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R2-D2, Rebel Leader?
posted January 24 2007, 6:29 am by fiziko

Category: Star Wars GrimSean writes, I stumbled across this earlier today, and thought it might be of interest to my fellow bureaucrats. It's an interesting take on the creation of the Rebellion that gives R2's role far more significance without having to rewrite history.

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Holy Crap!
posted by Cerberus7 on January 24 2007, 7:31 am
Just... wow.

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like it
posted by AveryRegier on January 24 2007, 9:24 am
I had just read this yesterday. I rather like this interpretation of events, if nothing else, because it is a whole lot cooler to have the two non-speaking (as far as we understand) main characters having greater roles.

It also reminds me of a spoof that had Gonk portrayed as the main character of the story. Too bad he didn't show up in the prequels (as far as I remember).

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Re: like it
posted by Timeshredder on January 25 2007, 4:58 am

It also reminds me of a spoof that had Gonk portrayed as the main character of the story. Too bad he didn't show up in the prequels (as far as I remember).


I recall being mildly disappointed that there weren't Gonks everywhere in the "past" of the prequels.

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Impressive.
posted by mfarah on January 24 2007, 9:26 am
I've read a lot of "what-if" analysis about the SW 1-3/4-6 inconsistencies, and this is hands down the best. It has managed to transform stupid things in the first three movies into important plot points (Chewbacca being a high-ranking officer in the Wookie army is the clearest example of all). I can only thank the author for giving back some brains to the Star Warts universe.

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Re: Impressive.
posted by Timeshredder on January 24 2007, 2:49 pm
I've read a lot of "what-if" analysis about the SW 1-3/4-6 inconsistencies, and this is hands down the best. It has managed to transform stupid things in the first three movies into important plot points (Chewbacca being a high-ranking officer in the Wookie army is the clearest example of all). I can only thank the author for giving back some brains to the Star Warts universe.


It's amazing the length to which fans will go to make sense of what was obviously bad plotting. Impressed as I am, I still prefer my own retcon:

the prequels didn't happen.

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Re: Impressive.
posted by Fez on January 24 2007, 3:18 pm
It's amazing the length to which fans will go to make sense of what was obviously bad plotting.

Like explaining the Kessel Run/Parsec error by involving a black hole?

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Re: Impressive.
posted by Timeshredder on January 25 2007, 5:00 am

Like explaining the Kessel Run/Parsec error by involving a black hole?


I always figured Han was snowing his potential customers, whom he figures for rubes.

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Re: Impressive.
posted by GrimSean on January 24 2007, 7:40 pm
I can only thank the author for giving back some brains to the Star Warts universe.

That was why I submitted it - it made me feel less ashamed of being a Star Wars fan in the wake of the prequels. Plus, it's probably one of the best retcons I've ever seen, as it manages to do its job without actively removing anything too obtuse.

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Retcon
posted by ViperDriver on January 24 2007, 1:39 pm
Retcon FTW!

(*good* retcon, admittedly)

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Spelling
posted by chad on January 25 2007, 4:10 am
Really good, but he has (consistently) misspelled "Kashyyyk", "Tatooine", and "Millennium". I wish there was some sort of contact information other than just his name.

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Re: Spelling
posted by rickyjames on January 26 2007, 6:30 am
I wish there was some sort of contact information other than just his name.


Here ya go...

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Re: Spelling
posted by rickyjames on January 26 2007, 6:31 am
or maybe...

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Re: Spelling
posted by rickyjames on January 26 2007, 6:33 am
or perhaps...

Man, google is something. And Kevin Martin is a common name.

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