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Published: 2015-05-30 02:50:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 28023; Favourites: 541; Downloads: 0
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What if the prequels were good? And they started with the Clone Wars, really expanding on why Anakin was such a GOOD Jedi (not a whiny brat) and why Vader was so feared. If the whole third movie was Anakin going full Vader before he dons the armor?I had to entertain the thought and wip up some designs. Re-casting the role of course and aging him up, I thought a really good actor would be Michael Fassbender (when the prequels came out, Fassbender only began his career, who knows if he could have been right at that time but i'm going off his acting chops in the present). The evolution of the relationship between Xavier and Magneto in X-Men: First Class of going from friends to foes is exactly what is needed for Obi-Wan and Anakin. Someone who begins with good intentions and then turns to darker means to achieve their goals and then becomes a full villain, I think Fassbender pulls off and would pull that off perfectly. His scene in Days of Future Past on the plane convinced me; that's the type of rage and fuel that was needed for Anakin when he turns to the dark side.
Anyways, here are some quick concepts of how I might have imagined it. I didn't intend to re-design Vader's armor at first but I got carried away.
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Excellent concept!
I hate to be that guy, but the term is "don" not "dawn." (www.merriam-webster.com/dictio… )
It also has an antonym "doff"; put it 'on' = d'on', take it 'off' = d'off'
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Thanks for the spell check! But yea, the whole explanation wasn't necessary.
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I know, I just found out about the word "doff" recently, and I thought the whole on/don, off/doff thing was interesting.
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I really love your idea about Fassbender as Anakin. That would have been just incredible.
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Thanks! It would be legendary 
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I like the middle one, would make for a cool Dark Jedi or Sith Lord.
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These are great! Like the way you think, and the designs are awesome!
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Interesting designs and casting idea. The tubes on Vader's helm feel kinda off in my book, but that's just my preference. ^^
I have this headcanon of mine where Padmé dies right at the start of ROTS because of the Battle of Coruscant (it isn't revealed until the end of the movie that the twins were born before she died), giving Anakin, in my eyes, a more believable motivation to turn to the Dark Side than "whaaah she'll die giving birth if I don't go bad, so it's okay to kill children, boohoo". >< To balance the absence of Padmé in the remainder of the movie, Anakin has regular flashbacks of his time with her up until her death at the hands of Count Dooku, who DOESN'T die onboard the Invisible Hand like a total noob and returns later to fight Anakin on Mustafar, allowing Anakin, after killing the Seppies, to take revenge both for taking his arm and killing the woman he loves, completing his journey to the Dark Side (their battle needs to be symbolic enough, but not too epic as to overshadow the true final duel). Obi-Wan arrives, epic battle, all that good stuff.
I'm one of those few fans who believe the prequels need a heck of a reboot.
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Thanks! Yea, it's hard to change anything on the Vader armor because it's just perfect as is
I like your take, definitely the thing that should have been highlighted and really tightened up were Anakin's motivations to turn to the darkside and not just acting dumb and ignorant and being tricked into going bad. What inspired me to do this was actually MY own headcannon that REALLY departs from the prequels. I thought it would be cool if the first movie had established Obi-Wan and Anakin as the best of the Jedi (and not a whiny little bitch) during the Clone Wars and plant seeds of a possible relationship with Padme. But we'd have no reason to believe Anakin would turn or break the Jedi code here.
Ep. 2 would begin with Anakin's descent. With the Clone Wars slowly coming to an end, he's suffering from PTSD and ends up spending more and more time with Padme, thus putting in motion their romantic relationship. He becomes conflicted about this and also maintaining a proper Jedi lifestyle. He ultimately decides to go AWOL with Padme forcing Obi-Wan and the Jedi are forced to hunt him down for breaking the code. This puts him in a perfect position for Palpatine to finally make his move because Anakin has already turned his back and is battling the Jedi of his own will. He takes in the fugitive and then offers his knowledge of the darkside to help protect Padme (in line with the prequels) but what's different is that Anakin makes the choice to become Darth Vader freely. I think there's more impact for him to know what he's doing in becoming Vader, rather than being played like a puppet. A more tragic transformation for a former hero I think personally.
