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* AdaptedOut: Obi Wan is absent from this story, and is replaced by an older Luke Skywalker in the role of teacher to young protagonist Annikin Starkiller. Also, while R2 and Threepio's escape pod venture is left intact, R2 doesn't encounter Jawas in this timeline, instead bumping right into Annikin in the Aquilae desert.
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* AdaptedOut: Obi Wan is absent from this story, and is replaced by an older Luke Skywalker in the role of teacher to young protagonist Annikin Starkiller. Also, while R2 and Threepio's escape pod venture is left intact, R2 doesn't encounter Jawas in this timeline, instead bumping right into Annikin in the Aquilae desert.desert, and Threepio is later found by both Annikin and Leia.
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* AdaptedOut: Obi Wan is absent from this story, and is replaced by an older Luke Skywalker in the role of teacher to young protagonist Annikin Starkiller.
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* AdaptedOut: Obi Wan is absent from this story, and is replaced by an older Luke Skywalker in the role of teacher to young protagonist Annikin Starkiller. Also, while R2 and Threepio's escape pod venture is left intact, R2 doesn't encounter Jawas in this timeline, instead bumping right into Annikin in the Aquilae desert.
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* MotorMouth: R2 in this time is a chatterbox who is ''constantly'' whining and won't shup up. When their escape pod lands on Aquilae, Threepio gets so fed up with it that he ''lunges at him'', picks him up and throws him far away from him!
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* SuperStrength: Threepio in this time, in contrast to the slow, clunky protocol droid, is much more nimble here, and is capable of lifting up and throwing R2 far away from him!
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Unlike the main timeline, R2 is fully capable of speaking plain basic here.
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* CoolStarship: The Death Squadron starfighters, which look more like real life fighter planes, but have fins that, along with their wings, make them vaguely resemble X-Wing starfighters.
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* ThatsNoMoon: At the end of the first issue, an officer rushes in to warn Kane Starkiller that they've picked up something big on the sensors, describing it as an asteroid or comet heading for Aquilae, which turns out to be the Space Fortress in the next issue.
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* RoboticReveal: Early in the first issue, Kane Starkiller reveals that he's a cyborg, with only his head and right arm remaining intact.
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** In the war room, Kade Starkiller calls for someone named Montross, a reference to Jango Fett's rival bounty hunter from ''VideoGame/StarWarsBountyHunter''.
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** In the war room, Kade Kane Starkiller calls for someone named Montross, a reference to Jango Fett's rival bounty hunter from ''VideoGame/StarWarsBountyHunter''.
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* MythologyGag: The comic is absolutely ''loaded'' with in-jokes relating to the original movies and the ''Legends'' universe.
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** In the war room, Kade Starkiller calls for someone named Montross, a reference to Jango Fett's rival bounty hunter from ''VideoGame/StarWarsBountyHunter''.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The Emperor is portrayed as a fairly handsome middle aged man as opposed to his elderly look in the original movies.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The Emperor is portrayed as a fairly handsome middle aged man as opposed to his elderly look in the original movies. The Darth Vader of this timeline is also in ''much'' better shape than in canon, with only a few scars on his face.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The Emperor in this timeline is much more benevolent than the monstrous dictator from the main series.
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''The Star Wars'' is an 8 issue comic book mini-series set in the Franchise/StarWarsLegends (or rather, the non-canon ''Infinities'' part of it), released in 2013 and later compiled into a hardcover graphic novel.
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''The Star Wars'' is an 8 issue comic book mini-series set in the Franchise/StarWarsLegends (or rather, the non-canon ''Infinities'' part of it), released in 2013 and later compiled into a hardcover graphic novel.
rereleased in trade paperback and as part of ''Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Infinities Volume 1''.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The Emperor (presumably referring to Palpatine or whatever this continuities equivalent of him is) doesn't appear, but he is implied to be much more benevolent than the monstrous dictator from the main series.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The Emperor (presumably referring to Palpatine or whatever in this continuities equivalent of him is) doesn't appear, but he timeline is implied to be much more benevolent than the monstrous dictator from the main series.
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** Deak, Annikin's younger brother, is modeled in appearance after young Anakin from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. He even says "Yippee!" at one point.
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** Deak, Annikin's younger brother, is modeled in appearance after young Anakin Skywalker's younger self from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. He even says "Yippee!" at one point.
