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The_Saga_Begins Registered: Feb '06	Date Posted: 5/25/06 5:12pm Subject: STAR WARS - EPISODE I "A CALL TO ARMS" - Updated 28th JUNE!!! - Date Edited: 6/27/06 11:23pm (7 edits total) Edited By: The_Saga_Begins
	(Okay. You might want to stick on some soundtrack music at this point... ... then sit back, and forget everything you've thought about the Prequels since 1999.) TITLE CARD: MPAA A familiar green TITLE CARD appears on the screen, printed with bold white lettering. The Following PREVIEW Has Been Aproved For . . . . . . . . . . .ALL AUDIENCES. . . . . . . . . . . By The Motion Picture Association of America The image holds silently for several seconds, then fades out. TITLE CARD: STUDIO BANNER Fade up on the towering symbol of the studio. 20th CENTURY FOX Around the massive bronze pylon, searchlights sweep the cloud-streaked evening sky. The image holds silently for several seconds, then fades out. TITLE CARD: LUCASFILM Against a dark background, a familiar green logo shimmers into view. LucasFilm Ltd. The image holds silently for several seconds before fading out. The musical cue dissolves away in a familiar John Williams shimmer. Cue "Obi-Wan Appears."Ã¯Â¿Â½ (ANH Soundtrack) EXT. TATOOINE - DAWN Dawn on the desert planet of TATOOINE. The twin suns rise slowly, majestically, over the horizon, promising a bright day to whoever might see them and wish for one. Today the suns greet ANAKIN SKYWALKER, perhaps twenty- five, with a large build and haunted eyes. INT. DESERT HUT - DAY Jedi Knight OBI-WAN KENOBI speaks with BREHA, an older Woman, still beautiful, but with a broken spirit that comes through in her eyes. BREHA The Force has brought us both here for the same reason. OBI-WAN (guarded) What reason is that? INT. LARS HOMESTEAD - GARAGE - NIGHT Anakin busies himself tinkering with some piece of machinery, an intense and faraway look on his face. BREHA (VO) When a student is ready the teacher appears. Obi-Wan walks slowly out of the shadows and into the maintenance shed. He gives Anakin, who never turns around, an appraising glance. OBI-WAN The Force is with you, Anakin Skywalker. Anakin angrily throws a piece of machinery to the ground, kicking up dust. ANAKIN (skeptical) What is the Force? A blessing? A curse? An accident? OBI-WAN It's all of those things, and more. It's a part of who we are. If we fear it, we fear ourselves. Anakin nods slightly. ANAKIN You're a Jedi Knight. Obi-Wan nods. ANAKIN (con't) So is it true the Jedi don't fear anything? OBI-WAN All thinking beings fear. What's important is how you handle it. ANAKIN What about the dark side? I've . . . been told that the Jedi are afraid of the dark side, because of its power. OBI-WAN One cannot become a Jedi by fearing the dark side, only by facing it, and moving beyond it. ANAKIN And you have? INT. SELENE'S REPULSOR BARGE - HANGAR BAY - NIGHT Obi-Wan straddles a roaring swoop bike and shoots out of the bay into the dark night. Watching him go are the Jedi Knight TYRO RESPIS and PRINCESS SELENE, a beautiful aristocrat. [blockquote]TYRO Don't worry, your Highness. He can handle it. SELENE There's always something worse lurking in the shadows, Jedi Respis. Always.[/blockquote] INT. THE BASILISK - MANDALORE'S CHAMBERS Aboard the Dreadnaught BASILISK the Mandalorian leader, MANDALORE, stands in his chambers, which are illuminated only by the full-sized holograms of two SITH LORDS. DARTH KANE is large and brawny, his lieutenant, DARTH ARIUS, more nondescript. Both wear the Sith's customary black cloaks and death's head masks. [blockquote]KANE Soon, Mandalore, soon your warriors will have their chance for glory. Soon they will face the Jedi.