Star Wars Episode III Synopsis

[UCFKevin 0]

So, I had some time to kill and decided to do my own synopsis of what I think should happen in Episode III. Not everyone will agree with a lot of it, because of what I use, I basically use everything, even midichlorians, because they were introduced, they can't just hang there over our heads like a stinky fart, they have to be explained a little, dammit, whether Lucas is going to ignore that or not, I took care of it. Kinda. Enjoy.

STAR WARS EPISODE III: THE FALL OF THE JEDI

We see the typical Star Wars opening, with the crawl talking about what's happened since the last movie, which was three years ago in Episode III. It says that the Republic has recently gotten a little out of control, a little power hungry, and the Clone Army has grown exponentially and is now more or less controlling the galaxy. Chancellor Palpatine has managed to use his skills to convince the Senate that his prior power level that was supposed to be temporary will be completed soon, with the Separatists coming to an end. The Jedi Council has begun to doubt the Republic and what it stands for but still fights for it. Padme is now pregnant and on Naboo with her family, about to give birth. The last leg of the Clone Wars is about to take place against the fledgling Separatists, who are led by a mysterious leader whose identity no one seems to know.

The film opens with a full scale battle against a large number of Separatists and droids on the land and in space. The space attack is led by Anakin Skywalker, and ground battle led by Obiwan Kenobi, now a General. The battles are fierce and intense, many people die on both sides, but eventually the Republic wins the battles.

The war begins to die down, with just a few factions of the Separatists still attacking, making desperate runs against the Republic. Anakin and Obiwan head back to Coruscant to return to semi normal lives, away from the war. The only people who know Anakin is married to Padme are Obiwan and Jar Jar. Jar Jar informs Anakin that Padme has left for Naboo to give birth to her children with her family to help, although no one knows she's having twins yet. Anakin decides to go to Naboo to be with her, but Obiwan won't allow it. He's let Anakin do enough without telling anyone and decides that enough is enough, Anakin's either a Jedi or he isn't. They get in a verbal argument and Anakin leaves without anything being fully resolved. Obiwan decides to investigate who this mysterious leader of the Separatists is, so he begins to do some detective work.

We then see Dooku and Darth Sidious in their hide out. They are discussing the latest goings on in the war. Sidious mentions Skywalker. Dooku questions Sidious's interest in Skywalker. Sidious seems to have a bit of an ulterior motive and Dooku senses this. Dooku then tracks down Obiwan while he's doing his detective work and reveals to him that Palpatine is actually Darth Sidious. Obiwan refuses to believe this. He also tells him that Sidious pretended to be Jedi Master Syfo Dius, the one who began the creation of the Clone Army. He also reveals what Palpatine is planning with Anakin, to turn him fully to the Dark Side. Obiwan asks, "Why tell me this if it's true?" and Dooku tells him that there has always been only two Sith Lords. He would be obsolete with a young powerful Sith Lord joining Sidious. Obiwan still refuses to believe this and doesn't want to be such a fool for not knowing this, finding out about it before. He lets the Dark Side get the best of him and attacks Dooku. They duel. He wounds Dooku and almost kills him before he realizes what he's doing and stops himself. Dooku then uses the Force lightning against Obiwan and escapes.

Obiwan informs what Dooku told him to Yoda and Mace Windu. They realize what's been happening, they've been used, played with, they're all pawns in a greater scheme for Palpatine to take over the galaxy. The remaining Jedi and a few Senators decide to defect to the Separatists, now being called the Rebellion. Obiwan goes to Naboo to tell Anakin and Padme to come with them.

