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I know this is one of those challenge threads that won’t get any takers, but I’ll create it just as food for thought. I’ve been reading the starwarz.com prototype scripts that Lucas started writing in 1972, and I thought that they had some rather old-fashioned, Flash-Gordon type styles and conventions.

So, create your own version of ANH that is noticeably similar to the real one, and would fit in closely with the modern conception of Star Wars, but is still more influenced by Flash Gordon or George Lucas’s early versions.

Things I think it should include:

* Drastic name changes.
* It may take place in the 33rd (or 23rd) century.
* More, much more explanation of the Force, complete with weird “alien sounding” names.
* Luke would have the surname of Starkiller.
* Either Ben as we know him would be named Skywalker, or there would be another character named Skywalker with 12 children.
* Luke has siblings or more cousins.
* The Kiber Crystal should exist.
* The droids might be bureaucrats, instead.
* Utapau.
* Leia might be 11 years old, and/or possess witch powers.
* Han Solo is an ex-cabin boy, which means we know more of his past.
* Grand Moff Tarkin is a religious figure.
* Aside from the Emperor and Darth Vader there is the “Valorum, the Black Knight.”

Wasn't Han planned to be an alien rather than another human, as well? I recall hearing that somewhere...

felineki wrote:Wasn't Han planned to be an alien rather than another human, as well? I recall hearing that somewhere...

Yes, in one of the early drafts, Han was a large green alien with gills.

Mange the Swede wrote:

felineki wrote:Wasn't Han planned to be an alien rather than another human, as well? I recall hearing that somewhere...

Yes, in one of the early drafts, Han was a large green alien with gills.

Wait...so Greedo was going to be played by Harrison Ford? ^_^

I liked the idea of the Black Knights of the Sith as being a larger organization, that Vader was just one of the Emperor's Sith henchmen doing his dirty work around the galaxy.

Luke skywalker was going to be Luke Starkiller.

Dark wrote:Luke skywalker was going to be Luke Starkiller.

Battlehymn Republic wrote:* Luke would have the surname of Starkiller.

Reading the OP is remarkably handy.

On topic, I really don't see what the point of this thread is. You're just listing the ways the OT and the early, early, early drafts are different.

You forget, Yoda should be blue and a bit taller

What's the Kiber Crystal?

Trogdor wrote:What's the Kiber Crystal?

I believe he means the Kaiburr Crystal, which acts as Force Focus IIRC. Basically, it enhances the natural Force abilities of the wielder.

Zwinmar wrote:You forget, Yoda should be blue and a bit taller

Ah, I forgot about that. I now remember that in the Marvel Comics adaptation of SW:ESB Yoda was blue and more spindly. I thought it was just a mistake.

Vicious wrote:

Trogdor wrote:What's the Kiber Crystal?

I believe he means the Kaiburr Crystal, which acts as Force Focus IIRC. Basically, it enhances the natural Force abilities of the wielder.

In the third draft of Star Wars (titled The Star Wars - From the Adventures of Luke Starkiller ) it was indeed called the Kiber crystal.

Actually, in the Starwars: A New Hope (I have the book trilogy, the ten year annaversery(sp?) edition) as written by George Lucas is were Luke Starkiller, Blue Yoda...etc..are revealed

Mange the Swede wrote:

Vicious wrote:

Trogdor wrote:What's the Kiber Crystal?

I believe he means the Kaiburr Crystal, which acts as Force Focus IIRC. Basically, it enhances the natural Force abilities of the wielder.

In the third draft of Star Wars (titled The Star Wars - From the Adventures of Luke Starkiller ) it was indeed called the Kiber crystal.

Ah, ok. I've seen it elsewhere as Kaiburr.

Vicious wrote:

Mange the Swede wrote:

Vicious wrote: I believe he means the Kaiburr Crystal, which acts as Force Focus IIRC. Basically, it enhances the natural Force abilities of the wielder.

In the third draft of Star Wars (titled The Star Wars - From the Adventures of Luke Starkiller ) it was indeed called the Kiber crystal.

Ah, ok. I've seen it elsewhere as Kaiburr.

Yes, that's absolutely right. Alan Dean Foster called it the Kaiburr crystal in Splinter of the Mind's Eye.