Star Wars: Alternity (film) (Johnsonverse)

Star Wars: Alternity is a 2005 American alternate universe space opera film written and directed by Sheldon Johnson, Jr., produced by Dave Filoni and Rick McCallum for Lucasfilm Ltd., and released by 20th Century Fox. The film is divided into two segments, with the first being computer-animated and the second being live-action. 
The first segment focuses on the dark side ending of Knights of the Old Republic, and how Darth Revan defeated the Republic; it stars the voices of Rino Romano, Jennifer Hale, Raphael Sbarge, John Cygan, Rafael Ferrer, Sara Kestelman, and Ed Asner. The second segment jumps 3,000 years into the future, showing the revitalized Republic fighting the Separatists funded by Darth Sidious, a member of the Council of Darths who later forms a splinter faction from the Sith Empire known as the Galactic Empire, led by the Sith Lords whom Revan wouldn't make immortal; this segment stars Tim Johnson, Chloe Johnson, Belle Armstrong, Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Keanu Reeves, Christopher Lee, Ray Park, Jimmy Smits, and Gary Oldman.
Filming for the live-action segments began in August 2003. The animated segments were done around the same time as the live-action scenes. The film premiered at the San Jose Theatre on December 12, 2005, and began its worldwide release four days later, and received o raise from critics and audiences for its acting, special effects, music, and animation, as well as for addressing many of the criticisms of the prequel trilogy.
== Plot ==
===Opening crawls===
Fall of the Old Republic: "It is a time of darkness. The fortunes of war have turned against the Jedi, the Republic is ravaged and the Sith are taking over.One Jedi knight, REVAN, has become attracted to the Dark Side of the Force, with his incredible Force skills impressing Jedi and Sith alike.With Revan choosing to embrace his dark side, two Jedi make a bold attempt at convincing the DARK LORD and his new apprentice to go back to the light...."
The Separatists Attack: "Three thousand years have passed since the fall of the Old Republic. With a new Republic rising from its ashes, a SEPARATIST movement led by the tyrannical Count Dooku has surfaced. As a growing number of star systems opt to join this movement, the Sith Empire declares war on the New Republic. TBA."
=== Part One (Fall of the Old Republic) ===
On the planet Lehon, Revan (Rino Romano), along with fellow Jedi Jolee Bindo and Juhani, have fought the fallen Jedi Bastila Shan to a standstill. Bastila, impressed with Revan's power, realizes that he is the true Dark Lord, not Darth Malak. Revan, who has slowly re-embraced his old identity out of disgust that the Jedi would reprogram him into their "attack dog", turns to the dark side fully and, along with Bastila, kills Jolee by stabbing him in the torso, and Juhani by beheading her.
Back at the Ebon Hawk, the group is divided by this news. T3-M4 and HK-47 are programmed to be loyal, and Canderous Ordo pledges his allegiance. Carth Onasi runs away, while Mission refuses to join after seeing what Malak did to Taris. Zalbaar, however, has to honor his life debt to Revan. Mission demands to be killed, but Revan takes a more diplomatic approach and convinces Mission that he is nothing like Malak. After sending HK-47 to stun Carth, the group departs for the Star Forge.
Once aboard, Revan, Bastila, and Canderous fight their way through waves of Sith Troopers and Dark Jedi. Bastila eventually decides to go no further and use her Battle Meditation to win the battle for the Sith, while Canderous stays to guard her. On the bridge of the factory, Revan and Malak engage in one last duel that ends with Malak wallowing in self-pity before dying from a fatal wound. With Bastila's battle meditation, the Republic fleet is completely destroyed.
