QUOTE (Mike Mac from NYU @ Mar 14 2004, 12:27 AM)
Civilian, you should be a movie critic.

{Probably rip my movies, when I get to that point, well at least you could say you knew me then!!}
It wasn't a challenge civilian. For the record I don't think your ideas are bad. Relax, calm down!!

I am merely asking you to see what your concept is regarding what you think the third film should be. Doesn't have to be a hollywood script or anything, just a rough sketch listing concept of the scenes, characters and plot. If I think the idea is doable and a better idea than ROTJ, I can accept it as such. Your idea, actually might make a good alternative ROTJ story. Kind of like those alternative ending comics that Dark Horse comics issues.
I am old enough to have seen the premier of ROTJ and aware of the fact that there were originally three trilogies intended. One problem, Lucas still stated that he would not have started on any new Star Wars movies until around 1995s, allegedly around the time that he would be able to make the movies at a very low cost. He was not going to leave ANY cliffhanger for 12 years, he was going to wrap up the trilogy in ROTJ and then create the six chapters.
I can understand if you think ROTJ is ranked third amongst the OT. That is understandable and appreciated. What I think is ludicrous, is the notion that ROTJ is a bad movie. You want bad movies watch, Howard the Duck and Gigli sometime. There's some pain for you. If you want to say that ROTJ is disappointing, that is fine, too. ROTJ is not a bad movie!!!! :angry:
Shizit, dog! I dun gots dat shit!
I'll have to dig it up, but it's around here somewhere...
Underwear, Doritos, can of soda, bills... Wait, here it is:
Beware, this is old shit -
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STAR WARS
Episode VI
A FINAL STAND
An outline
Following two spectacular failures of Darth Vader, the Emperor has given control of the fleet to a brilliant tactician. Admiral Gormas commands the Executor, with which he has driven the Rebels to the farthest edge of the outer rim but can track them no further as they have discovered new methods of hiding.
Admiral Gormas demonstrates his abilities in a fight with a convoy he discovers, obliterating them. He reveals that he finds only cells of resistance and not the body of the Rebellion, but that it will change in the near future.
Tensions run high among Vader, Gormas and the Emperor. Vader sees the Emperor as senile and part of the old regime and Gormas as a weak non-Sith. The Emperor views Vader as a traitor whose showmanship has cost the Empire dearly and Gormas as a formidable force to keep in check and Gormas views all Sith as obsolete.
Leia Organa has taken to the bridge of a Rebel starship, serving as commander. They receive news of the destroyed convoy via a scrambled transmission. Leia puts R2-D2 to work unscrambling the data.
Aboard the Executor Vader squares off with Gormas about waiting and not simply eradicating the Rebels. Gormas says to be patient. Vader leaves.
R2 discovers that there is hidden, interlaced in the transmission, data of some secret nature.
Luke and Lando sneak into the crimelord's pleasure palace on Hut Tralla as wealthy and corrupt businessmen. Under the false pretense of having an offer for him, Jabba, a fat and hairy humanoid, permits them to meet with him in his personal suite. Knocking him temporarily unconcious, the pair works to release Solo from the carbonite, only to discover that Han is temporarily blind!
Jabba comes to and summons his guards. It had all been a setup. Boba Fett informed the gangster that they were coming.
Leia, having been informed of R2's discovery, realizes that the data was encrypted in an ancient language. C-3P0, with only a partial knowledge of the language, has the task of translating.
Being a sporting man, Jabba gives the band of heroes an opportunity to exonerate themselves. He decrees that Boba Fett and Han Solo should face off in a quickdraw. Solo, known throughout the galaxy (although particularly with the ladies) as among the fastest hands, is the ideal candidate, excepting that he can't see! With reluctance, he accepts.
3P0 has more than 60% of the message translated and excitedly relays to Rebel Command that the data contains co-ordinates for the source of the Empire's vast armies - a well protected, well hidden cloning facility on the planet Buhovalt.
Solo and Boba Fett face off, Lando putting Han in place. Jabba watches with excitement. The two duelists strain, each waiting for the other and then - Solo draws and kills Boba Fett. Jabba congratulates Han, his thirst for excitement sated. He says the trio is free to go.
Gormas speaks with the Emperor of Vader's departure. It is to be of no concern to Gormas. Vader has been summoned back to Rocnah, center of the Empire's power.
Lando and Han return to the Rebel fleet and discover that all branches have been called in for a full-scale assault on Buhovalt. It is revealed that the planet is well-shielded, well-guarded and formerly well-hidden.
Leia will command a capital ship (another Corellian Corvette like the Tantive IV, but with heavy modifications). Han, sight restored, will lead the fighters in the Falcon. Lando will take a team on the ground.
