Hey guys another chapter. This one really just got away from me, going way over 10k words. Hope you enjoyed the 2nd chapter. Coming in at just under21K Words; new biggest chapter I have ever written. I don't think the next one will be this big, but we'll see.
So quick talk about midi-chlorians, I did put a scene in about them, I honestly don't care about the whole idea of them so will treat them liberally, with how much talent they give a person, and the fact that even with small amounts of midi-chlorians in a person's body they can still become powerful.
Like a talent vs hard work type of conundrum.
I hope you guys didn't mind the detail with which I went into the first movie. I thought about skipping many of the scenes of the film and rushing them because we have seen the movie, but I thought it flowed better doing it this way, with Ayillh interacting with everyone while stuff was happening. And of course I skipped some scenes like when Maul is sent by Palpatine to tatooine.
Now I'm not the best at fight scenes but I hope that you liked the fight between Ashara and Vos and Secura. Surprise they are going to be in episode 1! In legends canon I'm pretty sure (Don't quote me) It is mentioned that Quinlan Vos and Aayla Secura are on tatooine at the same time as Jinn and Obi-Wan, going as far as Vos actually seeing them.
I saw it in another novel that I can't remember the name of right now and thought it was a good idea, before I found out it actually happened in legends. And finding out it actually happened in Legends I couldn't help but do it in the story.
As for not killing them, I just didn't want to, hope people won't call me out for that. At the minute Mace has no reason to kill them. I did want Vette to be in the fight originally but I thought that would be over kill and hard to write so I made it a 2v1.
I hope that doesn't disappoint too many people. As I tried to get across in this fight, the Jedi of this era are actually pretty good at duelling that I think makes some sense; it is more of a ritual to the Jedi of the era because they don't fight as many wars and battle ect. Meaning they have more time to perfect their forms and styles.
Though as also mentioned that means that they don't utilize the force as much as back in the day, when Mace and the rest come from. I mean in the moves they just don't use the force. That's not to discount Ashara and the rest in duelling. They are all extremely proficient in fighting, seeing as Mace was one of the best ever (became the wrath of the emperor because of this fact) and has trained them all.
But in the fight I portrayed, it did have Ashara going easy on them, because in my head, a few shots of force lightning and other abilities would have ended it faster, and she didn't use both lightsabers.
The idea for a Pontite lightsaber was just because I came across it one day. I really liked the idea for the crystal and who better to have it than the past Padawan/Jedi Ashara. You might want to look it up yourself for more details, but in general it calms all those around it and is considered one of the best if not the best crystal to have for a Jedi. (Though that is in Legends) It can destabilise and weaken a sith's connection to the dark side ect. So it is very sort after, but as said only in legends, I don't know what current canon says.
If you are wondering about why both Vette and Ayillh have almost a type of force sense towards Jedi, well I'll explain that next chapter, I gave some hints in the first two chapters.
Ok so next chapter will be the end of Episode 1 And finally the Boss himself Mace will be coming up to bat. And with the inclusion of Secura and Vos, I think you get what's going to happen on Naboo.
Of course before we get to that we'll have Ayillh make it to Coruscant and meeting Palpatine, what will happen? I got a few ideas inspired from other novels I've read that give me an idea of what I want to go down on Coruscant. Of course if I get so much inspiration from others works I will be giving them recognition and all that. I'll just have to find them again.
Also serious talk heading forwards. Originally I was going to have Mace take control of the
Separatists and be the leader of the faction facing the republic. But I have been thinking about it while writing chapter 2. I did have a certain way I was thinking of making this happen, but on second thoughts I think I'll make him control a whole different group that interferes with the war at certain moments.
Giving me more control of the group he's in and what he does through the war. Mainly I didn't want to change the characters of general grievous or Dooku much. I like how they written and would love to see grievous interact with Xalek (Same species).
But yeah mostly gives me more freedom to write completely random chapters and happenings in the clone wars and around the galaxy (Though mainly the clones wars) That change the story. I would love to hear your guys thoughts on this. Always love feedback and ideas that people give out.
Because I'm not an avid star wars comic book reader or super fan, after episode 1 is finished I will have to do a lot more research into subjects to create story arcs and plots. Just thought I would tell you now. Which is why the ideas that you might give are important, they can give me story ideas and references while writing.