[How the (Star Wars) Prequels should have happened...]

Hi everyone. I am part of a local (Richmond VA) forum called River City Fanboys, and this topic came up for discussion recently. I found it really interesting, and wanted to know what everyone here thinks about this. Another point that came up was, what if ANH and TESB existed and NOTHING else in the SW universe. How could the prequels be re-written, and how could there have been a better ROTJ and a third set of 3 films to wrap up the saga.

Here is the initial post from the RCF forums:

"Ok, we need a good discussion topic. This place has been kind of dead due to the summer. It's starting to cool down and hopefully more people will chime in. This isn't a new topic by any means, but I thought I'd start one here.

Here's what I am looking for... If we were to rewrite the prequels I want to know BASED ON THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY what story elements should be in the prequels. State the canon source and what should be added.

Examples/my ideas:

Obi-Wan says to Luke, "When I first met your father, he was the best star pilot in the galaxy"

--With that being said, Obi-Wan should have met Anakin when he was older. Anakin would have been a "star pilot" not a pod racer.

Obi-Wan discusses the Clone Wars, but never mentions anything at all about Droids or Order 66.

--Take out the Droids, but I am not sure who the clones would be fighting. Order 66 never happened.

Obi-Wan senses Alderaan being destroyed.

--Maybe have Obi-wan visit Alderaan and actually have a connection there instead of Naboo.

Luke discusses how Han's ship is a hunk of junk.

--Have a cameo of the Millennium Falcon, but in supreme condition."

Let me hear what you have to say.

oh i love these conversations (releases the inner geek)

i agree, obi wan should meet anakin as a pilot, similar age to luke at the time, but perhaps not so boyish you know, already being a fighter and all, a little more mature and experienced

i agree about droids and order 66, as a kid I always imagined the people of the republic and the jedi were fighting clones, the clones were the threat, not droids. I don't think stormtroopers have to be clones, it has a certain logic to it, but considering the thousands of worlds, and trillions of people in the galaxy i don't think the empire would have too much trouble finding bodies to fill all that armor (and I thought it would be cool to see supertroopers (the boba concept) aka mandolorians in here somewhere as opposed to a single jango, perhaps boba served the old republic and was older like vader in TESB?)

alderaan - I'd go even further, its saidobi wan served bail, why wouldn't he actually live and serve ON alderaan, it would make the loss of alderaan in 4 all that more powerful if there was a built up back story instead of just a flyby montage

essentially, E2 should be E1 and E2 would be an actual war throughout and an analog to TESB.

**AND, to answer your ROTJ question (this is my favorite) i was chatting with a friend about that very thing, and recalled a mcquarie painting which showed curascant with SEVERAL orbiting space stations under construction, and I thought to myself, why wouldn't the final battle be an assualt on coruscant itself? guarded by MANY death stars ? THAT would be a **** of a battle. and would make more sense than taking over teddy bear land resulting in the fall of an empire

(prods inner geek back into its cage)

[Always in motion, the future . . .]

ANH Sandtrooper cheesegrater handbacks:

well, hello there! this is very exciting indeed! I love seeing these parts finally getting their long overdue attention!

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hello all, new member here, but i've lurked for quite awhile, the name's Chad.

thank you all for what you share on this site, i've learned a tremendous amount already. I have an FX/MRCE combo about 80% done. currently i'm re-working the strapping and doing a few fitment mods, i have a pack that is going to be reworked for accuracy soon. MRCE is completely modded to stunt, with the exception of ear screws, which will be going in soon. i've stripped it out completely recently and am remounting the innards in a prettier fashion (romfx, and a fan, and keeping a gap under the flat lenses for venting, surprisingly helpful!)

figured it was about time to join in. I've read a lot of the forum already and just want to say, thanks for all you've done on this site for all of us that are benefitting from what you have all already done and shared. this is so much fun !!!

cheers all !