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Episode
III Dream
By Matt McConnell
This
is just a dream I had, not an actual prediction, nor a conscious
peculation, though it may be taken as an unconscious speculation.
;) As with all dreams, I remembered only the vein as well
as odd details however, it does make narrative sense, and
is cohesive within the Star Wars cannon. But remains just
a dream.
I walked
into the theater, bought my ticket, and over to the concessions
stand. I decided against any over priced candy or other assorted
junk foods, and took my seat in the auditorium. I don't remember
whether I was alone in there or not, but the movie began almost
at once.
The opening
scroll talks about how Palpatine has declared himself emperor
and bent the senate to his will. The majority of people see
this as a good thing, as it brings stability to the galaxy;
a few remain skeptical however, among them the Jedi. But the
Jedi have problems of their own, one among their number, a
powerful knight named Skywalker, has disappeared, and given
his past struggles resisting the Dark Side of the Force, he
is feared lost. His teacher, Obi-Wan Kenobi has been summoned
to the council in an attempt to bring him back…
Obi-Wan
steps into the council chamber on Couresant and is commanded
to find Skywalker. He is only to bring the young Jedi to the
council for testing, to determine whether Skywalker has merely
gone 'rouge' on some youthful whim, or if he has indeed fallen
to the Dark Side. Obi-Wan questions the need to hunt his student
so, when he has done nothing gravely wrong. The council is
adamant, and Obi-Wan leaves for Alderann.
Obi-Wan
goes to Alderann where Padme is in hiding with the family
of Bail Organa. Bail is still senator for Alderann and remains
one of the most powerful members of the senate. Padme confides
in Obi-Wan that she is pregnant; Obi-Wan swears he will bring
Ani back to her.
Cut to
Ani on some slum, industrial, city planet. We're talking heavy
industrial yuck here. He is playing at being a dark vigilante
type, ala Batman, using both sides of the Force to bring justice
to the poor down trodden masses. He thinks that this is the
way he'll being balance to the Force, by righting the wrongs
by whatever means necessary. He hooks up with some damn alien
who convinces him to meet 'a friend'.
Ani arrives
on the stormy, red rock, hellhole called Vjun, where Vader
will later build his castle. He is shown into a room where
Palpatine is waiting. Palpataine explains that he is familiar
with the prophecy regarding "the one who will bring balance
to the Force." Palpataine offers to help Ani fulfill
this prophecy, and makes a few token demonstrations of his
less flashy, and less devious, powers. Ani is duly impressed,
and Palpatine offers to train Ani. Ani agrees.
Obi-Wan,
through various machinations, makes it to the industrial world
and begins to look for Ani. He discovers what his student
has been up to and tracks down the alien contact. The contact
spills the beans about Darth Sidious wanting to meet with
the youthful Jedi, and Obi-Wan bolts for Couresant to tell
the council and get help.
As Obi-Wan
is telling the council about his findings, a contingent of
Storm Troopers (I think this is the first time we've seen
them) backed by other Imperial forces surround the Jedi complex,
and demand the surrender of the council. The Imperials manage
to waylay the council as they attempt to escape, and while
the rest of the council members hold off the troops, Yoda,
Mace Windu, and Obi-Wan make off in Obi-Wan's ship.
Following
this incident, the senate declares that the Jedi are dangerous
rebels who threaten the peace of the Empire with their vile
and supernatural powers. The council is charged with treason,
and every Jedi is to be hunted down and arrested.
Obi-Wan,
Windu, and Yoda see these events unfold as they make for Alderann.
They tell Padme, who is quite a ways along in her pregnancy,
that they need Ani on their side, or they'll have to stop
him. The situation is far too unstable to have a rouge Jedi,
let alone a Sith, waltzing about the galaxy. Bit emotional
scene, and Padme asks them to bring 'her Ani' back to her.
While
Yoda stays with Padme on Alderann, Obi-Wan and Windu travel
to Vjun. They find Ani on a windswept volcano top, practicing.
Big argument. Ani final lights up his saber and takes a swing
at Windu. Big fight, very impressive. Ani finally gets a mortal
blow in on Windu, and he fades into the Force. I want to say
that Windu looks at Obi-Wan and makes the motion like Obi-Wan
does in his fight with Vader at the end of Star Wars, but
I think that's just too much. The fight goes on, and Obi-Wan
finally manages a Force trick that sends Ani tumbling into
the volcano. Obi-Wan picks up Ani's lightsaber and gets the
hell out of Dodge.
Ani, filled
with enough rage and hatred for his former master to really
channel the Dark Side for the first time, rises out of the
volcano. He has just enough energy to get to the lip and drop
onto the rock before he looses his grip on the Dark Side and
collapses onto the ground.
Obi-Wan
returns to Alderann; he tells Padme and Yoda what happened,
but that while he thought he had done his former pupil in,
he still felt Ani's presence in the Force as he left Vjun.
Yoda agrees, and they decide to take Padme's twins, separate
them, and hide them, along with Padme. She is to become a
wandering woman, iterant, without any permanent home. Yoda
tells him that when either twin is ready, to send them to
him for training. Bail Organa says he'll keep one of the twins,
Obi-Wan is skeptical, but Organa's personal charisma and courage
wins over. Obi-Wan leaves with Luke.
In a dark
operating theater, Palpatine, backed by two of his personal
guard, oversee medical druids and technicians working on something.
Very audible hum and workings of medical equipment.
Bail Organa
rocking Leia in his arms with a backdrop of Alderann. Luke
is delivered to Owen and Beru, and Obi-Wan begins to construct
his new home.
The back
of a black clad figure wearing a half skull cap, one side
glistening plastic, the other a scarred tangle of skin and
sparse hair, looking out of a window of a spaceship. Palapatine
comes in, and places an arm on the shoulder of the figure,
and says something to the effect of "We will find those
Jedi who did this to you, and then you will exact your vengeance
my apprentice." Followed by, oh you knew it was coming,
"Yes, my master." And Vader breathing.
Credits.
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