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Post by Zyobot on Sept 22, 2019 19:36:02 GMT
It began with a droid army, two Jedi, and a queen whose planet was in trouble. And yet, with this rag-tag mismatch of characters who found themselves stranded on a desert world and seeking the help of a certain slave boy in the process, galactic history was made.
For better or worse, however, this history won't come to be this time around. For the future version of that very slave boy has found himself in that same era, determined to change the future while he has the opportunity. So, what if Darth Vader as of Return of the Jedi were sent back to the beginning of when The Phantom Menace takes place?
Thank you in advance, Zyobot
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Post by lordroel on Sept 22, 2019 19:47:46 GMT
It began with a droid army, two Jedi, and a queen whose planet was in trouble. And yet, with this rag-tag mismatch of characters who found themselves stranded on a desert world and seeking the help of a certain slave boy in the process, galactic history was made. For better or worse, however, this history won't come to be this time around. For the future version of that very slave boy has found himself in that same era, determined to change the future while he has the opportunity. So, what if Darth Vader as of Return of the Jedi were sent back to the beginning of when The Phantom Menace takes place? Thank you in advance, Zyobot
Well Darth Vader will first take care of Darh Maul i presume, after all the Rule of Two still applies i presume. |
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Post by Zyobot on Sept 22, 2019 22:03:32 GMT
It began with a droid army, two Jedi, and a queen whose planet was in trouble. And yet, with this rag-tag mismatch of characters who found themselves stranded on a desert world and seeking the help of a certain slave boy in the process, galactic history was made. For better or worse, however, this history won't come to be this time around. For the future version of that very slave boy has found himself in that same era, determined to change the future while he has the opportunity. So, what if Darth Vader as of Return of the Jedi were sent back to the beginning of when The Phantom Menace takes place? Thank you in advance, Zyobot
Well Darth Vader will first take care of Darh Maul i presume, after all the Rule of Two still applies i presume. While he may feel inclined to "take care" of Maul, I think that Vader's pragmatic enough not to give a damn about the Rule of Two for the time being if that serves in his best interests. If he does kill the Zabraki apprentice, then Sidious will notice that something's up sooner or later.
And Vader sure as hell won't become Sidious's servant again.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 23, 2019 2:56:47 GMT
And Vader sure as hell won't become Sidious's servant again.
True but we never know will we, he could pretend to be Sidious's servant until the right moment. |
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Post by Zyobot on Sept 24, 2019 0:53:17 GMT
And Vader sure as hell won't become Sidious's servant again.
True but we never know will we, he could pretend to be Sidious's servant until the right moment. Well, there's the risk that Sidious will see through the ruse. If Vader somehow "takes Maul out of the equation", then the Dark Lord will no doubt be suspicious of this "Third Sith".
As far as what he's likely to do, though--without citing the aforementioned fan work since it's a cop-out answer--maybe he'll pull strings behind the scenes so that Senator Palpatine's plans get disrupted and the protagonists of OTL Episode I get a significant boost. Perhaps Qui-Gon Jinn won't wind up a casualty of the Naboo Crisis this time around, if you know what I mean.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 24, 2019 2:52:01 GMT
True but we never know will we, he could pretend to be Sidious's servant until the right moment. Well, there's the risk that Sidious will see through the ruse. If Vader somehow "takes Maul out of the equation", then the Dark Lord will no doubt be suspicious of this "Third Sith". As far as what he's likely to do, though--without citing the aforementioned fan work since it's a cop-out answer--maybe he'll pull strings behind the scenes so that Senator Palpatine's plans get disrupted and the protagonists of OTL Episode I get a significant boost. Perhaps Qui-Gon Jinn won't wind up a casualty of the Naboo Crisis this time around, if you know what I mean.
Will Vader protests his younger self and take him under his wing. |
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Post by Zyobot on Sept 25, 2019 1:29:51 GMT
Well, there's the risk that Sidious will see through the ruse. If Vader somehow "takes Maul out of the equation", then the Dark Lord will no doubt be suspicious of this "Third Sith". As far as what he's likely to do, though--without citing the aforementioned fan work since it's a cop-out answer--maybe he'll pull strings behind the scenes so that Senator Palpatine's plans get disrupted and the protagonists of OTL Episode I get a significant boost. Perhaps Qui-Gon Jinn won't wind up a casualty of the Naboo Crisis this time around, if you know what I mean.
Will Vader protests his younger self and take him under his wing. He may opt to "protect" him, but may be hesitant to take Anakin the Younger as his apprentice since the Jedi will become suspicious. Although, considering the most obvious alternative--which is that Anakin gets taken in by a Jedi Order that neglects him, leading him into the arms of Sidious as was true in the previous timeline--perhaps Vader will actually consider it. |
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Post by lordroel on Sept 25, 2019 3:17:40 GMT
Will Vader protests his younger self and take him under his wing. He may opt to "protect" him, but may be hesitant to take Anakin the Younger as his apprentice since the Jedi will become suspicious. Although, considering the most obvious alternative--which is that Anakin gets taken in by a Jedi Order that neglects him, leading him into the arms of Sidious as was true in the previous timeline--perhaps Vader will actually consider it. I also think Vader will protect him, if not in the open then he will do it from the shadows. |
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Post by stevep on Sept 25, 2019 14:51:54 GMT
I'm wondering how he will react to that queen in peril? Given his physical state and greater age I'm not sure he will be able to get her to care about him as she did his younger self in the OTL but I suspect he will want to protect and aid her.
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Post by Zyobot on Sept 25, 2019 22:43:28 GMT
I'm wondering how he will react to that queen in peril? Given his physical state and greater age I'm not sure he will be able to get her to care about him as she did his younger self in the OTL but I suspect he will want to protect and aid her. Agreed. For obvious reasons, I doubt he'd reveal his true identity to anyone. However, he'd probably take the measures you've suggested he will thanks to a desire to ensure that his downtimer self has it better than Vader himself did. Furthermore, he'd also remember the Naboo Crisis (which is when the queen was in peril) not only since it's a part of galactic history by 4 ABY, but also because he was somewhat along for the ride as a child. So I think it'd be more planning to change how the Naboo Crisis unfolds as much as he can, rather than a reaction to something entirely new. |
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