When Obiwan gets to Naboo, Palpatine is already there with Anakin and Padme and Jar Jar. She has not given birth yet, but will very soon. Obiwan confronts Palpatine about him being Darth Sidious and being in cahoots with Dooku. Palpatine denies it. Anakin gets upset that Obiwan would accuse his friend of being a Sith Lord. Obiwan tells Anakin to decide then and there, go with him or stay with Palpatine. Obiwan's explanation makes sense to Padme and decides to go with Obiwan. Anakin gets really angry about her not trusting his mentor. He once again thinks it's all Obiwan's fault, thinking because Anakin went against the Jedi Order, now Obiwan's trying to take everything away from him. He ignites his lightsaber and begins to go after Obiwan in a blind fury. Palpatine holds him back. Padme and Obiwan are stunned at what almost happened. Obiwan begins to realize Anakin is turning to the Dark Side. He begs Anakin to come with him. Anakin looks at Palpatine, who's encouraged him him to use his powers to their fullest instead of holding back and using them only when necessary like how Obiwan wants. Anakin doesn't decide. Obiwan knows that he's on a deadline, that the others are going to join the Rebellion soon and he needs to be there with them, so they leave with Jar Jar. Padme is very uspet with this and almost begins to hate Obiwan for doing this to her and Anakin, but knows she's doing the right thing, regretfully.

Obiwan and Padme meet up with the rest of the Jedi at the rendezvous point at a space station near Alderaan. The defectors encounter the Separatists, and finally meet the mysterious leader of the Rebellion, Bail Organa. He tells them that he never trusted Palpatine after the Clone Army was given the go ahead and decided to lead the Rebellion against the Republic, now quickly turning in to the Empire.

Jar Jar and Padme take one ship to the hidden Rebel base on Alderaan with a few other ships. Yoda tells many of the Jedi, there are about a dozen or so left, to go back to their homeworlds for the time being, to help protect the way of the Jedi just to be safe. Obiwan, Yoda and Mace Windu go back to Coruscant to find Anakin, they need all the help they can get and think with numbers, they can defeat Palpatine. On the way to Alderaan, an Empire/Republic fighter squadron takes out many of the ships defecting. Rebellion fighter ships fight back and destroy the Empire ships. Padme's ship is badly damaged and is close to exploding. Padme is knocked unconscious during the skirmish. There is only one fully functioning escape pod. Jar Jar carries Padme to the escape pod and just as it's about to launch, she awakes to Jar Jar on the other side of the escape pod door. She cries for him to come with her but he knows there is only room for one person. The pod escapes, Jar Jar says goodbye to Padme and the ship explodes.

Back on Coruscant, Palpatine gets word of Padme's ship exploding, but knows she escaped. He decides to tell Anakin that she's dead, though. This sends him into a fury unlike anyone's ever seen before. He blames it on Obiwan. Just as this happens, the Jedi land. Anakin goes up to the docking platform and launches a full assault on the Jedi. Obiwan tells Yoda to go, he's the only hope for the Jedi if Anakin wins. "Leave you, I will not," he says, but Obiwan talks him into going. Obiwan and Mace Windu stays behind to delay Anakin. The three duel fiercely, but Anakin ends up stabbing Mace in the chest with his lightsaber and pushes him off the side of the high rise. Obiwan runs away from the fight to regroup his thoughts and abilities. Unbeknownst to the others, Dooku follows Yoda to seek revenge, since his permission to Obiwan was what led to Anakin becoming a Jedi to begin with.

Padme's escape pod is picked up by a passing Republic freighter ship, which happens to have a slave Wookie named Chewbacca as a crewmember, along with a few other Wookies. On the freighter, she regains consciousness and gives birth to the twins, Luke and Leia.

Palpatine sends Anakin off to find Obiwan and finish him off. While Anakin's away, Palpatine contacts Boba Fett, now a bounty hunter like his father, to track down and kill Padme. He doesn't want Anakin to find out she's still alive, that could interrupt the process of him turning evil. Fett finds Padme on the Republic freighter ship from monitoring transmissions from near the area her ship was destroyed.

