HyperionRising posted:That's an interesting idea. Got any idea who this person would be, ro how we could link them to the other character (Are they the same person? Friends? Former friends?)?
RocketGirl posted:...someone who,during the backstory, stumbles upon the use of the Force...
drewjmore posted:RocketGirl posted:...someone who,during the backstory, stumbles upon the use of the Force... Would you disapprove of that character being selfsame with the youngling who escaped the massacre at the temple? I could see that backstory as a worthy filming project in its own right... I think the holochron idea is fairly played out. Is force-use impossible to learn without some ancient reference tome? Or is it all too easy and those without guidance, once they've discovered their potential, inevitably fall to darkness? Perhaps that is one of the Jedi order's original motivations: to collect and guide force-users so they do not become dangerous. In a galaxy without jedi, a sith is born every minute. (?) Wouldn't telekinesis or the mind trick happen by luck (or the will of the force...) often enough that someone might 'discover' the force for themselves? I can imagine a few vignettes in which we could show some nobody discovering their force powers, a little like Spiderman after the bite. Perhaps it is well known that such children are dangerous, and normally nobody in their clan objects to having the Jedi take them away, but without the Jedi...
drewjmore posted: Would you disapprove of that character being selfsame with the youngling who escaped the massacre at the temple? I could see that backstory as a worthy filming project in its own right...
drewjmore posted: I think the holochron idea is fairly played out. Is force-use impossible to learn without some ancient reference tome? Or is it all too easy and those without guidance, once they've discovered their potential, inevitably fall to darkness?
drewjmore posted: In a galaxy without jedi, a sith is born every minute. (?)
HyperionRising posted:What if, instead of focusing on the main Rebellion, we focus on splinter groups and independent dissidents from a variety of backgrounds, with a variety of methods from peaceful to horrific. We could have most of them getting killed off and the remaining ones meeting and joining the main Rebellion. I'm picturing something with a structure along the lines of "Syriana."
HyperionRising posted:Can't say I've seen that one.
RocketGirl posted:I love the irony of the Empire having it's hiney kicked by the Dark Side, I love the idea of someone trying to learn the Force on their own and it ultimately (inevitably) leading to the Dark Side without a proper teacher, and I like how it could fit into the GCW without breaking continuity too badly...
Jedsithor posted:Having gotten rid of his lightsaber to avoid any outward signs of his Jedi-status, our hero finds himself living a new life with a poor, but kind family, even falling in love as the ways of the Jedi Code become a distant memory. But when he is recognised by a former Republic diplomat turned imperial propagandist, he can only watch in horror as Imperial troops drag the ones he has grown to care about on to the street, executing them in public for being jedi sympathisers and traitors. So he's forced to run, across the city with a blaster on his hip and the Force as his ally as Imperial troops descend on him.
DVCPRO-HDeditor posted:An independent freighter captain (y'know, a smuggler) whose father fought in the Clone Wars on the side of the CIS. She grew up hating the Republic-turned-Empire, and as such stays as far away from the Empire as possible. She might be human, but maybe not - a female alien freighter captain would certainly have an interesting perspective on Imperial activities and the likely success of a Rebellion.
DVCPRO-HDeditor posted: I'll agree that could make one solid aspect to the story. I also love the irony of RocketGirl being the one to suggest a Force-centric plot element.
DVCPRO-HDeditor posted:Yeah, I know . . . . sorry if that was mildly offensive...