Obi-Wan Can Tell The Rebel Alliance Story George Lucas Never Did
The upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ TV series can reveal the origin of the Rebel Alliance in a way that George Lucas never did. The Star Wars prequel trilogy ends in the darkest possible way, with the clone troopers turning on the Jedi due to Order 66, the ascent of the Sith, and the establishing of the Empire. And yet, for all that's the case, Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith still sounds a note of hope. Anakin Skywalker may have fallen to the dark side, but his newborn children hold the possibility of redemption.
George Lucas originally intended there to be another cause for hope. He viewed Anakin's wife Padmé Amidala as the inspiration for the Rebel Alliance, and in one subplot she played a key role in organizing the so-called "Petition of 2,000" — a call by 2,000 senators for Chancellor Palpatine to surrender his Emergency Powers and end his war on the Separatists. Lucas intended many of these senators, most notably Bail Organa and Mon Mothma, to become key figures in the Rebel Alliance. The Petition of 2,000 was cut, but Star Wars has made it canon through tie-ins.
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But the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ TV show can finally reveal the origins of the Rebel Alliance. The show is believed to feature the return of Jimmy Smits, reprising the role of Bail Organa he played during the prequel trilogy. Both ruler and senator for Alderaan, Bail was an ally of the Jedi who even adopted Anakin's daughter, Leia, into his own family and kept her safe from the Empire until the time of the original trilogy. Presumably Obi-Wan will be forced to flee Tatooine — perhaps for fear of drawing too much attention to the desert world and exposing Luke — and will
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