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The Empire

Returns and Strikes back! An idea I had for consistently re-booting the "prequel" Star Wars trilogy-is to completely forget what was filmed!  Although it starts of similar to the phantom menace the main thrust of the plot is that the Jedi believe the Sith have returned and are concerned about the sect targeting Anakin Skywalker.  Anakin is a baby at this point. But everything else....the Jedi try to battle the Sith grand master but he is such a formidable foe that they are forced to create a clone army just to fight him. They end up provoking a rebellion in the outer rim territories and a sizable anti-jedi movement in the senate. The rebels then create their own clone army and are actually invited to conquer the Jedi Centre by the senate. The sith grand master is actually Palpatines former teacher. Palpatine was rejected by the Sith when he became a senator for various blah reasons. The senate are an advisory body and two thirds of its members ...

Fan Theories 15

Pokémon Fan Theories: Sooooooo, big essay or just notes and hopes that people can understand my inane ramblings? Well, I'll try and do both. I think the reason is that a brief comparison requires too many outside references and a large article just seems like rambling on to make one look more intelligent than one actually is.  So, really a comment on society.  Which is what all good (science) fiction really is.  And you can really learn something from it. Honestly. Pokémon bears comparisons with the work of Arthur C. Clarke and Joe Haldeman, particularly the novels "Childhood's End" and "Forever Free". Forever Free  is a direct sequel to Haldeman's war novel  The Forever War . At the end of   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forever_War   a group entity called "Man" is in charge of Earth.  Forever Free   introduces beings who could, conceivably, actually be Pokémon: a hitherto hidden race ...