Web Video / Rewriting Star Wars

Rewriting Star Wars is a series of YouTube videos detailing how the Star Wars series should have been rather than the end product that was given to the masses.

Here are the links below:

• The Force Awakens
  • Part 1
  • Part 2

• The Last Jedi
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4

Rewriting Star Wars contain the following tropes:

Episode 7:The Force Awakens

• Adaptation Deviation:
  • In this rewrite, Han and Leia have no knowledge that Ben Solo is Kylo Ren.
  • Rey utilizes more of the Force in her battles, especially in her confrontation with Kylo Ren.
  • The Knights of Ren appear in this version of "The Force Awakens", assisting Kylo Ren in searching for Luke Skywalker.
• Adaptation Expansion:
  • This rewrite of "The Force Awakens" explores more on the Solos and the family's fallout.
  • The journey to find Luke Skywalker is extended to allow Character Development and bonding between the heroes.
• Adaptation Name Change: Rey is renamed Kira.
• Adaptational Badass: Captain Phasma is being given more of a role here than in her canon appearance, including taking TR-8R's place in fighting with Sam Solo who replaces Finn. Her easy capture is also Downplayed with her secretly contacting General Hux during her imprisonment.
• Adaptational Early Appearance:
  • The Knights of Ren fully appear in "The Force Awakens" other than in flashbacks.
  • Instead of appearing at the end of the film, Luke Skywalker travels to the Resistance base to attend Han's funeral.
• Adaptational Late Appearance: Lor San Tekka appears way later in the film and meets up with Han, Rey, Sam and Chewbacca before meeting his end at Kylo's hands.
• Adapted Out:
  • The original film's planet, Jakku is removed and is replaced with Ryloth and Endor.
  • R2-D2 is the sole Robot Buddy, taking BB-8 out of this rewrite.
  • Finn is no longer part of this rewrite but instead his real appearance is at the sequel.
  • The Rathars are removed while the Rancors are added into this rewrite.
• Asshole Victim: Unkar Plutt, after being a tyrant towards the scavengers and tormenting Rey, gets his arm ripped off by Chewbacca.
• Broken Pedestal:

• Subverted for Sam Solo who understands why his parents kept the secret of his lineage to Darth Vader. He even calls out Ben that it wasn't only him that was hurt when that secret was revealed, the entire family felt it, and that it was no excuse for him to disappear which had broken their mother's heart since then. Hearing this, Ben is completely ashamed.

• Cain and Abel: Sam Solo and Kylo Ren/Ben Solo.
• Chekhov's Gun: The Khyber crystal necklace Lor San Tekka gave to Rey helps the latter in focusing her abilities.
• Composite Character: Sam Solo is a mix between characters; Between the original draft's counterpart in George Lucas's idea for the Sequel Trilogy and Poe Dameron.
• Defense Mechanism Superpower: Just as the Rancor is about to kill her, Kira activates her Force abilities.
• Due to the Dead: The Resistance enact a funeral for Han Solo.
• Kaiju: The Rancors attack our heroes and the criminals.
• Neutral No Longer: After losing their home, Maz and her men join the Resistance in fighting the First Order.
• No Endor Holocaust: Subverted. Remnants of the Empire, including the Death Star, did indeed crash onto the planet, Endor. Ever since then, scavengers have come to the planet to extract parts and sell them. It's in the Death Star that the map to all Jedi Temples is found.
• Papa Wolf: Han attempts to attack Kylo Ren to save Sam.
  Han Solo: YOU'RE NOT TAKING MY SON!
  Kylo Ren: He's not your son anymore.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After Kylo Ren kills Han Solo, Chewbacca attacks all First Order personnel, ripping them apart before activating the explosives.
• Spared By Adaptation: The Hosnian System is not decimated by Starkiller.
• The Night That Never Ends: To fit its name better, Starkiller uses solar energy to power itself at the cost of destroying the sun.
• Travel Montage: Kira, Sam, Han and Chewie get onto the Millenium Falcon and travel across the Galaxy, going through all Jedi Temples to find Luke.
• You Monster!: Sam and Kira encounters Kylo Ren once more and Kylo calls Sam a traitor for turning his back on him while Sam calls Kylo a murderer for killing their father in cold blood.

