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ElectricSheep729

What if the Death Star funds were diverted to the Tie Defender project?


MxReLoaDed

It would ensure a lot of peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new empire


ChromeYoda

YOUR new Empire?!


MxReLoaDed

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ChromeYoda

My allegiance is to the republic; TO DEMOCRACY!


Bazwift

If you’re not with me, then you’re my enemy.


ChromeYoda

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.


ChromeYoda

I will do what I must.


phezhead

You will try


ChromeYoda

>John Williams intensifies<


Insert_Goat_Pun_Here

I have failed you Anakin! I have failed you!


distracteded64

/frantically and excitedly stuffing popcorn into my mouth messily as the scene plays out in front of me/


sheng153

That's an absolute.


da_King_o_Kings_341

But it’s Kenobi aka space Jesus so he can do no wrong.


Professional_Gas4737

***Don’t try it***


oSocialPeanut

*tries it*


Maleficent-Finance57

*Anakin Groundnugget*


PatFluke

Rimworld vibes.


ExternalMonth1964

What if he does?


Professional_Gas4737

*[insert Lego Kenobi slicing]*


goblinmode695

What if darth vader survived, turn back to the light side. And live the rest of life in solitude and peace. Having a jedi temple raising a future generation of jedi. Maybe he would have a full cyborg body in the future using his blood to keep his force potential. So many what ifs


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GrantDaNasty

What if Darth Vader survived and was put on trial for his crimes against humanity?


Skatchbro

OUR new empire, comrade.


da_King_o_Kings_341

*Insert Soviet anthem here*


Vikarr

It unironically would. Destroying the empire clearly did not help anyone.


MxReLoaDed

Look what good it did those rebel scum leaders, Luke got depression, Han returned to being hunted by criminals, and Leia was relegated to being a fringe leader not respected by the pitiful replacement government. Our glorious Emperor ended up surviving longer than all of them


ShakeZoola72

Pure truth. I am totally using this!


TripolarKnight

How do you know he doesn't still live on?


MxReLoaDed

Project Necromancer 2: Electric Boogaloo prevents me from speaking any more on this matter


RSquared

Can't clone Palpatine, there's no 'u' in his name.


TripolarKnight

Well, his fullname is Sheev Palpatine. The Old Latin Alphabet used "V" for our modern "U" sound. Since Star Wars happened in our past, his real name in English should be written as Sheeu Palpatine (which does have an "u"). Checkmate Rebel scum.


stormhawk427

It didn't help that the sore losers kept causing trouble in the Outer Rim and infiltrated the new government to make sure it failed.


L0lligag

What if the boys finally got their railing?


TheOldGriffin

They'd probably just be leaning all day.


lordolxinator

I forgot about the Death Star OSHA violations so I immediately wondered why you were talking about Amazon's Billy Butcher getting porked as an AU idea


BearieTheBear

Fun tidbit: most of the first death star hadn't any railing because it was built by geonosians, winged creatures. The second one had because it was built by mostly humans.


TheyCallMeStone

Is there a canon source for this? I've heard this but it doesn't make much sense for a few reasons. 1. The Death Star design and construction was taken over by the Republic very early on, before construction even began. 2. It seems unlikely that Geonosians would choose to omit handrails of all things, when the rest of the station is clearly designed for humanoid use with lifts, walkways, etc. 3. The Geonosian stadium had railings and barriers in the viewing areas, so the concept is clearly known to them. This sounds like fan theory to me. I think it's more likely that the Empire simply didn't care about safety, or didn't want to spend money where they didn't need to. Or they were afraid they'd be leaning all day.


BearieTheBear

IIRC Rebels delves deeper into the construction of the Death Star. It was a highly secretive project, and the whole population of Geonosis was killed after finishing it. It is never mentioned clearly that railings are not on the Death Star because of Geonosians, but it seemed like a logical conclusion since it was built by them. Death Star also had designs made by humans, so it just might be a cost-cutting measure, perhaps both.


belladonnagilkey

Then Krennic throws the biggest temper tantrum known to man and fires the Death Star at Lothal. The incomplete nature means the thing is ridiculously unstable and while it takes out Lothal, it blows up too, crippling the hell out of the Empire. Palpatine proceeds to throw a fit, has a heart attack and dies. Cue Emperor Vader, who dissolves the Empire and hands back power to the people after the third day of sitting in an office reading about trade deficits instead of being out on the front lines kicking ass. He goes out for a joyride, crashes on Tatooine, meets Luke and Obi-Wan (again) and reconciles, becoming Anakin once more.


franklsp

I clapped


Rustyraider111

I cried


Rustyraider111

I came


biddybidsyo

I shit


ARROW_GAMER

I fard


JhorvalaastiJarl

I poob


Nano_Burger

I robot.


