Trying to Please Everyone: Or Converting multiple Pop Culture Utopias into a Timeline.

[techno]

Nice, this is good. Are you going to go into more detail for video games, movies, internet, etc?

 

[Marco Incognito]

Nice, this is good. Are you going to go into more detail for video games, movies, internet, etc?

Oh yeah. I'm going alphabetical now(as in by Genre so Anime was first), but since Star Wars was requested I will probably post Yu-Gi-Oh and Naruto(last two Anime bits) and then skip to Star Wars.I'm currently also working on Comics but that's taking a bit as a lot of changes happen, specifically very early on in the medium(To hint at it there's a very early Superman story that completely changes his status quo but the publisher rejected it, having that story actually be published means a lot of things change due to the Butterfly effect).

 

[techno]

I'm excited for what you have in store. Also, I think you should format your text and separate them a bit more for your more detailed post because sometimes, it hurts to read the big block of text.

 

[Marco Incognito]

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Yu-Gi-Oh(2000-2004)​

Yu-Gi-Oh was a dark Manga. There is no mistaking that. The author Kazuki Takahashi created a series inspired by Hellraiser, which had the spirit of the pharoah torturing people by making them play games with supernatural elements. The Card games part was only a small portion that became unexpectedly popular, leading to its incorporation into the Anime. As a result the Anime is viewed as better written than the Manga while adhering to it and the rules it would set out for itself(such as level and type requirements).

Season One follows Yugi Muto, a boy who completes an ancient egyptian artifact known as the Millennium Puzzle and gains a split personality spirit. Yugi defeats Seto Kaiba in a duel and is offered by the creator of the game Duel Monsters, Maximillion Pegasus, to compete. Pegasus has another millennium item, the Millennium Eye in his posession and uses it to trap the soul of Yugi's grandfather. Yugi is joined by his friends Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, and Téa Gardner. Of particular note is the ascension of Joey into a more prominent role at the cost of maintaining Seto Kaiba as an antagonist. Joey even duels Kaiba and while he loses, his performance is impressive and actually pushes Kaiba.

In Season Two, Yugi learns that the spirit dwelling inside him is a nameless Pharaoh from ancient Egypt. Yugi and friends then enter the Battle City Tournament to obtain three Egyptian God Cards and learn more about the Pharaoh's past. Other Millennium item wielders appear with Joe surprisingly be able to defeat Yami Marik in a duel.

Season Three dives into Kaiba's past with the new antagonist being Noah, who traps the protagonists in a virtual world and has a connection to Kaiba's family.

In Season 4, a group known as the Order of Orichalcos was introduced which was draining the power of the Egyptian God cards and gathering souls to revive the ancient dragon Leviathan. In the climax, the Pharaoh was given the seal but chose not to use it. Many older characters returned and Mai, remained on the side of the protagonists. More of the side characters were able to contribute as a result.

For the 5th and Final Season, Yugi and friends entered the KaibaCorp Grand Championship. The KaibaCorp Grand Prix showed off very different duels and skillsets for the characters and introduced Siegfried, a counterpart to Kaiba and in many ways his opposite., being politer, though his darker nature was eventually revealed. Ryuo Bakura, owner of the Millennium Ring became possessed by a dark spirit in the ring. Yugi and friends are sent into the past, allowing the Pharaoh to battle Bakura and his evil essence. The series ended in a battle between Yugi and the Pharaoh. A duel which Yugi managed to win.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! anime adaptation avoided filler arcs(something true overall of the Anime Genre), most of this due to following the Manga closer, resulting in the better treatment of the Joey/Jonuchi character and a more evil Kaiba. No Changes existed to the plot, setting or characters, keeping the introduction of Duke intact. The Manga meanwhile ended at Chapter 343(A Toei Yu-Gi-Oh anime was cancelled and another, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions, was abandoned).

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX(2004-2008)
Yu-Gi-Oh GX continued the trend of maintaining an involved cast of supporting characters such as Bastion, who served as a foil of sorts to Jaden and his right hand man Syrus(Jess Anderson does not exist ITL).. Bastion was able to complete his prime deck in a new form. As with other duelists in the series, his deck maintained a theme.

In Season one, we were introduced to the Wicked God Cards, created in a horrific attempt to recreate the Egyptian God Cards, only to create cards which drained the life force of their uses. The Cards could not be destroyed and so were sealed away under the school, the season kicking off when the keys to the vault containing the cards at the Duel Academy begin to be stolen, evidently by the arc antagonists, the Shadow Riders, who are former duel academy students, though there continues to be a mystery as to their identities and goals, which is unraveled over time. The Duelists would need to be defeated to get the key back. Atticus joins the protagonists as the Duelists are implied to be missing students and he has genuine concern for the students endangering themselves to return the keys. Camilla is not a vampire but rather a woman with gothic tastes while maintaining a monster themed deck. She is defeated by Zane. Tania has a deck built on the physically strongest cards and is defeated by Bastion in a battle of wits. The mastermind is revealed to be the co creator of the Wicked cards who wanted them for himself before they were sealed away.

In Season Two, Aster defeats Jaden, remaining more of an anti-hero(the Destiny Heroes have different names). Syrus has a different deck. A now older Blair joins the cast and rises as students begin to gravitate towards the Society of Light, which includes Alexis and Chazz. Syrus becomes a resistance leader of sorts, Bastion joins the group but as a spy to pass information to Jaden. Jaden and Blair grow closer together while Syrus tries to rescue Zane from their internal turmoil. Blair's desk relies on "Silent Magician" as the ace up the sleeve. Bastion is promoted to an Obelisk Blue after a duel against Aster Phoenix that ends in a draw.

In Season Three, the focus is on the Duel World where Blair is possessed by Yubei. Syrus realizes he's been acting negatively towards his friends and works to be better, something Alexis is already working towards.This aids in rescuing Jaden from being consumed by the darkness and Blair helps save Yubel. This culminates in several monsters being combined in the final battle in Fusion forms. Bastion graduates at the conclusion of the season, though still appears.

Season four has Jaden recover with Blair's help. Time has passed and everyone has grown. Bastion now has a beard. As a carry over form last season the protagonists work better together now, having several tag team moves and using Fusion Monsters. In the end everyone graduates and remains friends as Bastion had done. Jaden is shown encountering and having a duel with Yugi, the outcome of which is left vague. An epilogue shows the cast as adults now having taken positions at the Duel Academy, Bastion acting as Headmaster.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX had a movie: Yu-Gi-Oh! vs. GX. Which is a crossover between the two series, having the casts meet and Duel.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's(2008-2012)
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's was well received by fans of the franchise, especially those who have been sticking with it since at least the beginning of the new series. The Crimson Dragon and the Nazca elements were much more focused on. Carly and Jack get together. When the series ended, Carly's voice actress was discovered to be involved in a doomsday cult much like the one in the anime that was making headlines in Japan at the time. Konami, trying to salvage their PR (as in Japan this incident would seriously hurt the company's reputation), fired her. This led to the closing of that portion of the story.

The Yu-Gi-Oh anime as it is recognized, ends up more-or-less finishing with 5DS, A crossover film is made combining all three franchises, and has a three way fusion of the main monsters used by the protagonists. The last arc was the Dark Signer Arc.​

 

[techno]

Can you threadmark this?
Edit: oh thanks
Edit2: Can you sometimes add images to your post like the first few post that you did?

 

[Marco Incognito]

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Naruto and Sasuke have their final fight.​

Naruto(2002-2007)​

Based on the Manga created by Masahi Kishimoto. The series was adapted as Naruto before transitioning into Naruto Shippuden. Naruto was a big hit. A highlight was the protagonist's defeat of Kiba in honorable combat(the victory came from an accidental fart OTL). Other moments were Itachi's death by Sasuke's hands. Changes began to take place in the second half of the series. The development of Naruto and Sakura's relationship began after the Pain arc while she was tending to his wounds. Naruto admitted to not knowing anything about love. Sakura vowed to be a better friend and underwent more character development.

Naruto Shippuden(2007-2010)
The Invasion Arc's anime rendition, namely Shippuden episode 167 was massively praised. This is due to the show ending at Naruto returning to Konoha after dealing with Pain. The anime successfully makes it feel like a series ending in episode 175 thanks to its use of "Departure to the Front Lines" over a series of flashbacks regarding what Naruto accomplished throughout the series until that point, as well as the villagers slowly warming up to Naruto along the way. The Gender vague Haku is also revealed to be a girl.

