Alternate Force Awakens
Just rewatched Enders Game and it struck me..Remember before there were any trailers to TFA there were fan trailers using shots from Enders Game with Ford and he's all clean cut, in the cool futuristic uniform..
Han could've been a clean cut General in charge of the fleet (like Adama in BSG) in a cool looking uniform (instead of going back to being a lowly smuggler)
Luke could've been an all powerful Jedi master in the new Jedi council (instead of a hermit)
Leia could've been like queen of the galaxy (not a general)
Ben Solo - Conflicted but not yet turned to the dark side by Snoke
Rey could've been a young apprentice jedi of Lukes academy
Poe/Finn just the same (xwing pilot/stormtrooper)
Quick plot synopsis: 30 years on from the defeat of the Empire, the New Republic is thriving when a familiar sinister evil lurks in the shadows (a phantom menace). As The First Order slowly rises, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and Queen Leia must once again enlist the help of General Han Solo to defeat this new unforeseen enemy that threatens to destroy the peace and justice in the galaxy(abit like ROTS but the first movie not the last).. Solo would die at the end sacrificing himself in the Falcon so the new cast could get away (like Laura Dern in Ep8).
Basically Ep7 could've been more like the prequels! (as opposed to the OT like TFA was) with plenty Han/Luke/Leia interacting scenes. then Ep8 could've been set about 10y later (like AOTC) after the downfall of the New Republic/dominance of the First Order (so like the TFA/TLJ with luke missing/leia a general/luke dies Gladiator/Maximus style etc) .