A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
STAR WARS EPISODE I
BIRTH OF A JEDI
PROLOGUE:
Life… was where the Force began. Where it was nurtured and spread across the stars to bind all living things together...
The Jedi were the first to discover the Force, and they used its energy to aid the helpless and make peace with the violent...
However, some Jedi used the Force to empower themselves and only themselves. They abandoned the Jedi Order and formed their own. They were known as the Sith. Using the dark side of the Force, the Sith ravaged civilizations, conquering countless star systems to form the grandest empire the galaxy had ever seen...
The Jedi eventually abandoned their peaceful ways to wage a full-scale war against the Sith Empire. For countless generations, zillions of souls perished. Hundreds upon thousands of worlds were laid waste. Neither side could gain the upper hand. The bloodshed was endless...
But, the Dark Lord uncovered a new way to defeat the Jedi and end the war once and for all. He collected kyber crystals, known for powering lightsabers. But the crystals he collected were of the rarest and most ancient kind, possessing enough power to destroy entire worlds and reduce them to dust...
After many centuries, the Dark Lord fell, and his empire did as well. The Sith disbanded. And the Jedi prevailed, finally ending the war and restoring peace to the galaxy...
But, the kyber crystals the Dark Lord collected were never found. Over the centuries, Jedi scoured across the edges of the galaxy in search of the lost crystals. Some returned empty handed, while others were never seen again...
The kyber crystals are still out there, deep within the recesses of our galaxy. No one may ever find them. But as time passes, forces of both light and darkness inch ever closer. Eager to possess a power no soul has ever held. A power that can instantly change all life as we know it…
Author's Note: This will be a complete re-imagining of George Lucas' Star Wars prequels. It will not resemble the plots of any of those three episodes. But, it will adhere to what the fabled original trilogy established for the prequels. And for any fans of writer/director Dave Filoni's The Clone Wars series, you may find a great many similarities between these stories and various episodes of the beloved series, in addition to the appearances of characters from the series. My re-imagining of the prequels was heavily inspired by The Clone Wars. If it had not been for Dave Filoni and his talented writing team, I wouldn't have had the spark to come up with these stories. My goal was to take the best ideas of the actual prequels and the best ideas of The Clone Wars and combine them together into a trilogy that may have been better.
I do not take any credit for the ideas in these stories. I must express my complete gratitude towards Dave Filoni, George Lucas, and all of the writers of Lucasfilm for giving me the inspiration to write something new, yet familiar. And finally I must thank you reader for taking the time out of your day to check this out.
May the Force be with you... always...