Legacy of Anakin Skywalker and Evil Luke / Exile

Interesting. Very interesting...

 

Best post I've read so far! He could be "The Ancient Fear" since nobody heard anything about him for 35 years?

 

I'm definately down with a Dark Luke. Nice post. It might be cool if he's only kinda darkside. Trying to skirt the razor's edge of light and dark, living in the grey area.

 

Like in The Clone Wars Mortis episodes, Anakin is the Father, Luke is the Son and Leia is the daughter. The Father wanted Anakin to take his place and in a way he would have. If Luke is dark and Leia is light then what of their children if they have any? how do you stop Luke for force sake? For more on Mortis, http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mortis

 

Started off reading OP and hating it. By the end I think its a great idea, especially fleshed out this way:

Great ideas, guys.

 

I agree that it would be more a sacrifice then a fall. I remember that Episode 1 was rumored to be called "The Balance of the Force". I think that may be a good title for VII.

 

mortis.
yes that would be cool. But what if Leia is the evil one.

 

Electricity is electricity, it cares not how it is used... to light a house or exterminate a prisoner...

 

Does anyone know of a YouTube video that showed the entire OT with commentary from the crew, directors, and actors? It really feeds into this discussion really well, but I cannot seem to find it. It would be a shame if it was removed.

If I remember correctly, there was a couple of comments either during ESB and/or ROTJ that described possible events for the sequel trilogy. I think it said that they were still not sure if Luke was going to turn to the dark side, and if he did, that his sister was going to turn him back to the light side and together they would destroy the Emporer by the end of the saga.

 

I've heard that too.

 

I believe this harkens back to the storyline where Leia was not Luke's sister, that there was "another Skywalker", and the arc of the third trilogy was the quest for the other, and together they confront the Emperor in Episode IX.

This changed with RoTJ, Luke and Leia being related, and the death of Palpatine

 

Yeah it definitely seems that way. But if I remember right, they were also considering Luke turning to the dark side and Leia destroying the Emperor in ROTJ. I wish I could find that video; it was the best commentary I had seen on the OT. It also described how Richard Marquand wanted the rebellion to experience some sort of loss in ROTJ, whether it was destroying the Millennium Falcon, Lando and/or Han dying, or Luke turning and/or dying. Lucas, however, didn't want to do any of that because he said that it reminded him of how upset he got when his favorite characters died when he was young.

 

i brought this up in another thread and i agree, if they split Luke and Leia between "light" and "dark" then it would be the same story as the Mortis episode, which would be totally lame. it's a cool story, but i doubt they'll use it; they've got to have something more original than that.

as for keeping in balance with the Force, THAT'S WHAT JEDI ALREADY DO!! it's not like they choose "light" over "dark" sides, like it's some type of meat or wine; to be a Jedi is to live harmoniously with the Force that is natural, and consequently, harmonious. Sith are just assholes that use their abilities to further their own agendas (primarily being Imperial take over plans), overly tapping into sides of themselves (and nature/ the Force) that are destructive in some way. those Son and Daughter characters were weird demi-gods and personifications of the Force, not true Jedi or Sith. like some wise dude once said, "It is not simply enough to know the light…a Jedi must feel the tension between the two sides of the Force…in himself and in the universe."

 

More to the point, I remember it was over Han dying, and Lucas not wanting to do it because there was no future in dead hero toys

 

Yeah I remember Harrison Ford talking about that in an interview too, but there was a lot more head butting between Lucas and Marquand than just Han. Marquand wanted the Millennium Falcon to get blown up instead of escape after the Death Star was destroyed. They still weren't sure if that would happen, hence Han's line "Yeah, I just got a funny feeling. Like I'm not gonna see her again". Of course selling toys could have been the real reason behind Lucas's motivations. Probably both to a certain degree.

Also, I do remember them mentioning "the other" during the ESB commentary. Sigh. If only I could find that video.

 

Found them. They are no longer on YouTube:

http://vimeo.com/m/32442801

http://vimeo.com/m/36158111

http://vimeo.com/m/3647425

It could take me a while to sift through these for those quotes; nonetheless, I highly recommend them!

 

Obi-Wan: "That boy is our last hope."
Yoda: "No...there is another..."

It is assumed here that Yoda was referring to Leia, but I think the ascertain is incorrect. The "another" Yoda refers to is none other than Anakin himself.

Let's remember that Anakin was The Chosen One, and his role was to destroy the sith, not to become one of them. In the end, this is exactly what he did... he picked ol' Palpatine up and threw him in the reactor. Anakin (for he was Anakin again by that point) killed the emperor, not Luke... the galaxy may believe Luke did it, but in the end, the prophecy was fulfilled, and Anakin restored balance to the Force