Rive's Prequel Alternate Universe --- Next Edition -----)
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Was she half-light and half-dark?
Was she Mace Windu's half-sister?
Was George Lucas some kind of sexist and thought the girl had to have a purple lightsaber?

Or is Rive just exploiting a catchy blog title to get some extra hits?

The correct answer to all of the above is: No... Except for the exploitation bit.

So anyway our current (and amazingly more than two line!) most popular entry is "Vader, as he was supposed to be!" referring to Vader perhaps having more value in Episode III if he had been more "Sithy".
That, combined with Darth Spork's latest entry talking about fan-fiction (or what not to do with it anyway ), got me thinking. Why don't I start up a little fan-fiction project?

The other half of my brain quickly piped up "Because you're too lazy to finish it!". I quickly subdued that half of my brain with some deathsticks and came up with this image.

Star Wars: Volume III: The Dark Times

Wow... Those eyes look really bad. I'm fairly happy with the rest of it though, considering it's a first attempt.

The realist section of my brain (currently waking up from its nap) tells me that this is as far as I'll get. I might as well not post this entry at all and just get moving along and back to reading great blog entries like "Why is Mac Windo's sabr purple?". The stupid, idealist, sleep-deprived section of my brain tells me that this will be a grand and epic project sure to propel me to becoming President of the World.

Global domination aside, the project's concept is simple. It's basically a redone version of the Prequels as told from your old buddy Rive's (where's that money you owe me btw?) point of view. It would be distributed in a comic book format (thus, Volume III, rather than Episode III) and it would be in the style of the Clone Wars cartoon series. Mostly because I dare not even think about trying something more ambitious than that. It would, of course, be completely non-profit. Not only because selling it would bring hell and damnation (or at least Lucas Co.'s legal team) down on me, but also because no one in their right mind would buy such a thing.

I can't go into major detail of course, because that would constitute on-site fan-fiction.

The major difference is that Padme is a Jedi, as the teaser image implies. Along with the cosmetic (and perhaps storyline driven...) change of AniVader being in the suit (sans the helmet and life-support control panel) when he turns to the Dark Side.

The other major change already set in my head is that Volume I (Episode I equivalent) would start a few years further down the line than Episode I did. Qui-Gon Jinn would be a background character, likely already dead. No midiclorians, no Jar Jar (at least not as a major character), and perhaps not even any implicit refference to the "Chosen One". The jury is currently out on Maul showing up or not.
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Do I curse George Lucas's name for dragging my childhood through the mud with the Prequels, like so many others have?
Nah.
Do I think I can do a better job than George and Lucas Co.?
Not at all.
Do I think I can write better romantic dialog than the Prequels had?
Well... I tie by default.
Why is Mace Windu's lightsaber purple?
Because it is.
Will I ever finish a Volume?
I doubt it.
Will I even finish page 1?
Who knows?

Only time - and my mini-floundian levels - will tell.
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Stayed tuned for further editions of "The Prequels Through the Eyes of a Spice Addict": Soon. Or never. It depends on how many "Padme as a Jeedi?! Yur suuch a idiot!1!!!!1!" I get. The more I get will - of course - increase my defiance level and increase the odds of getting a page or two done
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If for some reason you're interested... Here are the direct scans of the two characters before my digital messing around with them.

Lord Vader
Padme: Jedi Knight

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