Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One

"And in the time of greatest despair, there shall come a savior..."

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Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One is a novel written by author Brandon Rhea and edited by fellow author Victor Dorantes. The novel is the first episode of a re-imagining of George Lucas' Star Wars Saga known as Brandon Rhea’s Alternative Star Wars Saga. The novel deals with the emergence of an eighteen year old from starwars:Tatooine named Annikin Skywalker as the possible prophetic Chosen One, as well as the start of the Clone War. The novel also serves as an introduction to a romantic relationship between Annikin and and Padmé Naberrie, a starwars:Jedi Padawan serving at the starwars:Jedi Temple on the metropolitan world of Coruscant.

Rhea devotes a great deal of the novel to the beginning of the end of the starwars:Galactic Republic, as well as the mysteries surrounding a supposed clone army on the watery world of starwars:Kamino and the Mandalorian Clans, who have not been heard from for centuries. The rest of the novel is devoted to the rise of Annikin Skywalker and his feelings surrounding the less-than-welcoming Jedi Order, as well as his feelings for Padmé Naberrie who also disagrees with some of the principles of the Jedi regarding love and attachment. Another major theme is deception, most notably with the ruthless slavers of the Trade Federation and Darth Maul as they plot against Utapauan Queen Sabé Arcadia in a massive blockade of Utapau.

The novel is followed by a sequel that is simply titled Star Wars: Episode II until the release of the full title. The novel is set to deal with the continuing adventures of Annikin Skywalker, Padmé Naberrie and Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as other characters such as Yoda, Mace Windy and Malus Palpatine. Very little else is known about the story of the novel, though it will continue and end some major plots from The Chosen One and will begin other new plots. Episode II is due to be released in Summer 2008.

Preface

 * Before Romeo and Juliet
 * Before Tristan and Isolde

Just over one thousand, nine hundred and seventy-seven years after the birth of one savior in Nazareth, one man took it upon himself to begin the story of another savior, Luke Skywalker. Twenty two years later, the story of the father, Anakin, another savior, was told. But like all historical events, the story of Anakin and Luke is subject to interpretation. That’s the interesting thing about stories. While one might believe they know everything there is to know about legends, other accounts might arise that tell a drastically different tale. This is one of those tales. Twenty-eight years after you first saw the warship fly over the desert wastes, you were told that the saga was complete. Nothing could have been further from the truth.

The saga of the star wars is far from over.

Twelve years after the brief Stark Hyperspace War, turmoil engulfed the Galactic Republic. The outlawing of the slave trade in the outlying star systems was met with great dispute and hostility, particularly from capitalistic corporations such as the Trade Federation. Hoping to force the Galactic Senate to change their policy on slave labor, the ruthless Federation moved a large blockade of deadly battle cruiser to stop all shipping to the small, peaceful world of Utapau. But there was a more sinister plot at work, one that involved the takeover of the Galactic Republic itself. While the Galactic Senate endlessly debated the alarming chain of events, Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum secretly dispatched two powerful members of the Jedi Order, the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy, in the hopes of settling the growing conflict as quickly and as peacefully as possible.

What he did not know was that sending the Jedi was just what his enemies wanted....

Publisher's summary
'''A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, an evil legacy long believed dead has since been awakened. Even the Jedi, guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic, are caught by surprised, their attentions focused on political unrest between the greedy Trade Federation and the Republic. Now, the dark side of the Force threatens to overwhelm the light, and only an ancient Jedi prophecy stands between hope and doom for the entire galaxy.'''

''On the desert world of Tatooine, far from the concerns of the Republic, a young man is being closely but unknowingly watched over by a strange group of hermits from the Dune Sea. These hermits sense that there is something special about him, seeing an aura of prophecy surrounding his life. This young man’s only hope is in the hands of the one that these hermits call the Argus, one who will fall from the sky and help free him from the bind that keeps him in the desert wastes.''

''In another part of the galaxy, Jedi Master Jard Dooku and Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi are charged with protecting Queen Arcadia of Utapau as she seeks to end the invasion of her planet brought about by the corporate greed of the Trade Federation. It is this quest that brings them to Tatooine, where Obi-Wan too senses something in the young man named Annikin Skywalker. Their only hope is to convince Annikin to leave Tatooine with them and become a Knight of the Old Republic, and join with men and women destined to become legends...''