Ep.3 would jump into a new war between a newly established Empire and the Jedi (order 66). Palpatine is able to do this by having a known War Hero in Anakin/Vader smear the Jedi. By this time, Anakin is full Vader and hunting down the Jedi like we see in the many expanded universe stories and plays cat and mouse with Obi-Wan. Padme has just given birth and Vader hides her away becoming so overprotective that she's become a prisoner. Still a senator and political figure, Obi-Wan and Yoda try to rescue her abroad a Star Destroyer where they face both Palpatine and Vader. Dueling to a stand still, Vader loses control of the force in his rage and goes berserk- tearing the ship apart around them. The immense damage ends up mortally wounding Padme and mutilating both himself AND Palpatine. The Jedi manage to escape with dying Padme and the babies. In a flurry of evacuating ships and escape pods, Vader destroys as many as he can with the force before blacking out- thinking that he's killed the protagonists. Trying to finish off not only the Jedi, but his wife and kids would truly establish how far he's fallen. He and Palpatine go down with the ship (but survive of course). I think it's a bit more symbolic that Vader is responsible for his own disfigurement, truly making himself into the monster that we know as Darth Vader. And I thought also being the reason The Emperor is disfigured starts putting stress on their relationship, planting seeds that the Emperor may start looking for a replacement (events that are explored in the current Vader comic). The movie would end with the Jedi going into hiding like in ROTS and Vader finally dawning the black armor.
There are so many ways the movies could have gone, it's nice to imagine things
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A good idea for EP 2 would be while he's on the run he tries to spare the Jedi sent after him.
But when Mace Windu shows up, he realises if he wants to stay free he will have to kill him, as Windu is skilled/experianced enough to eventually overpower him, and him cutting him down marks his first step into Darkness.
As well as leaving him distraught (In a "There's no turning back now." realisation. Not a sobbing "What have I done!" break down.) for Palpatines manipulations.
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Yes, exactly. While still trying to be the Jedi he was taught to be they eventually back him into a corner where he has to defend himself against Mace and that would mean having to kill. The sort of thing where he'd say "I've given you the chance to simply leave me be, so you've brought this on yourselves." I think we're on the same wave length here
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Another thing that could have happen. Is that when Qui Gon and Obi-Wan find Anakin, he's around 10 or 11 and his Mum is already dead. With him working for Watto after indenturing himself to him following him loosing a podrace he entered to support his step family.
His Backstory would be that his Mum and him where slaves as long as he remembered, (He's not sure if his actual Dad was either dead or just not around. As his Mother would never talk about it.) till he as 5 and a moister farmer Lars, who had his own young son Owen. Bought and freed them. Eventually Marrying Anakins mother, and thus finally making them a family.
But when he was 9 Tuskin Raiders attacked a convey they where part of, wounding Lars, and killing Anakins mother. This also cost the farm dearly and unwilling to be a victim or burden Ani rashly, sets out to Mos Eisley, to get what he thinks would be easy money in racing. Getting Watto as a sponsor. Which ends badly costing him his freedom. Still wishing to help his step family he forces himself to use his skills for the toidarian and sends he's meager earnings to the Lars.
With Owen sometimes coming by to try and get Ani to let them buy he's freedom. An offer he always refuses.
This would allow us to see that while he wants to help others and is force sensitive. His experience in loosing his mum seeing his step dad crippled along with being forced once again into slavery, has left him with a lot of anger underneath. Something that would continue to affect him throughout his life.
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Good point and in fact, the prequels actually suffered from continuity problems.
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The prequels suffered from a GREAT many things, though continuity wouldn't be at the top of my list. Interested to learn your point of view.
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Not to mention overuse of CGI, bland script, romantic plot tumour and wooden acting for some such as Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman.
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Agreed. And the CGI doesn't quite hold up either, the green screen is painfully obvious. The cinematography was less than stellar, partly due to the bland script (only so much you can do with boring walking and talking scenes). It's bloated as well- so much of it isn't at all important to the core narrative. Awful directing, Lucas was given far too much freedom to do whatever he wanted without intervention. Christensen's performance (or lack there of) is probably at the top of my list. The worst thing ever. He's also from my home town which embarrasses me even more. He's brought great shame to my dojo 
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I agree and I like your idea of Fassbender as Anakin. He did an amazing job at playing Magneto in X-Men: First Class.
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