As Yoda is traveling to Alderaan to meet up with the other defectors, Dooku's ship attacks. Yoda orders the planet to land the ship before it explodes. The only planet nearby is Dagobah. The ship lands in a swamp. Yoda and the pilot escape from the ship and make it to dry land. As the pilot begins to set up an emergency beacon, Dooku's ship lands nearby. Yoda tells the pilot to hide. Dooku confronts Yoda. This time, however, Yoda isn't strong enough to fight Dooku with the tenacity he did the last time they encountered each other. Yoda backs up and backs up as Dooku shoots off Force lighting. The pilot comes out to try to subdue Dooku, but Dooku quickly and mercilessly murders the pilot. Yoda takes this momentary distraction to his advantage and unleashes his own lightning into Dooku, sending him flying back into a dark hole near the base of a large tree.

Obiwan manages to steal a ship on Coruscant and escapes from Anakin. Obiwan heads to Alderaan to meet up with Padme but only finds Bail Organa. There has been on word from Padme at all. Obiwan is getting frustrated and worn out by the constant turns of bad luck.

Back on Dagobah, Yoda goes into the cave to find Dooku. They are both weakened and wounded. Dooku tries to attack and kill Yoda but Yoda uses the last bit of strength he has to stop Dooku with the Force, lifts him into the air with it, sends him against the wall of the cave and uses the rest of the Force lightning he has to destroy Dooku. When Dooku dies, his body disintegrates and sends a shockwave of the power of the Dark Side through out the cave. Yoda manages his way out of the cave and senses Dooku's essence, the Dark Side, in the cave. He then begins to construct a little hut to stay in somewhat close to the cave to monitor anything that might happen as a result of the Dark Side being so strong in there.

Anakin goes back to Palpatine. His journey towards the Dark Side is nearly complete. Palpatine tells him that for Anakin to be more powerful than he could possibly imagine, he must hunt down and destroy the remaining Jedi, as they may be a possible threat to the Empire and Anakin's power. Anakin uses the Force to track down each of the Jedi, starting with Ki Adi Mundi. He realizes they're all back on their home planets. He finds out where each surviving Jedi is from and takes an extremely fast ship to find them all and kill them, one by one, planet by planet. Sometimes he just unleashes a ship attack on the area the Jedi is in, or he actually goes down to the planet to dispatch the Jedi personally. Eventually, there is only Yoda and Obiwan remaining.

While Anakin is hunting down the Jedi, Obiwan remains on Alderaan, waiting for Padme and helping Organa set up their Rebellion, using his experience in politics and also war tactics. This sets up the relationship between the Rebellion and Obiwan, which is why they come for his help in A New Hope. Eventually, Obiwan learns of Padme's whereabouts, on a planet where the Republic freighter ship is mining for minerals. He goes off to find her and bring her back to Alderaan. When he lands on the mining planet, he finds Padme being held hostage by some of the Republic workers. He takes out all the workers and rescues Padme. The Skywalker infants are being held in a separate area of the mining colony. Obiwan and Padme go to get them. Just as they get to where the infants are, Boba Fett lands. Obiwan recognizes the ship immediately. Fett gets out of his ship and takes out a group of Wookies, then goes after Obiwan and Padme. Obiwan is prepared for Fett as Padme gets her children back, lightsaber ready. He doesn't need it, though, as out of nowhere, Chewbacca grabs Fett as he's nearing Obiwan and lifts him over his head and throws him back a few meters. Chewbacca growls, Obiwan understands this as a retreat order, so Obiwan, Padme and the two children go back to Obiwan's ship.

Obiwan takes Padme and the children to Alderaan. Padme begs Obiwan to find Anakin and try to bring him back. He owes it to her. He tells her to stay on Alderaan with the children and the Rebellion. He goes to his ship and uses the Force to try to find Master Yoda, but to no avail. He has no idea what to do. Suddenly, he hears a voice. "Obiwan....you must go to the Dagobah system..." It's QuiGonn Jinn's voice. Obiwan doesn't understand this but listens to the voice and tracks down the Dagobah system and heads there.

Anakin's destruction of the Jedi is intercut with everything seen above.

