Forum:FC:What's the Story - Alternative Saga style



This is '''What’s the Story? – Alternative Star Wars Saga style'''! This is based on the canon, as well as Atarumaster88’s What’s the (back)story? for the Force Exile Series. Like the two aforementioned programs, this What’s the Story? is a feature for the Alternative Star Wars Saga, specifically Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One, where you, yes YOU, can submit entries for Alternative Saga characters of my choosing where you chronicle their stories, most of them being prior to their appearance (or, sometimes, mentioning) in, for now, The Chosen One. Star Wars: The Alderaan Affair may be added on at a later date, provided CBT comes back and likes the idea s well.

Much the same as the other two drives, this is essentially a contest to have the backstories you create become “canon” in the Alternative Saga. If you decide to write something, you can submit the backstory information to my e-mail, and I will choose which one I like best, or a combination of what I like best, to be included as the Alternative Saga “canon” backstory for the character (sometimes I may throw in non-character entries, just to spice things up). You are not sending me a piece of fan fiction. Fan fiction, ie. a narrative with dialogue, will be discarded if that’s what’s sent to me. You are essentially sending me biographical, personality, powers, etc. information (think seconds on an article). Don’t worry about encyclopedic guidelines. Feel free to include POV to your heart’s content. I'll also fix any spelling and grammar errors, since I'll likely be rewriting it anyway.

Ground rules

 * 1) No breaking of pre-established Alternative Saga canon. I don’t care if you break real canon, since this is a re-imagining after all, but you need to read up on what’s already established about the character.
 * 2) I will choose whatever entry I want, or a combination of entries, at my discretion. I can furiously edit them, tear them to shreds and only keep a few pieces, etc. No matter what, though, if your entry or part of your entry is chosen, you will be credited in both an “Essential Guide” type of .PDF I upload (still working out the specifics on that) as well as the “behind the scenes” of the article once that information is put in.
 * 3) Just as a note, the .PDF thing will be so I can source the articles and hopefully bring them to good or featured article status, depending on the amount of content you give me.
 * 4) You send me a Mary Sue, I hit the delete button.
 * 5) Adding onto the Mary Sue rule, don’t write something that violates what the character has already been established as. It has to make sense. For example, Scortora doesn’t get to be a misunderstood victim. She’s a conniving b****. Fact.
 * 6) As Ataru said in his rules (might as well say this since these rules are being shamelessly stolen from him), “nods to obscure canon are always a plus.” As I said, you don’t have to follow real Star Wars canon, but I always like to throw in obscure nods. Feel free to do that as well.
 * 7) A good entry should be around 500 to 2000 words. That’s just a general guideline, though.

How to submit
If you want to submit an entry, send it to my e-mail (philyeagles92873@yahoo.com) prior to the deadline I establish. Please send it as a Word Document (any version is acceptable) or some other equivalent.

How to be selected
After the deadline, I’ll decide which entry, if any, I’m going to go with. If your entry is chosen, you will get credit as noted above. If not, better luck next time. No whining is allowed.

First contest – Antidar Williams (ASWS)
I’ll start us off light with a fan-canon character: Antidar Williams.

Antidar Williams was a Republic Lieutenant and the male pilot of the Galactic Republic ambassadorial starship Radiant VII under Captain Maoi Madakor. During the Invasion of Utapau, Antidar was assigned to transport Jedi Master Jard Dooku and Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi to Utapau where they would serve as ambassadors and meet with Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray in the hopes of ending the conflict. While the ship was docked with the Federation command ship, Gunray ordered the ambassadors to be assassinated, and also had the Radiant VII destroyed. The resulting explosion cost Antidar his life.

Things you should read: Antidar Williams, The Chosen One Chapter 1, and. You are free to break from the canon found in the Wookieepedia article, but it might be a good guide for starters.

Things to remember: Williams served with Maoi Madakor during a battle in the Yinchorri Uprising in 23 BBY, which is where they met. In 22 BBY, when they were taking Dooku and Obi-Wan to Utapau, Madakor personally requested Williams as her co-pilot. Clearly there is a friendship or some other sort of relationship here. Keep that in mind, because what you write for Williams will end up influencing Madakor.

Deadline: Saturday, October 31st. Happy Halloween.

Caveat: If you feel that your work here would take away from something you may be doing in the current short story contest, make the short story contest a higher priority.

Any comments, questions, etc. can be posted beneath this comment. Happy writing! - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 00:51, October 5, 2009 (UTC)