Naruto Z(2010-2013)
A sequel series was later released. In that series Karin is revealed to be an Uzumaki and the Konoha 11 receive more attention. Sasuke undergoes a redemption arc after nearly dying, going against Tobi. Danzo attempts to seal away Tobi, dying in the process. Sakura and Naruto have one of a handful of rematches throughout the series though the two collapse as Sakura arrives to heal them, they then began laughing.

The Fourth Shinobi War begins(shorter than OTL). Jiraiya is killed and the deaths of all capable of resurrection Jutsu means he cannot be brought back. Naruto and for that matter many character due not gain the same level of power they do OTL, relying more on skill and other factors to emerge victorious.The Obito reveal is different. Madara took him and molded him in a form of possession as well, which is broken when Obito sees Kakashi again, allowing him to break free and aid in the climactic battle before dying in a massive group attack on Madara, with Naruto finishing off the villain before collapsing exhausted. After Naruto has recovered, he and Sasuke have their final showdown, their most brutal to date. Sakura once again arrives to heal them but can only heal one and chooses Naruto. Sakura lives long enough to say goodbye before passing away.

A few OVAs are made diving into the backstory of the characters and some which show the characters as adults.

Naruto The Last still has Toneri as a villain though he is made more sympathetic compared to OTL. Toneri is the last member of the Otutsuki clan, who was sealed away by his father Hamura in the hopes of saving him since Toneri was born sick. He is a counterpart to Naruto in a way who awoke during the Fourth Shinobi War. Naruto and Sakura attempt to greatly care for the emotionally troubled Toneri.

When it comes to Boruto. Boruto's personality is different, likely due to having Sakura as a mother and he is a lot like his dad. The rest of the cast is also different, though Mitsuki is in a way the new Sasuke, being an orphan much like him. Technology has advanced only somewhat by realistic standards compared to the original series(Chakra power crossbows and weapons remain). Boruto also begins with no clear goal, unlike his father and the series follows his quest to find meaning in his life.

Naruto Gaiden was not written.​

 

[Marco Incognito]

Can you threadmark this?
Edit: oh thanks
Edit2: Can you sometimes add images to your post like the first few post that you did?

I plan to but since a lot of this is What ifs or cancelled Projects being realized it is a bit difficult to find images that correspond with the Altered versions. For example the Gundam Movie has some storyboards that are shown. Harmony Gold just by accident became a big player due to the What ifs in real life and the desire to see them do more led to those wishes manifesting in the company rising up, so having their logo was justified and Tuxedo Masks' cameo in Yu Yu Hakusho just worked from the stand point of being a screenshot from a crossover.

 

[Marco Incognito]

Red,Green and Blue, the Protagonists of the first three Games.

Pokemon

Pokemon: Red, Blue and Green(1996)
Satoshi Tajiri recalled his childhood collecting bugs. As urbanization grew, he saw more children play at home as the insect population decreased, giving him the idea for Pocket Monsters. The Pokémon series officially began with the release of the video games Pocket Monsters Red, Blue, and Green. Green was released outside of Japan though this nearly didn't happen due the music in Lavender town causing headaches before being rectified resulting in the game's slight delay before release(This gave rise to Creepy Pastas centering around the female Pokemon Trainer Green and a haunted version of the game). Red had some changes, there is a girl protagonist option, and a battle against the Elite Four and Professor Oak after completing the whole pokedex. There are also minor differences such as Machamp wearing underwear(rather than being a part of his body).

Pokemon: Yellow(1998)
Another game, Pokémon Yellow was released not only to use the new color palette of the Game Boy Color, but also to cross promote the newly premiered Anime. Fans even realized that one could follow the Anime Protagonist Ash's moves in the series and use those moves to progress through the game, besides the addition of RNG. There are also RGB events, and a battle against Team Rocket on the SS Anne.

Starting in 1997, The Pokemon anime had considerable changes. The Kanto arc had Ash fight Giovanni personally before the League competition. At some point Giovanni refers him as Delia´s son, hinting that Giovanni knows his mother, while Giovanni would lose, he would manage to escape authorities. It's also during this battle that Ash learns to control his Charizard. Then the league starts. Ash reaches the finals, defeating Gary. Following this, Ash challenges the Elite Four (Lorelei, Bruno, Agatha, Lance) before challenging the champion...Who turns out to be Professor Oak. Despite the intense match, Ash would lose, but Oak would promise him a rematch some time later.

The Orange Islands arc showed that the Gym Leaders already recognize Ash due to their earlier matches. The episode A Tent Situation would remain mostly unchanged, but also reveal that during the Orange Islands arc, Gary defeated Oak in a battle, thus becoming the champion, and the episode Rivalry Revival (not the Orange Islands finale) would conclude the Ash vs Gary battle with Ash´s victory. Ash would fight Oak in the final episode, named "Ash vs Oak, the Rematch", which would lead to Ash´s victory. Instead of handing the pokeball to Ash, Oak would mention that he would need to talk with a friend in the Johto region.

The changes started becoming more noticeable starting after Johto. The "Ash" Saga concluded with Pokemon 2000, though Ash and other characters continued to make multiple appearances including a third and final film starring Ash in Spell of the Unknown. The rest of the Anime follows a different cast based on the protagonists of the then recent gamed, one male and one female based on the two choices.

The Johto arc would involve the Pokemon Trainer Jimmy and his friends Marina and Vincent as protagonists, whom would often be challenged by the trainer Kamon as the rival. Legend of Thunder was made as a three parter episode during the season. Casey would still be a minor rival. At the end Jimmy would fight on the Johto League against Kamon, barely winning, but being able to go through the Johto Elite Four, composed of Will, Koga, Bruno, Karen, with Lance as the champion. The Johto arc would also serve as conclusion of the GS ball arc, in the 4-parter episode "Encounter Beyond Time", on which it would be revealed that Celebi was inside the GS ball due to time travel schenanigans involving a young Oak and a rogue Team Rocket Member known as Vicious.

The English dub of the Sun and Moon based portion included Kelly MacDonald and Evan McGuire to voice the protagonists, due to the game's region of Galar being based on Great Britain. The art style remains consistent.

Within the Pokemon films there is a large gap between Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice and Pokémon: I Choose You!​

 

[techno]

I plan to but since a lot of this is What ifs or cancelled Projects being realized it is a bit difficult to find images that correspond with the Altered versions. For example the Gundam Movie has some storyboards that are shown. Harmony Gold just by accident became a big player due to the What ifs in real life and the desire to see them do more led to those wishes manifesting in the company rising up, so having their logo was justified and Tuxedo Masks' cameo in Yu Yu Hakusho just worked from the stand point of being a screenshot from a crossover.

I get your point. This is a good end to the anime section.Next is Star Wars right? oh, and could you please slow down to 1 or 2 post per day because too many posts might overwhelm the reader and possibly leave you burnt out.

 

[Marco Incognito]

I get your point. This is a good end to the anime section.Next is Star Wars right? oh, and could you please slow down to 1 or 2 post per day because too many posts might overwhelm the reader and possibly leave you burnt out.

Yeah I'll jump to covering Star Wars before i move onto Comic book history. I can't speak for the reader, but I had a lot of these privately written out already. Aside from the Star Wars stuff I still have a lot to write so content really will slow down for a bit until I finish.

 

[techno]

Yeah I'll jump to covering Star Wars before i move onto Comic book history. I can't speak for the reader, but I had a lot of these privately written out already. Aside from the Star Wars stuff I still have a lot to write so content really will slow down for a bit until I finish.

Oh, one more thing, you dont have to do this, but when you make the Star wars section, can you make the duels look like SC 38 Reimagined from Youtube or overall just make the lightsaber duels less sluggish and more fast paced for the original trilogy?

 

[Marco Incognito]

Oh, one more thing, you dont have to do this, but when you make the Star wars section, can you make the duels look like SC 38 Reimagined from Youtube or overall just make the lightsaber duels less sluggish and more fast paced for the original trilogy?

...Sort of. The technology for fights like that didn't exist back in 1977, though it can be slightly better in other ways like Choreography . However by the time we get the time frame of the Sequel movies and the Mandolorian...absolutely the fights can look like SC 38.

 

[TheBalkanizer]

I hope you rewrite the sequels and prequels

 

[Marco Incognito]

The rewrite of the Prequels is a combination of Banditincorporated and Belated Media's takes.

Image from Kurt Russell's audition Tape for Han Solo.

Star Wars
"A Long Long Time from Now.
In a Galaxy Far Far Away"
-Opening line of Every Star Wars film.