Excerpt
“How do you know of the prophecy?” Dooku asked, with his tone seemingly irritated after hearing the words that Sarus spoke.

“Our ancestors wrote it,” Sarus said kindly, not returning Dooku’s irritation out of fear of alienating him like he knew he had done to Arcadia during the feast, “but that’s not all. We have the entire text of the prophecy.”

Obi-Wan and Dooku both slowly stood up in shock, not realizing the confused reactions of the others as they did so. Annikin, Arcadia and Jar all stared at them in wonder, as they had never heard of such a prophecy before. Each of them had heard ancient prophecies, but they had never seen anyone so shocked to hear one before. Considering it was two Jedi who were seemingly shocked beyond all belief, they could only imagine that the prophecy was incredibly important.

“Recite it,” Dooku commanded forcefully, “now!”

“Very well,” Sarus said as he moved over to another passage written in the Ophuchi language, brushing off the dust just as he had done to the previous one. “It says that in the time of greatest despair, there shall come a savior and he shall be known as the Son of the Suns. He will be born of purity as the son of the chosen people. Some will wish him dead. Others will try to exploit him. In the end, he shall bring balance, and then he shall bring harmony. He shall bring emotion, and then he shall bring compassion. He shall bring chaos to order, and then he shall bring justice. For a time, the Bogan shall reign. Yet the followers cannot be dismayed at the future the chosen one creates, for hope shall yet be born anew. The brightest of all lights will continue to shine and come the awaited Day of Judgment, the Ophuchi will announce the return.”

Even though he could tell most of the others were intrigued upon hearing the full prophecy, Annikin’s heart nearly stopped upon hearing it. It was as if the weight of the entire universe had just fallen upon his young shoulders, as he believed that he had figured out why he had been brought out to the desert. If he was right, which he hoped to whatever higher power existed that he was not, then Sarus and the Ophuchi believed him to be the one spoken of in the prophecy. Why they would believe that was beyond him, as he was nothing more than a simple farm boy with no special connection to any great power. His only real skill was fixing machinery, and even then it was a learned ability. He just had to be sure that Sarus believed it was really him.

Despite her irritation with Sarus, Arcadia was very taken with the story. It was certainly one of the more intriguing ones she had learned in her lifetime, and she was surprised that she was actually able to understand some of it. She knew that Ashla and Bogan were ancient terms for the light and dark sides of the Force, as that was taught during her schooling. The rest, however, seemed to be open to interpretation and it would take some time for her to come to her own conclusion. Even so, it was hard for her to bring herself to question the interpretation, as her instincts would have normally told her to do. She knew that one interpretation of something did not mean it was fact, though she would have to learn more about it before she was even able to put together any real thoughts about it. As she turned and looked to the others, she could tell that they were intrigued, though they were in the same position as she was in not being able to come to any sort of proper conclusion as of yet. Even so, Dooku did not seem pleased to hear the prophecy, for reasons she did not know of. Then again, she knew very little of the Jedi Order, so his evident irritation could have meant something important that she knew nothing about.

Despite what Arcadia believed, however, Dooku was well on his way to collecting his thoughts. At first, what Sarus had to say intrigued him and he believed that he might have misjudged him, something he normally would never have admitted, but he could barely sit still at the idea that members of the Brotherhood of Darkness actually survived past the encounter with the Jedi ten years after the Seventh Battle of Ruusan. Too many had sacrificed their lives to destroy the Sith to have some hermit tell him otherwise. It was an injustice in his mind, and he would not allow it. Every instinct he had told him that he had to question everything and simply not believe a word.

Before Dooku could protest what he had heard, Sarus stepped down from the ledge he stood on and walked to another wall a few meters away from the text of the prophecy. The group did not stand up to follow him, but they did watch where he was going to see what he had to say next. He finally stopped at a nearby wall that had an intricate painting of a group of animals in a large fight. What that meant was unknown to them, though they could only assume that Sarus was going to explain it in great detail so they would understand it.

