User blog:Brandon Rhea/Alternative Saga Update: April 21, 2010



Hey all, I wanted to give you an update on where I currently stand with Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One and a few things to come in the future.

First, I want to show you a humorous quote about why I should really be writing TCO faster than I am now. This came from a conversation Squishy Vic and I had the other day on Facebook.

So maybe I should hurry up....

ANYWAY, that aside, I’m still working on Chapter 17. It’s one of those chapters that intimidates me, since it's a major chapter, so I’m taking it pretty slow, but it’s coming along nicely. A lot of big stuff happens and, if it comes out well, it should be pretty powerful, at least that’s my goal. I’d like to get this out within the next two weeks.

One thing that’s changed since my last updates is that Chapter 17 will now be the END of part 1. It’s a great place to end it, and it ties things up (like the Ophuchi storyline) as if Part 1 were a novel in and of itself (and it’s certainly long enough to be one). Want a spoiler? Here's the last sentence of Part 1: "This time, things would be different."

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The events of Chapter 18 will now be tied in with other events for that chapter, and it will be the first chapter of Part 2.

So once Part 1 is finished, I’m going to do my own personnel review of everything in the book so far, and I’ll ask a few other people to do it too if they’re willing. I’ll clean up any typos and the like, I may beef up a few descriptions (particularly in the initial Utapau invasion), and there are just a few story elements I’ll be changing. This is NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT a rewrite again. These are just some improvements and tweaks to make part 1 the best it can be before moving on. It’s easier to get it the best it can be now instead of waiting until the whole book is finished, because that would be a HUGE review.

So again, THIS IS NOT A REWRITE. Don’t get worried that I’m going to go back and rewrite the whole thing. Hell I’m halfway done with these tweaks anyway, since I’ve been working on them on and off. When I release them, I’ll post a list of changes chapter by chapter.

Also between the writing of part 1 and part 2, I’m going to be writing another short story. This is going to be called Beauty That Belies a Dark Nature and it’ll put focus on the Guardians of Lettow. Characters include Lilith and Darth Maul. It’s a character exploration like Star Wars: The Tragedy, though it’s not a big event like The Tragedy was. This is a minor event but it helps in the grand scheme of things. SPOILER ALERT: There are no surprise appearances by Ussej Padric Bac in this one. =P

As far as ASWS SWF articles are involved, I’ll also be working on some new featured articles. These will include:


 * Darth Plagueis (ASWS)
 * Darth Maul (ASWS)
 * Ophuchi Clan

And a few others.

So that’s basically all I have to say. Feel free to comment!

Until next time,

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