Star Wars Prequels Rewrite Update, Part 1
The research phase has begun. I borrowed two Star Wars books (The Annotated Screenplays and the Visual Dictionary) published pre-Episode I from the library to see what was "known" about the prequels before they were released.
Lucas had originally intended Owen Lars to be Obi-Wan Kenobi's brother. Though some explanation of their different last names is in order, I like that relationship better. Perhaps Owen could be a half-brother.
Luke was sent to the Larses, and Leia and her mother Padmé hid in a distant planet until Padmé passed away. Then Leia came under the care of Bail Organa, who was not only a senator but the viceroy of Alderaan.
Currently, an age/time problem exists. Supposedly, nineteen years separate Episodes III and IV, but more than nineteen years seem to separate Ewan McGregor ca. 2005 (34) and Alec Guinness ca. 1977 (63).
I would personally like to start the story when Anakin is already in his late twenties/early thirties, married, and even with one kid. Being married spares us from any horrendous "falling in love" scenes, and having a kid whom he will lose can enrich the Luke/Vader scene in "Return of the Jedi."
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posted by Benni @ 3:46 PM
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Are you proposing a third kid? an older sibiling? because that seems hardcore. And i don't think the falling in love scenes are bad inherently. I think they're bad in ROTS because hayden and portman have no good chemistry, hayden can't act, portman couldn't act here, lucas can't write, and they were lousy interludes. The loviness of Empire was fine, even great.
The age problem is very big, and changing the time seems right, but i would have moved the marriage to ROTS instead of having it in AOTC, or not even having it. They could just have an affair, and thats why he didnt know she was pregnant. And didn't leia remember her mother, her "real" mother?? So she shouldnt die, she should go in hiding with the Organas. BTW, don't these seem like the worst hiding places ever? A well known senator suddenly "adopts" a child, and Vader's not suspicious?? Maybe child viability from premature births from dead mothers was really really long, even with bacta tanks...
Yes, I was proposing an older sibling. Since there is no appearance of such a character in the first trilogy, this kid would die somehow in the prequels, which I thought could potentially add incentive for Vader to save Luke in ROTJ.
Falling in love scenes aren't inherently bad, but I figured we were all tired and disgusted of the current Anakin/Padme story, and TESB already gave Han and Leia the perfect quarreling relationship, so I thought a marriage-with-problems approach would be fresh. However, your suggestion (via phone) that Anakin and Padme have a Braveheart-type forbidden, aloof relationship would be good as well. It would certainly be easier to explain why Anakin would not have even known Padme was pregnant.
And we discussed this over the phone as well, but Padme supposedly died shortly after she escaped with Leia. Leia was then brought to the Organas, and yes, we better come up with a damn good reason why we should hide her in a family where the father, a senator, has plenty exposure to the Emperor (as the senate was mentioned to be disbanded only at the beginning of ANH).
I notice your blog hasn't been updated in a while - either that there is a newer thread somewhere. I am interested in finding out more. I am working on something similar but I'm planning to throw "the baby out with the bath water" and start fresh as though the prequels never happened (along with the people, places and things). I'm interested in getting your thoughts.
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