“This painting reflects the beliefs of our people regarding the Chosen One,” Sarus told them. “It’s mostly symbolic, but symbolism can represent fact. It represents an enslaved cove that will rise up and vanquish a serpent that will slowly try to corrupt and destroy him to catch him as his prey. When the serpent is destroyed, the desert rain will fall once more.”

“You’re saying that the drought is connected to this prophecy?” Annikin asked, failing to understand how an ancient myth that he hoped was false could have anything to do with a lack of moisture on the planet.

“That’s exactly what I’m saying,” Sarus replied. “The rain stopped falling the day the Chosen One was born and will not fall again until he fulfills his destiny, but he won’t fulfill it alone. There will be a group of falcons that help guide him along the path to his destiny. The only one we know of is called the Argus, and the Argus will help free the dove, which we call the Optivum Servator, from his shackles before vanquishing the serpent.”

Nothing made sense anymore. Assuming Sarus was even correct in what the prophecy was saying, it was hard for Annikin to believe that his very life was the cause of a drought that had affected so many people on Tatooine, and even ended the lives of others, including his own step-brothers mother. Annikin had always wanted to believe that his life would be whatever he made of it, but if his birth was connected to the drought than there really was some sort of pre-destined outcome for his life. That was not something he wanted.

“What does Optivum Servator mean?” Annikin asked, his tone reflecting that he was still greatly overwhelmed by everything that was being said.

“It means Chosen One in the language of our ancient peoples,” Sarus replied, looking directly at Annikin as he said it, “and we know that the Argus will fall from the sky and free the Chosen One from his shackles.”

Annikin’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he heard what the Argus would do. He looked to Obi-Wan and Dooku, who were still trying to make sense of everything, realizing that one of them was most likely the Argus as their ship had fallen from the sky. This was all assuming that he was, in fact, the Chosen One, and he had to find out. He would not let his finding out be interrupted again.

“Do you know who the Chosen One is?” Annikin asked hesitantly, knowing that there was a good chance he would not like the answer he was given.

“I think you already know the answer to that question,” Sarus said with a reassuring nod, “but don’t worry, Chosen One. You will not be alone in your journey.”

Invasion
Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his former teacher Jedi Master Jard Dooku were sent by Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum as ambassadors in the hopes of settling the blockade of Utapau. Shortly after they arrived on the Trade Federation command ship, they were targeted for assassination. Obi-Wan was forced to fight off a battle droid squadron while Dooku attempted to break into the bridge, but in the end there were too many droids so they were forced to flee. They made their way into the ventilation system which led them to a docking bay where they found an invasion army preparing to make its way to the surface. They agreed to stow aboard separate ships and meet each other on the planet’s surface.

Onboard the Federation ship, Viceroy Nute Gunray was severely chastised by his superior Lord Maul, a supposed Sith Lord. Maul spoke with Queen Sabé Arcadia over a viewscreen and informed her that they had not met with any ambassadors, as no ambassadors had arrived. Arcadia did not believe what Maul said, and because she was starting to become suspicious Maul ordered the Invasion of Utapau to begin.

When the Federation ship Obi-Wan had stowed aboard was making its way to the surface, Obi-Wan assaulted the battle droid pilots which caused the ship to crash in the swamps. Obi-Wan cut his way out of the bottom and dropped into a lake just in time to avoid being detected by the other forces that were in the area. At the same time, Dooku was having a difficult time running through the swamps due to his old age. He was saved by a Gungan named Jar Binks, and shortly thereafter Dooku saw Obi-Wan, whose lightsaber had shorted out when it hit the water shortly before, running through the forests from droids. Once Dooku destroyed them, Obi-Wan met Binks, who said he was the Crowned Prince of the Gungan Empire, and the Gungan agreed to take them to the city he had been banished from for protection.

Hundreds of miles away in the capital city of Theed, Queen Arcadia met with her advisers. They attempted to speak with Utapau Senator Malus Palpatine, but the transmission was cut short, leading Captain Panaka and Theed Governor Sio Bibble to believe that they need to prepare for a possible invasion of the planet. However, Arcadia was determined not to let any action she took lead to a war with the Federation.

