Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens - The Rewrite

by Bad0Wolf

My take on a rewritten story improving The Force Awakens. Thirty years after the Battle of Endor, the Empire's remnants have formed into a new hardline faction known as the First Order, which intends to reclaim the galaxy from the hands of a weakened New Republic. However, shadowy factions are biding their time until they can make their move on a fractured galaxy...

2. Opening crawl

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars or any of its characters. This story is purely for my own entertainment and for all those who want to read it.

EPISODE VII
THE FORCE AWAKENS – The Rewrite

LUKE SKYWALKER has vanished.
In his absence, the sinister FIRST
ORDER has risen from the ashes
of the Empire and will not rest until
it has claimed the entire galaxy.

Despite the secession of several worlds,
the NEW REPUBLIC refuses to be drawn
into a new galactic conflict and has outlawed
acts of aggression against the First Order.
Several military personnel and influential
politicians oppose supporting this false peace.

Seeking allies to prepare for the coming
war, they send one of the Republic's most
daring pilots to Jakku where an old ally of the
Jedi has discovered a clue to Luke's where-
abouts…