Forum:FC:Opinions Needed!



Hi all!

I'm in a bit of a dilema. I'm trying to write a book, but would also like to write a SW fanfiction. But I don't know whether or not I should put my current project first, write both at the same time, or scrap the SW idea, or my actual book. Both ideas I've had for the two projects have been in my head for years, but I'm constantly scrapping and rewriting. All help appreciated!

For those interested, here are my ideas for the SW Fanon:

Book 1
-Backstory---

Over a three year period, the most powerful nation in the entire galaxy has crumbled into many warring factions.

One of the hardest hit was the Imperial State of Catarina. Catarina's history isn't long compared to other nations, but is rich nonetheless. It's history stretches back into the rule of the Infinite Empire. The planet dominated by a single supercontinent was very arid. The Rakata, for reasons unknown, selected Catarina as a location to show off the galaxy's natural wonders, terraforming Catarina into a humid paradise, and fille it to the brim with non-local life, including Acklay, Rancor, and Varactyls.

During the late era of the Infinite Empire, Rakata began settling Catarina in drones, trying to preserve their stagnating empire. Of course, they failed, leaving behind great monuments, including the magnificent Jedi Temple, with its Lotus shaped towers*1.

After the Rakata, a massive wave of Cathars who strayed far from the Main Fleet, reached Catarina, in 3'923 BBY. The clans present included Juhanii, Crodoi, Sylvari, Jorgani, Kharri, and Handai.

The Cathar named the system they inhabited (O-17, Iskin, to be precise) Coro Igna, or Heart of Fire, for the blinding star and the hope they had in their hearts. The phrase would be corrupted over the years to become Corina, and their demonym Corinthian. They named their home planet Katrina, after themselves.

The Cathar formed primitive chiefdoms, and lost thousands of years of technological innovation, living in the trees. They believed that technology was the root of evil. This belief led to the downfall of Catharese civilization.

Starting in 2'161 BBY, or 1492 in the ATC Calendar, the Naboo began colonizing the planet, calling it Catarina, a bastardization of the Cathar name.

Over a period of two centuries, the Naboo assimilated the local culture of Catarina. They built impressive palace-cities and state-of-the-art education centres. With a more sophisticated culture, the Catarinese found new ways to express themselves, and their self-determination.

The Naboo finally agreed in 1'861 BBY, or 1792 ATC, to grant home rule to the Catarinese, forming the Grand Duchy of Catarina. The Monarch of Naboo retained the post of Head of State, while the Grand Duke, a clansmen of the House of Juhanii, became the Head of Government.

However, a series of treaties finally gave Catarina full independence in 1'717 BBY, or 1936 ATC. The Treaty of Theed established Grandduko Celestino as Head of State, and free to secede from Naboo, and subsequently the Galactic Republic. The Republic wasn't entirely thrilled with the notion, but the Catarinese declared weeks of celebration, even creating a new calendar in celebration of their most skilled diplomat and ruler, Grandduko, recently proclaimed Bazilio, Celestino. 1936 than became 3 AC, or Anno Celestino Year of Celestine

Celestino embarked on a series of building projects, mainly in the nation's capital of Coralina (Koroleona in Cathar), building a Portico-lined square in front of the Domora, the palace of the Grand Duchy, triumphal gateways into the Domora Square, a Hippodrome for horse racing, and a temple dedicated to their patron goddess, Celesta, the Templo de Celesta*2.

Celestino was an advocate of people's rights, and allowed Catarinese, regardless of race, citizenship and equal rights, even regardless of gender. Many new ethnicities became enticed by Catarina, including the Twi'leks and Wookies.

Celestino was a major patron of the arts, and supported the establishment of a Catarinese music and art scene, aswell as the popularization of Catarinese wines. During his 60-year reign, Catarina fluorished, and for many years to come.

However, as trade increased with outside influences, by 967 BBY, or 753 AC, the calls for further participation in government by common folk caused a stagnation in Catarina. The Bazilio agreed, and formed a Parlamento, a Senate. The former Temple of Celeste was retrofitted to house the Senate, becoming the Palaco Parlamento.

The remaining centuries saw greater prosperity and interest in the Corinthian System, and saw it as a great tourist location close to Naboo, and the population and economy boomed.

However, during the reign of Bazilio Cornelio III (52-30 BBY, also 1668-1646 AC), the Grand Duchy, after over a millenia of rule, the Grand Duchy would come to an end, despite Cornelio's able rule. It would be Catarina's isolationism that put the final nail in the coffin.

During the later part of Cornelio's reign, the Trade Federation kept attempting to capitilize on Catarinese market. The Catarinese, distrusting capitalism, refused over and over. With the non-TF Republic and Catarinese relations warmed up, the TF invaded and installed a puppet regime, around the time of the invasion of Naboo.

The Bazilio and his family fled Catarina and settled in Naboo. The Falangistas, a right-wing group sponsored by the TF, seized control and formed the Republic of Catarina. During their rule, Catarina seriously militarized and the government began a process of Human-Alien segregation.