George Lucas approached Disney with his pitch for initially American Graffiti. However Disney preferred his other ideas, presumably because Walt was working on ideas to prevent Tomorrow Land and Epcot from becoming outdated in a few short decades as technology marched on, which is why Disney suggested the change to imply Star Wars was set in the future rather than the past as Lucas intended(though the vague wording also makes it possible it could be set in the future). Disney offered to fund American Graffiti in exchange for supporting Lucas's Star Wars. It was a gambit that payed off. Star Wars was an unrivaled success, going onto win Best Picture that year. The film began with the capture of Princess Leia(Carrie Fisher). Two droids named R2D2 and C-3PO escape(Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels). They come into the possession of Luke Skywalker(Mark Hamill) and go out in search of the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi(Toshiro Mifune). The two hired two smugglers, Han Solo(Kurt Russell) and Chewbacca(Peter Mayhew). The group rescues Princess Leia from the Death Star in space, but Obi-Wan is killed by Darth Vader(James Earle Jones). The others regroup with the rebel race and launch an attack that successfully destroys the Death Star.

Following the success of Star Wars, George Lucas was approached by De Laurentiis to direct the Flash Gordon film, attracted by Star Wars winning the Oscar for best picture. Directing a Flash Gordon film was Lucas's lifelong dream and he accepted. He reluctantly left Disney and the Star Wars license behind but the door was left open for him to return. He would pass directing the Star Wars Sequel Empire Strikes Back to his film school mentor Irvin Kershner. Control of his company Lucasfilm was handed to his longtime business partner Gary Kurtz in Lucas's absence.

Gary Kurtz
Disney released touched up versions of the films years later to improve the film quality, but changed very little else(Han still shoots first). With Lucas's blessing, an original copy of the film now resides in the Library of Congress. Kurtz cancelled Lucas's plans for a Star Wars Holiday Special(though the designs including those of the Wookies, their homeworld of Kashyyk and the Bounty Hunter Boba Fett he liked well enough to save, later incorporating them into the films proper).

George Lucas's Flash Gordon, though with a different cast.
George Lucas's Flash Gordon had many factors working against it. The first was the release of a Porn Parody titled Flesh Gordon, which made it harder to take the actual product seriously. The Second was Lucas being forced to overhaul parts of the film, including actors. He kept those such as Timothy Dalton and Brian Blessed along with the soundtrack by Queen, but he recast the star as Harrison Ford. Lucas had liked his audition for Han Solo, but the part had ultimately gone to Kurt Russell. This was a blessing for Russell as he hoped to break free of being typecast as a Disney kid. Surprisingly it actually worked. The changes made by Lucas were largely to cut down the comedy and make it a more of a Scifi-fantasy series. He also removed elements such as Flash Gordon's golden football. The Character of Ming the Merciless had been a target of the Chinese "Cultural Revolution", an effort by Chinese creators to rewrite Western created characters to be less offensive with the added rule that the characters must maintain their allignments and remain evil if they were evil and good if they were good. Fu Manchu, the Yellow Claw, the Mandarin, and Ming the Merciless were all subjected to this. With Ming it was easier. He was an alien and so he was given a more alien appearance, something which Lucas immediately grabbed onto in his portrayal.

Before Empire Strikes Back , two continuations existed that are contenders for the first example of Expanded Universe material. Alan Dean Foster, the ghostwriter of the novelization, wrote a sequel that could be adapted if the original Star Wars bombed called Splinter in the Mind's Eye. There was also a Marvel Comics series adaptation and continuation. Empire Strikes Back was written by Sci Fi Author Leigh Brackett, who created several iconic elements such as Luke's new mentor being a crazy old man, Obi-Wan returning as a ghost, the Emperor being a true villain, and Luke having a sister(while leaving it vague as to who it was). Brackett did however accept the twist that Vader was Luke's father.

Empire Strikes Back
1980 was ironically a year which saw a Lucas Film vs a Lucasfilm as Flash Gordon and Empire Strikes Back clashed at the box office. Flash Gordon, while a decent film, was defeated by the second Star Wars film. The reception proved to Lucas he was an average director when not collaborating with other brilliant directors. Lucas chose to take a more of a Behind the scenes role along with his wife Marcia Lucas, who had won an Academy Award for her film editing in American Graffiti and a BAFTA Award for her editing in Taxi Driver. Lucas did occasionally provide lore and ideas, which Gary Kurtz, the new head of Lucasfilm, one of the few people willing to say no to Lucas, was free to use or discard at his leisure.

Irvin Kershner, Empire's director, did not want to commit to another film after three years of working on the previous film. Kurtz approached Steven Spielberg, Lucas's choice, who was more than happy to(OTL Lucas had not credited Irvin Kershner for Empire, breaking DGA rules and preventing Spielberg from directing. Kurtz did not make this mistake). Other Directors approached were David Lynch, David Cronenberg, and Paul Verhoeven, all of which turned the role down, having styles too different to direct(Verhoeven commented if he did direct the Jedi would immediately start Fucking). Kurtz was unhappy with Lucas's pitch for the story. Lucas wanted a joyous celebration while Kurtz wanted an ending that was bittersweet but poignant. Lucas's take was driven by toy sales and not good storytelling which Kurtz saw as "the Cart trying to push the Horse".

Revenge of the Jedi
The plot of Revenge of the Jedi begins with R2D2, Leia, C3PO and Lando breaking into Jabba's palace to rescue the captive Han(while a dramatic situation, Han's fate was conceived because of Kurt Russell's agent demanding a costly amount to bring him back, leading to the agent's eventual firing by Russell). When Leia is captured, she summons rebel forces to attack Jabba's palace and rescue Han. Han however has doubts about continuing to aid the rebellion and plans on leaving until he hears that the Empire is converting the Wookie homeworld of Kashyyk into a new capital, Had Abbadon, a process which includes a form of terraforming to wipe out the forests on the planet. The Rebels infiltrate the Capitol while Luke goes off on his own to confront Vader. The battle on Kashyyk features the Wookies, including Chewbacca's family, attacking Stormtroopers. Han and Lando have a final battle with Boba Fett(who while having a minor role was quite popular and later advertised as Han Solo's nemesis), where Han is wounded but Lando is able to reach the Millennium Falcon and fire on Boba Fett, who appears to explode, his flaming empty helmet landing on the ground. The wounded Han sacrifices himself in the explosion that destroys the Empire's terraforming machine The Empire is defeated without the Planet's destruction. Luke defeats Darth Vader, and while the Emperor nearly kills him, Vader has a change of heart and kills the Emperor, dying soon after saying his goodbyes to Luke. Luke returns and he, Leia and Lando mourn Han's passing. In the Epilogue, Leia is revealed to be pregnant(implied to be with Han's child) and now has the difficulty of restoring order in the Empire's absence. Luke meanwhile walked off into the sunset, like the cowboys of old. And with that, The Star Wars trilogy came to a close.​

 

[TheBalkanizer]

Very interesting though I must say your rewrites have some problems imho. I can help with that though if you want

 

[Marco Incognito]

Very interesting though I must say your rewrites have some problems imho. I can help with that though if you want

Alright. Let's hear your suggestions for changes and I'll see how they could be put in.

 

[TheBalkanizer]

In Revenge of the Jedi, you have Luke and Leia becoming romantically involved (I like that Leia is not Lukes's sister tho) but then in the Sequels you have Mara being Lukes's love interest. I think it would be cool if Mara was the "Other" Yoda spoke about. You could even make Mara Obi Wan's daughter.
I'd leave Dooku out of your prequels. I like that you mesh Belated media and Bandit incorporated but that leads to some contradiction/pacing problems IMO. Also, Ventress should be human and Mauls apprentice/Adopted daughter. Obi-Wan and Talon should fall in love and have Mara and then lose her somehow with Ventress dying in the process. Yoda knows Mara still lives but does not tell Obi-Wan for some reason I can't figure out right now.
Also, Maul should die like he did in Banditincorporated with his spine ripped out, not survive AGAIN.
As for the sequels, I think Snoke and the First order are not really explained at all. I think Snoke should be maybe a Jedi who was captured by the Vong experimented on and then went mad. Also, I think Ben Skywalker should be Ben SOLO (conceived right before the battle on Kashyyk)
I still really like your ideas tho. I'm picturing Flash Gordon saying "I don't like sand"

 

[Marco Incognito]