Shortly thereafter, Binks led Obi-Wan and Dooku into the underwater city of Otoh Gunga where they were met with hostility from the Gungan High Council, including High Councilor Rugor Nass. The High Council offered to give the two Jedi a transport after being manipulated with the Force, and the Jedi were also able to convince them to release Binks from the death sentence he would have received for breaking his exile. Twenty minutes later, the three of them left Otoh Gunga through the ocean core for Theed. Binks explained the reasoning behind his exile before they were attacked by sea creatures, though they were able to escape. While this was taking place, Gunray was being tortured by Maul for defying Maul’s orders earlier.

Thousands of light years away, Jedi Masters Yoda and Mace Windy, along with Jedi Knight Ki-Adi Mundi, were returning from a mission to Ansion onboard the Jedi flagship Chu'unthor. After a training duel between Windy and Mundi, Yoda spoke with Windy about reports that they had both received from the Galactic Senate about a clone army being created by the cloners on Kamino to be used against the Galactic Republic. After speaking with Geith, their caretaker for the journey on the flagship, Windy agreed to go to Kamino and find out what he could about the clone army.

When the Jedi and Binks arrived in Theed, Arcadia and her advisers had already been captured by Trade Federation battle droids that had invaded the city. Gunray confronted them and demanded that Arcadia sign a treaty to legalize the Federation occupation, though she refused and Gunray ordered that she and her people be taken the concentration camps being constructed in the city. As they were being taken away, the Jedi and Binks attacked the droids and destroyed them, allowing them to escape to the hangar with the royal party. After destroying the droids in the hangar bay, the Jedi and Binks led Arcadia and Panaka’s men onto the royal starship and made their way into orbit, where their shield generator was damaged. An astromech droid called R2-D2 was able to fix it, and he was later commended by Arcadia before she approved a plan by the Jedi to take the ship to Tatooine for repairs. On the Federation command ship, Maul decided that he would track the ship to try to apprehend the queen.

Revelations
As the royal ship was approaching Tatooine, a young man named Annikin Skywalker was in Anchorhead a few miles from his home. He stopped in the cantina for water, and was hassled by a Rodian bartender and bookie named Greedo because Annikin had failed to pay him from a lost swoop racing bet. As Annikin left the cantina, he saw a sandstorm in the distance and the royal starship being grazed by it, causing him to crash. He rushed to the ship to make sure the passengers were safe and was able to get inside before being overtaken by the storm.

Inside the ship, Annikin was tackled to the ground by guards before being released by Obi-Wan. Annikin introduced himself and told them all why he was there, and as Annikin noticed a lightsaber on Obi-Wan’s belt Dooku mocked him as he believed Annikin was trying to be a hero. The crew explained that their hyperdrive had been damaged, so Annikin offered to repair it. Arcadia agreed to allow him to do so and agreed for the crew to stay at Annikin’s home, as all systems would have to be shut down, and she was surprised when Annikin refused compensation. Before Annikin and Obi-Wan left to talk to Annikin’s family, Dooku confronted Obi-Wan about Annikin, saying he was not worth their time. One half hour later, Annikin and Obi-Wan arrived at the Lars homestead where Annikin’s mother Shmi Skywalker-Lars and his step-father Cliegg Lars agreed to let the crew stay, much to Annikin’s step-brother Owen Lars’s disapproval due to his dislike of outsiders.

Table of Contents

 * Prologue - The Tragedy
 * Chapter One - Elusive Feelings
 * Chapter Two - Federation Hospitality
 * Chapter Three - Invasion
 * Chapter Four - Otoh Gunga
 * Chapter Five - Allusions
 * Chapter Six - Escape
 * Chapter Seven - Tatooine
 * Chapter Eight - Annikin
 * Chapter Nine - The Hermits
 * Chapter Ten - The Cloners
 * Chapter Eleven - The Ophuchi
 * Chapter Twelve - Prophecy
 * Chapter Thirteen - Bargain
 * Chapter Fourteen - Freedom
 * Chapter Fifteen - Destiny
 * Chapter Sixteen - Cat and Mouse
 * Chapter Seventeen - Doubts and Fears
 * Chapter Eighteen - Shatterpoints
 * Chapter Nineteen - Annikin and Padmé
 * Chapter Twenty
 * Chapter Twenty-One
 * Chapter Twenty-Two
 * Chapter Twenty-Three
 * Chapter Twenty-Four
 * Chapter Twenty-Five
 * Chapter Twenty-Six
 * Chapter Twenty-Seven
 * Chapter Twenty-Eight
 * Chapter Twenty-Nine
 * Chapter Thirty