[/blockquote] Cue "Here They Come/TIE Fighter Attack." (ANH Soundtrack) INT. BASILISK - CORRIDOR The booted feet of MANDALORIAN COMMANDOS tramp down the hallway. INT. BASILISK - CORRIDOR The Mandalorians slowly advance in phalanx, inch by inch, wrist-mounted blasters and flechette launchers firing away. INT. CORVIS MINOR - BRIDGE A pair of turbolift doors opens. Obi-Wan and Anakin step out into the bridge of the REPUBLIC GUNSHIP, Anakin with two blaster pistols, and Obi-Wan with his drawn lightsaber. They both look around, then at one another. INT. CORVIS MINOR - BRIDGE The back of the Captain's chair swivels around to reveal SABE SUNRIDER, a beautiful young woman with dark hair and eyes. She is dressed like a space-pirate queen ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ with weaponry to match. [blockquote]SABE Sabe Sunrider. [/blockquote] She smirks then bows. [blockquote]SABE (con't) At your service. [/blockquote] EXT. SPACE Four MANDALORIAN STARFIGHTERS chase a small SPACE CUTTER. INT. SPACE CUTTER - COCKPIT Anakin flies wildly, but with great skill, through a storm of green turbolaser fire. Inside the cockpit, Sabe frantically flips switches as Anakin wrestles with the controls. [blockquote]SABE (angry) Watch what you're doing with my ship! [/blockquote] INT. MANDALORIAN DREADNAUGHT - BRIDGE A SUBALTERN looks to his COMMANDER. [blockquote]COMMANDER Gunners - all targets.[/blockquote] SERIES OF SHOTS Anakin pulls Sabe with him into an open door as blaster bolts gouge the wall all around. A lift of some kind, probably meant to move equipment, now moves something else - a trio of Sith Knights, including the Twi-lek DARTH ETTE. The Sith spread out and draw their lightsabers. INT. SHIP'S CORRIDOR MANDALORIAN COMMANDOS jog down the hallway, their weapons drawn and firing. CLOSE ON their booted feet rushing past. INT. CORVIS MINOR - PRISON HOLD [blockquote]TYRO What was that all about? OBI-WAN Just part of the plan. TYRO WHAT plan? OBI-WAN I'm not exactly sure, but I know that was a part of it.[/blockquote] INT. MANDALORIAN DREADNAUGHT - HANGAR BAY SERIES OF SHOTS Obi-Wan is caught between two Sith Knights, desperately duelling both. Anakin, straining, runs towards the camera, his hand reaching out. Suddenly, a lightsaber leaps into it and ignites a brilliant blue blade. Selene and Sabe fire through a doorway. Obi-Wan and Anakin battle side by side, their lightsabers trading blows with those of the Sith. EXT. SPACE - SEA OF STARS POV - THROUGH A SHIP'S VIEWPORT With a flash of light, the Mandalorian Flagship, the Basilisk, drops out of hyperspace. Then, a couple more dreadnaughts appear. Then, some picket ships. Then, all around, an entire fleet of deadly, fearsome looking Mandalorian warships comes out of lightspeed, ready for battle. Cue "The Imperial March." (ESB Soundtrack) FADE OUT to silence, and another TITLE CARD. [blockquote]STAR WARS EPISODE I "A CALL TO ARMS"Ã¯Â¿Â½[/blockquote] CUT TO TITLE CARD: Based on the Story and Characters by George Lucas CUT TO TITLE CARD: [blockquote]THE SAGA BEGINS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2006[/blockquote] Have we got you interested?! I hope so! A CALL TO ARMS is, to put it simply, the first movie in the Star Wars saga. It's the Episode I you didn't get in 1999. Of course, it doesn't actually exist on celluloid. All we have is a script, and your imagination - but we hope that that's enough. What happened was this. The writers - two long-time fans - got into a couple of long online discussions about the Prequels; and we seemed to keep coming back to the idea that the new movies didn't really match the Original Trilogy, no matter how many CGI scenes George inserted in the old films. Other people, whether they liked the new movies or not, generally agreed, but they seemed to think that this was inevitable: the general view was that it was impossible to create a Prequel trilogy that was a seamless aesthetic and narrative fit with the classic Star Wars films. We disagreed. We still do. And we think that this is a major reason why, for so many people whose memories of Star Wars stretch back before The Phantom Menace, the Prequels simply don't work. We started talking this over between ourselves, discussing ways around the supposed problems. We came up with a storyline, based around the backstory hints in A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, spiced with a few details here and there from the novels and comics, and flavoured with a few surprises... And then we realised that to prove that it worked, we'd have to write the scripts for a trilogy of Star Wars movies. A CALL TO ARMS is the first of those scripts. We have a website in the works, and our major goal is to produce a downloadable e-book of the script, illustrated with storyboards and ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‹Å“production artÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ in the manner of the old Art of Star Wars volumes. But first, we have to tell the story - and that's what we'll be doing right here, in serial installments over the coming weeks. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we've enjoyed writing it! The Saga Begins - Right Here! -----signature----- STAR WARS: CALL TO ARMS http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/23973014/ The Saga Begins Memorial Day Weekend 2006
