What If? Star Wars Campaign.

[Jerrod Owex]

[garhkal]

The Dark Empire saga has him inhabiting some of his clones.
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[Jerrod Owex]

[Dromdarr_Alark]

Okay. Here are my speculations:

Mace Windu kills Palpatine.

Anakin and Windu are so filled with emotions that they both exile themselves, but not in favor of the Dark Side. It would be more of a disillusionment to the blindness of the Jedi and of the corruption of the system. Anakin takes Padme with him and they raise their children together.

The separatist leadership would fall apart without Palpatine's manipulation, so the war would last only a little longer.

When the Senate finds out that Palpatine was killed by Jedi Knights, there would be a public outcry against them. Their reputation was already tainted by their involvement in the war, and Palpatine was a respected leader, so this would put them over the edge and make them public enemies.

The Jedi would probably be stripped of their galactic authority and forced to exist more privately. They might even be forced to leave Coruscant.

The Senate would be in disarray. Different power groups would be vying for the position of Supreme Chancellor. Bail Organa and Mon Mothma would advocate for the system to be refined and re-examined to eliminate corruption while other senators would attempt to place themselves in authority to protect their interests. But without the support of Padme, Organa and Mothma would fail, and corrupt interests would reign.

When the Clone Wars finally end, there will be the issue of what to do with the clones. I imagine they would become a galactic security force.

The Hutts might see the disarray of the Republic as an opportunity to expand their influence. The power gaps left by the Jedi might be filled by crime lords.

That is what I have so far.

I am still musing on the topic because it is quite interesting!
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[DougRed4]

I just want to say that the entire last bit that Dromdarr posted makes a lot of sense and seems really plausible to me.
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[DougRed4]

[cheshire]

[garhkal]

[Jerrod Owex]

[atgxtg]

Basically, once you open up the box of "What ifs?" all sorts of things could happen, and the sotry could go off in almost any direction.

For instance, SOMEBODY other than Palpatine would have to have been aware of Order 66, and there is the possibility of that information being exploited to wipe out the Jedi. Either during the Clone Wars or later.

What if most of the Jedi got wiped out as per the films, but no Sith survive. You could end up with something fairly similar to the Empire, but not one controlled and run by the Sith. The handful of surviving Jedi would probably go into hiding, at least until somebody with authority decides to countermand Order 66, which might not happen if the full details of Palpatine's plot don't come out.

I suspect that all those greedy factions that Palpy exploited to rise to power would probably want to take advatage of the situation to get rid of the Jedi and take control of the Republic. Then probably start fighting amongst themselves without Palpy to keep them in check. The Republic could be split up into various smaller powers.

[Jerrod Owex]

[Jerrod Owex]

OK. So i figured it was time for Number 4, lol, so here it is.

This one of the ones i have seen in a couple of people's posts, and one i mentioned would be coming up soon when i was talking about Anakin, Padme and the twins. It is a bit easier than the others, there is only one thing to think about but it has almost endless possibilities, lol.

Who will become the new chancellor? Again pointing out that Palpatine has lost control and the larger majority of the people, at least those in the Senate, have found out that he is/was a Sith Lord.

There are a few obvious choices here: Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, Padme Amidala, or possibly, this will likely start a debate but he did learn a lot from Palpatine, even Anakin could be a possibility. There are of course literally hundreds of other possibilities here too. Let's here your thought's.

[Raven Redstar]

I like the idea of Palpatine getting arrested better than him just being outright killed. This leaves him open to escaping or being broken out of whatever prison the Jedi, or possibly the Senate have put him in.

What if, order 66 could only be executed by the person holding the office of Supreme Chancellor? Even though Palpatine knew about it, perhaps once he was removed from office and the Clones were informed of it, they don't feel the need to execute it even if he issued the order.

Where would Palpatine go? What would he do? He would obviously go into hiding and try to raise an army to take the Galaxy by force. Maybe he's got his own secret sets of cloning facilities, like Mount Tantiss all over the place. The second clone wars begins when Palpatine leads a new clone army against the grand army of the republic?

This could be a way that you put the newer rebellion era technology against the clone wars era stuff. The Republic doesn't strike me as the type which will be overly interested in building newer, better war machines. But, Palpatine may have Star Destroyers and such in the works before the clone wars are even over.

Just an idea. Then you can have the players tasked with bringing down the self proclaimed Emperor, and not have to worry about him being protected by story.
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[garhkal]

Also, what if someone else found out about order 66 and decided to implement it.
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