Obiwan arrives on Dagobah and finds Yoda. He tells Yoda of everything that has happened, where Padme is, but now he doesn't know what he should do now. He then mentions hearing QuiGonn. Yoda tells Obiwan that he heard QuiGonn cry out to Anakin when he killed the Sand People on Tatooine. The ghost of Qui Gonn Jinn then appears. Neither Yoda nor Obiwan understand what's going on. QuiGonn tells them about the living Force, that all the Jedi who have perished can come back in another form, physically or just through the mind of someone they wish to communicate with. The perished Jedi had to have a strong midichlorian count, however, to do so, and QuiGonn reveals the midichlorian's synergy with the Force has deteriorated through time. This will probably be the only time QuiGonn can communicate with anyone ever again. He tells Obiwan to confront Anakin. He tells them he was wrong about Anakin bringing balance to the Force. He thought he could bring about change, but he failed. He also tells Obiwan about succumbing to the power of the Force when the time comes. When a Jedi is ready to die, their body and soul is joined with the Force. Quigonn then disappears after saying his goodbyes. As Obiwan is about to leave to confront Anakin, Yoda tells him that if he succeeds in stopping Anakin, he must find Padme's children and separate them, as Palpatine could possibly want them in the future, since they will be so strong in the Force. Obiwan reluctantly agrees. Yoda tells Obiwan where to find Anakin. He is on a planet inundated with volcanos and lava, where Anakin is going to kill the last remaining Jedi.

Obiwan goes to the planet, unknowingly followed by Boba Fett, and uses the Force to find Anakin. As Anakin is killed the last Jedi, he sense Obiwan coming and goes to an open area for Obiwan to find him easily. Obiwan lands. They near each other. Obiwan tells Anakin there's still time for him to turn back, to turn away from the Dark Side. Anakin tells Obiwan, "I can't stop this now. It's taken me over. I'm more powerful than you'd ever let me be." Obiwan tries to reason with him. Anakin says, "You've taken everything away from me! You've taken away my family! They're dead because of you!" Obiwan tells him Padme and the children are still alive. Anakin doesn't believe him, and becomes infuriated that Obiwan would try to use Padme to win over Anakin. He attacks. They duel fiercely, tirelessly, throughout the terrain. The ground tremors. The planet is unstable. Obiwan tells Anakin to stop and focus, to use the Force and sense that Padme's still alive. Anakin tells him Palpatine told him she's dead, "It's all your fault! It's all because of you!" Obiwan tells him Palpatine has been using him, he's been using everybody, even the Jedi Council. This slows Anakin down. It's starting to make a little sense. He quickly uses the Force to sense Padme's still alive. He then must decide whether to turn to Padme and the love she can give him, or Palpatine and the power he can give him. Obiwan demands, "What is more important to you? Her love or his power?" Anakin then has a bit of a mental breakdown and releases all of his anger onto Obiwan. The duel is fast, hesistation-less, powerful, and without dialogue. Only music and sound effects are heard. They continue to battle as the ground opens up nearby. In the crack the ground leaves, lava spews up. The terrain forms a bit of a cliff. Obiwan and Anakin continue their battle up the cliff until Obiwan manages to get the upperhand in the fight and cuts off Anakin's remaining real hand. Anakin stumbles back and falls off the cliff. Obiwan quickly lunges forward and grabs Anakin by his gold, robotic hand. Obiwan begins to pull him up but Anakin doesn't cooperate. He looks at his hand, and realizes what he's become. Anakin and Obiwan look into each other's eyes, Obiwan with desperation and anguish, Anakin with regret and pain. Anakin lets go. Obiwan screams after him, and watches Anakin fall down into the pit of molten lava. Obiwan cries for a few moments, back against the ground, and finally gets himself up and heads back to his ship, then leaves the planet.

Down where Anakin fell into the lava, it wasn't a total lava pool, but rather a large opening where rocks and lava both lay. Anakin's body is nearly destroyed by the lava that encapsulates his body. He's missing his legs, part of his torso has been eaten away, and he has massive open wounds on his head. We see a pair of arms grab Anakin from the pool of rocks and lava and haul him away.

