Sequel-Trilogy.Net

Sequel-Trilogy.Net is the official website of Brandon Rhea’s Alternative Star Wars Saga.

History
Sequel-Trilogy.Net started out as a collaboration between Brandon Rhea, Michael Jones, Gregg Tasoulas and a few other members of the Classic Trilogy board on TheForce.Net. However, aside from the main three, the rest of the original staff and members did not stay for long. The intention of the original website was to create a site that acted as if the Original Star Wars Trilogy had not yet been released, meaning that the only Star Wars films in existence would have been the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. The release dates for the first three films were still 1999, 2002 and 2005, but the staff wrote up a mock press release supposedly from George Lucas that said Episode IV would be released in 2008 and so on.

The intention of the website was not to mislead anyone, unlike sites such as SuperShadow.Com, but rather to give readers a look at what internet spoilers for Episode IV, Episode V and Episode VI might have looked like had that trilogy been released second. The website had a discussion forum that saw moderate use, but after a few months interest in the idea waned. However, the three staff members did not wish to give up on the site altogether, so they merely abandoned the original idea and changed the focus of the site to general Star Wars news and fan fiction.

Michael came up with the idea of an “Alternative Trilogy” before the original intent of the side was changed and shared his idea with Gregg, who in turn shared his idea with Brandon. In an email to Brandon on December 13, 2004, Gregg said:

"I was thinking about writing a completely new script for the episodes, mirroring the better knowledge we have about what happened before. No point in hiding Vader’s identity or the emperor. Would you like to commit yourself to release a new Episode IV and one shot novels for the downtime after Revenge of the Sith? We’re thinking about creating something that will be completely new, and will have the feel that it is not a separate trilogy, but rather it will continue to search the original characters and bring in new ones."

Brandon came aboard on this idea and numerous ideas were thrown around including “Bendu Knights” as ghostly spirits of the past and Palpatine possessing the body of “Kane Starkiller”, the leader of the “Dark Guards of the Lettow”. However, it came to a point where Brandon and Gregg began having conflicting ideas. In the end, they decided to write their own separate stories. Gregg decided to stick solely with writing one trilogy, Episode IV - Episode VI, but Brandon decided to expand the saga and write Episode IV - Episode IX, the latter being the story of Darth Vader’s redemption. Brandon always had the sense that Gregg was disappointed that his ideas weren’t accepted by him. However, it is purely speculation on Brandon’s part and it is doubtful that an answer will ever be known.

Notable staff

 * Michael Jones - Current Owner
 * Brandon Rhea - Current Head Administrator
 * Eric Giordmania - Former Writer
 * Gregg Tasoulas - Former Writer
 * John Tzevulekis - Former Writer