Description:

The following rewrite of Star Wars: A New Hope is to show how a small change in one scene can alter the feel and overall arch of a screenplay and ultimately the film itself. After 2005 George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, completed his saga by releasing the final of the 6 episode series, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. With the prequels aligned with the original trilogy that spanned from episodes IV through VI we now have the entire picture, and may questions were answered. I took on this project in the mind set that the films were released respectively I - VI. In episodes I - III, we met and understand the character that is Anakin Skywalker, a childish and very immature young man who will single handedly turn the power over to the darkside and let the Sith reign over the galaxy. By the time episode IV comes around the title emphasizes exactly what will happen. In the demise of the Jedi and the lightside of the force arises a new hope. In the form of Anakin's son, Luke Skywalker. The original scene shows Obi-Wan allowing himself to be sacrificed in order to let the rebel forces and Luke himself escape the clutches of Darth Vader, the byproduct of Anakin. Skywalker's turn to the darkside. While this showed great valence in Obi-Wan Kenobi, we failed to see the immature kid that Luke is, or should be. By showing this in the character it gives us a shadow of a doubt. Making us believe that the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree and the new hope might be a failed one. This story and character arch is found in the last two episodes but never much as hinted in A New Hope. So what you are about to read is my rewrite of the death of Obi-Wan Kenobi as I see fit to give the entire saga the glue that will help captivate audiences and make this story much more insightful to the hope that is needed to make the good prevail.