A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away . . . .
STAR WARS
EPISODE I: THE LOOMING FORCE
Had Abbadon burns. A mysterious CLONE ARMY, led by unknown forces, has laid siege to the planet from orbit, hoping to recover the precious resources buried beneath its crust.
If captured, the planet will be the cornerstone of the clone offensive against the GALACTIC REPUBLIC, defender of democracy and justice in the galaxy for millennia.
While the Galactic Senate debates their response to the situation, Chancellor Bail Organa has taken matters into his own hands. He has sent his most trusted general on a secret mission to stop the bombing of the planet and restore peace to the system . . . .
A note from the authors:
"For over a thousand generations the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times. Before the Empire."
For so many people around the world, Star Wars is more than a series of movies. It's a legend, a myth, a family; something special and true that inspires us to dream and be the best that we can be.
And the longer a myth stretches on, the more it grows in the telling. Details change. Characters pop up out of nowhere or fade away. Whole chunks are lost or interpolated. Meanings are distorted through translation. But the essential truth remains.
The events you're going to read about here happened long ago and far away, in a galaxy none of us will ever see. All we've done here is pass a version of them on to you—a version very different from the one you've seen on the screen, but maybe just as real.
There is a reason we decided to write our own take on the Star Wars prequels: neither one of us likes them. But we don't hate George Lucas, nor are we attempting to write the prequel films out of canon. We love Star Wars. As strange as it may sound, that is why we're doing this.
The recent debacle with toxic Star Wars fans just goes to show how important it is not to fight what we hate but to treasure what we love. And that love is the place we're writing from—a love of creation, and adventure, and the endless cool ideas generated by that galaxy far, far away.
The only Star Wars "canon" that our story takes into account is the Original Trilogy and the first two films of the Sequel Trilogy. We remain hopeful that nothing in our story ends up clashing with the events of the upcoming Star Wars Episode IX.
You'll see elements from other parts of the Galaxy Far, Far Away thrown in—bits and pieces of the Anthology films, The Clone Wars, the old Legends continuity, etc.—but we didn't want to be restricted in the story we were going to tell, so in large part everything besides those five (hopefully six) Saga films has been jettisoned. We hope fans of those stories will understand, and bear with us on this adventure.
May the Force be with you,
GoodHunterAnais and Slippin_Jimmy