Obiwan goes back to Alderaan to get Luke. He tells Padme why he's doing it. With much pain and anguish, she agrees. But Padme tells him if she's going to agree with what he's doing, she's going with him. She wants to see where Luke goes. They decide to go to Dagobah to say goodbye to Yoda.

We then see Darth Sidious with Boba Fett in some sort of medical area on Coruscant. "He was almost dead when I found him," Boba says. Sidious commends Boba and tells him to leave. Sidious then watches over Anakin, getting reconstructed with machine parts where his real body parts once where. Sidious takes off his hood to reveal once and for all he is indeed Chancellor Palpatine. He speaks to Anakin, whose eyes slowly open, but barely. "You are here because of me. I have created you. It was I who had your mother taken by those Tusken Raiders on your home world. It was I who ordered the attack on Amidala's ship. It was I who gave you the Dark Side. Now, you are mine. I am your master now." Anakin falls into a coma.

Obiwan, Padme and Luke arrive on Dagobah. They all say their goodbyes to Yoda. Yoda holds Luke in his arms and tells him, "Watch over you I will." Padme and Luke go back to the ship. Obiwan and Yoda have a tender moment, knowing they will never see each other again. "Always believed in you, I have, Obiwan," Yoda tells him, "may the Force be with you." Obiwan says, "It will be." Yoda watches the ship lift off in pure solitude. He's completely alone.

We then see Anakin becoming more and more complete with the rebuilding of his body. Palpatine still watches over him. A doctor comes up to him and tells him, "Emperor Palpatine...the process is going faster than we thought it would. He has a lot of strength left." The Emperor simply smiles.

Obiwan and Padme land on Tatooine, near the Lars homestead. Obiwan questions her motives. She tells him, "Anakin left this planet. No one would expect to find his son here. Not even Anakin himself." They talk to Owen and try to convince him to take Luke as their adopted son. Owen and Beru reluctantly agree. Padme begs them not to tell them what happened to his father. Obiwan and Padme prepare to leave. Padme gets on the ship but Obiwan does not. "What are you doing?" she asks him. "I must remain here," he responds. Padme begs him to come with her, she needs him in her life. "This has all happened because of me. I owe it to Anakin to watch over his son." She tries to talk him out of it, but he's already made up his mind. They embrace.

We then see Palpatine standing near a body adorned in black clothing. "Attach the breathing apparatus," he tells someone off screen. We hear a few clicks, then a mechanical breathing hiss. "Rise, my friend," Palpatine tells the person in the black clothing. We then see Darth Vader, in full regalia minus the cape, stand up. "How do you feel?" Palpatine asks. "I feel....strong.....my master," Anakin replies in a deep modulated voice. "A group of Separatist Rebels have been captured near the moons of Viego. I would like you to properly motivate them into abandoning their useless cause." Anakin says, "The Rebels won't listen to reason, my master." Palpatine asks, "Then what shall happen to them?" Anakin responds, "They will die." Palpatine smiles and says, "Good. Your ship is waiting for you...Lord Vader." Two guards attach a black cape to Anakin's outfit. "Yes, my master," Anakin responds and walks away. He is no longer Anakin Skywalker. He is now Darth Vader. Palpatine begins to cackle quietly, then looks out a nearby window to see a group of Star Destroyers lifting into orbit. The Empire is complete.

Back on Tatooine, we see Obiwan watching Padme's ship lift off and shoot out into space. He takes a few steps towards a vast, empty desert and turns around to get one last look of the Lars homestead, where Beru is holding Luke in her arms, with a very worried look on her face. Obiwan then lifts his robe's hood over his head, turns around and walks off into the desert.

THE END

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I basically use everything, even midichlorians, because they were introduced, they can't just hang there over our heads like a stinky fart, they have to be explained a little, dammit, whether Lucas is going to ignore that or not, I took care of it. Kinda. Enjoy.

Lucas already explained to much about midichlorians in TMP, that's the problem.