Reviews
The overall reviews for the The Chosen One have essentially been positive. Most readers agree that it is well written, well crafted and fun to read. Many of these users state that there are things can be improved, though that is the case with any work of fiction. Others have gone so far as to say that The Chosen One is far superior to George Lucas' Prequel Trilogy. A collection of some reactions are as follows:


 * Not a bad start. Rather ambitious undertaking, though. - Solus, TheStarWarsRP.Com/Star Wars Fanon
 * Overall, I admit I am rather envious of this piece of work and your writing skill, to change the characters to what they should have been in the original works. - Xwing327, TheStarWarsRP.Com/Star Wars Fanon
 * I think it is very very good. You are very talented, my friend, very talented. - em.cecile, TheStarWarsRP.Com
 * Very intense beginning. Looking forward to more. - KELIA, starwars:TheForce.Net
 * Wow, this is amazing. I agree, that was an intense beginning. I love it!...This is an incredible AU. - MarasFire, starwars:TheForce.Net
 * Interesting, this I'd like to see more of. - The_Loyal_Imperial, starwars:TheForce.Net
 * Very interesting beginning. This has the earmarks of a very well done alternate universe story, and I'm enjoying it immensely so far. Looking forward to more. - Jedi_Linewalker, starwars:TheForce.Net
 * Wow! I have been blown away by the spectacularity of this fic! I'm so hooked. - JENNA, starwars:TheForce.Net

Dramatis personae
In order of appearance:
 * Darth Plagueis
 * Allya
 * Darth Sidious
 * Darth Bane
 * Maoi Madakor
 * Antidar Williams
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Jard Dooku
 * TC-14
 * Bruck Chun
 * Nute Gunray
 * Rune Haako
 * Darth Maul
 * Sabé Arcadia
 * Veruna Arcadia
 * Malus Palpatine
 * Sio Bibble
 * Panaka
 * OOM-9
 * Jar Binks
 * Rugor Nass
 * Xendor
 * Mace Windy
 * Ki-Adi Mundi
 * Yoda
 * Geith
 * Crispin Hadaack
 * Ric Olié
 * R2-D2
 * Annikin Skywalker
 * Greedo
 * Revan
 * Owen Lars
 * Shmi Skywalker-Lars
 * Cliegg Lars
 * Beru Whitesun
 * C-3PO
 * Sarus
 * Lama Su
 * Sido-Dyas
 * Alsius Hoth
 * starwars:Valenthyne Farfalla
 * starwars:Kaan
 * The Invader
 * Bib Fortuna
 * Deme Tryshyn
 * Sebulba
 * Ussej Padric Bac
 * Jango Fett
 * Lannik Racto
 * Reelo Baruk
 * Reylan Aadaeil
 * Darth Viea
 * Darth Invidius
 * Jonathan Bac
 * Finis Valorum
 * Benedict Valorum
 * Tarsus Valorum
 * Zhera Narth
 * Rana Quemin
 * Silas Lasek
 * Qui-Gon Jinn
 * Padmé Naberrie
 * Selusda Kraen

Locations
In order of appearance:
 * Dathomir
 * Utapau
 * Theed
 * Otoh Gunga


 * Coruscant
 * Jedi Temple
 * Great Jedi Pyramid
 * Galactic Senate Building


 * starwars:Rishi Maze
 * starwars:Kamino
 * Tatooine
 * Anchorhead
 * Jabba's Anchorhead Office
 * Anchorhead Cantina
 * Lars homestead
 * Mos Eisley
 * Mos Espa
 * Dune Sea
 * Ophuchi Sanctuary
 * Arrakeen

