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As it says on the tin, what if Emperor Palpatine returned to Coruscant in his new cloned body immediately after the Battle of Endor, instead of waiting six years? He announces that the reports of his death were merely enemy propaganda, and there is no Imperial Civil War. The Battle of Endor...

I got this idea after reading the Stargate SG-1 novel Roswell. In it, Vala and Cam are stranded in 1908, and after accidentally changing history, they use their knowledge of the future to get rich and excavate the Stargate early, so they can find a way to go back in time and fix history. This...

Inspired by the book The nine nations of North America by Joel Garreau What if an ASB re-divides North America politically, creating the nine nations described in the book? I will the borders and capitals of each nations, for those not familiar. Whatifalthist has also done an excellent 2-part...

A lot of medieval romances make great fodder for alternate history. This is one I think is particularly good. I took the story from the middle English original, and cleaned it up a bit, while keeping the plot mostly the same. I'd like to know what people think of it as a scenario, and what would...

What if you could choose the winner of each US presidential election? Who would be the presidents ITTL? And how do you think the history of the USA and the world would be different in this universe? the only limitation is that you can only pick people who were actually candidates in that...

Inspired by the idea that Professor X and Magneto were modeled after Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X In 1938, nine year old Michael King begins developing telepathic powers, allowing him to hear other people's thoughts. When his powers reach their peak in 1954, he is able to read, alter...

How much could you increase the world's technology level, using as many PODs as you want? They have to be plausible however. You can't just say "Hero of Alexandria's invention of steam power inspires an industrial revolution" since that would involve thousands of people suddenly developing new...

What if the villains won Marvel's Secret War in 1985, and each of them got their wish? How would it change the future of the marvel universe? Absorbing Man, Wrecker, Bulldozer, Piledriver, and Thunderball - all wish for money, more money than they could ever spend Dr. Doom - feels he doesn't...

What if Darth Gravid (the Sith lord from the Baneite order who turned to the light side) succeeded in destroying all the knowledge of the Sith collected by the Order of the Sith Lords and killing his apprentice? What would happen to people like Hego Damask and Palpatine in this timeline, where...

I made a timeline of historic divergences in the world of the Looney Tunes cartoons (ignoring the elephant in the room, that is, the existence of Toons). I'd love to know what people think about it 10,000 BC gunpowder is developed early (Pre-Hysterical Hare) 52 BC the Martians first begin...

In this scenario, the Jedi manage an eleventh hour victory against the Sith, in this way. During the duel in the Senate Chamber, Yoda is thrown to the floor, and Palatine laughs. He wants Yoda to think he is still going strong, so that Yoda will retreat instead of continuing the fight (as...

This was inspired by the short story "Eutopia" by Poul Anderson, specifically the world of Westland which he describes. Briefly, it is a world were both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires fell, and Western civilization grew entirely from Germanic and Slavic roots with little-or-no Latin or...

This is inspired by my thread "What if Islam expanded as far as it could?" 1145–1149: The Second Crusade is a complete success in Iberia and the Middle East. In Iberia, the Muslims are driven out and the Reconquista happens 300 years early, restoring the Christian Kingdom of Spain, under of the...

What if Berlinghoff Rasmussen had succeeded in his plan? He successfully returns the the 22nd century (contemporary with the events of Enterprise) with detailed information on and some samples of 24th century technology. These include; phasers, a tricorder, a VISOR, isolinear chips, Data...

My idea was to find every occasion in history where Islam could have expanded further, and then change history so that it does. So far, this is just a list of PODs, but I may put more detail into it later 718: the Umayyad Caliphate wins the Siege of Constantinople, leading the the conquest of...

What if the three most popular heroes of Marvel's Golden Age (Sub-Mariner, Human Torch, and Captain America) existed on Earth-2 instead? Meanwhile, the three most popular heroes of DC's Golden Age (Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman) exist on Earth-616 instead? To make this happen, with minimal...

The Hapsburg Empire encompassed much of Europe in the 16th century, but what if it had been even larger? This has several PODs 1555: Mary I of England's false pregnancy is real, and she gives birth to a son (named Edward). When she dies in 1558, 3 year old Edward is crowned King Edward VII of...

I've been speculating for a long time on a timeline where the Dutch colony of New Netherlands becomes a great power, and a potential analog to the OTL United States of America. I've finally nerved myself up to commit these ideas to a post, and see what people think about it. 1665-1667 In the...

This idea is inspired by the very famouse threat on alternatehistory called "For All the Marbles." for those who are curious, here is more information on the subject https://www.alternatehistory.com/wiki/doku.php?id=timelines:for_all_the_marbles I created a government, made up of great men and...

As it says on the tin, the Empire of the North Sea is sent back from 1028 AD to the 40 AD This was inspired by a remark from a friend of mine, that the North Sea Empire looked like an upside-down version of the Roman Empire with a peninsula (Denmark) expanding to conquer all the lands around a...