I kinda like this alternate history

[james_davis_nicoll]

Something I posted elsewhere:

POD: 1970s: A healthy Leigh Brackett pitches an interesting twist to George Lucas.


1980: Audiences are somewhat taken aback when, during the confrontation scene between Vader and Luke, Vader takes Luke's head off like an offending dandelion flower. Now the fate of the Rebel Alliance, rescuing Han and all that jazz rests on the shoulders of the last Jedi, Leia.

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[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

What do you mean "most of the Jedi we see killed"?

Obi-wan and Yoda are *the only* Jedi we see die, at that point. In fact, at that point, 100% of all dead Jedi mysteriously vanish.

The Emperor, it's hard to tell if he vanished or was just disintegrated so he doesn't count, but it's not until the very end of Return that *any* dead Jedi leaves a body.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I mean in all six films. Obi Wan and Yoda give the impression Jedi just fade away when they die but Vader looks a bit puzzled when he's poking Obi Wan's robes. Neither of the Sith vanish like that (but maybe it's a Jedi thing). Once we get into the prequels, none of the Jedi we see killed pull the vanishing thing.

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[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I figured the prequels were disqualified since we were discussing Alternate 1980, but okay.

Thing is, once we add in the prequels we also need to add in the bit about how Qui-Gon had figured out how to become "one with the Force" when he died, and was in the process of teaching Obi-Wan and Yoda the trick. But he was the first one to figure it out, and everyone else died before they could learn it.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

oh, right. Fair enough.