taste."

You make a very good point actually. So far I have episode one worked out in my notebooks and am in the process of fleshing out the second and third. I am considering making reference to "The Mandalorian wars" of old as being the catalyst for the foundation of the republic/jedi order but im wary of it at the mo.

The sith are the bad guys plot device is quite cheap BUT the maul/palpatine connection would be kept super secret until the third film. Maul is basically an independent agent and when he appears at the side of palpatine it is as close to a "No, i am your father " moment as my trilogy will probably get .

Ive got boba fett in there too and its not too bad. Does anyone else think we need a dedicated part of the site for these scripts rather then jamming them into the forums?

Perhaps clone technology eventually falls into multiple hands on many planets who begin using huge clone armies to defend themselves in uncertain times? A war between separatists and the republic dissolves into galaxy wide insurrection?

This is good man, very good. Straight into the action, the way it should be. Just to clarify who is Mulligan? This is your P.T. rewrite, correct?

Lose that stupid scene! ROTJ Jabba looks better even though hes clearly a puppet because he is a three dimensional object. Not a bloody binary drawing... >:(

I agree with DuracellEnergizer about a badass star destroyer rather than a second death star. The empire surely would have learned from the battle of Yavin. A more mobile laser mounted in an eclipse star destroyer. Perhaps the Ewok Leia encounters should lead here to Wookie refugees who lend unexpected aid to the rebel force? 

Thank you for your comments Mrebo. Could you expand on how you feel the Sith are overdone? I am wary of keeping scenes or characters just because they are cool. For example one of the few things i did like in the P.T. was Vaders birth/construction scene, but it will have to go in order to preserve his identity.

I was also toying with the idea of Bounty Hunters being a symptom of decay in an increasingly lawless universe, hence more Boba Fett! But alas no, this creates too many problems.

My main difficulty with Maul so far is maintaining his mystique by keeping him almost monosyllabic.

I've always liked the idea of Sith Lords pitting there current apprentices against younger rivals. Anakin kills Maul in an epic duel in the presence of Palpatine completing his turn to the dark side.

This will give greater depth to Lukes temptation in R.O.T.J. Luke makes the opposite choice to his father but Vader also knows exactly what Palpatine is up to and so has more motivation to kill him and save his son and at last his own soul.

I need Maul as the Dark face of evil, dealing with and commanding the Seperatists/Trade Federation as I want to keep Palpatine's true intentions secret for as long as possible for the benefit of those new to the saga. Dooku is too old to be anyones apprentice. As cool as Christopher Lee is we don't want to share our main villain The Lord of The Rings and Hammer Horror as well. Qui-Gon has been removed for similar reasons.

Anakin is the only one who deals with Palpatine for most of the series, as soon as Obi-Wan encounters him he knows exactly who and what he is and later confronts Anakin about not telling him. By then it will be too late of course! 

Any ideas on how to do multiple clone wars? Just two would be enough.

Greetings my fellow fanboys!

I am new to this site but can  see i am not the only one bursting with ideas and frustrated by plot holes. So far there seems to be a number of plot points we all agree with in general:

1: Darth Maul kept and developed.

2: The paternity secret must be preserved, perhaps using a "decoy vader" apprentice.

3: Obi-Wan and Anakin are our main characters, Alderann and Bail Organa feature prominently.

I read somewhere that Obi-Wan should eventually defy the Jedi order in order to train (continue training) Anakin. I can't remember who wrote it or where but this is genius as it compounds Obi-Wans guilt in the O.T.

Also someone mentioned a second (i.e. multiple) clone wars. This is another excellent point as otherwise there is no need to refer to the clone wars as plural.

My outline so far is as follows

No episode one/phantom menace.

Episode one: the clone wars

Episode two: dawn/rise of the empire (which do ye prefer?)

Episode three: revenge of the sith.

I'l post an outline soon but I would like to hear preferences for the second episodes title: Rise or Dawn?