In Revenge of the Jedi, you have Luke and Leia becoming romantically involved (I like that Leia is not Lukes's sister tho) but then in the Sequels you have Mara being Lukes's love interest. I think it would be cool if Mara was the "Other" Yoda spoke about. You could even make Mara Obi Wan's daughter.
I'd leave Dooku out of your prequels. I like that you mesh Belated media and Bandit incorporated but that leads to some contradiction/pacing problems IMO. Also, Ventress should be human and Mauls apprentice/Adopted daughter. Obi-Wan and Talon should fall in love and have Mara and then lose her somehow with Ventress dying in the process. Yoda knows Mara still lives but does not tell Obi-Wan for some reason I can't figure out right now.
Also, Maul should die like he did in Banditincorporated with his spine ripped out, not survive AGAIN.
As for the sequels, I think Snoke and the First order are not really explained at all. I think Snoke should be maybe a Jedi who was captured by the Vong experimented on and then went mad. Also, I think Ben Skywalker should be Ben SOLO (conceived right before the battle on Kashyyk)
I still really like your ideas tho. I'm picturing Flash Gordon saying "I don't like sand"

Ok let's see. First off Luke and Leia kind of drift off in Irvin Kirschner's original vision, with Leia focusing on rebuilding the Republic and Luke the Order, and then in comes Mara Jade. Jade being "The Other" is cool, especially since without the reveal of Leia's heritage than it would go nowhere, so it would be an answer we wait until the sequel trilogy to discover. Not sure about making it Obi-Wan's daughter though
I want to keep Dooku in largely because of the great Christoper Lee, though maybe given another name since Dooku is mocked sometimes, I'm not sure what it would be but "Dracu" is too on the nose. I think maybe he'd just be Darth Tyrannus. His role is actually exactly the same as in the original prequel trilogy where he reveals to Obi-Wan there is a traitor but doesn't know where it is. He's just more willing to betray Darth Sidious outright. So I don't see contradictions here.
Ventress being human I disagree with, and she takes the role of Talon, who's not even a character. Mara being their child makes no sense from a geneology standpoint. Darth Maul does not die the same way for two reasons, one, that death would not be approved for a PG rating by anyone and two, Maul's death in Rebels was actually quite poignant. My actual plan is that scene actually takes place in Episode 3 after a leap forward of a few years, with Maul confronting Obi-Wan and being killed.
Introducing the Yuuzhan Vong as the Prequel Series antagonists could be interesting and that as his origin isn't bad. Making Ben a Solo is a bit tricky as for one he would have had to have been introduced in the alternate version of Timothy Zhan's trilogy, making him more likely to be a Jacen Solo stand in, and making his age close to 30.
Flash Gordon could say I don't like Sand, though given in the original film he almost dies in a Swamp to a monster, the line could be "I don't like Swamps...they're wet, sticky...and it gets everywhere"(Also spawns a few memes about Flash Gordon and Luke Skywalker running into each other in a Swamp).

 

[Marco Incognito]

Heir to the Empire
While Star Wars had concluded, the franchise found other ways to continue to survive. West End published the Star Wars roleplaying Game, which required much more of the world to be fleshed out, such as the Aurabesh alphabet to become an actual alphabet when it had previously been only a piece of set design. The Roleplay guide soon became a reference to other Expanded Universe writers. Boba Fett being Han Solo's nemesis was something first brought up in the Roleplay Game. Kurtz prevented the creation of both a Holiday Special and a Droids Animated Series(Any Ewoks material does not come into existence due to the Ewoks not existing ITL). Video Games adaptations did exist of the Star Wars films, though the creation of the Games was held back until the technology reached a level where Kurtz considered Games ready, as a result there are no slow and simple Atari Game. Instead the first Star Wars Games was the Super Star Wars Series, the first installment of which was released in 1992. All Three Games were later released together in a pack. The games were such a success(despite their high difficulty). They received two sequels based on the later two Trilogies but maintaining the "Nintendo Hard" difficulty they were known for.

The 1990's saw the release of the Second Star Wars trilogy adapting Timothy Zahn's Dark Empire Trilogy of novels. Kurtz had become aware of two planned continuations, Timothy Zahn's novel series and Dark Horse's Dark Empire series. Kurtz encouraged them to collaborate. Zahn thus altered his plans for his first book Heir to the Empire. Originally he featured a character called Jorus C'baoth, an evil Jedi cloned by new antagonist Grand Admiral Thrawn and wanting to train Luke in the Dark Side. This was replaced by the return of the Emperor, here a clone with the same motivation as C'baoth in the original concept. Zahn disliked the concept of resurrecting the Emperor, believing it undermined his death in Revenge of the Jedi, but decided to take the request as a challenge. The Emperor Clone in his story is falling apart and unstable, practically a walking corpse, making it clear it would not live long. This allowed the attention to shift towards C'Baoth as the true Dark Side wielder and physical force(played by Toshiro Mifune, and being implied to be a clone of Obi-Wan). This ironically made the Emperor a puppet or figurehead, which is what Lucas originally viewed him as before he was convinced to make rewrites. Luke feigned joining the Emperor to betray and defeat him. The arc also introduced two popular characters in Star Wars, Mara Jade and Grand Admiral Thrawn. Jade was an assassin who would reform and eventually marry Luke over the course of the trilogy. Thrawn was an expert strategist(Based on Nazi Tactician Erwin Rommel with Admiral Ackbar taking a role close to Rommel's Nemesis Patton), leading the Empire to near Victory from the ashes of defeat. Canonically the trilogy took place from 9 to 10 A.B.Y(after the Battle of Yavin). Leia's son Ben is nine years old in the trilogy.

The novel series and trilogy consisted of Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command. It is remembered fondly, excluding some bizarre moments such as a clone of Luke Skywalker which is made by the villains and killed by Mara Jade(technically fulfilling her mission of killing Luke Skywalker)along with C'Baoth, though it does provide a dramatic moment wherein the real Luke arrives while the clone Luke is present and naturally causes the now cliche confusion. On Wookiepedia, he is labeled as simply Luke Skywalker Clone despite fans trying to come up with names for him including Luke 2, Luke Starkiller, and so on. Kurtz prevented the book's release in favor of adapting the series into films and not having it be spoiled. The new trilogy was a success, being adapted throughout the 90's with the books being released after every film installment to avoid spoilers. Kurtz is said to have bought every copy of each book to prevent spoilers(As Hitchcock had done with Psycho). The Films of the Sequel Trilogy were released in 1991, 1994 and 1997(OTL the Zahn Trilogy was released between 1991 and 1994. Star Wars movies with the exception of the OTL Sequel Trilogy, take 3 years apart to make such as 1977,1980, and 1983 for the Original Trilogy and 1999,2002 and 2005 for the Prequel Trilogy).

While there were the inevitable adaptations, including the X-Wing and Tie Fighter games(which were the precursors to the Rogue Squadron series), Kurtz also forbade any new stories involving the Star Wars cast until the Thrawn Trilogy concluded. Once it had, Dark Horse began publishing Tales of the Jedi about the Old republic set 4,000 years before the events of the main series. Not only was Dark Horse allowed to write stories without guidelines or the constraints of movie continuity but this era would rise in popularity, leading to a series of MMORPG games set in that period.

The 1996 media project Shadows of the Empire was released. Instead of a sequel, it was a midquel, set between both Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back and Empire Strikes Back and Revenge of The Jedi at times. The series was told across media, including a novel, a comic and a Video Game. The protagonist was Kyle Katarn, previously used in the video game series Dark Forces. Katarn was a former Imperial spy mentioned as having helped stolen the Death Star plans(A story mentioned but not told until 2018's Rogue One). In the video game Dark Forces, set prior to Revenge of the Jedi, Katarn battles Jabba the Hutt, Boba Fett and finally the game's antagonist Prince Xicor. Katarn is established as just learning he is force sensitive, a reason to allow Katarn access to both smuggler weapons and force abilities for gameplay purposes. He is seen as a cross between Han Solo and Luke Skywalker, or at least the answer to "What if Han Solo was the force sensitive one instead of Luke?". Many fans even see him as a replacement Goldfish for Han, given Han's death at the end of Revenge of the Jedi. For the Comic and Novel formats of Shadows of the Empire, the original cast are the focus while the game is Katarn's perspective. The Game ends with what appears to be Katarn's death in Xicor's fortress, though a special ending of the game unlocked when obtaining all collectibles results in an extra scene in which Katarn is shown to be alive(Obviously there's been a few composites here due to Kurtz streamlining stories. Namely fusing Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy with Dark Empire and Shadows of the Empire with Dark Forces. As a consequence Kyle Katarn is now a composite of his OTL self and Dash Rendar in addition to having some Han Solo inspiration, which is more welcome in this timeline seeing as how Han Solo is dead).

