Revenge of the Sith Recreation Author Appears Again on Alternate Ending

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith turns 20 years outdated later in Might, and for a lot of, the movie will call to mind its tie-in recreation. One purpose it holds a particular place in followers’ hearts is its two endings: the canonical one the place Obi-Wan defeats Anakin to start the Authentic Trilogy, and an alternate one the place Anakin kills his former grasp, then Palpatine, and turns into the brand new Emperor.

Speaking to Inverse, recreation author Jeremy Barlow revealed the ending partially got here from an concept pitched by LucasArts. When developer The Collective scaled again its ambitions for separate Anakin and Obi-Wan campaigns right into a single one with alternating views, it opted to stay with that completely different take, and Barlow acquired to deal with the specifics. To him, Anakin killing Obi-Wan was a “no-brainer,” because it’d show he was the strongest Power consumer within the galaxy and provides him the boldness to betray his childhood confidant.

“It completely slot in with the entire Sith superb of the apprentice rising and killing the grasp, and all of us went nuts for it,” mentioned Barlow of the concept. The Revenge of the Sith recreation had a shaky improvement—The Collective changed a completely completely different studio and restarted improvement lower than a 12 months earlier than its scheduled launch—and Barlow mentioned they needed to “get the purpose as quick and seamlessly as attainable. We solely had like a [90-second] cutscene.” Regardless of the temporary ending, he referred to as it “rewarding [to see] it’s nonetheless in individuals’s minds and hearts. It’s not a mirrored image on me, however a mirrored image on simply how highly effective that concept was and what Star Wars means to individuals.”

If Barlow had his method, he’d discover the fallout of the Emperor Anakin ending. Below Anakin’s rule, he thinks the galaxy can be a lot worse off, since Palpatine no less than “adopted the principles in a bizarre method.” However the brand new paradigm shift would result in some fascinating household drama: how does Padme elevate the twins whereas married to probably the most highly effective man within the galaxy (who she’s already admitted to being fearful of), and the way do Luke and Leia survive “being raised by these mother and father who’ve a public face collectively, however behind closed doorways are clearly opposed?”

Lucasfilm might not present the solutions, however that’s what fanfiction’s for.

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