After the outbreak of the Clone Wars, the Republic launched an invasion of the Corinthian System, because of its proximity to Naboo. The Grand Duchy was reinstated in 21 BBY (1655 AC), but was a member of the Republic.

Independence was short-lived. With the transformation of the Republic into the Empire, Catarinese were upset with the turn of events, and Cornelio and his cabinet declared war in the Opera House. A Sith Assassin hired by Sidious assassinated the House of Juhani, and used the clause in the constitution that prohibited any other family to rule to dissolve the monarchy once and for all.

While Palpatine remained Emperor of Catarina, the Sith Assassin (to be named) became Governor, and a Senate kept some form of limited democracy present in Catarina.

When the Empire enters a period of unrest during 10 BBY (1666 AC), the Catarinese begin anti-Imperial riots, mainly consisting of Twi'lek wanting their language and people represented by the Constitution. Instead, they are brutally surpressed. A fire consumes the Halo Popola, apparently destroyed by anti-Imperialists, aliens, and monarchists. In actuality, it was the Sith Assassin, who used this as a power grab to fuel anti-Alien feeling, arrest the Senate, suspend the Constitution, and declare himself as Co-Emperor of Corina, complete with his own personal standard.

His reign saw Catarina descend into corruption. Anyone non-human was stripped of their citizenship, and were either conscripted or forced to work on system-wide projects. Females could buy their citizenship via the growing sex trade, or if they were trialed and found guilty of crime, they were forced to work in the sex trade anyway.

After the formation of the Alliance to Restore the Republic was formed eight years later, Emperor Palpatine sent a fellow Sith Lord, Darth Magnus, and his Sith Assassin to Naboo and Corinthia. Little to their knowledge, the Assassin is the Sith Lord's daughter.

They spent the next few years quelling any rebellious dissent, but an underground resistance network, La Rekonkero, persisted. The founder and leader, a Cathar Jedi Master imprisoned on Luna, one of Catarina's two moons with large levels of mineralsm which was a notorious forced labour camp. In secret, he was training fellow inmates in the ways of the Force.

La Rekonkero infilitrated local Stormtrooper battalions by 0 ABY, and two years later, prior to the Battle of Endor, while working on a mass transit system, discovered several underground hangars mile below Coralina. The hangars each contained a massive droid army, complete with experimental varietis and space vessels. The Stormtroopers failed to report the discovery to their superiors, but forwarded it on to La Rekonkero.

During this time, an Imperial Shuttle carrying elite Stromtroopers crashed onto the surface of Kashyyy, killing all but one, a Force-sensitive.

After the Battle of Endor and subsequent destruction of the Death Star II and deaths of Darth Sidious and Darth Vader, the Empire split into fragments, each declaring itself successor. The former Sith Assassin was no exception, nominating Darth Magnus as Co-Emperor.

The Alliance to Restore the Republic was reorganized into the Galactic Alliance of Free Planets. with a capital at Kashyyyk.

-Start of Book 1-

Six years later, La Rekonkero has fully modernized its droid armies, even going as far as giving them independent AI. Luke Skywalker, representing the Galactic Alliance, landed on Kamino and convinced the Kaminoans to go ahead with Phase III of the Clone Program, which will be ready in two years. However, he stressed the need for independent thought and variety, much to their displeasure.

Above Kamino, a Star Destroyer under the helm of Darth Magnus was chacing a Rebel Transport. On board was a member of Catarina's Nabooine nobility, even going as far as claiming the throne. She held plans concerning the possible uprisings in the Southern Empire, and was attempting to negotiated with the Alliance.

However, things hadn't gone as planned, and the Transport exploded over Kamino, raining debris all over Kamino.

Search parties discovered that the Princess had sent the vessel into self destruct and handed herslef over to the Empire, allowing her crew to escape in pods.

Luke travels back to Kashyyyk, hearing of recent Imperial defeats in the North, but resurgences in the South. Late one night, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker's force ghosts manifest in his hut and tell him that he needs to find a force-sensitive Stormtrooper who has been hiding out in Mysess Glade for many years. Perplexed, he asks why the stormtrooper, only to get a cryptic response that essentually means his presence dictates the success of the Rebellion, or its defeat.

Skywalker is reluctanct on his quest, wanting nothing more than to return to Yavin 4 for his padawans, and attend the marriage of Han and Leia Solo, on Endor.

He discovers the Stormtrooper located around the Great Tree. Skywalker is amazed to see that the Stormtrooper has befriended a local Kerritamba Wookie, something unheard of. He also notes the surprising tranquility of him, and judges him to be at least 25 years in age.

Skywalker than comes out of hiding, and pretends to be a tourist touring the Swamp. The Stormtrooper is surprised, but is not hostile. The two talk, the Trooper expressing surprise at the fact that a somebody would want to come into these parts. Skywalker reveals the rise of the Galactic Alliance and that Kashyyyk is the new headquarters. The Stormtrooper is in shock, and when in an apparent daze, causes himself to float above the ground. Skywalker than interrupts, and reveals himself as is, and the two have a few awkward conversations, with the Stormtrooper telling Luke his real age is 29 and he's been stranded here for nearly a decade. Skywalker offers to teach the Stormtrooper in the ways of the force, and could use a spy. He accepts, offically becoming apprentice to Luke Skywalker.