He should have let The Force be a myserious energy field, without giving us the very bad psuedo Star Trek techno-babble explanation.

The worst scene of a very bad film IMO.

Stefancos- who will fling his mobile phone to the screen if midichlorians are mentioned in Ep III.

[A24 4,346]

Wow, I'll read this tomorrow.

[ChrisAfonso 186]

Wow. I read this although I should have gone to bed a long time ago. Congratulations, it was a very entertaining read, and moslty very well thought through I hope George will deliver something of similar quality, finished around January 2005 after all tampering is done

[UCFKevin 0]

Thanks! That's really appreciated. Saying something like that makes it all worth while that I took.....well.......a few hours to write all that nonsense. Not really a labor of love so it ain't a big deal, but anyway.

Stefancos, I completely agree, the Force shoulda just STAYED the Force, there shouldn't be anything biological about it at all, but I don't think they should just completely skip over it totally in Episode III, that would make Episode I basically pointless and Lucas shouldn't do that, dammit. I hated to talk about in my faux synopsis, but I felt it had to be in there, just like Chewie being in there. I was working with what there was, what's known about it all and such.

If I did my OWN thing, it woulda been a little different.

[hips 0]

UCFKevin,

I don't think Episode III will end with what you've closed in the synopsis.

Here's how I think Episode III will end...

FAST FORWARD 18 years....

Lord Darth Vader, now in command of his own fleet, orders the Imperial Forces to a mammoth space attack near the Sullest system. Vader says, "Commence the attack on the Rebels!" There, a mysterious Rebel Fleet, strking from out of nowhere, and led by a young 18-year-old pilot named Wedge Antilles, leads a strike against Imperial TIE Fighters. During the battle, Admiral Ackbar intercepts plans for an ultimate super weapon, one that destroys entire planets. Several Rebel pilots die in the battle and Darth Vader's fleet escapes, but just as the plans are intercepted, what is left of the Rebel fleet enter hyperspace back to the hidden Rebel base.

Somewhere over Tatooine, the Tantive IV intercept the transmissions. C-3PO says, "Alas, we have the plans. Pray the maker His hand will watch over us all". Firing from one of the Star Destroyers is heard, and a relentless pursuit begins.

The final shot in Episode III reprises the opening shots of the original "Star Wars" ("A New Hope") and the familiar "Rebel Blockade Runner" music is heard. Instead of seeing the pursuit continue, we pan up to space for the closing credits.

The story has come full circle.

[Ray Barnsbury 8]

Kevin, that synopsis was AWESOME. It nearly brought me to tears, thinking about how good and emotional the film can be if done right. Great job!

Ray Barnsbury-now more eagerly anticipating Episode III

[Trent B 337]

I too liked this....I enjoyed reading it, hopefully Lucas will provide somehing similar like what ChrisAfonso stated. Can't wait for another 2 years

Trent

[Luke Skywalker 1,796]

Padme's escape pod is picked up by a passing Republic freighter ship, which happens to have a slave Wookie named Chewbacca as a crewmember, along with a few other Wookies.

The Galactic Republic using slaves? nono

It was the Empire who enslaved other races....

Anyway, being a crewmember can still be, of course...

Anyway i think all this speculation can only lead to dissapointment.

I mean, i expect them not showing leia, nor Vader being built. Though they will show them, and that will dissapoint me. SO i trie not to guess much more. I even decided not to look for spoilers (though i dunno if i could stand this one... LOL )

[Trumpeteer 302]

We're still believing that Anakin falls into a pit of lava? I thought this was debunked a while back.

Anyway, this was a great read, Kevin. I'm not sure most of it could be -- or would be -- translated into film, but I think you should try to see if you could do the novelization for Ep. 3.

[Trent B 337]

Anakin does fall into the lava pit...I read on theforce.net a while back that Lucas had hired some dude while he was still writing the script to take real phootage of real lava. I'm guessing there will be a mix between real lava and CGI lava like what they did in Volcano.