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Healer_Leona Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jul '00	Date Posted: 5/25/06 5:23pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS”
	Okay, I'm curious. Many questions abound from this trailer and I'll start the call for a PM when it's updated. -----signature----- Break away from everybody Break away from everthing If you can't stand the way this place is Take yourself to higher places
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DaWookie Registered: May '06	Date Posted: 5/25/06 6:00pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS”
	looks, or should I say sounds pretty good. Can't wait to see what you come up with next!
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Elena Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 5/25/06 6:05pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS”
	walks in, burdened by gigantic backpack You guys mind if I hang here and study for finals? It looks nice and warm here... -----signature----- Pretty, practical, and the Ewok's Hand: Redheaded teenaged girls make the best assassins Always willing to do a side-job for Quiet_Mandalorian, though And Kreia...well, Kreia was a woman who tried to be a Jedi, then tried to be a Sith, and failed at both
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JamanMosil Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 5/25/06 6:08pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS” - Date Edited: 5/25/06 6:08pm (1 edits total) Edited By: JamanMosil
	I'm very intrigued...and this is from a fan of the Prequels as we have them now. Anxiously awaiting next installment!
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Kidan Title: TFN EU Staff Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 5/25/06 6:13pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS”
	oh, i'm definitely going to enjoy this, and yes would like pm's when you update... -----signature----- You sadistic Yank!! - McEwok http://www.TheExpandedUniverse.com Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul
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JohnWesleyDowney Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 5/25/06 6:28pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS” - Date Edited: 5/26/06 1:05am (1 edits total) Edited By: oqidaun
	EXT. TATOOINE - DAWN Dawn on the desert planet of TATOOINE. Ugh. Okay, if the information establishing where we are and when the scene is taking place is established with EXTERIOR TATOOINE DAWN, why is the first sentence of the paragraph: Dawn on the desert planet of Tatooine? EDIT: Flaming. Unsolicited concrit is not allowed on the Fan Fiction Boards. Please familiarize yourself with the Fan Fiction FAQ located in the Fan Fiction Resource for guidelines concerning comments to stories posted here. -----signature----- Namaste.
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JediMormon Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 5/25/06 6:41pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS”
	I'm intrigued by this idea and look forward to reading it when you update. Although you've stated the scripts are to be significantly, if not totally changed, will you keep some of the characters introduced in the previews? Jedi such as Ki-Adi Mundi, Kit Fisto, and Mace Windu come to mind, after all, they're pretty flippin' cool! Looking forward to your next update ~ The Mormon Jedi -----signature----- Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
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SweiitConcorkill Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 5/25/06 6:41pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS” - Date Edited: 5/26/06 1:01am (2 edits total) Edited By: oqidaun
	EDIT: FLAMING IS NOT ALLOWED ON THESE BOARDS -----signature----- Proud Member of the 'Kool-Aid Brigade' Revenge of the Sith? OH YEAH!
