A Thousand Stars: Episode VI, Part 1
Apr. 30th, 2026 05:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
matrilWelcome to the final episode! Whereas Episodes III and IV started with a space battle-flavored bang, this beginning is more a mirror-image of Episode I. (I’m referencing the Ring approach to the saga as developed by Mike Klimo, by the way).
A ship approaches a space station and requests entry. The station here is a little more dramatic than the Trade Federation’s blockade, though. We immediately recognize the dreaded Death Star, even incomplete, And the opening crawl has just informed us that it will be even more powerful than the first. Eep.
And here’s the dreaded Lord Vader, as terrifying as in previous films. It’s not just his physically imposing form on its own, it’s the imagery of the huge ranks of stormtroopers who all defer to him. Not to mention the barely-contained terror on Jerjerrod’s face. As if all of that wasn’t enough to strike fear in our hearts, here’s the final knell of doom: the Emperor himself will be joining them. The one entity able to make even Vader bow before him. Get ready, everyone -- the stakes are higher than they've ever been.
Next time, a different kind of intimidation...
A ship approaches a space station and requests entry. The station here is a little more dramatic than the Trade Federation’s blockade, though. We immediately recognize the dreaded Death Star, even incomplete, And the opening crawl has just informed us that it will be even more powerful than the first. Eep.
And here’s the dreaded Lord Vader, as terrifying as in previous films. It’s not just his physically imposing form on its own, it’s the imagery of the huge ranks of stormtroopers who all defer to him. Not to mention the barely-contained terror on Jerjerrod’s face. As if all of that wasn’t enough to strike fear in our hearts, here’s the final knell of doom: the Emperor himself will be joining them. The one entity able to make even Vader bow before him. Get ready, everyone -- the stakes are higher than they've ever been.
Next time, a different kind of intimidation...