Prior to the release of the Prequel Trilogy, the Expanded Universe was limited to around the time of the original Series and 4,000 years prior in the New Republic Era. The Prequel Era and therefore most of the backstory of the franchise were forbidden from being written on until their completion unless they were specific official projects. The New Jedi order Series focused on the Jedi being trained by Luke Skywalker and was set 25 to 30 years after the original film. It introduced the Yuuzhan Vong, a race from outside the Galaxy as a new threat. Writer R.A. Salvatore intended to kill off a character to prove the Yuuzhan Vong were a credible threat. Since Han Solo had been killed, the choice was made to kill Chewbacca. In Video Games, nostalgia for the Prequel Trilogy remained strong, with the release of The Star Wars Trilogy Arcade. Elements from the Expanded Universe made their way to the films such as the introduction of Coruscant from the Dark Empire trilogy and Jedi Aayla Secura introduced in the Republic Comic Series.​

 

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In Early 2001, the Star Wars: Infinities series was released. They contain some notable differences, such as Luke Skywalker encountering Mara Jade on Coruscant in the alternate A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back carrying on to show the defeat of the Empire and death of the Emperor, and Revenge of the Jedi featuring the Wookies rather than the Ewoks. while the MMORPGs like Knights of the Old Republic continued to maintain popularity.

Following the impressive visual effects in Jurassic Park, George Lucas, who still had creative clout at the company that bore his name, had practically demanded Lucasfilm begin working on a Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. Head of Lucasfilm Gary Kurtz finally (reluctantly) agreed so long as he had full creative control. Steven Spielberg agreed to direct. Liam Neeson was cast as Qui Gonn Jinn, Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala, Benicio Del Toro as Darth Maul(though with Ray Park as Stunt Double), Ian McDiarmid reprising his role as the Emperor, and John Connor himself, Edward Furlong as Anakin Skywalker(who fans pointed out was born the year Star Wars premiered, 1977). Tupac Shakur played Jed Master Windu(At the time Shakur was rising as an actor, known for stealing every film he was in, though he was mostly known for playing Gangster characters with troubled pasts. His version of Windu has a trouble past and struggles with slipping to the Dark Side).

The Phantom Menace

Released in 2007 to correspond wit Star Wars's 30th Anniversary. The Phantom Menace begins with the Jedi Qui Gonn Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigating a disturbance, which they find is being caused by creatures called Ysalamiri, who naturally nullify the force(introduced in Heir to the Empire and used by Thrawn to protect himself from force wielders like the Emperor's clone. The Jedi discover a facility creating a clone army that poses a threat to the entire galaxy. Qui Gonn is wise. Obi-Wan is a bit more brash, and it is mentioned he trained for some time with Yoda due to his stubbornness. They fled to the planet of Alderaan and contact the Jedi Council but are forced to flee with Princess Padme Amidala of the Royal Family when Alderaan is attacked by the Clone Army. The Clones are shown to be using bullets(referred to as "Slug throwers" which are also used by the Tusken Raiders). That is until the Cloaked figure discoves a set of crystals kept within the palace on Aderaan, which is inserted into one of the weapons, causing it to fire energy, becoming the first Blaster. Obi-Wan, Qui-Gonn and Padme are able to escape the planet. There are hints of an attraction between Obi-Wan and Padme akin to the banter between Han and Leia in the Original Trilogy. Their retreating ship is shot down and crashes on Tatooine. The group is captured by Jabba the Hutt, who is polite to his guests out of a desire to not earn the ire of the Republic, but will not simply let them go without it profiting him. The captured group meet the teenage Anakin and his mother, who are slaves. Anakin podraces but out of fear of his mother's life, always intentionally loses to Sebulba. In private, Sebulba reveals himself to be an informant(possibly a Jedi) and that Jabba has been funding the creation of an army. Sebulba encourages the group bet on him to pay for their freedom. Qui Gonn meanwhile meets Anakin and senses great power within him, expressing a desire to train him and begins training him, demonstrating the Jedi ability to transfer the force to other Jedi to increase their power and meditates in front of Anakin, explaining his belief that the Force may be used to allow one to survive Death. Obi-Wan feels betrayed and leaves, wandering to a Cantina and getting into a fight in which Padme helps him despite Obi-Wan claiming he had it handled and the two arguing. At Jabba's Palace, Sebulba is murdered by a cloaked figure in black with a red lightsaber, his last breath is used to pull down his attacker's hood, revealing a closeup of the horrifying visage of Darth Maul(some theatres reported children screaming at this reveal).

The next day Sebulba is found dead and the Jedi are blamed. Qui Gonn still bets for his freedom, this time choosing Anakin, Qui Gonn convinces Anakin to race and trust in the force that they will keep his mother safe. Anakin races and wins. As they are leaving, the Sith Darth Maul attacks and they take off without Anakin's mother. Upon arriving in Coruscant, the Senate debate the need for an army, lacking one to counter the invasion. A Volunteer army is formed, with Jedi Master Count Draku publicly speaking in support of the idea. Qui Gonn attempts to convince the Jedi to promote Obi-Wan to Master and allow Qui Gonn to train Anakin. Obi-Wan confesses to Palpatine( a former Jedi turned Senator),that he is feeling jealousy towards Anakin as he feels Qui Gonn now care more for him. Anakin is put under intense training under Mace Windu, but is dismissed. However, he still joins the Volunteer army as a pilot. The attack commences, first in a space battle where Anakin proves himself, and the fight is taken down to the atmosphere. Anakin is shot down but destroys one of the larger fleet ships, which Ventress was on. Maul, seeing this, orders one of his ships to destroy the Alderaan City and all its hostages. Anakin finds Obi-Wan unconscious and takes his Jedi comlink. Palpatine suggests the Jedi strategy of transferring power and the Jedi reluctantly agree. With Obi-Wan knocked out, they choose to grant their force abilities to the barely trained Anakin. Anakin becomes extremely powerful and brings down the ship with the Forces but collapses as his body is completely shattered. Obi-Wan awakens and quickly realizes what has happened just as Ventress emerges from the crash. The two fight with Obi-Wan defeating her. Maul then communicates through Ventress's comlink and negotiations a trading of hostages(Ventress for the people of Alderaan).

An army of Jedi reinforcements stand facing an army of Clones as the trade is made, with Ventress being returned to Maul. Maul's clones then open fire, catching the Jedi offguard and many are killed. Enraged, Obi-Wan hijacks a ship and brings himself, Qui-Gonn, Padme and a group of Soldiers towards where Maul is, both ships crash and Jedi chase Maul into the Palace while Padme searches for the orchestrater and Maul's General Nute Gunray. Padme's group surrounds Gunray after defeating his men but the fight with the Jedi and Maul spills into the same room Padme and Gunray are in. Gunray pulls out a hidden weapon and shoots Gunray. Obi-Wan panics and leaves to check on Padme, leading to an opening in which Darth Maul kills Qui-Gonn. While Padme's soldiers are able to force Maul to retreat in a barrage of fires, the group is forced to retreat along with the other forces, failing to retake Alderaan. In the Epilogue, Anakin is recovering while being overlooked by Yoda, Mace and Palpatine. Yoda and Mace realize they now have to train him as he may now maintain the intense force power. After they leaves, Palpatine asks the Doctor if Anakin can recover. The Doctor says there may be a way, but doing so would requiring building him an artificial suit(which is shown in hologram and resembles the Vader armor). Palpatine tells the Doctor to Do it.

Twilight of the Republic

Twilight of the Republic was released in 2010 . The film begins 3 years after The Phantom Menace and the Clone Wars in full swing with a battle on the planet Naboo. The Republic is somewhat similar in appearance to the Empire, including the use of Prototype Stormtrooper armor on the Soldiers, who are unmasked and revealed to be Volunteers in the Republic Army. Anakin is shown to be a cyborg. After the battle, Obi-Wan and his group discover and activate a hologram of the Death Star. They decide to keep it a secret. Anakin learns of the Death Star from Chancellor Palpatine, who is helping Anakin recover with both chemicals and his suit. Anakin is also told that a member of the warring faction known as the Confederacy named Tarkin wants to negotiate peace with the Republic. A peaceful negotiation is planned on Alderaan between both sides. On the way there with Obi-Wan to serve as Padme's Bodyguards, Anakin meets another pilot who acts like a fanboy when meeting him, excitedly shouting about Anakin's heroism on Alderaan. He nervously holds his hand out to shake and introduces himself as Owen Lars(played by John C.Reilly, who does not appear in The Perfect Storm as a result). The peace meeting is interrupted by an attack from Darth Maul. Anakin, Obi-Wan and Mace Windu, all Jedi present in the meeting, chase Maul down below but Kenobi is separated by an attack from Maul's sister and apprentice Asajj Ventress. Windu and Anakin battle Maul. Maul kills Windu and Anakin fights back in anger. Anakin believes he has won only for Maul to suddenly cut his hand off. Anakin gives in to his anger and despite lacking a hand, begins choking Darth Maul. With Maul at his mercy, Anakin raises his Lightsaber to finish him, first to his head, and then brings it down on his wait. Asajj Ventress and Obi-Wan both sense this. Obi-Wan attempts to use this to convince Ventress to give up, saying there's good in her. Ventress flees.

