So I've been reading some of the Infinites Star Wars stories and came across an interesting alternate story...
It starts out the same way Return of the Jedi normally does with C-3PO and R2D2 showing up at Jabba's Palace. The differences begin when Leia shows up with Chewbacca. In this version, Jabba accidentally hits C3PO too hard, knocking his head loose, rendering him inoperative.
Jabba becomes frustrated with Leia, disguised as the bounty hunter without his translator and orders her to be shot. She tries to negotiate but is hit in the arm with a blaster shot, dropping the thermal detonator.
During the firefight, Boba Fett makes off with Han Solo. Luke senses a shift in the Force and immediately goes to help his friends. He arrives too late to save Han.
The detonator goes off, killing C-3PO and Jabba the Hutt. Leia opens fire on Fett, but misses and damages the carbonite container. Luke has to delay returning to Degobah while he helps Leia, Chewy, and Lando save Han.
Boba Fett bring Han to sell to imperial officers, but Leia and Luke successfully kill him. In a hurry to save Han, Leia takes the Slave 1 and returns to the fleet.
They get Han back, but due to the damage to the carbonite chamber, his eyesight is permanently damaged.
At this point, Yoda is dying. He wonders where Luke is and, despite Obi Wan's plea, he dies. The shock of his death sends ripples across the galaxy, detected by both Luke and Vader.
Vader goes to investigate the disturbance on Degobah.
Luke arrives in time to see Obi Wan and discover the truth about his father. Then, upon his departure, he is captured by the inbound star destroyer. Luke immediately transmits a message back to the Alliance to go ahead with the battle without him as he has been captured.
Lando then prepares the Falcon for an assault on the second Death Star that is scheduled to commence when the station’s energy shield is destroyed by a Rebel unit on Endor's moon. Asked to come to the war room by Mon Mothma and before the fleet leaves for Endor, the group listens to Luke's message, saying that Leia is his sister and that Vader is their father. They also find out that he has been captured and taken to the Death Star and that no rescue attempt is to be made.
Meanwhile, a team inserted onto Endor make their way into the shield generator bunker. Suddenly, a massive group of stormtroopers and AT-ST's arrive, forcing the remainder of the troops to attack.
Back onboard the Home One, Leia steals Slave I and heads for the Death Star on the Endor system to try and rescue Luke. Left with no other option, the entire fleet enters hyperspace and follows her. Han realizes what has happened and asks Lando if he can accompany him and Chewbacca on the Falcon.
Arriving on the Death Star, Leia fights her way past the guards, but is eventually subdued and brought before Palpatine. She arrives in time to watch as the Alliance fleet arrives and is ambushed by the waiting Imperial fleet while waiting for the ground assault team to destroy the shield generator. The Battle of Endor has begun!
On the forest moon, the fighting between the Rebels and Imperials draws close to Bright Tree Village, upsetting the Ewoks there. As the Rebels make a suicide attack on the shield bunker, the Ewoks spring into action, attacking both sides.
Arriving on the Death Star, Leia fights her way past the guards, but is eventually subdued and brought before Palpatine. She arrives in time to watch as the Alliance fleet arrives and is ambushed by the waiting Imperial fleet while waiting for the ground assault team to destroy the shield generator. The Battle of Endor has begun!
On the forest moon, the fighting between the Rebels and Imperials draws close to Bright Tree Village, upsetting the Ewoks there. As the Rebels make a suicide attack on the shield bunker, the Ewoks spring into action, attacking both sides.
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The redeemed Anakin Skywalker.
With the shield generator damaged, the Falcon heads for the moon's surface and, with a still blind Han taking Chewbacca's place in manning the quad turrets after Chewbacca is injured by pursuing TIE fighters, they take out the shield generator dish. Wedge Antilles leads several X-wing's inside the Death Star, where they destroy the main reactor. Lando takes the Falcon back to the Death Star to rescue Luke and Leia.
Onboard the Death Star, Palpatine orders Vader to kill Leia, but is stopped by Luke, who engages in a lightsaber duel, but ultimately relents, saying that he does not want to fight anymore. Not swayed by his proposal, Vader continues the fight. Leia attempts to intervene, but is subdued by Force Lightning from the Emperor, allowing Luke and Vader's duel to continue. Luke reveals to Vader that he and Leia are his children. Vader is stunned by the revelation and is struck down by Luke, losing an arm in the process. But still, the Dark Lord is powerful enough to drive Luke to his knees. Luke boldly declares that he will not fight Vader anymore, and says that if he wants to strike both him and Leia down, he should do so now. Instead, Vader falls to his knees and begs forgiveness, causing him to turn from the dark side of the Force and become Anakin Skywalker once again.
Suddenly, the station is rocked with a huge explosion. As the station's crew begin to evacuate, the Emperor escapes, Luke and Leia, dragging the body of their wounded father, make their way to the hangar bay, where the Falcon awaits them. The entire group makes it off the station before its destruction.
Shortly thereafter, the entire group meets onboard the Home One. Although the Death Star has been destroyed, Mon Mothma informs Luke that Palpatine has disappeared and is still a threat. The heroes, including a redeemed Anakin Skywalker (a Jedi once more and now clad in an all-white version of the life-support suit he wore as Vader), agree to help the Rebels to hunt him down, saying that nothing can stop them now.
Thoughts? I actually kind of like this version better than the original!!
