Line #5 ComicBook/StarWarsInfinities


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4	[[WhatIf What If]] the ''Franchise/StarWars'' original trilogy had its turning points dramatically changed? What if Luke failed to destroy the Death Star in ''Film/ANewHope''? What if he froze to death during that blizzard in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''? What if C-3PO got damaged during Leia and Jabba's negotiations in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''?
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6	Well, this series of graphic novels is the answer. ''Infinities'' is split into three independent {{Story Arc}}s, one for each film. This means that they are not sequels to each but self-contained canon-divergent, {{alternate continuit\|y}}ies. For example, in ''Infinities -- The Empire Strikes Back'', Luke did destroy the Death Star and everything is exactly as canon until he dies in Hoth. The changes that ''Infinities -- A New Hope'' introduces do not carry on. Likewise with ''Infinities -- Return of the Jedi''.
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8	The graphic novels ran from 2002 to 2004 under Creator/DarkHorseComics. As the years passed by, ''Infinities'' would become a label for anything else deemed completely non-canon, such as official parodies, the ''ComicBook/StarWarsTales'' anthology comics, and crossover content like ''VideoGame/LEGOStarWars''.
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12	* AlternateContinuity: By virtue of exploring different, often quite drastic scenarios, each story arc is not only alternate in regard to each other but to the ''Star Wars'' canon as a whole as well. It's not canon that Luke has died or failed to destroy the Death Star, nor that Princess Leia entered a fight with Jabba after C-3PO couldn't translate anymore. These changes don't affect the next ''Infinities'' novel or (most of) the subsequent ExpandedUniverse stories.
13	* AndTheAdventureContinues: In stark contrast to the film it's based on, ''Infinities -- Return of the Jedi'' has an open ending. Emperor Palpatine manages to escape from the Death Star before the Rebels destroy it, but Luke and Leia successfully manage to save Darth Vader's life after convincing him to turn from the Dark Side. In the last pages, Vader joins the heroes as they all vow to hunt down Palpatine together.
14	* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: In ''Infinities -- The Empire Strikes Back'', Yoda uses his powers to make Darth Vader confront his sins. This means having to fight spectral copies of Qui-Gon Jinn, Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and potentially other Jedi whom he killed during his rise to power. Vader wins and kills Yoda.
15	* ColonyDrop: In ''Infinities -- A New Hope'', Yoda ends up taking control of the Death Star that Luke failed to destroy several years prior and sets it to crash into Palpatine's palace on Coruscant, putting an end to the Empire and leaving Coruscant... broken.
16	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Considering how little space was left, Vader's GoodCostumeSwitch to white might just have been shorthand for "Hey, Vader's part of the Rebellion now!" since readers might not have known otherwise. The costume is memetic now and has its own action figure.
17	* EnemyMine: Yoda and Darth Sidious (the latter presumably having revealed his Sith identity to Yoda) have to forge a temporary alliance to stop Anakin Skywalker, who became exceptionally powerful via the Dark Side thanks to the Son. The allegiance does them no good, though, as Anakin effortlessly kills them.
18	* GoodCostumeSwitch: In ''Infinities -- Return of the Jedi'', Vader undergoes his redemption aided by both his children and survives betraying the Emperor for their sake. In the denouement, we see him standing alongside Luke and Leia as one of the good guys wearing a costume identical to his usual one, just colored white and with some more cloth and a little less armor.
19	* MonumentOfHumiliationAndDefeat: ''Infinities — A New Hope'' depicts the Sith taking over the Republic and turning the Jedi Temple into Palpatine's residence.
20	* MythologyGag:
21	** Palpatine turns the Jedi temple into his residence in ''Infinities — A New Hope'', which gets referenced in ''Literature/StarWarsTarkin'' (2014).
22	** In ''Infinities -- The Empire Strikes Back'', Leia becomes a Jedi following Luke's death in Hoth. This same plot is used in the non-canon Endor DLC of the second installment of ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed''.
23	* PointOfDivergence:
24	** ''Infinities -- A New Hope'': Luke fails to destroy the Death Star because one of his torpedoes malfunctions. As a result, the Empire catches several Rebels trying to escape Yavin, including Leia, whom Vader trains as his apprentice. In the meantime, Luke trains with Yoda, and after five years he confronts Vader and Leia, ultimately ending when Yoda {{Colony Drop}}s the Death Star on top of the Emperor's palace.
25	** ''Infinities -- The Empire Strikes Back'': Luke dies of exposure on Hoth, leading Han and Leia to seek Yoda. Lando doesn't betray Han, getting Cloud City destroyed. [=C3PO=] ends up in Vader's hands and finds out about Dagobah, leading him to confront Yoda (and get into a mental battle against the spirits of Jedi passed like Qui-Gon and Mace). Vader gets killed in a surprise attack by Han, leaving him and Leia to rejoin the Rebels and fight the Emperor.
26	** ''Infinities -- Return of the Jedi'': [=C3PO=] gets disabled by accident, forcing Leia to reveal her identity to Jabba and allowing Boba Fett to escape with Han in the confusion. Yoda dies before Luke can hear his final message, meaning Luke (and the Emperor) sense his death and Luke gets captured leaving Dagobah. Meanwhile, Leia mounts a rescue mission to save Han, but he's become permanently blind. Because the heroes don't befriend the Ewoks, they attack both sides at the shield generator, meaning Han and Lando have to take it out. Luke and Leia manage to redeem and rescue Vader, who [[GoodCostumeSwitch dons a white costume]] and [[HeelFaceTurn joins the good guys]] in hunting down the Emperor.
27	** [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall In a nice touch,]] the highly trained Force users can ''sense'' that things are not as they should be, though they don't quite know what is going on. They just know the Force is going ''nuts''. Also interesting, each scenario still results in the heroes defeating the villains, just with the plots changed significantly. (In fact, each ending may have actually been ''better'' [[BittersweetEnding if slightly bittersweet]].)
28	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d. In ''Infinities -- A New Hope'', Luke and Han encounter the red-robed Imperial Guard in Coruscant. In standard canon, they are commando stormtroopers, which is bad enough, but in this, they are armed with lightsabers. When Han asks what does that mean, Luke answers that red robes mean the guards are trouble.
29	-->'''Han:''' They're wearing red robes, Luke. Tell me what it means when they wear red suits, Luke...\
30	'''Luke:''' I think it means trouble.
31	* RestrictedExpandedUniverse: Thanks to them being alternate continuities, the graphic novels can [[AvertedTrope break the restrictions]] imposed by Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} --such as that neither Luke, Leia, or Han can be killed. Indeed, in the ''Infinities -- The Empire Strikes Back'' continuity, Luke dies and comes back one InUniverse century later as a Force ghost in ''ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy''.
32	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: ''Infinities -- A New Hope'' ends with Yoda dropping the Death Star directly on top of Palpatine.
33	* TrespassingToTalk: In ''Infinities -- The Empire Strikes Back'', Lando walks into his office in Cloud City only to find Boba Fett with his helmet off and [[SmugSnake his feet up on Lando's desk]].
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