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** Deak, Annikin's younger brother, is modeled in appearance after young Anakin from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
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->"While researching in the Lucasfilm Archives I've found many treasures—but one which truly astounded me was George's rough draft for The Star Wars. His first complete imaginings were hallucinating to read—mind blowing. While working with George on another book project, I once asked if we could adapt his rough draft. He was hesitant. Years later, with Dark Horse’s invaluable help, we showed him a few drawn and colored pages of what it might look like. He gave us the okay."
-->--J. W. Rinzler, the writer of the comic
-->--J. W. Rinzler, the writer of the comic
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-->--J. W. Rinzler, the writer
->Now these legendary warriors are all but extinct. One by one they have been hunted down and destroyed as enemies of the NEW EMPIRE by a ferocious and sinister rival warrior sect, THE KNIGHTS OF SITH.
-->--The story's introductory text.
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* WhatIf: The entire premise of the miniseries is "What if Star Wars had been told exactly as it was written in it's 1974 story draft?"
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* WhatIf: The entire premise of the miniseries is "What if Star Wars had been told exactly as it was written in it's 1974 story draft?"draft?"
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It is a notable WhatIf tale that retells the story of the [[Film/ANewHope original Star Wars film]]--[[WhatCouldHaveBeen as it was originally written by George Lucas in 1974.]] While it shares similarities with the original film, it changes a ''lot'' of things around, including settings, story beats, characterization, and so on. Abandoned concepts for the first film, like Luke Skywalker as an aged general and Han Solo as an alien reptile with green skin are abundant, as are references to other parts of early Star Wars lore, like the fact that Cloud City was planned to appear in the original movie.
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It is a notable WhatIf tale that retells the story of the [[Film/ANewHope original Star Wars film]]--[[WhatCouldHaveBeen as it was originally written by George Lucas in 1974.]] While it shares similarities with the original film, it changes has a ''lot'' ''substantial'' amount of things around, differences, including settings, story beats, characterization, and so on. Abandoned concepts for the first film, like Luke Skywalker as an aged general and Han Solo as an alien reptile with green skin are abundant, as are references to other parts of early Star Wars lore, like the fact that Cloud City was planned to appear in the original movie.
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''The Star Wars'' is an 8 issue comic book mini-series set in the Franchise/StarWarsLegends (or rather, the non-canon Infinities part of it), released in 2013 and later compiled into a hardcover graphic novel.
It is a notable WhatIf tale that retells the story of the [[Film/ANewHope original Star Wars film]]--[[WhatCouldHaveBeen as it was originally written by George Lucas in 1974.]]
It is a notable WhatIf tale that retells the story of the [[Film/ANewHope original Star Wars film]]--[[WhatCouldHaveBeen as it was originally written by George Lucas in 1974.]]
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''The Star Wars'' is an 8 issue comic book mini-series set in the Franchise/StarWarsLegends (or rather, the non-canon Infinities ''Infinities'' part of it), released in 2013 and later compiled into a hardcover graphic novel.
It is a notable WhatIf tale that retells the story of the [[Film/ANewHope original Star Wars film]]--[[WhatCouldHaveBeen as it was originally written by George Lucas in 1974.]]
]] While it shares similarities with the original film, it changes a ''lot'' of things around, including settings, story beats, characterization, and so on. Abandoned concepts for the first film, like Luke Skywalker as an aged general and Han Solo as an alien reptile with green skin are abundant, as are references to other parts of early Star Wars lore, like the fact that Cloud City was planned to appear in the original movie.
It is a notable WhatIf tale that retells the story of the [[Film/ANewHope original Star Wars film]]--[[WhatCouldHaveBeen as it was originally written by George Lucas in 1974.
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** appearance Valorum is based on his child self from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. There is also a character named Valorum, named after Chancellor Valorum from the same film.Film/ThePhantomMenace.
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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In this story, Han Solo is a Urellian, a tall reptilian with a reputation for hunting Wookiees on their home planet of Yavin, instead of a human.
* AdaptedOut: Obi Wan is absent from this story, and is replaced by an older Luke Skywalker in the role of teacher to young protagonist Annikin Starkiller.
* AdaptedOut: Obi Wan is absent from this story, and is replaced by an older Luke Skywalker in the role of teacher to young protagonist Annikin Starkiller.
* EnemyMine: In this series, the Sith are forced to team up with the Jedi to fight the Empire.
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** appearance is based on his child self from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. There is also a character namedValorum.Valorum, named after Chancellor Valorum from the same film.