Organizations
In order of appearance:
 * Order of the Sith Lords
 * Witches of Dathomir
 * Trade Federation
 * Gungan Empire
 * starwars:Galactic Republic
 * Jedi Order
 * Third Sith Empire
 * starwars:Czerka Corporation
 * Ophuchi Clan
 * Fett Consortium
 * Black Sun
 * Nockudumey Terrorists

Events
In order of appearance:
 * Invasion of Utapau
 * Stark Hyperspace War
 * Great Territorial War
 * Great Rim Lines War

Miscellaneous
In order of appearance:
 * HoloNet
 * Kaiburr crystal
 * Prophecy of the Chosen One
 * Prophecy of the Rana Hama

Cast
In order of appearance:
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi .... starwars:Ewan McGregor
 * Jard Dooku .... starwars:Christoper Lee
 * Nute Gunray .... starwars:Silas Carson
 * Rune Haako .... starwars:Jerome Blake
 * Darth Maul .... starwars:Ray Park (Voiced by starwars:Peter Serafinowicz)
 * Sabé Arcadia .... Liv Tyler
 * Malus Palpatine .... starwars:Ian McDiarmid
 * Sio Bibble .... starwars:Oliver Ford Davies
 * Panaka .... starwars:Hugh Quarshie
 * Jar Binks .... Ray Fearon (voice)
 * Rugor Nass .... Unknown/not yet cast
 * Mace Windy .... starwars:Samuel L. Jackson
 * Ki-Adi Mundi .... starwars:Silas Carson
 * Yoda .... starwars:Frank Oz
 * Ric Olié .... starwars:Ralph Brown
 * R2-D2 .... starwars:Kenny Baker
 * Annikin Skywalker .... starwars:Hayden Christensen
 * Greedo .... Unknown/not yet cast
 * Owen Lars .... starwars:Joel Edgerton
 * Shmi Skywalker-Lars .... starwars:Pernilla August
 * Cliegg Lars .... starwars:Jack Thompson
 * C-3PO .... starwars:Anthony Daniels
 * Sarus ....
 * Lama Su .... starwars:Anthony Phelan
 * Jango Fett .... Temuera Morrison

