The Prequel Trilogy can thus be written similarly to Scrooge's ghostly visitations, in particular the Ghost of Christmas Past. The Ghost of Christmas Past reveals to Scrooge (and to us as well), how Scrooge tragically evolved from a tender young neglected boy to a malicious, cold, empty, spiritually dead elderly man in old age.

• The events that we have so far observed in Episodes IV-VI seem to parallel neatly with our own history of World War II. Take note of the Imperial commanders' uniforms, and how Nazi-like they look. Note the term: "Stormtroopers" and their Nazi-like discipline and marching order. Once the old German Empire was dissolved in 1918, new leadership arose such as Adolf Hitler in the role of Supreme Chancelor, a.k.a. Senator Palpatine. Hitler set up concentration camps to exterminate the Jews through genocide/Palpatine "purges" the Jedi. The Imperial commanders have characteristic similarities to Hitler's bulldogs: Rommel, Hesse, Von Barbie, etc...
  Also observe the "good guys" in the film and notice the similarity of the Millenium Falcon's cockpit to a B52-Bomber's. The Rebel fighter's flight uniform looks very much like the American Naval flightsuit of the Pacific.
  If this be the case, if the events we are witnessing in Episodes IV-VI parallel our own World War II's, would it not then be a great idea to base the events before the time of the Empire on the obvious beginnings of the Second World War: that of our own World War I in 1914? I think it's a wonderful setting for inspiration!

• Almost every major player in the Great War lost their empires, their monarchies, and their colonial holdings after the conflicts ended upon Armistice Day in November 11, 1918. Most of the major world-powers that took part in the fighting were devastated by the war. Consider the Russian Revolutions of 1917. They broke down and fell apart just as the Old Republic of the Star Wars Galaxy would, in order for the Empire to take control so easily.

• The Great War was the talk of the town. It was so big in fact that for decades to come, men only had to refer to "the war" for anyone to understand what they were talking about. Everyone living in the early decades of the 20th Century talked endlessly about what they went through during the war, just as everyone seems to be doing in the time periods since the legendary Clone Wars in the Star Wars Galaxy. They just can't stop talking about it, it was THAT all-important!

• The Great War was a major dividing-line between the old world of the 19th Century and our own century; the world would never be the same after the guns stopped smoking. Just as the Clone Wars should be in thier time, a DIVIDING-LINE between past and present; between the Old Republic and the Empire!!!

• Literally everyone who was anyone and was alive during the time of World-War I took part in the fighting. It involved everyone, world-wide, for the very first time in history. Everyone living at that time felt the effects of the war and most importantly NEVER forgot it! I believe you should write the same kind of cause-and-effect concept as this into the Clone Wars storyline. "None of the star systems were ever again quite the same after the Clone Wars. They were forever scarred!"

• Due to the enormousness and the brutality of the fighting, many of the 20th war machines and technologies saw their introduction in the Great War:
     1. The Maxim-Machine Gun
     2. The armoured Tank
     3. The Airplane
     4. The Zeppelin observation blimp
     5. Toxic gas, gasmasks, and biological weapons
     6. Barbed Wire
     7. Trench warfare

• Perhaps many of the innovations of the Empire's technology can trace their beginnings to the Clone Wars as well, such as:
     1. Star Destroyers
     2. Tie Fighters
     3. The Death Stars
     4. Imperial Probe Droids
     5. The body-armour of the Imperial Storm Troopers
     6. AT-AT's and Scout Walkers

  (Afterall, the mighty forces of the Empire that we see in control of the galaxy at the beginning of "Episode IV: A New Hope" could not have evolved overnight). Wouldn't it be ironic to witness the "good guys" (a.k.a. The Republic forces) fighting with early prototype AT-ATs and Star Destroyers?

The Great Carthaginian General: Hannibal

6. AN ANCIENT HISTORIC PARALLEL I would also suggest having a thorough study of the Punic Wars between ancient Rome and the city of Carthage in the third Century BC. It can be said that in a very indirect way that completely exterminating Carthage to oblivian after the third Carthaginian War made possible the downfall of the Old Roman Republic and the eventual rise of the Roman Empire under a single Emporer (sound familiar?).

Several wise Roman senators such as Publius Scipio Nasica opposed Cato the Elder, who wished to see Carthage annihilated. Nasica proposed leaving the fear of Carthage in power to be a "check" on Rome's greed and arrogance. Looking back in retrospect, history has proved his wise foresight to be somewhat correct.

What if the Carthaginian general, Hannibal, had survived the Carthaginian Wars and made a living as a ruthless mercenary for hire? Perhaps this is a terrific way of writing the personal history for the Boba Fett character?