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** The Space Fortress (the early idea for the Death Star) has no superlaser dish here.
** The Force (referred to as The Force of Others) doesn't appear to give its believers or users powers in this continuity.
** Imperial Star Destroyers, which are massive battleships capable of devastating a planet in the main series, are now common starfighters.
** The Space Fortress (the early idea for the Death Star) has no superlaser dish here.
** The Force (referred to as The Force of Others) doesn't appear to give its believers or users powers in this continuity.
** Imperial Star Destroyers, which are massive battleships capable of devastating a planet in the main series, are now common starfighters.
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** Annikin Skywalker's appearance is based on his child self from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. There is also a character namedValorumValorum.
** The Imperial Capital Alderaan is a floating city resembling Cloud City from Bespin. This is a reference to the fact that Cloud City ''was'' planned to appear in the first film in early drafts, but it was held over for ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
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** Annikin Skywalker's appearance is based on his child self from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. There is also a character named
** The Imperial Capital Alderaan is a floating city resembling Cloud City from Bespin. This is a reference to the fact that Cloud City ''was'' planned to appear in the first film in early drafts, but it was held over for ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
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''The Star Wars'' is an 8 issue comic book mini-series set in the Franchise/StarWarsLegends (or rather, the non-canon Infinities part of it). it), released in 2013 and later compiled into a hardcover graphic novel.
It is a notable WhatIf tale that retells the story of the [[Film/ANewHope original Star Wars film]]--[[WhatCouldHaveBeen as it was originally written by George Lucas in 1974.]]
It is a notable WhatIf tale that retells the story of the [[Film/ANewHope original Star Wars film]]--[[WhatCouldHaveBeen as it was originally written by George Lucas in 1974.]]
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"While researching in the Lucasfilm Archives I've found many treasures—but one which truly astounded me was George's rough draft for The Star Wars. His first complete imaginings were hallucinating to read—mind blowing. While working with George on another book project, I once asked if we could adapt his rough draft. He was hesitant. Years later, with Dark Horse’s invaluable help, we showed him a few drawn and colored pages of what it might look like. He gave us the okay."
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"While researching in the Lucasfilm Archives I've found many treasures—but one which truly astounded me was George's rough draft for The Star Wars. His first complete imaginings were hallucinating to read—mind blowing. While working with George on another book project, I once asked if we could adapt his rough draft. He was hesitant. Years later, with Dark Horse’s invaluable help, we showed him a few drawn and colored pages of what it might look like. He gave us the okay."
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"While researching in the Lucasfilm Archives I've found many treasures—but one which truly astounded me was George's rough draft for The Star Wars. His first complete imaginings were hallucinating to read—mind blowing. While working with George on another book project, I once asked if we could adapt his rough draft. He was hesitant. Years later, with Dark Horse’s invaluable help, we showed him a few drawn and colored pages of what it might look like. He gave us the okay."
―J. W. Rinzler, the writer of the comic
''The Star Wars'' is an 8 issue comic book mini-series set in the Franchise/StarWarsLegends (or rather, the non-canon Infinities part of it). It is a notable WhatIf tale that retells the story of the [[Film/ANewHope original Star Wars film]]--[[WhatCouldHaveBeen as it was originally written in 1974.]]
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* AdaptationalNameChange: R2 has the D2 dropped from his name, and the Death Star is just called the Space Fortress in this story. Lightsabers are also called "Lazerswords" now.
* MythologyGag: Annikin Skywalker's appearance is based on his child self from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
* WhatIf: The entire premise of the miniseries is "What if Star Wars had been told exactly as it was written in it's 1974 story draft?"
―J. W. Rinzler, the writer of the comic
''The Star Wars'' is an 8 issue comic book mini-series set in the Franchise/StarWarsLegends (or rather, the non-canon Infinities part of it). It is a notable WhatIf tale that retells the story of the [[Film/ANewHope original Star Wars film]]--[[WhatCouldHaveBeen as it was originally written in 1974.]]
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* AdaptationalNameChange: R2 has the D2 dropped from his name, and the Death Star is just called the Space Fortress in this story. Lightsabers are also called "Lazerswords" now.
* MythologyGag: Annikin Skywalker's appearance is based on his child self from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
* WhatIf: The entire premise of the miniseries is "What if Star Wars had been told exactly as it was written in it's 1974 story draft?"