On Korriban, Bastila declares that Malak is dead, and that Darth Revan has returned. The massive Sith Armada departs Lehon for the Core Worlds, decimating what little Republic forces remain to oppose them, before reaching Coruscant. While Canderous leads a bloody battle in the streets, Revan and Bastila lead their own troops and Dark Jedi in an attack on the Jedi Temple, killing almost every Jedi within. The Supreme Chancellor soon offers to discuss terms of surrender. The Sith military leaders want Revan to kill him and take the galaxy by force, to which Revan responds by Force-choking an overzealous officer. At the negotiating table, Revan allows the Republic's government to flee Coruscant intact, and find a new capitol well away from Sith space. He also allows them to maintain a military and navy for peacekeeping and defense against pirates, warning that any attempt at massive rearmament would be met with a new invasion. Finally, the Jedi Order is to be illegalized and destroyed, which the Chancellor balks at, and Revan immediately retracts, knowing there will be plenty of time to hunt down the remaining Jedi.
The Treaty of Coruscant is signed, finally bringing the Jedi Civil War to an end. The Republic government and remaining military forces leave the planet unmolested and relocate to the Hosnian system. With the Republic humbled, Revan sets to work running his empire. He illegalizes slavery, grants equal rights to non-humans, and brings an end to the Hutts' power after a brutal military campaign. Meanwhile, Bastila is dispatched around the galaxy to hunt down and kill any surviving Jedi, as well as to find Force-sensitives to recruit as Sith.
=== Part Two (The Separatists Attack) ===
Over 3,000 years have passed since the Jedi Civil War. In that time, Darth Revan defeated the Sith Triumvirate of Darth Nihilus, Darth Sion, and his old master, Darth Traya. On the planet Naboo, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn fell at the hands of Darth Maul, but it was for naught, as Anakin Skywalker destroyed the Droid Control Ship, and Maul was recalled to Korriban.
It is now 19 BBY. The Sith Empire has been in a proxy war (known as the Clone Wars) with the reconstituted Republic for four years, using the Confederacy of Independent Systems, led by the former Jedi Master, Count Dooku. At the new Jedi Temple on Hosnian Prime, a Jedi Padawan named Holden Quist is meditating, when he suddenly feels the dark side. Fearful, he speaks to Yoda, who assures him that what he felt was merely the Sith. Later, he speaks to his twin sister Lana, and confides to her that he didn't just feel the dark side, but also the light side at the same time. The two were working together in harmony. The two come to the conclusion that both the Jedi and the Sith are misusing the Force: the Jedi are using it to make themselves feel morally-superior, while the Sith are using it to divide and conquer. They then recall the Prophecy of the Chosen One, and go to speak to Anakin.
Meanwhile, on Korriban, Darth Revan, who discovered a method of biological immortality, convenes the Council of Darths to discuss the ongoing Clone Wars. Amidst the shouting, the charismatic Darth Sidious calms everyone down. Sidious is one of several members of the Council whom Revan has refused to share the secrets of immortality with, alongside Darth Maul and Darth Tyrannus/Count Dooku. Sidious takes on his public persona of Prime Minister Palpatine to address the Separatist Council, currently based on Utapau, to order them to move to Mustafar.
Holden and Lana meet with Anakin, and relay their beliefs to him. Anakin quickly realizes they're right, that "Balance of the Force" means using both sides of the Force and not adhering to a single ideology. Mace Windu and his apprentice Doma Waldon overhear them, but Mace reveals he agrees with them, having had his own doubts about how Yoda has been running the Jedi Order as of late. This, combined with the growing relationship between Holden and Doma and Anakin revealing that he is married to Senator Padme Amidala and that they are expecting a child, leads the six to do something they never thought they would have to do.
Back on Korriban, Darth Sidious confronts Darth Revan, demanding that he and the other mortals on the Council of Darths be made immortal. Revan refuses, stating that Sidious is too ambitious and reckless, revealing he knows all about his plans for a moon-sized battlestation with a planet-killing superlaser that he derides as a "Death Star". Furious at this denial, Sidious attacks Revan, and the Great Sith Schism begins. Sith Troopers loyal to Sidious overthrow the adminstrations on various planets in Sith Space, including Coruscant. Sidious and his loyalists barely escape as Revan declares he will find and kill Sidious for his treachery.