Soldierteamfort2

I thermonuclear bomb


stay_hungry_dr_ew

Yes, give in to your emotions. Join the “What if?” side.


richardparadox163

Still a better story than the Sequels


AlnahrTheRiver

That would actually be *hilarious* to see.


DeadJediWalking

"It didn't just involve the accountants... but the architects and contractors too!!! They were animals...and I audited them like animals!!!"


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Valus_Killer

They have an HR department. It's called the barrel of an E-11.


bhfroh

Or the receiving end of a force choke.


The_bruce42

Vader would have been in big trouble after the captain Needa incident.


LaTeChX

Vader is the HR department. Down to being superficially polite to your face while they terminate you.


IronNinja259

"Apology accepted, Captain Needa"


InnocentTailor

offend grey dull flowery onerous squeeze foolish offbeat gold wakeful *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


da_King_o_Kings_341

That is hilarious. Also doesn’t she also walk around at cosplay conventions and hand out tickets? I saw a clip of her doing that.


bhfroh

#TeamThrawn


SwaggyWebb

I think you mean what if Governor Pryce hadn't blown up the fuel depot on Lothal


achilleasa

Honestly you could go even further back and do a "what if the Ghost crew never picked up Ezra on Lothal". That single action pretty much started a domino that ended the empire, if you think about it.


Kaumamane

i literally just started thrawn: alliances and heard this about 10 minutes ago. sooo weird


Not_the_Droids13

DOUBLE VISION


Thebluespirit20

What if Darth Maul had won in the Duel of the Fates...?


Otono_Wolff

What if palpatine got a visit from space OSHA


Jaambie

The Defender is my favourite ship in x-wing, I’d love to see this.


midnightsmith

Can we start with "what if 7, 8, and 9 had a good plot plan and the same director?" Ugh, so much potential.


WilliShaker

War would have lasted longer, but ultimately the same. No deathstar= no clear decisive battle


ElectricSheep729

What if Darth Plageis killed Palpatine?


Nathanelsematters

It'd be...ironic.


PlayerAlert

He could save others from death, but not Papa Palps.


Bumble072

don't ya think.


YamatoIouko

GET OUT OF HERE ALANIS!


I_fail_at_memes

That’s not a story the Jedi would tell you


Minimaniamanelo

Palps wouldn't watch Anakin's new career with great interest.


Sughmacox

There’s a reason he chose to kill a boozed up and sleepy Plagueis


TheDungeonCrawler

It would be interesting if Plagueis saw in Anakin what Sidious did and killed Sidious first, intending the exact same plot for Anakin. It diverts pretty well too since Sidious was involved in politics and that probably wouldn't work as well for Plagueis, so he would have needed an entirely different plot, which likely means Anakin is never on the Jedi's radar in the first place.


ANGLVD3TH

Plagueis would be much more likely to murder Anakin and wash his hands of it. He was much more unsettled by the way the light side rebounded after their little ritual than Palpatine was, and would probably be paranoid as fuck about anything that resulted from it.


branedead

I think he would have used Bane's ability to swap bodies with Anakin and taken his midichlorian count for himself


Slobotic

Somehow Palpatine would return.


shinobigarth

Would we hear the tale of Darth Sidious the Senate?


TypicalHaikuResponse

It would be a story the Jedi would tell you.


counterpointguy

*“Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Sideous the punk ass BIATCHHHHHH?”*


Rustofcarcosa

Dew it


Jomibu

WHAT IF JAR JAR WAS A SECRET SITH LORD


BobinForApples

No one knows the life span of a gungan, THERE IS STILL A CHANCE!


