From: umwieb69@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Brent Michael J. Wiebe)
Subject: Story ideas
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Distribution: world 
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 03:09:16 GMT

OK, here's what everybody out there has been waiting for, a storyline for
a book (movie?) that could take place about 20 years after ROTJ.  Please
note, this is not canon(oh how I wish it were!), and I'm not looking to be
flamed for this (But, hey, I can take it).  But here goes (thanks for
putting up with the rambling).

The story I envision has Luke, Leia, Han, and all the regulars in relatively
minor roles.  I call it The Rise Of The Sith.  Basically, it takes place
about 20 or more years after ROTJ.  The Empire is now all but a memory, and
the new Republic is now very strong under the leadership of Leia.  Luke, who
has been named Jedi Master, has a small group of Jedis and Jedi Students who
are helping guard the Republic.  Anyways, the story revolves around a single
Imperial Star Destroyer under the lead of Tarkin's son discovering the 
fabled Kaiburr crystal (please, I'm not referring to the Fall Of The Republic
but am referring to Skywalking where the crystal is mentioned).  Now, for some
history as I see it (I'm making this up, remember).

The Kaiburr crystal was a simple jewel in the beginning of the galaxy.  It had
no magical powers, nothing spectacular about it at all.  The Jedi Knights were
flourishing under the Old Republic, and everything was peaceful, until three
Jedi Knights became tired of waiting to be named Masters(They thought of them-
selves as Masters but their teachers saw it as otherwise and realized that such 
arrogance could lead to the dark side), and joined together to overthrow the
Republic, in the process, turning to the Dark Side.  These 3 called themselves
the SITH.  After managing (barely) to defeat their teacher (3 jedis, even 
students can make a Master lose), they were captured by the High Jedi Master,
who sought to imprison them.  His prison of choice, was the Kaiburr crystal, 
there they were to remain for eternity. But there was a way out, if a 
person being trained in the ways of the Force, (and still part way between the
Dark Side and the 'light' side) touched the crystal, they could escape.  This
happened when Anakin Skywalker touched the Kaiburr crystal for the first time.

Over time, the Sith had had time to learn everything about the Dark side of the
Force, and were now the most powerful beings in the Galaxy.  They could become
energy, or solid matter when they wanted.  

AFter Anakin touched the crystal they flowed into him filling him with such 
hatred, he became enraged at his teacher (Ben Kenobi , ok so I'm grasping here
and It's looking like Fall Of the Republic, but so what?), and tried to 
destroy him, in the process falling into a pit of lava.  The Sith escaped beforehe was destroyed and sought out Palpatine (for it was he who sought the Kaiburr
and the evil it represented), they gave Palpatine all the Dark Force power he
could want *making him a Dark Jedi Master*.  Then, they helped him revive
Anakin as Darth Vader.  Darth Vader was his first student in the ways of 
darkness.

After Palpatine's death on the New Death Star, there was a lot of energy flowingup from the pit, this was the Sith.  They returned, voluntarily to the Kaiburr
for they realized they'd have no chance of turning Luke.  Anyways, back to the
story.

So, Tarkin's son becomes the new 'Emperor' under the guidance of the Sith, and
Luke sends his Jedi's on their first mission, to find and destroy the Sith.  
This emperor, is much too powerful for the Jedi's as they are unprepared for
this type of confrontation, and they are either turned or destroyed.  Suffering
great failure and feeling tremendous guilt a solitary Jedi manages to escape to
warn Luke of the rise of the Sith.  Up to now, Luke has only heard rumors of
this Dark Jedi and had sent his students on the mission expecting them to find
nothing but a charlatan, not expecting them to be almost utterly destroyed by
a man much more powerful and dangerous than Palpatine.

Then, Luke learns of the Sith from Anakin (As a ghost no less), and has to
find a way to destroy them for the Imperials are once again regaining their
power under the direct leadership of Tarkin and his new Dark Jedis. 

I don't know, the basic idea is sure there, but, it's lacking in a few 
places, anyone have ways to improve this basic idea (it has more action then
I've shown, but hey, I've had the idea for some time and never written it 
down!)  Any comments, questions, improvements, other ideas?  Remember, I am
not a professional writer, but a 3rd year electrical engineering student
trying to have fun and get and 'original' idea across.  Oh well, guess 
I've rambled on enough.  Thanks for reading, and hope to hear from everyone
soon.

Brent Wiebe
umwieb69@ccu.umanitoba.ca



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