Blue Skies in Camelot: An Alternate 60's and Beyond
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So...
- Luke and Leia aren't sisters (that would be Nellith Skywalker)
- Luke would actually be Mace Windu
- Han is reptilian
- Jedi are known as Jedi-Bendu
- Luke later introduced as a war hero
Okay, to clarify I meant that things that weren't created yet shouldn't be in an alternate Trilogy. President_Lincoln doesn't have to include things that GL was flirting with. All of you were taking my comment too literal.
I've been thinking. If Nelson Laxalt becomes VP and oversees both the commission on the CIA AND goes on the goodwill tour he may have a falling out with Reagan. Nelson sees that the world is more complex whereas Reagan still sees things as nice and simple.
I to think Jonestown would be worth covering.
I to think Jonestown would be worth covering.
Me too I even suggested a idea for Blue Skies version of Jim Jone to President_Lincoln
Similar to what he did with Charles Mason I was thinking he could have Jones convince members of his church to try and assassinate President Udall but the attempt fails or Uduall isn't too badly hurt and as a result Jones and his Church flee the United States and go into hiding
Here's my idea for how Return of the Jedi should play out. President_Lincoln is free to modify it however he likes
Return of the Jedi Rewrite:
Act I: We get the Jabba's palace infiltration. Luke, Lando, Chewbacca and Leia free Han, but all get captured by Jabba's men. Turns out that Jabba had been onto them from the start, and has even had his men go into town to capture Luke's droids (as well as claiming the Millenium Falcon.) At this point Jabba decides to just throw them into the Arena to die (while keeping Leia as a slave), unleashing the Rancor on them. He's also taken possession of C-3PO and R2-D2. Luke uses the force to tame the Rancor, prompting a FURIOUS Jabba to order all his men into the arena to kill them. Luke reveals that he's secretly hidden his lightsaber in R2 and calls on it, using it to go postal on Jabba's goons alongside Chewie, Lando and the Rancor. Boba Felt also gets involved and after a fight tries to kill Luke with his missile, but Luke deflects it back at him, which blows him up. At this point Jabba panics and sends his personal bodyguards in; unfortunately, this gives Leia the chance to strangle him to death with her chain. Bib Fortuna, who has long suffered at Jabba's hand, stands by and watches. At this point the fighting stops, and the heroes are able to negotiate with Bib Fortuna to not only release them, but throw in with the Alliance, adding Jabba's resources to the rebel cause.
Luke returns to Dagobah for answers regarding Vader's claims. Yoda admits the truth, and Luke is somewhat hurt by this. They get into an argument; Obi Wan appears and acknowledges that what they did was s*** and apologizes, giving context as to why they did it (shame, a fear that Luke would hold back, or that he wasn't ready to handle the knowledge). Obi Wan explains that Anakin was born a slave and rescued during the clone wars by the Jedi; Vader's s*** life left him deeply terrified of loss and believing that there needed to be more justice.) The Clone Wars are described as a brutal series of wars that saw the Republic decline, and Vader was caught right in the middle. They started out with just petty b*** in the Outer Rim, but eventually things got to the point where the Core and Mid Rim were threatened. Anakin was rescued from slavery, and in the process fell in love with Luke's mom (an Alderaanian Princess who was betrothed to Bail Organa; Bail started out as kind of an a*** but grew more mature as time passed). Obi Wan explains that he sincerely tried to redeem Vader, but ultimately failed to do so.
Luke accepts the explanation, but insists that Vader can still be redeemed. Obi Wan and Yoda skeptical. He also mentions that for all intents and purposes Luke is their last hope; we get the Leia reveal and Luke is appropriately shocked (and even somewhat uncomfortable at the kiss). Yoda reveals that he is dying, and that he has limited time to complete Luke's training (we get a scene of Yoda finally dying later on after some further training).
Act 2: Some time has passed, and the Rebels get the briefing about the second death star above Kashyyyk (Wookies are cooler and it gives Chewie something to ya know actually do). We get them infiltrating pass the Tydirium. As all of this is going on Vader has been displaying more internal turmoil; turns out that when Luke chose death over Vader's offer....it badly rattled him. For the first time in decades he's wondering if he made the right decision all those years ago. Palpatine notices, and makes a comment about it (Vader has a rare showing of rage at this point. Not cold fury, genuine outburst rage.) We get the speeder bike chases, and it's here that Chewbacca makes himself useful by negotiating with the Wookie leader Tarfful. The rebels are able to persuade the Wookies to aid them in their assault on the Generator. Luke reveals what he was told to Leia; unlike the movie Leia is much more shocked, and even somewhat grossed out over the kiss (because we need to shut down the perverts). Luke surrenders himself, and Vader meets Luke (it's the first time since Bespin they've been in the same area.) Luke tries to reason with Vader, and Vader is actually effected, but still brings Luke to Palpatine. Leia and Han have sex that night.