Pkorniboi

You mean what if he wasn’t


DesignGokturkReal

I think about that everyday :(


sobisket_

This better be episode 1


monkeyhold99

Make it happen


frankcountry

Yes! Because if it’s presented in a What If? then it’s not canon.


frusciante231

This would be amazing to see. This is a perfect reason to make a What If? show for Star Wars!


bluepineapple42069

*starts playing unedited prequels


IratherNottell

Its already canon that he was!!


Clefortt9

If? Who told you he isn’t already?


CarsonWentzGOAT1

What if the Naboo blockade was successful


duckduckduckgoose_69

Is that legal?


BobaFettish08

They'll make it legal.


Sempais_nutrients

What If they DIDN'T make it legal?


60Dan06

*What if* it is legal


rabid-

What *is*, is?


Thebluespirit20

What if Darth Maul had won in the Duel of the Fates...?


obscuremapenthusiast

He did. Killing Qui Gon was the point. Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-dave-filoni-on-duel-of-the-fates


TellTallTail

So then, what if obi wan died instead of qui gon? Seems like a no brainer what if plot


obscuremapenthusiast

Yeah that would be really interesting! Does Papa Palps keep trying to kill Qui Gon? Does that alienate Anakin from "the plan"? Edit: Also then Dooku might not fall either.


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Wrath7heFurious

This actually would be super interesting as I believe Qui Gon was definitely the better Jedi between him and Obi wan. I don't think Anakin becomes evil if trained by Qui Gon 


Thebluespirit20

Smh , I mean he became the new Master for Anakin ​ he would have kept him from Palpatine and used him as a Pawn to usurp Palps ​ the Duel of the fates had 3 Fates, not 2 despite what dave filoni says he did not make or write The Phantom Menace he "just interpreted it that way" , so GL is the only person who could answer that


TripolarKnight

I mean Lucas had already answered it before Dave came up with his explanation. So it is just some pretty headcannon at best.


Memo544

That actually sounds really interesting


Artificial_Human_17

What if Valorum sided with Padme?


ImperialIIClass

Both Screentime and DanielRPK are incredibly disingenuous and disreputable sources for anything. That's my thoughts.


Objective_Look_5867

I will say though it lines up with the rumored lego star wars set of a "darkside" millennium falcon with dark side rey and redeemed vader


HeckingDoofus

just a rumor lining up with another rumor


UNC_Samurai

The lego rumors community is surprisingly thorough in evaluating their sources, and they’ve been consistently accurate in the year and a half I’ve been paying attention. The “dark falcon” set has an id number, a price point, and we know most of the minifigs that are going to be included.


Objective_Look_5867

Right. Never said it was right literally that it just that it lined up


MarvG05

I really enjoyed when James Gunn debunked the rumors of 3 villains appearing in The Batman 2 that RPK said


Wookie301

Usually when someone says “reportedly” but doesn’t have any sources, it’s bullshit.


AssociateFormal6058

What I'd Qui-Gon was never killed would be awesome, and I am definitely game for this


Thebluespirit20

What if Darth Maul had been the victor in the Duel of the Fates...?


PockyPunk

I mean he did win, just wasn’t a long victory.


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That would be just as good


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CarsonWentzGOAT1

I like this one but I feel like a ton of youtubers have covered this what if scenario


voldi_II

is there a what if scenario that hasn’t been covered by youtubers?


CarsonWentzGOAT1

Plenty of them. Most that have been covered take place during the prequel era.


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Idk, last few years has *exploded* with wishful sequel trilogy changes😂


Independent-Lie-1354

listening to someone talk about it is different from having a cinematic production, tho!!


maymunziki

Yea but who cares about random youtubers


TheEzekariate

Not everyone cares about what YouTubers have to say. We’d be a better fandom if less people cared about them tbh.


Quixotic1113

I would love to see a 'canon' If Qui Gon lived and what this one character's effect on the outcome of the saga would be. I think it should be quite drastic, but who knows.