Before the Jedi Council, Holden Quist delivers his revelation. Most of the Council is startled, and Yoda warns Holden that he could be declared a Fallen Jedi for this line of thinking. Holden then brings Lana, Doma, Anakin, and Mace in, and they declare that they are leaving the Jedi Order to start a new order dedicated to teaching both sides of the Force, calling themselves the Knights of the Force. The council votes to expel all six from the order, not that Holden cares. To him, the Jedi will never change. The "Fallen Five" leave the Jedi Temple to confer with Supreme Chancellor Marchon about their planned order.
Sidious and his loyalists arrive at Coruscant to find it in disarray, with the Palpatinists and Revanists locked in a fierce space battle. Sidious' ship breaks through to the surface, and orders Darth Maul to turn the planet's Hypervelocity Guns on the Revanist fleet. After fighting his way through hordes of Revanist troopers, Maul makes it to the controls, and turns the tide of the overhead space battle in Sidious' favor. Appearing before the people of Coruscant on HoloNet, Sidious again adopts his Palpatine persona to tell the people that Revan has indicted him for crimes he did not commit, and announces the formation of the Galactic Empire to oppose the Sith Empire.
As the "Fallen Five" meet with Supreme Chancellor Marchon and senators Bail Organa and Padme Amidala, they receive news that the Sith have descended into civil war. Marchon decides to seize on this opportunity to retake lost territory. Holden, Lana, and Doma are given command of the 416th Star Corps to retake Corellia, while Anakin takes the 501st Legion to retake Balmorra. Arriving at Imperial-held Corellia, the three young Jedi take to their starfighters to break the Imperial defense, with Holden eventually getting a shot off on a cruiser that causes a massive chain reaction. On the ground, they tap into both sides of the Force, and singlehandedly lay waste to the enemy, much to the disbelief of the Sith Governor, who sallies forth and engages in a lightsaber duel with Holden. He manages to drive Holden into a corner, but Holden disintegrates him with a powerful blast of Force Lightning.
Meanwhile, Anakin and the 501st arrive on the Separatist-held world of Balmorra. While Commander Appo leads a charge against the droids, Anakin encounters Count Dooku, and the two engage in an intense lightsaber duel, ending with Dooku escaping when Sidious recalls him to Coruscant.
On Hosnian Prime, Yoda receives news of the victories on Corellia and Balmorra. He remains adament that they will inevitably be fully consumed by the dark side, but is alarmed when hundreds of Jedi, including Quinlan Vos, announce that they are leaving the order to join the Knights of the Force. Yoda sits alone in the council chambers, realizing that, since the Knights of the Force are allied with the Republic, there is nothing he can can do without starting a civil war within the Republic.
At the old Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Sidious convenes his newly-formed Dark Council. He tells them that the Separatists have outlived their usefulness, and orders his newest vassal, a young, powerful Sith named Darth Vader, to Mustafar to kill everyone present.
Returning from their respective missions, Mace reveals he has found a suitable home for the Knights of the Force: the old Massassi Temple on Yavin IV. Having remembered dueling and defeating Asajj Ventress there, Anakin concurs. Arriving on the planet, they send out a call for any Force-sensitives who wish to learn both sides of the force, not restricted by one side. They find, to their surprise, thousands of Jedi and Sith flocking to the new temple. Holden says he's certain Mace will guide the Knights of the Force well, but to his shock, he tells Holden that, as the one who figured out the true definition of "Balance of the Force", that he should be the Grandmaster. Even though Holden (as well as Lana and Doma) is only ten years old, he is wise beyond his years, and possibly even more powerful than Anakin, Mace, Yoda, Revan, and Sidious combined. Holden accepts his new position, and addresses the new arrivals, orienting them with the philosophy of the Knights of the Force. They would study all aspects of the Force, not just the dogmatic, narrow-minded views of the Jedi and Sith.
While Holden addresses his students, they all sense a Disturbance in the Force, as Darth Vader brutally slaughters the Separatist Council on Mustafar. Anakin volunteers to investigate, as Holden and Lana promise to keep watch over the newly-arrived Padme, who could go into labor at any moment.
