Blue Harvest

A long time ago, in a movie studio far far away...

Star Wars has been an integral part of cinema and science fiction for nearly four decades. Ever since exploding onto the big screen in 1977, this series has redefined the Hollywood blockbuster. Its revolutionary camera work and special effects changed filmmaking forever. The original Star Wars trilogy has entertained several generations and rightfully earned its spot in our culture. There are few films which virtually everyone (barring some poor, poor outliers) has seen and the Star Wars movies are among them.

The prequel trilogy is an abomination and no more will be said of them.

Unfortunately for the original trilogy, Return of the Jedi is the weakest movie. Boba Fett's anti-climactic death, the forced Luke-Leia sibling relationship, and the overly enthusiastic ending negatively impact this movie, which had a lot of potential. And the Ewoks. The EWOKS. It was clear George Lucas wanted to be done with these movies.

In OTL, George Lucas was going through a series of personal crises that ultimately disillusioned him with big-budged filmmaking. What was originally a twelve-film extravaganza turned into a three-film extravaganza. Imagine if there were, in fact, twelve films. What we got was nothing short of amazing, but imagine twelve amazing films.

Your mouth just watered, didn't it? Mine did, too.

This timeline explores the possibility of four Star Wars trilogies. The point of divergence from our universe is George Lucas not suffering the crises that caused him to stop after three movies - in the middle of filming Empire Strikes Back. This TL does not touch Empire (I wouldn't dare). It leaves the movies more-or-less unchanged until Episode VI was written.

This TL explores the original plans for Episode VI - that is, Boba Fett as the main villain, Han Solo dying, and the bittersweet ending being merely the beginning of another chapter of Star Wars.

I hope you enjoy reading my alternative Star Wars timeline and may the Force be with you!

Curmudgeonly yours - Crim

A Special Thanks
As a Star Wars fan, I would first like to thank George Lucas for creating such an amazing story. Regardless of how they were tweaked or the quality of the prequels, George Lucas was telling his story, something that is very admirable. Furthermore, I would like to thank Scraw for helping me develop the idea for this TL.