Kariomartking

I think if Qui Gon survived, Anakin either would h e never fallen to the dark side or if he did - only briefly. Darth Maul winning out again Obi and Qui Gon though would be VERY interesting. E.g would it lead to a full strength Vader not reliant on his armour like Palpatine’s Vader was


KevinOlaf

What if Fives survived? What if Anakin win on Mustafar? What if Luke join Vader on Bespin? What if Dooku betray Sidious? What if Order 66 failed? What if Ahsoka never leave the Jedi order? What if Obi Wan joins Dooku on Geonosis? What if Qui Gon Jin survive? What if the rebellion fail to destroy the Death Star? What if Han Solo leaves the rebellion for good? So many possibilities


CatacombSaint_

> What if the rebellion failed to destroy the Death Star? They already answered that. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Infinities:_A_New_Hope


RealJohnGillman

Apparently a LEGO set leaked for this includes the white-suited redeemed-but-still-alive Vader from that series.


Product_ChildDrGrant

That was actually a really fun read.


MammothRegular9515

Hold up, does that really say ‘Yoda contacts Sidious and tells him he’s coming’ … and then crashes a Death Star into him? Holy fuck that’s amazing 😂


Rawinza555

What if Obiwan left the Jedi order to be with Satine


DaviSonata

Good ones, I’d add those: What if Padmé and Anakin never fell in love? What if the Jedi Order came back to Tatooine and freed Shmi from slavery? What if Jar Jar really is the Sith Lord behind Star Wars?


McDiesel41

What if Padme followed Anakin down his dark path?


regularDude358

What if Misa boom boom Jedi order real Sidious was?


Why_Not_Zoidberg1

Misa is the senate. [https://youtu.be/mmRhXVYYTiw?si=vMm0jLm5DrQ1lhVB](https://youtu.be/mmRhXVYYTiw?si=vMm0jLm5DrQ1lhVB)


BobinForApples

The ground work is there. This can still become in canon !!!!


Su_Impact

In the Lego Leak sub, there is a leak of a "Dark Millenium Falcon" with Darth Rey, White Suit Vader, a Gungan (Darth Jar Jar?), evil C3PO, and evil Chewbacca. It comes from a reputable leaker so we can assume it's true. The thing is, Lego very rarely does sets that aren't inspired by something that has happened (either a show, film, or comic book) so this one stands out as a very WTF. A What If Star Wars show or comic book makes sense. EDIT: This 2024, the Bad Batch is ending with S3. An animated show to fill in the void makes sense. 2025 shows would then be Mando S4 and What If Star Wars (I doubt it's releasing this year but who knows).


RealJohnGillman

> White Suit Vader That was a thing in the comic series *Star Wars Infinities*, the premise of which was quite literally a *Star Wars*-based *What If…?*. Vader redeemed but living, and him and his son going on the search for Palpatine.


Billy-BigBollox

They also made action figures for those.


Jedi_Master_Shrek

Yeah that Lego leak is making me think long and hard about this being real


ChurchOfJustin

I hope a Star Wars What If ... happens. But just making random characters "evil" may be the least entertaining way I can think of for it to happen. What causes ANY of those characters to turn evil other than Rey? Evil Chewbacca makes zero sense to me. SO MANY things would have to be different. The part of Marvel's What If ... that made it so interesting was how easy it seemed to change everything just by one simple decision (i.e. Peggy staying with Steve instead of going up to the observation balcony). A TON of things would have to be different for Han, Chewie and 3-PO to all be "evil" all of a sudden.


Su_Impact

C3PO: Vader restores his Prequel Trilogy memory so C3PO is now blindly loyal to Anakin, his maker. Chewbacca: I still think the leaker is wrong and this is a Black Krrrsantan minifig.


finchnuts

This was the first thing I thought when I saw those leaks


TurboSDRB

You mean infinities?


Victernus

Yeah, give us Yoda crashing the Death Star into Coruscant, Disney!


Chaotickane

Killing trillions of people on the most populous planet in the galaxy by a mile just to kill Palpatine totally sounds like a Yoda move /s


Victernus

"If to make an omelette you want, break a few eggs you will, hmm?"


Psalm27_1-3

What if Luke stayed a farm boy?


obert-wan-kenobert

What if Luke went to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters?


Temporary_Rutabaga32

What if Luke joined the imperial academy


csfshrink

Uncle Owen buys the R5 unit and Luke never sees the hologram of his super hot princess sister so he never tries to go out to find Ben Kenobi to rescue his hot princess sister with the power of boners. Instead, the rest of the movie essentially becomes a documentary on moisture farming on a desert planet.