Maul is taken into custody, having been cut in half. He names Count Draku as a Sith Lord but seems unaware of who Darth Sidious actually is, though he was training Ventress in secret in the hopes both would kill Sidious. Anakin, Obi-Wan, Padme and Owen lars fly to confront Dooku before the Armies of the Republic reach him. Kenobi wants to talk to him as he knew Qui Gonn Jinn and Kenobi, having known Dooku personally does not believe he is a Sith, and if so wants to ask him why he betrayed the Order. When they find him, Draku explains that he knows the Sith is someone in the Senate but not who and feigned joining him to gain information. Draku instructs the group to flee as Republic forces arrive and heavily destroy the structure Draku was in. The level of destruction is such that Draku's survival seems impossible.

With Maul captured(though Ventress later in the film frees him, though Maul weakly mentions that he senses something different about Ventress) and the supposed Sith Lord dead, it is now believed the Sith pulling the strings to keep the war going has now been removed. Peace talks resume between the Republic and the Confederacy. The Jedi sense that such an action would strengthen the Sith or fall into his plan and refuse. Anakin becomes enraged at the Jedi seemingly being the only ones standing in the way of peace and keeping a war going, leading to more lives lost. Palpatine meets with him and reveals the Jedi were the only ones who cancelled the decision to make peace each time the two groups met. Palpatine reveals his plan to orchestrate a terrorist attack that would cripple the Jedi. He presents a bomb disguised as Anakin's Lightsaber. At Mace Windu's funeral, the Jedi are to put their Lightsabers down. Anakin would put the bomb instead. Anakin is horrified but Palpatine is able to have him doubt himself by pointing out the Jedi are standing in the war of peace. Anakin walks home in the rain and sees a massive memorial to those who died in the Clone Wars. A large wall with names on it that seems to stretch on endlessly. He makes his choice.

At Mace Windu's funeral the Jedi are to place their lightsaber's down on his grave. Palpatine gives Anakin the bomb disguised as his Lightsaber. Anakin claims he'll only do it if Obi-Wan is spared. Palpatine reluctantly obliges and states he'll get someone to call him and Kenobi away so that they are not present when the bomb goes off. An advisor arrives but asks for Anakin only, when Anakin pressures him he insists Palpatine stated only Anakin come with him. Anakin uses the Jedi Mind trick to convince him to pick up Obi-Wan as well. Unknown to Anakin, his mother, rescued by the Jedi at the end of The Phantom Menace, is present at the Funeral to pay her respects when the blast goes off. The Jedi temple is destroyed and many Jedi are killed. Anakin's mother also perishes as he watches in horror.

The aftermath, sees Anakin quitting being a Jedi and going to work with Owen Lars on a Spice Freighter(What Luke believed and what Lars told him in A New Hope). The Jedi scatter while also trying to determine the one responsible for the attack. Tarkin is seen speaking to the leaders of the Confederacy and proposes a toast to his promotion. Suddenly men enter and gun down the Separatists, including Nute Gunray, who falls to the ground wounded, shouting that Tarkin can't do this. Tarkin responds this is not a democracy. Gunray asks what it is then. Tarkin raises a blaster to Gunray. He finishes with "An Empire" before firing.

Anakin meets with Palpatine at a celebration on Alderaan. While sitting next to Palpatine, Palpatine speaks with him and recites the tragedy of Darth Plageuis the wise. Anakin slowly reveals the clues that tipped him off that Palpatine was the Sith Lord. Rather than stating it, he asks Palpatine if he would teach him. Palpatine comments on the old saying that if a student is ready a master appears and that he shall indeed and that he shall indeed train him. Episode II ends with the two ominously looking over the celebration, playing a more upbeat version of the Emperor's theme.

Return of the Sith

The Final Film in the Prequel Trilogy. Released in 2013. Return of the Sith begins with an opening crawl mentioning how the Jedi are being hunted down by an organization of Bounty Hunters called the Shadow Collective. It has been 11 years since the Destruction of the Jedi Temple. We are shown a group of Jedi meeting in a secret location, including Tarn Windu, brother of Mace Windu, played by Samuel L. Jackson, a Jedi stranded on Alderaan for years that wishes to avenge his brother's death. The Jedi base is attacked and destroyed, forcing the Jedi to flee outward where they are also attacked. Tarn Windu is seen starring down a large ship emerging from smoke before it cuts away. We are given information about where the cast are now. Padme and Anakin are married with Anakin taking long breaks to train with Palpatine. Bail Organa is feeding what information he can get to the rebellion including Obi-Wan, who is disturbed when the evidence suggests the Empire is building something massive, based on context clues like the material being used and resources. His response suggests he realizes they are building the Death Star. he witnessed the plans for in the previous film. Maul and Ventress travel to the abandoned Cloning facility discovered by Obi-Wan and Qui Gonn in Episode I, finding the Ysalamiri and the Clones gone. They hope the Clone Army would follow them against Sidious. Yoda emerges from the shadows and quickly subdues Maul and Ventress(never once using his lightsaber in the entirety of the franchise and instead pinning them down with the force). Obi-Wan reunites with the other remaining Jedi on a ship and the surviving Jedi question Darth Maul. Maul recalls a moment where he saw Darth Sidious weak when he was near a Dark Side Nexus. It is also revealed that the Jedi Temple was buried under one as a Force Nexus would usually work well to hide being who are of the opposite Force allignment, i.e. a Light Side force user hides well in a Dark Side Nexus, but over time the Temple grew massive and the Generations of Peace made the Jedi stop hiding. They eventually deduce that Palpatine may wish to seek out the remains of his deceased master Darth Plageuis. We learn the force shifts like seasons. There are long periods where the Dark Side is strongest and vice versa and that the time of the Dark Side will likely means there would be power held within the corpse of Darth Plageuis. The Jedi ship is attacked by the forces of the Shadow Collective, who are revealed to be led by General Grievous(portrayed as more competent, closer to how he appeared in the Genndy Tartakovsky cartoon shorts) and consist of Bounty Hunters, including Boba Fett(or possibly Jango Fett, it is not stated which though the armor is cleaner than the Original Trilogy). The Collective members are carrying cannisters of Ysalamiri on them, creatures which can cancel out the Force. The Jedi free Maul and Ventress to help. Obi-Wan and Ventress fight Grievous, during which Obi-Wan suddenly reveals a second Lightsaber, Anakin's. Grievous begins to overpower the Jedi until Yoda arrives. In preparation for fighting Yoda, Grievous planted bombs on the ship in order to destroy it. The bombs go off, destroying the ship. A handful of people escape. Yoda is flung into space.

The remaining Jedi regroup. Yoda is discovered by Rebel forces to be holding himself in a force bubble. Obi-Wan and Ventress made it to an escape pod and are picked up but his rescuers are forced to drop him off on the nearby planet of Alderaan. Anakin senses Obi-Wan's approach. Obi-Wan and Anakin reunite and Obi-Wan reveals he kept Anakin's lightsaber. Padme is also present and she brings up that she thought Anakin's Lightsaber was lost in the explosion at the Jedi Temple. Obi-Wan begins to suspect something but Anakin brushes it off by claiming that he was summoned away before he put his Lightsaber down. Obi-Wan seems suspicious and later tells Anakin he swears he saw him put his Lightsaber down. He attempts to offer it back but Anakin tells Obi-Wan to keep it and maybe give it to his son when he's old enough(something mentioned in the Original Trilogy "You're father wanted you to have this when you were old enough"). Anakin takes Obi-Wan to the Jedi Temple, where the survivors are headed without Yoda, who was rescued separately by the Rebels. At the temple, Palpatine enters the ruins and goes through several tests overseen by the spirit of Mace Windu and other Jedi. One test involves fighting Jedi Spirits. His final challenge is to be confronted with the remains of Plageuis, which he attempts a ritual on. The ritual suddenly seems to turn on Palpatine, disfiguring him into his more well known appearance but he sees a vision of the future, specifically the conclusion of Revenge of the Jedi. It is vague but he emerges believing Luke Skywalker would be the one to finish him, but also believing Luke could be turned to the Dark Side(He sees Luke threatening him and then his death but without Vader's role in it. He then sees Luke defeating Vader in rage and then bowing down to Palpatine, which is actually from the Sequel Trilogy. Palpatine emerges believing that either he will turn Luke and he will kill and replace Vader, or Luke will kill him. Palpatine emerges surrounded by Jedi. Palpatine is able to goad Tarn Windu into attack Darth Maul, leading Maul into killing him. Palpatine then reveals that being near the Dark Side Nexus actually makes him stronger, using its power to kill the Jedi present. He reveals to Maul that he feigned weakness before Maul to exploit such a false knowledge. He then hurls Maul, seemingly to his death(akin to Mace Windu's Revenge of the Sith death in OTL though Maul is later revealed to be alive). Anakin and Obi-Wan arrive too late. Obi-Wan speaks to Anakin about his suspicions on what Anakin has done and makes him the offer to go back with him to the Temple and the two be friends again. Anakin refuses(when Luke makes an offer to Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi IOTL, Vader mentions that Obi-Wan once thought as he did). Anakin leaves and Obi-Wan find only dead Jedi.