Luke meets with Yoda again. In the two years following his defeat with Vader, Yoda has trained him for what will be the final battle. Luke must face Vader, who is in fact his father, and the Emperor. This time he is ready. Yoda reveals that when Luke leaves this time he will not be allowed to come back as the entire planet will have vanished. Luke then figures out why nothing came up on his scopes while landing the first time: it was because the planet was completely Force-generated and Yoda was a long-dead Jedi instructor. All for the purpose of training Luke.
The fleet departs for Buhovalt.
Luke flies to Rocnah and surrenders himself.
The fleet arrives and the groups break off. Fighters taking out the patrols and capital ships gunning for the sentries.
The assault forces, including Lando's team head for the planet's surface - some being picked off by surface to space fire, others by fighters and cruisers, but plenty make it to the surface to make an attack. The ground forces of the Rebellion have become far more formidable in the time since the battle of Hoth.
Luke is taken before the Emperor. They speak for a short while, the Emperor attempting to seduce Luke to the dark side, and Luke has a familiar sensation - the dark master removes his hood to reveal: the face of Obi-Wan Kenobi!
The tide is turning in the space battle on Buhovalt, the Rebels are winning just as...the near entirety of the Imperial fleet arrives.
Admiral Gormas, aboard the bridge of the Executor is smug. He allowed the Alliance to have the location of the facility and at this point he would vanquish them.
Ground forces continue to fight their way in, but it's no easy battle. They do make headway.
Luke, stunned, says nothing. The Emperor claims that he is in fact Obi-Wan Kenobi and has been leading him through all of his training to this very point where he could fulfill his destiny. He cultivated the sense of rage toward Vader by lying to him about who killed his father. Luke, steps back, head spinning. Vader says nothing.
The Rebels are getting pummelled. Admiral Gormas receives an update that 65% of the capital ships and 57% of the fighters have been eliminated.
Leia is prepared to turn and run when suddenly - a vast array of pirate and smuggling vessels, led by Chewbacca, jump in from hyperspace! Jabba the Hut has called in those loyal to him to take on the Empire and Chewie, who had been working in the repair corps on Hut Tralla.
Luke searches his feelings, his thoughts, he grasps for information and realizes that the Emperor is lying. He denies the allegations and draws his lightsabre.
Lando's forces have reached the shield generator on the surface of the planet, only to realize that there are two stations that must be taken out and they only have enough explosives for one. Lando volunteers himself to deactivate the second shield station.
Luke moves to attack the Emperor who shoots lightning from the tips of his fingers! Luke is thrown back and Vader simply watches, disillusioned by the entire process. Luke rises again and tries to attack the Emperor who rebuffs him again. While shooting Luke he reveals that he is in fact a clone of Obi-Wan, that Owen Lars was the inventor of clone technology and that Obi-Wan was his brother:
Prior to the development of the Imperial technology for cloning, which harnessed Force power, only those who were Force sensitive could be cloned "successfully" so Obi-Wan volunteered himself, unfortunately generating an insane double. The clone escaped and, using the connections Obi-Wan had with the Jedi Council, turned them against each other in the clone wars. Anakin Skywalker, former pupil of Obi-Wan was seduced into following Obi-Wan's clone, unaware until it was too late.
Luke is unable to stand by this point.
The space battle turns heavily to the favor of the Rebellion once again. Admiral Gormas signals retreat.
Lando, just as he makes it to the shield station, is mortally wounded, but successfully disables the shields just as the first station goes offline. The countdown begins for those on the surface to get out of harm's way before the capital ships destroy the cloning facilities. Lando, with his comm-link sends a farewell message to Han Solo.
On Rocnah, Luke writhes in pain and is fast approaching death. He cries out to Vader to save him. Sparking something in Vader that he hasn't felt in a long time, compassion. The Sith lord, filled with love for his son takes his lightsabre and cuts down the Emperor. It is revealed, though, that the Emperor was part of what sustained Vader, so his life is forefeit. He collapses.
Han receives the message from Lando and he says his goodbyes as Lando fades into peaceful oblivion. Just afterward, the capital ships open fire and destroy the cloning facilities on Buhovalt.
Luke talks to Vader about missed opportunities and removes his mask. They say goodbye.
Jabba's forces do mop up work while the Rebellion's light-assault ships pick up pilots from derelict vessels. The casualties were great, but worth the price.
The band of heroes, sans Luke, sit, drink and talk in the lounge aboard one of the larger ships, they're sad, yet excited. Luke enters and shares his experiences. He sees the ghosts Obi-Wan, Yoda, and a restored Anakin Skywalker, greeting each other warmly and acknowledging him. He returns to the group.
The End
This is a rough draft. I wrote it over the course of an hour one morning (the ideas had bounced around in my head for a while, though).
--FW