Part of his decision to "adopt" the trooper was due to his uncontrolled power and rage, which Luke knew only could lead to terrible things.

For several weeks and months, the Trooper and his companion follow the Solos and Luke arround, fighting advances by notable warlords and by the Alliance itslef.

At the end of 8 ABY, a controversial event end potential hopes for an 8 ABY date of Catarinese revolution. A local Twi'lek singer famous throughout the galaxy is imprisoned on Luna for singing the Galactic Republic's anthem. La Rekonkero had been hoping on a Galactic-wide event to distract the Empire.

At the beginning of 9 ABY (1685 AC), north imperialists attack and defeat the Alliance at Endor, during the marriage ceremony of Han and Leia, capturing Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, R2, C-3P0, Lando, and Mon Mothma. Luke urges the Jedi Stormtrooper to leave for Naboo, to seek out Jedi Master Lilith, a Gungan. A rival faction seizes them during transport to trial on Coruscant, and they are being whisked away to Dathomir, and than Felucia, but than the Hutts, surprisingly, seize them and take them south to Nal Hutta, since Tatooine had been taken over by Geonosis. They are greeted by the Emperor of the South and his aprrentices. Luke Skywalker makes a startling revelation after observing that the Jedi Stormtrooper and Sith Assassin look like twins.

The leaders of the Galactic Alliance are sent to Luna, awaiting execution. During this time, the Empire retakes Utapau and destroys Polis Maasa, transporting the Polis Maasans to Corinthia. The Jedi Stormtrooper and Lilith, aswell as a mysterious woman are discovered on Naboo, and are sent along to Luna.

The Galactic Alliance has been left leaderless, and is experiencing its first major defeats since Hoth. Yet in the facilities on Luna, things are about to change.

It is discovered that the Cathar Jedi Master along with his Jedi Knights, the singer, and the leaders of the Alliance are in the same cell block.

One night, as the shift changes and a lone stormtrooper goes into the Singer's cell to rape her*3. The others in the cell block start a commotion.

The stormtrooper, in his lust, left the door to the Singer's cell, and she beats the heck out of her captor. She steals his keys and unlocks many cells before other stormtroopers arrive, distracted by the commotion.

A firefight ensues, and soon the "criminals" overwhelm the forces. The fighting spreads, and in a deserted office, the Cathar Jedi Master uses a hologram to initiate Operation Rekonkero. The message spreads quickly, and soon enough, a fleet composed of a retrofitted Providence-class Carrier/Destroyer, the Celestine, arrives to liberate the millions of convicts on Luna. They succeed, and the Emperor on Naboo, declares intentions of the destruction of every last Corinthian world, deploying the most powerful fleet in the Galaxy to Catarina and her moons.

The Rekonkero fleet than enacts revenge on the sadistic governor of Luna. The Celestine, just for this occasion, had been outfitted with a laser capable of destroying a small moon.

They fire, and completely destroy the moon. Celebrations were cut short, however, with the arrival of the Imerial Main Fleet. After an hour, the Celestine is damaged enough for her to be overtaken by Catarina's gravity, and she crashes into a field dotted by wreckage left by the great Battle of Asphodel, which determined the fate of the CIS on Catarina. The Empire follows them, and captures her precious cargo. The criminals are taken to Coralina to stand trial.

They are lead into the Domora, and presented to the Emperor. The Emperor, realizing that the Jedi Stormtrooper, Princess, and Sith Assassin are the offspring of Darth Magnus, orders Magnus to kill them personally, along with the mysterious woman, leaving the rest to the Gas Chambers below the Palace.

However, Darth Magnus is dumbstruck-his former wife was present. He than concluded that the three young adults were his three children. He is than torn to duty and his rage, and his wife whom he thought dead, and realized that he had been played as a pwan, first by Palpatine, and now by the present Emperor.

Sensing his hesitance, the Emperor tries to tempt the Force-sensitives into the Dark Side, or face death. They chose death. The Emperor begins to electrocute all of Magnus's family, including the Sith Assassin. Pushed to the brink, Magnus Force pushes him into a wall and stabs him to death with his own lightsaber.

Darth Magnus, the Slayer of a Thousand Worlds, has redeemed himself.

The family, very confused, follows Magnus, and he journeys through the palace, battling his way into the Gas Chambers, and slays the Manager, releasing the capitves.

Catarina is in full celebration, and instead of taking part in celebration, Lilith the Gungan takes the family (after realizing who they were) to Naboo, who have fallen fast asleep from exhaustion.
 * 1 Think Angkor Wat
 * 2 Later would become the Palaco Parlamento, the Halo Popola, and subsequently the Palaco de la Republica.
 * 3 If the Empire can murder an entire planet, why not? I personally do not agree with this, and did not enjoy writing that sentence.

--Canuck2012 (Talk) 00:48, August 24, 2012 (UTC)Canuck2012