Act 3: Both factions make their move; Luke is brought before the Emperor, who tries to sway Luke with arguments about how the Republic was a broken and corrupt institution. He was just putting it out of its misery. Luke counters by pointing out the Empire's own corruption and murderous overkill. Palpatine is rather annoyed by how well Luke's holding his own, but at this point he also springs the news of the trap. The Death Star super laser is quite operational, and the Imperial Fleet drops out of hyperspace to attack the rebel fleet (which has just arrived.) And for added dickery, he orders Jerjerrod to fire on Kashyyyk if the Rebels DO happen to come out on top. Luke swings for Palpatine, Vader blocks and battle is joined.
The Wookies and Rebel team move on the installation, and it's an intense battle. The wookies are shown to be fierce, letting loose years of pent up frustration and rage. We also get the battle in the Installation; during the battle the timers for the explosives are damaged. Han, completing his arc of heroism, sacrifices his life to trigger the bombs and take out the generator. The fleet manages to endure the Death Star's super laser and the imperial fleet.
Luke and Vader duel. Unlike the original (where Palpy interjects and thus gets Luke to pull back) Luke pulls back on his own. He even tries to appeal to the man Anakin once was. Despite the circumstances, he's reasonably calm. Likewise, Vader's own internal turmoil makes it easier for Luke to gain the advantage. Eventually we get the scene of Vader realizing Leia is Luke's sister, and Luke hulks out and beats the s*** out of him. As he stands over, the Emperor says "Good, Good....." Luke hears this and realizes what he's doing. He looks down and further understands....so he throws the sword aside. Palpatine is FURIOUS and decides to start torturing him. He will make Luke SUFFER. Luke calls out to Vader...and Vader finally makes the right choice, hurling Sidious to his doom as he screams in rage and for the first time in his life fear. Hell we can even include THIS line from the radio drama
Palpatine: "Vader! I am your master!"
Darth Vader: "Darth Vader's master! But not Anakin Skywalker's!"
As Luke and Vader try to leave, the Bunker explodes and the rebels make their run. Vader dies in Luke's arms, and Luke flees in Palpatine's shuttle.
The ending is bittersweet; they've won, but Han's dead and the road to victory isn't complete yet. But it's a start.
Return of the Jedi Rewrite:
Act I: We get the Jabba's palace infiltration. Luke, Lando, Chewbacca and Leia free Han, but all get captured by Jabba's men. Turns out that Jabba had been onto them from the start, and has even had his men go into town to capture Luke's droids (as well as claiming the Millenium Falcon.) At this point Jabba decides to just throw them into the Arena to die (while keeping Leia as a slave), unleashing the Rancor on them. He's also taken possession of C-3PO and R2-D2. Luke uses the force to tame the Rancor, prompting a FURIOUS Jabba to order all his men into the arena to kill them. Luke reveals that he's secretly hidden his lightsaber in R2 and calls on it, using it to go postal on Jabba's goons alongside Chewie, Lando and the Rancor. Boba Felt also gets involved and after a fight tries to kill Luke with his missile, but Luke deflects it back at him, which blows him up. At this point Jabba panics and sends his personal bodyguards in; unfortunately, this gives Leia the chance to strangle him to death with her chain. Bib Fortuna, who has long suffered at Jabba's hand, stands by and watches. At this point the fighting stops, and the heroes are able to negotiate with Bib Fortuna to not only release them, but throw in with the Alliance, adding Jabba's resources to the rebel cause.
Luke returns to Dagobah for answers regarding Vader's claims. Yoda admits the truth, and Luke is somewhat hurt by this. They get into an argument; Obi Wan appears and acknowledges that what they did was s*** and apologizes, giving context as to why they did it (shame, a fear that Luke would hold back, or that he wasn't ready to handle the knowledge). Obi Wan explains that Anakin was born a slave and rescued during the clone wars by the Jedi; Vader's s*** life left him deeply terrified of loss and believing that there needed to be more justice.) The Clone Wars are described as a brutal series of wars that saw the Republic decline, and Vader was caught right in the middle. They started out with just petty b*** in the Outer Rim, but eventually things got to the point where the Core and Mid Rim were threatened. Anakin was rescued from slavery, and in the process fell in love with Luke's mom (an Alderaanian Princess who was betrothed to Bail Organa; Bail started out as kind of an a*** but grew more mature as time passed). Obi Wan explains that he sincerely tried to redeem Vader, but ultimately failed to do so.
