So I've been coming up with a couple of new Infinities (What if? stories) storylines for campaigns but I'm having trouble with where I should take them, could I get some feedback?

Episode I Infinities: Obi-Wan makes it a few steps farther ahead so he and Qui-Gon fight Maul together. Sifo-Dyas lives as Qui-Gon goes with him when he visits Dooku and becomes a party member of sorts (he’s a master to one of the characters like Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan).

Net effect: Qui-Gon lives

Story Questions: Should Qui-Gon or Obi-Wan kill Maul? Should Obi-Wan die instead? Should Qui-Gon be kicked out of the Jedi Order? Would Qui-Gon join Dooku (not as a Sith but as a genuine protest against the decadence and corruption of the Republic).

Episode II Infinities: Padmé’s ship explodes in flight and destroys the Senate building, killing senate members and Palpatine. Anakin seeks out Padmé to see if she lives.

Net effect: Palpatine is dead.

Story Questions: What becomes of the government? What are Dooku’s machinations? Jedi’s role? Anakin and Padmé? Luke and Leia born sooner? The Clone Army? Zam Wessel?

Episode III Infinities: C-3PO spots Obi-Wan trying to board Padmé’s ship. Padmé confronts and berates him for attempting to use her to get at Anakin. She says if he wants to blame someone blame Palpatine. Obi-Wan joins the Yoda’s fight against Palpatine towards the end and stabs the Emperor through the heart. Palpatine manages to hit him with lightning before falling from the Senate pod. His death throws dislodge the remaining Senate pods and Yoda must lift Obi-Wan swiftly to safety. Anakin feels Palpatine’s death but Padmé, disenchanted with both the Jedi and the Republic, convinces Anakin to run away with her and raise their children in seclusion.

Net Effect: Palpatine’s death.

Story Questions: Does Obi-Wan live? Is he in a coma (from being hit with lightning and perhaps thrown against a wall)? Who takes over the Empire? Tarkin? Maul? What Jedi live? Does the new Emperor have Jedi Hunters? Did Mace survive the fall (Maul survived being bisected after all)? What of Anakin and Padmé’s ultimate fate? Does Anakin redeem himself? Do visions plague him?

Episode VI Infinities: Han stalls longer over the Death Star intercom (think of the scene from Robot Chicken) and they are able to escape with Leia off the detention block along with not raising suspicions. The snag Obi-Wan before he confronts Darth Vader and flee the Death Star. Obi-Wan disables the tracking device on the Millenium Falcon. Leia, in order to draw the Death Star out, has Luke contact Han (who’s left with his money) to return so as to leak their location. Han returns only to realize that Leia used him and Luke and is angry with her. The pilots are ready for the Death Star before it arrives and suffer minimal losses.

Net effect: Han dislikes Leia, feeling she is a cold-hearted manipulator. Biggs and Obi-Wan live.

Story Questions: Does Obi-Wan continue to train Luke, or does he send Luke off? Is Leia trained? Should Leia begin to like Biggs? What is Biggs role in this new story? How does the Rebellion grow with a Jedi Master and a stunning victory over the Empire? Did Darth die in the Death Star?

Episode V Infinities: Luke hears Leia shout “It’s a Trap!” on Cloud City and decides on a different path. He tracks down Boba Fett and engages him in a fight.

Net effect: No fight with Vader

Story Questions: What should the fight with Boba be like? Like Obi-Wan and Jango? Does Leia arrive in time to save Han (I’m leaning no)? How do they track Boba? What major story consequences would there be? Does Luke get in a full additional year of training with Yoda? Does Yoda tell Luke about Vader being his father?

Episode VI Infinities: Leia realizes Jabba has set a trap and manages to spring it and escape with Han. Luke is able to return to Yoda a few days sooner and Yoda teaches him one last technique before dying. When Luke confronts the Emperor he is ready for his lightning and redirects it back at him (think Zuko vs. Fire Lord Ozai from Avatar). The Emperor is seemingly defeated (or at least unconscious) so Luke attempts to leave with Vader. The Emperor shoots one last bolt of lightning but Vader places himself in the way before throwing the Emperor out the window. Damaged but not dead, Luke is forced to remove Vader’s failing mask and hook him up to the life-support on the Imperial Shuttle.

Net effect: Vader lives.

Story Questions: What kind of story consequences would this have? Should the Emperor actually die (or does Vader simply place himself in the way of the lightning)? What becomes of Vader? Is he imprisoned or does Luke manage to get him free (via smuggling him out or pulling privilege)? What of Leia’s reaction? Should anything more happen at Jabba’s? Does Darth’s knowledge of Jedi help Luke establish his order sooner? What of the still standing Jedi temple?

Rather like those ideas!

Best I've ever thought about is more along the lines of explaining what actually happened during the OT and trying to wonder at what sub plots they missed in the prequels...

1) Qui-Gon was actually introduced to the Whills by a Republic Knight who was Obi-Wan's mentor, the man was assassinated at Sidious's orders as he was close to uncovering his scheming and Qui-Gon accompanied Obi-Wan in his late friend's place to try and resolve the Naboo Siege and his presence saved Obi-Wan's life as Maul was sent to kill him in case he knew what his late mentor was investigating.

2) Sifo'dyas IS General Grievious and believed the Jedi Council was behind his attempted murder. The cyborg process left him deranged a technique used less successfully on Anakin.

3) Darth Vader was cloned from Anakin's lost hand, Obi-Wan did kill him on Mustafar but thought Anakin was murdered by him meaning what he said about Anakin in ANH was actually true. When Luke figured out Vader was actually Anakin, Yoda and Anakin realised becoming Force Spirits didn't make them omniscient!

4) Maul was the Sith Grandmaster in TPM, he was succeeded by Palpatine who wasn't a lightsabers master he just used his Chancellor Guard to whittle down the Jedi long enough for backup to overwhelm them after all you seriously think he'd wittingly meet them alone given as Supreme Chancellor he trumps any excuse they'd throw to dissuade them from interfering?!

5) The Sith are a black ops sect intended to insure the Republic from falling and keep the Jedi from doing what Palpatine did!

6) Jedi Knights are the name given to force users who were once Republic Knights but refused to accept Palpatine as Emperor those that did became Imperial Knights.

Well I think I've gone a bit off topic there!

Sorry should have stuck to the infinities idea so...

Qui-Gon went to Tatooine first picking up Anakin whilst there, Obi-Wan ends up duelling Maul and barely escapes with his life as the Sith was sent because his Master learned of Anakin whose the son of Palpatine's late mentor who was killed as part of Palpatine fulfilling his place as a Sith.

The Siege of Naboo happened because the Trade Federation were responding to pirate attacks traced back to Naboo (they followed the money so aren't that stupid), Maul sets off the invasion by killing the Trade Federation delegation leaving it in the control of one of Palpatine's minions ergo setting off the Separatist War 10 years early.

Maul escapes eventually Obi-Wan traces him to Kamino but not before Palpatine uses the Clone Army he spent 20 years building to seize control of Coruscant and eventually the Core seizing the Republic Fleet before they can be moved out of his control.

With the battle between the Empire and the Separatists intensify any remaining Jedi either swear allegiance to Palpatine and serve as Imperial Knights whether to protect the public or take advantage of heir position.

The others are declared traitors and have to go into hiding to escape bountyhunters hired by both sides due to Maul's actions on Naboo that was blamed on the Jedi.

Maul is cloned as he is inevitably killed during the war until Palpatine tried to resurrect Anakin's Clone using Anakin's body which failed but that wasn't discovered until the end of ROTJ.