Through the magic of Jedi Academy modding, the mod known as Movie Duels, and my own improvisations to an otherwise at best mediocre plot that relies more on nostalgia rather than substance to get people to read/watch it, I show what I believe what TFA and the entirety of the Disney Trilogy should be. Notes: Changes are as follows, with a small backstory for each. 1. Ben Solo is now a variation of Ben Skywalker. His father and mother are the same as his EU counterpart, Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade Skywalker. Ben wears an outfit that is a callback to Darth Revan, whom he has come to admire in similar fashion to his DT counterpart's fascination with Darth Vader, but not nearly as much of a creepy fashion with this fascination as he and Revan aren't related. It's more of an ancient hero fascination that Ben has here. 2. Rey isn't some hidden Palpatine via retcon to an otherwise bad retcon with TLJ. Rey is Rey SOLO here. She goes down the same path as Ben did, and she takes a feminine name of Kylo Ren, Kyvo Rin. While she is torn like Ben was, she tries to force herself more blatantly so than Ben does to go to the Dark Side and shun the Light Side out of her. This also kills any Reylo bullshit because this makes her and Ben COUSINS. Spoiler - In TROS, She dies, Ben lives. 3. In the backstory, Jedi Academy happens as normal, however the Dark Side ending (with Rey supplementing Jaden) occurs. Jaden is also a female in this timeline and is Ben's love interest. While she is mostly the Jaden Korr we know from Jedi Academy and few EU materials covering the character, events force Jaden to take a more prominent role in the spotlight, including helping Ben. 4. Anakin's saber in this continuity has a green blade, with the backstory being that Anakin wanted to honor Qui-Gon Jinn by using the same saber color as him, even though it's usually a color of Jedi Consulars while as Anakin is like Obi-Wan, a Jedi Guardian. This is a smaller touch, but it does make sense as Qui-Gon was the father figure that Anakin needed, but was stripped of before he could help him down the path he could have taken. Hey. It's better than what we got.

We've experienced the story that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has to offer at this point, but what if the events of that part of the memorable franchise was different than you remember? What if things were a bit different, with somethings happening from what we know and thus can have even the smallest of effects on the main plot as a whole. Mission I: After nine years in a coma since the Ground Zeroes Incident, Phoenix awakens in the same hospital that he and Big Boss were sent to being attacked by the same force that attacked Mother Base: XOF. Notes: Brad "Phoenix" Marvin was originally a soldier in WW2 whose platoon was well known throughout the European theater, and as a result of their endeavors the U.S Government made them part of the black op experiment "The Fountain of Life" project. Unfortunately, the project ended with his entire platoon dying from the experiments while he was the only one whom survived, seemingly "rising" from the ashes after being assumed dead along with his platoon. As a result of his miraculous returning from the dead, he was given the nickname "Phoenix" due to how he returned. It is because of those said events and the Fountain of Life Project that while he still looks to be in his twenties, he is actually in his 60s as the experiment maintains his youth in order for him to fight longer than the average human. It is also because of said experiment that his face is covered in scars and his left eye is a reddish color whereas it was originally blue like his right eye. In the early 1950s, the woman whom was known as "The Boss" took an interest in him and another man whom would later become known as "Big Boss", taking them both under her wing and teaching them the fighting methods that would later become known as CQC. Phoenix participated in both the Virtuous Mission and Snake Eater alongside Naked Snake, however he could only watch as John pulled the trigger on The Boss. Disillusioned from the U.S like the newly christened Big Boss was, Phoenix left the U.S military to join the Patriots alongside Snake and their former commanding officer Zero, only to leave again with Big Boss when Les Enfant Terrible was discovered by the both of them, which resulted in them both creating the MSF Organization after the San Heronimo Incident in 1970. In 1974, Phoenix participated in the Peace Walker Incident, aiding Big Boss and the MSF in putting down Hot Coldman's A.I driven rampage, then stopping Paz from stealing the group's Metal Gear, Zeke. A year later, Phoenix went alone with Big Boss to the "Black Site" Prison in Cuba to rescue both Chico and Paz, only to discover that the entirety of MSF was being obliterated due to a trojan horse attack by XOF. The vain attempt of Paz's sacrifice in the events that followed resulted in both Phoenix and the Medic that would eventually become Venom Snake being seriously injured, with both losing their left arms although Phoenix was much more luckier than Venom was in terms of avoiding shrapnel. In this version of Phantom Pain's events, Venom Snake awakens BEFORE Phoenix does, working behind the scenes getting Diamond Dogs up and running all while the real Big Boss stays behind in Cyprus to help him escape the XOF attack.