Padme meets with Yoda onboard the ship he was rescued on. Palpatine attempts to use a psychic link to attack Padme as she is giving birth. Yoda orders the ship to land on a planet with plenty of life which would make it difficult for Palpatine to concentrate. They find the planet Dagobah and Yoda begins to battle Palpatine in a powerful force duel across space that destroys the environment around them, turning it into the Swampland we know. Yoda is able to push Palpatine back but a powerful shockwave causes his back to nearly be broken. He picks up a broken branch with the force and begins to use it as a cane. Padme gives birth. Once rebel soldiers arrive, Yoda leaves and begins concentrating in order to hide their presence from Palpatine and delay him from learning their location. Padme dies in chilbirth. The rebels find an infant but no trace of Yoda and leave without him.

Obi-Wan and Ventress reunite with both Bail Organa's rebellion and a large number of remaining Jedi. They launch an assault to capture Grievous on Mustafar as rebel intel has revealed the material for the Death Star is being constructed there and Grievous evidently is working as security. The attack commences with Obi-Wan meeting Anakin, who surprisingly begins helping him. They reach Grievous, who fights both. Grievous gloats that he was told that Padme was dead. Anakin in rage kills Grievous by tearing him to pieces. Obi-Wan tries to calm Anakin down, resulting in a fight(The battle is less over the top than IOTL and focusing on more on Obi-Wan trying to bring Anakin back). Ventress tries to stop the two but is killed by Anakin, causing Obi-Wan to fly into race, where he is able to disarm Anakin and leave him for dead, unable to kill him. Obi-Wan leaves. Palpatine discovers what appears to be the corpse of Anakin(the scene of Anakin becoming Vader is not actually shown to provide a semblance of mystery to those who watch the films in chronological order, thus we are meant to believe Palpatine is looking at a Dead Anakin). Obi-Wan then leaves, He is seen meeting with Owen Lars and his wife Beru and what is presumed to be their child.

The Clone Wars
The entirety of the Clone Wars was for the most part not depicted on screen. Instead it was decided an Animated Series would be best to depict it. To test the waters, since Star Wars had never had an animated series before, Genndy Tartakovsky was hired to create this series, following his success on Dexter's Laboratory. The project was supervised by Dave Filoni. The series premiered in 2008 and would run for seven seasons, ending in 2015. The resulting series was heavily stylized and was mostly action with little dialogue. While it did not break continuity, there were some additions such as Count Draku being more of a villain and General Grievous being introduced in the series before his film debut. Anakin even seemingly killed Ventress during an intense battle in one of the most iconic scenes. Most episodes were self contained, often simply involving different battles in the conflict, taking advantage of that to showcase different Jedi. It was well received. Samuel L.Jackson did reprise his role as Tarn Windu for the series. The series lead directly into the events of Twilight of the Republic and then depicted events after in the intermediate 11 year period before Return of the Sith.

The Clone Wars introduced an old idea of Lucas's. The idea of the Republic also using Clones, though more human ones. Filoni conceived on the idea of the Republic, as it was transitioning to an Empire, making use of Cloning technology now taken from the Confederacy. Who the Clones were exactly Clones of remained unclear(a common theory, one which Filoni supported and even later confirmed, was Boba Fett). The series expanded even beyond the events of the Second film and now had the Clones ordered to hunt the remaining Jedi. One group defected and were referred to as "The Bad Batch", when authority figures claimed that their choice to break away from orders was a type of mental defect. The Republic using clones was an interesting idea as was the use of Order 66 in the Final Season, which was a full 20 episodes. The season also includes the Siege of Mandalore, an event with massive repercussions in Filoni's Star Wars run, which began when he took over Lucasfilm following the success of the Clone Wars and retirement of Gary Kurtz in 2015. The series also introduced many fan favorites such as Jedi Padawan Ashla Chutu(OTL Ahsoka Tano, the name was changed to Ahsoka at request by George Lucas, who has no involvement here). Ashla was rescued by the Jedi Master Plo Koon after nearly being tricked into joining a Sith as a child. Another character was Clone Arc Trooper Alpha 17(OTL Rex, his name was changed after a request by George Lucas as he believed there were too many names that started with A. Rex and Alpha 17 are very similar). The Series also introduced Bounty Hunter antagonists Durge and Cad Bane. One arc tracked the character Pong Krell's descent from Jedi to traitor and finally death at the hands of his own Clone Troopers(OTL this almost happened but they just chose to have Krell already turned to the Dark Side). The End of Season Six tied well directly into the conclusion of Twilight of the Republic. The Jedi Temple was bombed by Anakin and Ashla was blamed. Anakin could not say anything and instead framed another Jedi, Barris Offee, of the Crime. Despite Anakin attempting to convince her to stay, Ashla left the order, which Anakin did himself soon after.

The Final Season focused on "The Bad Batch" on the run. They had made the mistake of putting up Pin Art of Padme Amidala on their ship, which caused it to become instantly recognizable as they went on the run. Filoni also took the time to tell more Ashla centered stories as she moved on her own, including achieving a life goal of letting her ride a giant wolf(during an episode where she is in a wilderness setting). Cad Bane and a group of Bounty Hunters including Boba Fett also factored in as members of the Shadow Collective hunting Ashla. Towards the climax, Cad Bane and Boba Fett engaged in a wild west style showdown where the two shoot each other, leaving Boba Fett with the dent in his helmet and killing Cad Bane, his hat slowly falling to the floor. Another Arc involved Asajj Ventress and Jedi Quinlan Vos, occurring prior to Return of the Sith.

Expanded Material
Free Radical Design released what is largely considered the definitive Star Wars game series, Battlefront, with every installment having more features than the last. Star Wars: Battlefront 3 included many more Heroes and Villains, transitions from space to ground combat and a Story mode. Another shooter series, Republic Commando, followed the Clones in the employ of the Republic on their missions. The Force Unleashed was released, telling the story of Darth Vader's hitherto unknown apprentice trained between the prequel and original trilogy and his role in aiding the Rebellion before his death. A sequel was made. It was decided there would be a different protagonist so as to not invalidate the character's sacrifice. The Force Unleashed 2 focused on the father of the first game's protagonist and was set during the prequel era, allowing encounters with the likes of Darth Maul, Count Draku, General Grievous, Asajj Ventress and Darth Vader. Kento Marek fell in love with another Jedi and the two abandoned the order, which ironically saved their lives as the Jedi began to be hunted down, leading to Marek's master being killed in front of him by Darth Vader and him going into hiding with his son after his wife is killed.

Kinect Star Wars was released with better Gameplay and technology, allowing the player to be registered by the machine. The Galactic Dance Off is completely absent. Rancor Rampage and Podrace modes remain. The Story Mode allows the player to recreate moments from all three trilogies in chronological order, while another mode allows them to play as specific characters with alternate endings possible. Qui Gonn-Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Yoda, Ahsoka Tano and Luke Skywalker are the Jedi characters while Darth Maul, Count Draku, General Grievous, Asajj Ventress, Darth Vader and Palpatine are the Sith characters. Several alternate scenarios can be played out such as Qui Gonn Jinn surviving and killing Darth Maul, Ben Kenobi defeating Darth Vader on the Death Star, Anakin Skywalker refusing to turn to the Dark Side, and so on. The Sith players always inevitably turn on each other and so in general have more fights than the Jedi. Darth Maul even received his own Video Game Star Wars: Darth Maul.

Screenshot from Star Wars: Darth Maul, courtesy of Gameinformer.

Following the success of Star Wars; Darth Maul, a video game was released titled Star Wars: Boba Fett(contains some mechanics of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter with a different plot depicting events before and during the Original Trilogy from Boba Fett's perspective. Elements of the cancelled Star Wars Game 1313 are also folded into this game, specifically scenes diving into Boba Fett's past).

Screenshot of Gameplay from Star Wars: Boba Fett.