Trent

[Trumpeteer 302]

Ah.

Theforce.net = Bible

Hey, bottom line, if there is a lava pit, fine. If there isn't, I'll probably be the only person who isn't surprised.

[Ollie 1,059]

Actually its been known ever since Star Wars came out that Obi-Wan and Anakin dueled and Skywalker ended up in a molten pit. I think the novelization for Star Wars mentions it. Even Lucas mentioned it years ago. Of course given Lucas's recent track record for messing up Star Wars, Anakin could get hit by a bus in downtown Courescant and end up as Vader.

[Trent B 337]

Actually its been known ever since Star Wars came out that Obi-Wan and Anakin dueled and Skywalker ended up in a molten pit. I think the novelization for Star Wars mentions it. Even Lucas mentioned it years ago. Of course given Lucas's recent track record for messing up Star Wars' date=' Anakin could get hit by a bus in downtown Courescant and end up as Vader.[/qote']

Thats too funny....but I think Lucas will keep what he says about Obi-Wan and Anakin fighting above some lava pits and Anakin gets knocked into one.

Trent

[UCFKevin 0]

Anakin actually ends up getting monkeypox.

Anyway, I wouldn't fully trust the novelization of the movies, since in ROTJ's, Owen Lars is supposed to be Obiwan's brother.

Thanks for reading my BS, folks, I really had a hell of a time writing it, even got near tears for some reason a few times. I'm glad you guys enjoyed it. That was all I was really trying to go for. It'd be cool if I was close on some stuff, but I think a lot of it was too simple and easy, but we'll see.

Trumpeteer, call Lucasfilm and put in a good word for me.

[A24 4,346]

Obi-Wan and Anakin fighting above some lava pits and Anakin gets knocked into one.

And if that happens, will we be shocked? Everybody knows this and everybody expects it. It seems to me this is going to be the first Star Wars where, on forehand, you almost know everything. Is that a good thing? "Well it's the climax and yep, we saw that coming too." Hmmmm, interesting picture this one is.

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Alex Cremers

[UCFKevin 0]

Well.....what can Lucas do?

[Magnus 0]

Great story! It was a pleassure to read, though I don't fully agree with everything written in it. Obi-Wan tends to do a lot of "un-jedi-ish" things :-/ It's not really in his character I think, but that's me. I was thinking of this part in particular: "Obiwan tells Anakin to decide then and there, go with him or stay with Palpatine." Just don't see this happening... Anyway, it was as I said a pleassure to read it though! Congrats on a tremendous job!

[UCFKevin 0]

Thanks. But if you'll recall from AOTC, Obiwan tells Anakin to focus on chasing Dooku and ignoring Padme. It's not too far off from his character, going with that, anyway.

I feel like there's a lot of running away in my synopsis, which I guess fits, everything's turning to shit in the galaxy, so I dunno. People might dislike that about it, everyone's escaping too much perhaps.

[Magnus 0]

Yeah, I thought of the AOTC thing too but I didn't really make the very same connection for it, for some reason...

[UCFKevin 0]

Understandable. I said not everyone would like what I did. I'm sure I coulda come up with something a little better, but it worked for me, I suppose.

Maybe it'd be kinda cool without any kind of ultimatum, they just have to leave due to a time restraint or something, and it's not really resolved, which pisses off everyone involved?

[Ollie 1,059]

Actually Kevin that is very well done, if Lucas can come close to capturing what you wrote in his own way then EP III might be allright.

Don't feel bad I got a little teary eyed reading some of it myself when I pictured the images in my head.

[Magnus 0]

I read at some site a few years ago, some kind of prediction of Epsiode III. The author thought that Obi-Wan and Padmé would start an affair and that was what pissed Anakin off enough to duel with Obi-Wan and then fall into the lava pit. It kinda sounds too much soap-opera though :-/

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Great read, Kevin. I thought Padmé was going to die, though. And in your story, I feel Mace died too early. He's a fairly large character from the Jedi's, and he shouldn't die that early in the story. I also find it hard to believe Boba Fett is already a bounty hunter at the age of 12. But still, a very good read.