Luke accepts the explanation, but insists that Vader can still be redeemed. Obi Wan and Yoda skeptical. He also mentions that for all intents and purposes Luke is their last hope; we get the Leia reveal and Luke is appropriately shocked (and even somewhat uncomfortable at the kiss). Yoda reveals that he is dying, and that he has limited time to complete Luke's training (we get a scene of Yoda finally dying later on after some further training).
Act 2: Some time has passed, and the Rebels get the briefing about the second death star above Kashyyyk (Wookies are cooler and it gives Chewie something to ya know actually do). We get them infiltrating pass the Tydirium. As all of this is going on Vader has been displaying more internal turmoil; turns out that when Luke chose death over Vader's offer....it badly rattled him. For the first time in decades he's wondering if he made the right decision all those years ago. Palpatine notices, and makes a comment about it (Vader has a rare showing of rage at this point. Not cold fury, genuine outburst rage.) We get the speeder bike chases, and it's here that Chewbacca makes himself useful by negotiating with the Wookie leader Tarfful. The rebels are able to persuade the Wookies to aid them in their assault on the Generator. Luke reveals what he was told to Leia; unlike the movie Leia is much more shocked, and even somewhat grossed out over the kiss (because we need to shut down the perverts). Luke surrenders himself, and Vader meets Luke (it's the first time since Bespin they've been in the same area.) Luke tries to reason with Vader, and Vader is actually effected, but still brings Luke to Palpatine. Leia and Han have sex that night.
Act 3: Both factions make their move; Luke is brought before the Emperor, who tries to sway Luke with arguments about how the Republic was a broken and corrupt institution. He was just putting it out of its misery. Luke counters by pointing out the Empire's own corruption and murderous overkill. Palpatine is rather annoyed by how well Luke's holding his own, but at this point he also springs the news of the trap. The Death Star super laser is quite operational, and the Imperial Fleet drops out of hyperspace to attack the rebel fleet (which has just arrived.) And for added dickery, he orders Jerjerrod to fire on Kashyyyk if the Rebels DO happen to come out on top. Luke swings for Palpatine, Vader blocks and battle is joined.
The Wookies and Rebel team move on the installation, and it's an intense battle. The wookies are shown to be fierce, letting loose years of pent up frustration and rage. We also get the battle in the Installation; during the battle the timers for the explosives are damaged. Han, completing his arc of heroism, sacrifices his life to trigger the bombs and take out the generator. The fleet manages to endure the Death Star's super laser and the imperial fleet.
Luke and Vader duel. Unlike the original (where Palpy interjects and thus gets Luke to pull back) Luke pulls back on his own. He even tries to appeal to the man Anakin once was. Despite the circumstances, he's reasonably calm. Likewise, Vader's own internal turmoil makes it easier for Luke to gain the advantage. Eventually we get the scene of Vader realizing Leia is Luke's sister, and Luke hulks out and beats the s*** out of him. As he stands over, the Emperor says "Good, Good....." Luke hears this and realizes what he's doing. He looks down and further understands....so he throws the sword aside. Palpatine is FURIOUS and decides to start torturing him. He will make Luke SUFFER. Luke calls out to Vader...and Vader finally makes the right choice, hurling Sidious to his doom as he screams in rage and for the first time in his life fear. Hell we can even include THIS line from the radio drama
Palpatine: "Vader! I am your master!"
Darth Vader: "Darth Vader's master! But not Anakin Skywalker's!"
As Luke and Vader try to leave, the Bunker explodes and the rebels make their run. Vader dies in Luke's arms, and Luke flees in Palpatine's shuttle.
The ending is bittersweet; they've won, but Han's dead and the road to victory isn't complete yet. But it's a start.
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Han dying would not happen, for reasons that have been previously stated in this thread. Lucas was incredibly adamant and infamously stubborn about that and there being a happy ending after deciding he was not going to do a Sequel Trilogy.
I’m sorry, but it’s simply not likely to ever happen.
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