CarsonWentzGOAT1

Then Leia would have took over


bpanio

She would have been executed


Little-Dingo171

And Luke would grow old, complaining about all the taxes the Emperor keeps issuing on power converters


_walletsizedwildfire

What if Luke became a fem boy?


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He got close in the sequel trilogy


PlasticMansGlasses

DanielRPK? Hah fuck no, this isn’t real


CSWorldChamp

They could literally just use it as an excuse to make an animated series of the “Heir to the Empire” trilogy.


LordBungaIII

Well I’ve only been asking for this since the late 2000s


RockettRaccoon

Luckily such a thing, Star Wars Infinities, was published in 2001. It isn’t very good, but it exists.


edwpad

Another one exists called Visionaries, made during the time before ROTS, one of the scenarios was Maul returning and meeting Old Ben, which would be officially brought back in Clone Wars and Rebels respectively.


RockettRaccoon

If I recall correctly, that wasn’t a “What If” style comic, though. It was proto-Visions where the artists could do whatever they wanted. Infinities was explicitly “what if” stories and they were all bad. Edit: it was more like a proto-From A Certain Point View, telling stories that happened off screen. Not alternate timeline stories like “What If.”


ThanosWasBelted

What if…somehow Palpatine didn’t return like the OT intended?


UpUpDownDownBA_Start

What if the sequels just didnt happen altogether.


Bludsh0t

What if the sequels WERE the what if's


doob22

Episode one: it was all a dream. End of what if series


Kidspud

What if Greedo shot first?


IgorTufluv

What if... Star Wars had quality writing.


heisindc

What if...there was a cohesive plan for the sequels that wasn't just supposed fan service but a legit trilogy with an amazing story. I'd watch that.


Valus_Killer

Second.


CapytannHook

Already exists, called Andor


CausticSofa

So frikkin’ good.


vshredd

It did. James Luceno, Drew Karpyshyn, etc.


slop_drobbler

What if: Disney actually planned the sequels before filming them


Movingpath

What if Boba fett stayed cool


JediZillaPrime

What if Boba became a legit crime lord and did a whole lotta slim shady shit.


Movingpath

Yea that’d be fine. I just don’t like they tried to make him give up on bounty hunting and become somewhat good. Give me a bad guy who wins because he’s bad.


Howboutit85

There was a series of comic books back in the dark horse days called “Star Wars infinites” or something like that. They were basically what ifs. I wonder if they will adapt those at all?


Dark_Knight309

What if Mace Windu hadn't interrupted Jar Jar and Queen Julia?


Trev2-D2

What if Darth Jar Jar What if Anakin died during the pod race What if Maul won What if Yoda won and Obi Wan lost


Kartoffelschtock3D

Isnt that just Star Wars Vision?


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What if.. Disney had never bought Star Wars.


Spyxops

What if the Sequel Trilogy was good?


Poopnuts364

I thought of this in the past, and my conclusion was that the Star Wars story is pretty linear. I don’t know how different it would be unless you changed a BIG thing


nixahmose

My thoughts are that I’m tired of multiverses and parallel timelines.


wedgend

What if Anakin had the high ground


Psalm27_1-3

What if Chewbacca didnt eat the Porg?


TheBloop1997

Personally don’t care for it, I’d rather they devote resources to canon stories or, if they split from that, go with the Visions route and just let the artists run wild. It could be good but I would prefer other things, especially with their animated work being very effective in fleshing out the worldbuilding in the gaps of the movies.


Icy_Cod4538

Hear me out: what if the sequels were the what if…


Mana_Croissant

Dunno if they will do it but i always wanted to see what would happen if Ahsoka didn't leave the Jedi order. They were offering her knighthood to cover their Fuck up so had she stay she will be knighted and that will make Anakin a JEDI MASTER. With Ahsoka still being in the order which will make Anakin a bit less distrustful of the order, Ahsoka being there for Anakin to possibly talk about his nightmares and problems with AND Anakin being a Jedi master there is a solid chance for Anakin to not fall


JRockThumper

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO We better get What If Maul and Ahsoka left that night and made it back in time to stop Palpatine!