Arriving on Mustafar, Anakin is confronted by Vader, who tries to sway him to the dark side. Anakin rebuffs him, and Vader attacks him. They duel throughout the facility, destroying the shields and continuing down a river of lava, before Anakin manages to get the high ground and cut off all of Vader's extremities. He leaves as Vader is immolated, but he survives through his hatred. Sidious arrives on the planet with several newly-reequipped stormtroopers to recover Vader, and take him to Coruscant, where he is reconstructed with cybernetics and a life-support suit, becoming a monstrous mechanical nightmare.
Anakin arrives back on Yavin as Padme goes into labor, giving birth to twins, a boy and a girl, whom they name Luke and Leia. Meanwhile, Holden relays Anakin's findings to Marchon, that the Separatists were funded by the Sith, as they had suspected. With the droid army shut down, the Republic, Sith, and Empire race to snatch up whatever territory they can, as the Clone Wars transitions into the Third Great Galactic War.
As the Knights of the Force celebrate the birth of Luke and Leia, they receive an unwelcome visitor in the form of General Grievous and a Sith fleet. Both were sent by Sidious and Revan to destroy the Knights, but are quickly routed, with hundreds of Sith warriors killed by Anakin and Mace, and General Grievous badly battered by Holden, Lana, and Doma, but manages to escape. Sidious considers Grievous surviving such powerful beings to be a victory in itself, while Revan mournfully realizes that the Knights of the Force are too powerful, possibly even for him and Bastila, and decides to leave them be.
The film ends with Revan and Bastila deciding to have a child to secure their dynasty should they fall to the Knights, Sidious, Maul, Dooku, and Vader watching the construction of the Death Star, and Holden, Lana, and Doma watching the sun rise at the temple on Yavin IV, representing the dawn of a new era, as the Force ghost of Qui-Gon looks on in approval.
== Cast ==
=== Part One ===
* Rino Romano as Revan/Darth Revan
* Jennifer Hale as Bastila Shan/Darth Bastila
* Raphael Sbarge as Carth Onasi
* John Cygan as Canderous Ordo
* Rafael Ferrer as Darth Malak
* Sara Kestelman as Kreia/Darth Traya
* Ed Asner as Vrook Lamar
* Frank Oz as Vandar Tokare
* Catherine Taber as Mission Vao
* Kristoffer Tobori as HK-47
*Kevin Michael Richardson as Jolee Bindo
*Courtenay Taylor as Juhani
=== Part Two ===
* Tim Johnson as Holden Quist
*Chloe Johnson as Lana Quist
*Belle Armstrong as Doma Waldon
*Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker
*Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu
*Frank Oz as Yoda
*Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine/Darth Sidious
*Keanu Reeves as Darth Revan
*Emily Blunt as Darth Bastila
*Christopher Lee as Count Dooku
*Ray Park as Darth Maul
**Peter Serafinowicz as the voice of Maul (pre-2009 releases)
**Sam Witwer as the voice of Maul (post-2009 releases)
*Elijah Wood as Darth Vader (outside of suit)
**James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader (inside suit)
*Jimmy Smits as Bail Organa
*Gary Oldman as Supreme Chancellor Marchon
*Temuera Morrison as Clone Troopers (voices) and Boba Fett
*Matthew Wood as Battle Droids and General Grievous (voices)
*Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
*Kenny Baker as R2-D2
== Development ==
Production began in 2000, with the intention of creating the first Star Wars spin-off film. Sheldon Johnson, Jr. (who previously wrote and directed Return of the Jedi) conceived of an alternate universe Star Wars film during a dinner with George Lucas.
=== Casting ===
Many voice actors from the video game Knights of the Old Republic reprise their roles for the first part, including Rino Romano (Revan),
=== Shooting ===
Principal photography took place in the United Kingdom from
== Music ==
The music score was composed by John Williams.
== Release ==
== Reception ==
The movie was critically acclaimed. On
=== Critical reception ===
=== Box office ===
== Spin-offs ==
=== TV series ===
A television series of the same name began airing in 2006.
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