Episode 8:The Last Jedi

• Adapted Out: Admiral Holdo is removed and Admiral Ackbar takes her place as Hero Antagonist and the one who sacrifices himself to take down the First Order fleet.
• Adaptational Heroism: DJ turns from renegade villain to a full-on Resistance spy.
• Adaptation Deviation:
  • Luke isn't doing Force Projection on Ahch-To but on Christophsis.
  • The line "I'm one with the Force and the Force is with me", used by Chirrut Îmwe is now used by Luke Skywalker to help teach Rey. Rey repeats this line as she finally focus her powers.
  • Korriban is added to be the base of Darth Plagueis and where Rey confronts the Sith Lord.
  • With Poe out of this rewrite, Luke is the one who gives FN-1287 the name, Finn.
• And Now for Someone Completely Different: The Last Jedi opens with the First Order's Stormtrooper group, Titan Squad attacking the planet Cerea, Ki-Adi-Mundi's homeworld.
• Awesome Moment of Crowning: At the same time the Resistance are honoring the late Leia Organa, the First Order christen Kylo Ren as their new Supreme Leader.
• Balance Between Good and Evil: Luke reveals that the Force will intervene whenever the Light Side or the Dark Side gain too much power, bringing up past events like the Jedi Order's fall to the Empire, the Empire's destruction at the hands to the Rebellion, the rise of the First Order and Luke and Kira to oppose Snoke and Kylo Ren.
• Big Damn Heroes: Luke saves Kira from being murdered by Kylo Ren.
• Broken Pedestal: Kira is enraged that Luke has kept secret of her familial relationship with the Solo family.
• Canon Character All Along: Turns out, Snoke is Darth Plagueis who had survived Palpatine's attempt on his life and had been in hiding from both the Jedi and Sith all the while amassing power to take over the Galaxy.
• Civil War: Finn and Titan Squad leads the rebel Stormtroopers against the loyalists.
• Composite Character: Snoke will be a mixture of himself and Darth Plagueis.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Luke pilots his X-Wing and runs circles on the First Order blockade, eventually blasting a hole to allow himself, Kira and Chewbacca to enter Christophsis.
• Dawn of an Era: Inspired by what he had learnt about the true nature of the Force, Luke chooses to create a new order of Force-Users called Gray Paladins.
• Death by Adaptation: Unlike in canon, General Leia did not survive her son's attack.
• Due to the Dead: The Resistance enacts a funeral at Ahch-To for Leia and the fallen Resistance fighters.
• End of an Age: By the end of the movie, Luke declares the end of the Jedi Order. Instead, Luke decides to create a new one.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: Sam suffers a major scar on his spine following his fight with Kylo Ren while Kira later receives second-degree burns on her arm and back from the same man. Sam uses this to joke about to bond with his half-sister.
• Heel–Face Turn: Finn, Titan Squad and many Stormtroopers join the Resistance after learning the First Order had kidnapped and brainwashed them to fight their war.
• Luke, You Are My Father: Luke discovers that Kira is Han's daughter through an affair with another woman.
• No Body Left Behind: Kylo Ren throws Plagueis's body into a fire to ensure he never comes back.
• Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: Before ramming the Raddus on the First Order fleet, Admiral Ackbar mocks them by saying his famous line, "It's a Trap!".
• Related in the Adaptation: In this rewrite, Kira is the daughter of Han Solo, making Sam and Ben her half-brothers. It's because of that familial bond that Kira and Ben are able to have a Force dyad.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Disgusted at being suspected of being traitors, Maz Kanata and her men leave the Resistance.
• Spared By Adaptation: Unlike the original The Last Jedi, Luke Skywalker survives the movie.
• The Squad: Titan Squad are the First Order's special forces.
  • The Leader: FN-2187/Finn commands the group.
  • Number Two: TZ-1719 is the sharpshooter who uses a bow and various trick arrows.
  • The Smart Guy/ The Big Guy: TK-157 is the muscle of Titan Squad while also being an engineer and hacker.

Episode 9:Dawn of the Paladins

• Arch-Enemy: Zorii hates Captain Phasma for disgracing the Mandalorian people by allying with the First Order while Phasma counters that any Mandalorian that sides with the Jedi are more of a traitor than her.
• Challenging the Chief: Kylo Ren challenges the Yuuzhan Vong Supreme Overlord to claim leadership of the race.
• Costume Evolution:
  • Kylo's current look is having longer hair that look like a mane and now wearing knight-like armor, making him akin to the Grim Reaper.
  • The Stormtroopers have discarded their black and white armor for pure blood red armor to symbolize their readiness for war.
• Evil Counterpart: Sarlacc Squad are this to Titan Squad.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Chewbacca prevents the Yuuzhan Vong from destroying the Millenium Falcon.