Behind the scenes

 * Author Brandon Rhea never intended to begin the episodes of the Alternative Saga at Episode I. Instead, he planned on keeping George Lucas’ Prequel Trilogy intact and begin with an alternative Episode IV. However, after coming up with enough ideas for a new first trilogy, Rhea altered his plans and decided to create Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One.
 * The title, The Chosen One, was a title that Rhea had considered for some time, though he was never sure about it. In the beginning, he simply kept the name as Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, but after fleshing out a more detailed story for the Chosen One aspect he decided to name the novel as such.
 * The novel contains highly original elements, as well as elements of Lucas’ Episode I - The Phantom Menace and Episode II - Attack of the Clones.
 * The name Annikin Skywalker is based on the name starwars:Annikin Starkiller, a name that appeared in the original drafts of Star Wars.
 * The idea of Jard Dooku being Obi-Wan Kenobi’s master came about after the creation of a crucial plot element for later on in the trilogy.
 * The first name of “Jard” for Jard Dooku was, coincidentally, actually created by SuperShadow.
 * The name of Sabé Arcadia was derived from three places; the name Sabé comes from the name of Amidala’s decoy played by Keira Knightley in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and Arcadia is derived from the name Joan of Arc, as well as the television show titled Joan of Arcadia which was also named after the legendary medieval warrior.
 * Jar Binks is a more serious and less comical version of starwars:Jar Jar Binks.
 * The inclusion of Greedo was an homage to a deleted scene in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and the infamous cantina scene in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.
 * The scene between Annikin Skywalker and Greedo was never planned and it did not come about until Rhea found an article on Wookieepedia about starwars:Huttese. The article includes Huttese phrases that have been found in canon, so the author took some of the phrases that he best felt would fit in a situation on Tatooine and created dialogue for Annakin to go with them, thereby creating the tense confrontation between the two characters.
 * Annikin wishing that “some disgruntled person decided to shoot” Greedo is a reference to starwars:Han Solo shooting starwars:Greedo in the infamous cantina scene in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.
 * When Arcadia tells Annikin that she does not know how she will pay him to repair the hyperdrive, Annikin says that he is not looking for money. This is a reference to Shmi Skywalker's statement about the original Anakin Skywalker knowing nothing of greed in The Phantom Menace.
 * The change in Owen Lars' attitude was a major one between The Chosen One and Lucas' Attack of the Clones. In The Chosen One, Owen is not fond of outsiders and has many issues with Annikin, unlike Attack of the Clones where he was portrayed as the welcoming step-brother.
 * The scene where Arcadia tells Cliegg Lars that her father taught her to be self-sufficient was not originally planned. However, Rhea added it in as he felt that it would help add depth to the character rather than making her just a monarch who has never set outside the palace walls.
 * The scene where Annikin and Obi-Wan discuss Jedi philosophy was created due to Rhea's personal disliking of the fact that very little Jedi philosophy was talked about in Lucas' prequels.
 * The Ophuchi hermits were greatly influenced by the Freman hermits of Frank Herbert's Dune. Furthermore, the character of Sarus was influenced by the character of Stilgar, one of the Freman leaders in the Dune series.
 * The Kaminoans having a religion that they interpret as allowing them to clone sentient life was not originally intended. It was developed later after Rhea came up with the idea of showing a religion whose moral viewpoints were opposite of the viewpoints of the Jedi and the religions of Earth.
 * The name Sido-Dyas was the original name for starwars:Syfo-Dyas.
 * The name "Ophuchi" comes from the very first line George Lucas ever wrote for Star Wars. In his first writings, he said that "This is the story of Mace Windy, a revered Jedi Bendu of Ophuchi, as related to us by C.J. Thorpe, padawaan learner to the famed Jedi."
 * The term "Shaman of the Whills" comes from a deleted scene between Yoda and Qui-Gon Jinn in Revenge of the Sith.
 * Parts of the Prophecy of the Chosen One were based on a fan fiction titled The Republic Falls by Stephen R. Burrows at STARKILLER: The Jedi Bendu Script Site.
 * The basic idea of the Whills came from a fan fiction titled Journal of the Whills: Episode I - The Preservers written by Brendon J. Wahlberg, though the actual fleshing out of the idea to turn it into a 100,000 year epic came from Rhea.
 * "Optivum Servator", "Argus" and "Rana Hama" were all based on Latin terms for "Chosen One", "Guardian" and "Frog Man", respectively.
 * Lord Hoth's first name is established as "Alsius". Rhea used the same Latin word as the first name of the Jedi General because it means "cold, frigid", reflecting the fact that Hoth is also an extremely cold and frigid world.
 * It is never directly stated that Jar Binks is the Rana Hama, nor will it be. It is solely based on interpretation.

Disclaimer
This novel is the first chapter of a re-imagining of George Lucas' Star Wars Saga and should be viewed as such. While many of the characters such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jard Dooku, Annikin Skywalker and Mace Windy are present, albeit some with altered names, it should not be assumed that they will be taking part in the same events that they did in Lucas' starwars:Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace or his starwars:Prequel Trilogy. Many of these characters will be drastically different and readers should approach the novel with an open mind and a metaphorical clean slate.

The novel also contains elements that could seem disturbing or inappropriate to some younger readers. Like any mature science fiction novel, this novel contains sci-fi action and violence which is sometimes more graphic than the traditional Star Wars story. If such things offend you, it is suggested that you do not read the novel if you do not want to. However, it is strongly recommended that you keep an open mind and read and review the novel for what it is rather than what you believe it should be.

In no way is it suggested that this novel is endorsed or licensed by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd., or any of its subsidiaries. The author has also maintained that he will not change the plot or do anything else to alter the work, including adding homages to users of Star Wars Fanon and TheStarWarsRP.Com, if they are suggested and he does not agree with the suggestion. The only time he will change anything in the novel is if he agrees with it or it is officially requested or demanded by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd., or any of its subsidiaries. However, if a suggestion by a reader makes sense and has the ability to enhance the story rather than change it then it will be given the consideration that it deserves.