- Marc, who's been playing with the idea of rewriting all past-ESB Star Wars films.

[SilverTrumpet 638]

Wonderful job. If Lucas can get this one right, it could by far be the best SW movie ever. There are some thing I would change though. There has to be some C-3PO and R2-D2 things in there. I think something has to happen to Padme. It's good to have Obi-Wan's love for Anakin present, that adds alot. I really think that it would add alot if this was PG-13, not because we need violence and sex in it, but because it would give Lucas more freedom to make this spectacular. I still have some hope in Lucas. I just hope we can really make it an effort to just blow us away in this one.

[UCFKevin 0]

Oh yeah. I totally left out Threepio and R2, didn't I? I didn't even realize that until you mentioned it! Curious.

I completely agree that if THIS one is done right, it could easily be the best SW flick ever.

buuuuuuut that ain't gonna happen, more than likely.

[hips 0]

Oh yeah. I totally left out Threepio and R2, didn't I? I didn't even realize that until you mentioned it! Curious.  

I completely agree that if THIS one is done right, it could easily be the best SW flick ever.  

buuuuuuut that ain't gonna happen, more than likely.

You never know. Maybe it will be a coincidence that Lucas' screenplay will turn out like you predicted.

We will leave that to The Force, my friend.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

You never know.  Maybe it will be a coincidence that Lucas' screenplay will turn out like you predicted.

Lucas has already printed out this thread and has started to expand on it.

Stefancos-

[Luke Skywalker 1,796]

Pry he has not tinkered with some threads here.

Or we will never see a decent release of the prequel scores

[Morn 8]

He should have let The Force be a myserious energy field, without giving us the very bad psuedo Star Trek techno-babble explanation.  

I dunno, I prefer something that's tangible with a bit of mystery still existant.

[UCFKevin 0]

So you prefer the midichlorians over the mystical energy field?

[Jango Fett 0]

So you prefer the midichlorians over the mystical energy field?

I think this says it all!

[Luke Skywalker 1,796]

So you prefer the midichlorians over the mystical energy field?

Why cant be the Mystical energy field be created (or why not just focused) by the midichlorians?

[Lurker 5]

Oh yeah. I totally left out Threepio and R2, didn't I? I didn't even realize that until you mentioned it! Curious.

Just add this line at the end, "R2 and 3PO, the faithful droids who have witnessed all of this, conveniently have their memories erased." The ultimate in deus ex machina.

Neil

[Hlao-roo 389]

Oh yeah. I totally left out Threepio and R2, didn't I? I didn't even realize that until you mentioned it! Curious.

Just add this line at the end, "R2 and 3PO, the faithful droids who have witnessed all of this, conveniently have their memories erased." The ultimate in deus ex machina.

Neil

Could be, although, if I remember correctly from my days as a diehard SW fan, it's not all that uncommon for droids to have their memory wiped.

[UCFKevin 0]

You're right, Owen even mentions it in ANH.

[Luke Skywalker 1,796]

The fact is that they are supposed to have personality because their memories have never been wiped. Casual people wipes their memories , specially with R2 units that tend to develop (it is a 'bug' those droids have...) Anyway most of that is Expanded universe.

But, nevertheless, they have 18-20 years between 3 and 4 to develop it...

About the midiclhorians, i was reading TPM comic yesterday, and noticed what Qui-Gon said. His speech did not erased any mysticism. The Midiclorians are just one thing to explain why some people are strong in the force and why other aren't.

He said that the midi-chlorians communicate with the force and they 'tell' the jedi the Force's will.

I think that in the novel and mive they said something similar.

The Force is still a mystical energy field.

[Morn 8]

But, nevertheless, they have 18-20 years between 3 and 4 to develop it...  

You mean redevelop it.....

The Force is still a mystical energy field

Sure it is, one that doesn't need to be like god of the gaps.