The Star Wars brand lended itself out to parody such as Robot Chicken and Lego versions, as well as a series of books reimagining the franchise as a series of Shakespeare plays(which ITL includes Heir to thy Empire, Thy Dark Force Riseth, and The Last Commandeth in addition to the OTL books). Of the Parodies, Star Wars drew the line at an Angry Birds version. Instead creating a Video game similar to Kingdom Hearts in which Disney characters were put into the role of Star Wars characters, with full voice acting and rendered in a 2D style(similar to the remastering of the SNES Ducktales) with fully animated cutscenes. This was based off toys seen at the Disney Parks, though the game chose to tell its own story that included elements of the trilogy. Star Wars also officially appeared in the toy to life game Disney Infinity, in version 3.0(Sans The Force Awakens as that film has yet to appear ITTL, a Mara Jade figure is released instead. A Thrawn figure is not due to him not being a physical fighter). Disney Infinity adapted the Original Trilogy in an interesting way. All the characters are already familiar with each other. Luke having been raised alongside Leia and Han and Chewbacca already helping the rebels. The group stays together and there is some special dialogue triggered depending on characters used(even if they aren't Star Wars characters, though most of the time the response is confusion). For example, Boba Fett will make a comment about the rebellion paying him more than the Empire if he is helping the heroes and Han Solo will express surprise if he doesn't die in the Boba Fett boss battle on Kashyyk. Similarly, a player Boba Fett will accuse a Boss Battle Boba Fett of being a clone and vice versa.

Comics continued with the distant future story, Legacy, starring Cade Skywalker in an age where the Sith have returned.

With Filoni in charge of Star Wars after Kurtz retired, changed were made. Filoni was convinced the Star Wars films were complete and no new trilogy was needed. Instead Filoni would shift towards continuing the story of Star Wars in a TV Show format(his bread and butter) and some standalone films. these would finally manifest in a series of projects.

Rebels
Rebels was the sequel series to The Clone Wars, running from 2015 until 2019 . It depicted a group of the titular Rebels surviving during the period just prior to A New Hope. The Series surprised many by introducing Grand Admiral Thrawn earlier than expected(he is later transported forward through time, justifying his disappearance until the Sequel trilogy, unfortunately Thrawn's entire fleet is separated from him into Time as well). The series also took elements from the cancelled Star Wars: Underground Series that Lucas suggested Lucasfilm do between the two Trilogies.

Rogue One(Standalone Film): The previously untold tale of how Kyle Katarn obtained the Death Star plan. The story also introduced and then killed off many characters, including the fan favorite K2SO, and Jyn Erso. In the end, Katarn is the only survivor, taking a ship with the Death Star plans towards Tantive IV only for his ship to be destroyed seconds after the plans are transferred and Katarn shown surviving in an escape pod that falls back down to the planet of Scariff, leaving him stranded there until his rescue.

The Kessel Run(Standalone Film): Phil Lord and Chris Miller direct a more comedic(but still somewhat serious) Film often compared to Guardians of the Galaxy. The film is essentially a heist movie in Space following a Young Han Solo, Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian as they attempt the titular Kessel Run. The film also features comic only characters Tag and Binks, a duo of rebel soldiers who are often in the background of scenes in Star Wars. the trailer for the film is infamous for playing a parody of Jason Darulo's "Ridin' Solo" titled I'm Han Solo"(which doesn't actually appear in the Movie).

Kenobi(TV Series): The Kenobi series starred Ewan McGregor(Based mostly on OTL Comic series), having one long adventure that takes him off Tatooine when he is abducted by Jedi Hunters, with him now seeking a way to return to protect Luke. Only one Season was made due to the ridiculous nature of Ben leaving Tatooine multiple times and the fact that most of the stories used were too similar to episodes of what became the Mandolorian.

Resistance(TV Series): A Live Action Television series set 30 years after Revenge of the Jedi, starring John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac and Kelly Marie Tran. The series follows up on a scene in the finale of rebels in which an entire Imperial Fleet is brought forward in time to an unknown fate. They have now reappeared and find the Empire has fallen and the Republic has won. The remnants of the Empire now ironically become the titular Resistance(complete with a stylized Imperial themed title card for the word Resistance. Upon reappearing, the Imperial Remants under the Leadership of Grand Moff Snoak(Andy Serkis), redub themselves the Final Order. Snoak becomes obsessed with learning as much as he can of the Dark Side to counter the Jedi. The Imperials also capture Rebel Pilot Poe Dameron shortly after they arrive in the new time period. Two members of Luke's Jedi Academy become involved, his daughter Jaina Skywalker(Daisy Ridley), and Ben Solo(Adam Driver). Ben finds himself drawn to the Dark Side and betrays the Jedi Academy, befriending Finn, until the latter defects and helps Poe escape, destroying their friendship. Finn then joins with Jaina in the hopes of bringing down the Last Order, which he contributes to by convincing many Stormtroopers to rebel. Kelly Marie Tran also appears as fan favorite character Dr.Aphra, described by many as an "Evil Indiana Jones" accompanied by Droids BT-1(or simply BT) and 0-0-0(Triple Zero), who are black colored, weaponized and extremely sadistic counterparts to R2D2 and C3PO. Dr.Aphra is eventually killed off in a rather horrifying way(They are claustrophobic and afraid of being unable to breath. Ben Solo ends up shooting her out in an escape pod into empty space to suffocate. Feeling were mixed as while she was a villain who deserved it and did far worse, she was also very likeable). Her death also had the ripple effect of making Triple Zero and BT, who she owned and commanded, now without a Master and they became sadistic serial killers and torturers with no one to command them. Special attention also went to Captain Phasma, played by Gwendolyn Christie, who in one episode, discovers the remains of Palpatine's Yacht and constructs a suit of Stormtrooper armor out of it.

The Mandolorian(TV Series): Set 5 years after Revenge of the Jedi, The Mandolorian(AKA Dave Filoni's challenge to create another Mandolorian character after Boba Fett's oversaturation), features the Bounty Hunter Din Djarin, being forced to protect a child of Yoda's race from the Empire remnants and others who would wish him harm(probably the closest to OTL with some changes to accommodate the events of Revenge of the Jedi, though Grogu's Fate is now even more in question as he does not appear in the Thrawn trilogy. Filoni has expressed his plan to continue the story of Rebels with the Mandolorian.

Video Games
Star Wars Battlefront was rebooted(not by EA). The series does not include loot boxes but does include content from all eras. This includes Heroes and Villains from the Original and sequel trilogies. Among the Heroes were Luke Skwalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian. The Villains included were Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, Boba Fett, Mara Jade and Grand Admiral Thrawn. Heroes from the prequel Era include Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Yoda, Mace Windu, and Ashla Chutu. The Prequel era Villains include Darth Maul, Count Dooku, General Grievous, Asajj Ventress and Cad Bane. Maps include: Tantive IV, Tatooine, Yavin IV, Death Star, Hoth, Dagobah, Bespin, Jabba's Palace, and Kashyyk from the original trilogy. From the sequel trilogy there are Coruscant, Sluis Van Shipyards, Jomark, New Cov, Honoghr, Berchest, the Imperial palace, Poderis, and Trogan. Most locations can switch to space combat, a carry over from the previous game Battlefront 3. From the Prequel trilogy the Maps include Alderaan, Tatooine(an alternate map in the middle of a podrace track), Kamino, Geonosis, Naboo, Coruscant(the Jedi Temple), Mustafar, Kashyyk(beaches), and Felucia. There is also a story mode. Rather than a sequel, the game continues to be updated, often for free. Updates introduced new units and vehicles as well as Heroes and maps.

For the Rogue One expansion Kyle Katarn and Orson Krennic are the new hero and villain with Scariff being the new map.

For the Resistance expansion, Finn, Poe and Jaina were introduced as Heroes while Kylo Ren(Ben Solo), Captain Phasma and Doctor Aphra(with moved incorporating BT and Triple Zero) are Villain Units.

The Mandolorian expansion introduced the titular character as a hero and Moff Gideon as a Villain unit. The Mandolorian had baby Yoda with him in game. The second season expansion adds new costumes for Ashla Chutu and Boba Fett along with adding Dark Troopers and Mandolorian Units.

Filoni has just announced a series of new Shows and Second Seasons. It seems the TV show and streaming format is the future of Star Wars(though each series will get a home and television release once they complete their runs).

The Fourth Awakens? New Star Wars Trilogy in 2021?
New Rumor suggests plans to release a Fourth Star Wars Trilogy and Second Trilogy in 2021. Timothy Zahn said to be writing. Rumors have been denied by Lucasfilm and Dave Filoni.

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