User blog:Brandon Rhea/The Chosen One Re-Release: Prologue, Chapter 1



After having gone through three drafts of Shadows of the Jedi: The Legend of Ussej Padric Bac from 2006 to 2008 before temporarily canning it to work on Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One, I swore that it would be the ONLY draft of The Chosen One. Well....I lied. I’m not doing major changes as I did with every incarnation of The Legend of Ussej Padric Bac, but I am doing basic quality control, and changing things around for a bit. For example, in the segments of this “special edition” that have already been released, I’ve added an entirely new part to the prologue, and I’ve reworked the scenes in Chapter 1 a bit (this new Chapter 1 is actually a combination of the ORIGINAL Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, and they were combined to quicken the pacing of the Invasion of Utapau). Later on, I’ll be adding some additional things to the Tatooine story arc, as I felt that I neglected Annikin Skywalker’s family, particularly Cliegg Lars, in the previous draft. I may also make a few modifications to the segment where Mace Windy tracks down Jango Fett on Nar Shaddaa.

For those that don’t know, let me give a brief outline of this novel. The Chosen One is an Alternative Star Wars Saga fan fiction novel written by me, Brandon Rhea, that re-imagines the films Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones with segments based off of those films and brand new original segments. Currently incomplete, the novel has been in production since November 2007, and is being released chapter-by-chapter as each one is completed.

The novel is set during the Invasion of Utapau, based on the canon Invasion of Naboo, in 22 BBY and deals with the discovery of the Annikin Skywalker and the beginning of his time with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Naberrie and the Jedi Order. Although Annikin does not believe he will fulfill the Prophecy of the Chosen One as he is told he will, he is surrounded by those who do believe in it. The novel also details a mystery surrounding the Mandalorian Clans, the possible return of the Sith and the beginning of the Clone Wars.

With this new version comes a new way of showcasing it here on the Star Wars Fanon Wiki. Inspired by Victor Dorantes who is doing the same thing, I will no longer be posting my chapters in article form, like I had in article pages titled “The Chosen One: Chapter Five - Allusions”, for example. Instead, I will be saving them in .PDF format and uploading them to Star Wars Fanon as if they were images. Essentially, this gets me around the GFDL license that all content POSTED on Wikia is licensed under. GFDL basically says that as long as someone gives credit to the original author, anyone can freely take and distribute your work without your permission. I don’t want that, so it’s now licensed as something that needs permission to distribute. I had also been releasing them on TheStarWarsRP.Com and TheForce.Net, but I don’t know if that is still the case. The novel and all Star Wars related licenses and trademarks are © Lucasfilm, Ltd. 1977 - 2009, as stated at the bottom of each of my segments, although some rights are reserved under Creative Commons.

Currently, the prologue and Chapter 1 have been polished up and released. I’d like to thank Solus for serving as my editor in this re-release (and I might as well thank Vic here too since he served as my editor for part of the original draft, and he will still receive credit as an editor). She’s a bit of a Nazi when it comes to grammar and writing styles, but it’s helped. I can also be a bit of a hard ass when I’m in what we’re jokingly calling “the ZONE”, so I give her a lot of credit for putting up with some of my bullshit. Anyway, the links to the prologue and the first chapter are as follows, and additional chapters will be posted as they are written (Chapter 2, which is about 1/3 of the way done, will be out tomorrow or the next day, I hope).


 * Prologue - The Key
 * Chapter One - Federation Hospitality