April Foolishness: Blast from the Past

Perhaps in part due to "The Home Page Forums" being in what seems an unfortunate state of hibernation, I just couldn't seem to hit on any fresh ideas for a little jape I had indulged in each April 1st for the last few years on that message board, to think up a glimpse from some "alternative reality" where Star Wars is unlike what we know (and yet still similar at the core, at least to my own conviction). I did find myself thinking back a full ten years to something else not accomplished, my thought that an "April Fool's 1999" prank might be made in the form of a fake "press release" where George Lucas declared that "Episode I" "just wasn't working out" and its release would be cancelled to the slight dissatisfaction but ultimate understanding of its actors... and then I decided to just bring back one of my old experiments. I do wonder a little if this journal will really be more enduring than the message board, and I suppose I can envision a point or two being modified or even added... but, of course, we aren't allowed to change things these days.
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