dragonyeuw
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The coming of Episode VII and the new Disney Infinity 3.0 has me thinking about all things Star Wars right now. At the heart of that, how the prequels ended up and what could be changed about them( using existing characters and story structure) to have made them as adored as the OT, or at least be good enough to not be ripped to shreds by Redlettermedia lol.
Some of my ideas( WARNING SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE PT):
- First, the totally needless things. Jar Jar being the most obvious. Take him completely out of the story. Ditto for midiclorians, I think most people were happy enough to accept Yoda's definition of the force, without giving us Qui-gon's speech and then throw on top that natural selection determines force users and potential.
- Speaking of Qui-gon, either cut him from the story, or have him as a background jedi on the council. Ultimately not really needed in the role he was given.
- Anakin in EpI should have been the age he was in Ep2, in other words Hayden. Have him be the padawan learning under the tutelage of Obi-Wan Kenobi who would already be an established Knight. Or, start the story with Kenobi on an adventure where he meets Anakin using the force, which obviously attracts Obi-wan's attention. Maybe Anakin saves Obi-wan somehow, which leads to him taking Ani to the council to be considered for jedi training, leading to the whole 'too old', 'sense fear and anger' routine. Somehow Obi-wan manages to convince the council into begrudgingly accepting Anakin into the order.
But either way, this is where we see the 'friendship' between Obi and Anakin develop at ground zero and grow through the prequels, instead of it being told to us through various 'nest of gundarks' tales that we can't connect with. I also like the idea that Obi-wan was the one who discovered Anakin, not Qui-gon, which makes the destruction of their friendship all the more tragic.
- At some point in Ep1, Queen Padme is captured and Anakin saves her life. Have Padme be 16/17 to Anakin's 18, so the age gap isn't there. Through similar age, attraction/hormones, and Ani's good deed, the two form a bond. Obi-wan senses the attraction, and warns Anakin that commitment to the order forbids him from romantic attachments. Anakin, of course, doesn't listen to this and the seeds of the ill-fated relationship are planted.
-Darth Maul would have been the 'Vader' throughout the PT, which would either eliminate or shift Dooku to another role. Maul would have been the one that Anakin eventually kills to become Palpatine's apprentice.
- I would reimagine the Jedi, instead of the republic defense force with a giant tower smack dead in the middle of Coruscant, as an underground order, myths, sort of good samaritan force users who largely stay hidden out of sight unless a situation calls their attention. I know that Obi-wan called them 'the keepers of peace in the old republic' but I always looked at that as something they did 'unofficially', sort of like vigilantes, instead of republic policemen. Obviously, that was my wrong interpretation of what the Jedi actually were, or just my preferred vision of them to what we got in the PT.
Of course, some of these shifts would result in changes to the storyline, maybe less focus on all the political drama which took place. Interested in the thoughts of others as to how they'd (re)write the PT.
Some of my ideas( WARNING SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE PT):
- First, the totally needless things. Jar Jar being the most obvious. Take him completely out of the story. Ditto for midiclorians, I think most people were happy enough to accept Yoda's definition of the force, without giving us Qui-gon's speech and then throw on top that natural selection determines force users and potential.
- Speaking of Qui-gon, either cut him from the story, or have him as a background jedi on the council. Ultimately not really needed in the role he was given.
- Anakin in EpI should have been the age he was in Ep2, in other words Hayden. Have him be the padawan learning under the tutelage of Obi-Wan Kenobi who would already be an established Knight. Or, start the story with Kenobi on an adventure where he meets Anakin using the force, which obviously attracts Obi-wan's attention. Maybe Anakin saves Obi-wan somehow, which leads to him taking Ani to the council to be considered for jedi training, leading to the whole 'too old', 'sense fear and anger' routine. Somehow Obi-wan manages to convince the council into begrudgingly accepting Anakin into the order.
But either way, this is where we see the 'friendship' between Obi and Anakin develop at ground zero and grow through the prequels, instead of it being told to us through various 'nest of gundarks' tales that we can't connect with. I also like the idea that Obi-wan was the one who discovered Anakin, not Qui-gon, which makes the destruction of their friendship all the more tragic.
- At some point in Ep1, Queen Padme is captured and Anakin saves her life. Have Padme be 16/17 to Anakin's 18, so the age gap isn't there. Through similar age, attraction/hormones, and Ani's good deed, the two form a bond. Obi-wan senses the attraction, and warns Anakin that commitment to the order forbids him from romantic attachments. Anakin, of course, doesn't listen to this and the seeds of the ill-fated relationship are planted.
-Darth Maul would have been the 'Vader' throughout the PT, which would either eliminate or shift Dooku to another role. Maul would have been the one that Anakin eventually kills to become Palpatine's apprentice.
- I would reimagine the Jedi, instead of the republic defense force with a giant tower smack dead in the middle of Coruscant, as an underground order, myths, sort of good samaritan force users who largely stay hidden out of sight unless a situation calls their attention. I know that Obi-wan called them 'the keepers of peace in the old republic' but I always looked at that as something they did 'unofficially', sort of like vigilantes, instead of republic policemen. Obviously, that was my wrong interpretation of what the Jedi actually were, or just my preferred vision of them to what we got in the PT.
Of course, some of these shifts would result in changes to the storyline, maybe less focus on all the political drama which took place. Interested in the thoughts of others as to how they'd (re)write the PT.