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JamesBatista Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 5/25/06 6:44pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS” - Date Edited: 5/26/06 2:21am (4 edits total) Edited By: oqidaun
	Uhhh, if people want to do their own rewrites and revisions of the PT, that's fine. But for this to be endorsed by the site itself? All of a sudden, the world's LEADING Star Wars fansite chooses to dismiss all of the new films as worthless(As if it were FACT?) and start/hype-up a massive rewrite undertaking? EDIT: Flaming Reminder from the Fan Fiction FAQ Addressing other posters/real world people: (the local version) At fanfic, we have a long standing custom of not "arguing" with stories or flaming them. While great discussions may arise from the questions a story brings up, what should not be questioned is the premise of the story. If you don't think it's likely that Obi-Wan would quit the Jedi Order to pursue a career as a lounge singer, that's fine, but the author of such a story obviously has other ideas, and attacking the basic premise of the story isn't going to promote good discussion. -----signature----- Emperor Palpatine - Orchestrated the death of the Republic and the extinction of the Jedi. Slayer of innocent millions. The most evil being in the galaxy. ...and still a more likeable and sympathetic character than Blooregard Q. Kazoo.
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dvader234 Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 5/25/06 6:50pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS”
	I am a fan of the PT, but I also am interested in what you have in your minds. The thing I don't like is the title. It sounds like a mediocre war thriller. -----signature----- You Sit on a Throne of Lies!!!
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stormcloud8 Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 5/25/06 6:57pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS” - Date Edited: 5/26/06 2:22am (2 edits total) Edited By: oqidaun
	EDIT: FLAMING Reminder from the Fan Fiction FAQ Addressing other posters/real world people: (the local version): At fanfic, we have a long standing custom of not "arguing" with stories or flaming them. While great discussions may arise from the questions a story brings up, what should not be questioned is the premise of the story. If you don't think it's likely that Obi-Wan would quit the Jedi Order to pursue a career as a lounge singer, that's fine, but the author of such a story obviously has other ideas, and attacking the basic premise of the story isn't going to promote good discussion.
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JediMormon Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 5/25/06 6:57pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS”
	Uhhh...SweiitConcorkill and JamesBatista, the saying of 'If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all' definitely comes to mind regarding your comments. Give the guy a chance and let him post an update BEFORE you make any premature judgments. Such behavior isn't conducive towards good board discussions. -----signature----- Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
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stormcloud8 Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 5/25/06 6:59pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS” - Date Edited: 5/25/06 7:04pm (2 edits total) Edited By: stormcloud8
	JediMormon posted: Uhhh...SweiitConcorkill and JamesBatista, the saying of 'If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all' definitely comes to mind regarding your comments. Give the guy a chance and let him post an update BEFORE you make any premature judgments. Such behavior isn't conducive towards good board discussions. The issue is not the tone of the comments. This statement in the initial post says it all: "A CALL TO ARMS is, to put it simply, the first movie in the Star Wars saga. It's the Episode I you didn't get in 1999." That statement is the initial shot across the bow. The ending paragraphs of the initial post are a major slam at the PT and I'm not pleased that it has been given a voice on the main landing page of TFN.
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Darth_Nitride Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 5/25/06 7:00pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS” - Date Edited: 5/25/06 7:10pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Darth_Nitride
	I think your hearts are in the right place. But I think you're going to find out that it's easier to criticize George Lucas on his choices then it is to write a good script. It also sounds like you're going to make this too serious. For all the people who don't like the comic relief in the PT, just watch the OT again and see that there are plenty of funny moments, ,mostly from Han and Chewie mind you. I'm 29 so I've been a fan for a long time. I think there are a lot of things wrong with the prequals, but I did like them. But I agree with some of the other posts change the title, it's not very good. Good luck
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Apollos Registered: Sep '00	Date Posted: 5/25/06 7:17pm Subject: RE: STAR WARS – EPISODE I – “CALL TO ARMS” - Date Edited: 5/26/06 2:14am (1 edits total) Edited By: oqidaun
	This will be fun to watch. I am 30. Love the originals and adore the prequels. This discussion will highlight that it is impossible to please everybody and (IMO) demostrate how beautifully Lucas constructed the prequels. EDIT: We do not permit unsolicited concrit on the Fan Fiction Boards. Please familiarize yourself with our Fan Fiction FAQ.
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