PLEASE NOTE: In 2012, the Youtube user, Belated Media, put up a video with the basic concept that he was a story producer when George Lucas was writing the Star Wars Prequels and that he reworked when George had in a way that was more streamline, maintained the integrity of the Original Trilogy, and left fewer plot holes. I saw this video a few years ago and loved the concept, but I just couldn't get it out of my head. What WOULD a Star Wars like that look like? Specifically? Since I'm not a director, I decided I would attempt to novelize what the Star Wars Prequels COULD HAVE BEEN, based on the ideas presented by Belated Media. The original video can still be found on Youtube under Belated Media's channel and while I do deviate a bit from some of the concepts presented (he goes on to do Episode 2 and 3 in later videos and makes a few tweaks that aren't mentioned in the first video) much of the ideas and concepts presented belong originally to him. Thank you to Belated Media for providing the idea, and thank you to the readers for taking the time to explore these concepts with me. Cheers,

-Katerinaki

Epilogue:

Deep in the darkest bowels of Coruscant's industrial sector, a small starship came in for landing on a concealed landing pad just beyond a dilapidated factory. Here the smog of industry choked out the sun and left the sector in twilight, even in the middle of the day. Standing on the platform, waiting for the starship was a black, cloaked figure. The ship came into a landing and the door opened, the landing ramp lowered as a horned being with red and black tattoos across his face walked stiffly down to meet the waiting figure. He knelt at the cloaked figure's feet and bowed his head.

"Forgive me, Master," Darth Maul hissed, the words sour on his tongue. "I did not hold Alderaan."

"Rise, my apprentice," his master, Darth Sidious, said. "You performed as I expected."

Darth Maul frowned but he stood as his master began walking back into their private sanctuary. "I don't understand. The Jedi…"

"Everything is going as planned.

NOTE: Stay Tuned for Episodes 2 and 3, as re-written by Belated Media and me!