"War in the Pocket is a standalone OVA with no effect on the main UC timeline at all"
Kakarot197: are you sure about that?

Well damn, guess the Titans just win in this universe.

Essentially, Char dying means overwhelming victory for the Titans. Until Scirocco makes his move and the Titans fall into civil war between the Scirocco faction and the Jamitov faction led by Bask Ohm (Since Scirocco would most likely still assassinate Jamitov)
Would be interesting seeing if Londo Bell could rise from the ashes of a Titans civil war.

The biggest issue I see with this what if story is that it is operating on the idea that no other ace pilots or newtypes would arise. I really don't think that's a fair assumption. And what about the Titan's tendency to betray each other for personal gain?

Haman would still be one of gundam's best girls

Without Haman and Axis, AEUG would probably be easily crushed by Titan and their new ace Kamille.

Im enjoying this series,  i wish you were able to do this series more often

Honestly, if Char dying means that Earth isn't rendered utterly uninhabitable from Fifth Luna crashing into it, it's a win.

For anyone that doesn't know Char's Deleted Affair is an amazing manga. I thought it was going to be about Haman and teenage girl stuff BUT NO. There is so much backstory/lore to what is going on with Zeon remnants and Axis politics. They even show what is going on in the Republic of Zeon and how the Federation hunts zabi/zeon loyalist. Chars Deleted Affair is also a prequel of Z Gundam Define as the same author made it. It is amazing all of you need to read it.

Just don’t let them kill me

Well, drat... I was expecting a swarm of space moths taking over the Titans' forces while shouting purupurupurupurupurupuru

In short: "And then it got worse."

Am I just overestimating Char, or is post-OYW UC kinda imploding without him?
Also, making this video made me realize one thing I don't like about CDA, a lot of things are conveniently written for Char to be his best.

You can check out part 1 here of this what-if series here: https://youtu.be/0pBUcjm4HXE
And part 2 is right here: https://youtu.be/9Tc-R2k-R1E

You can cast your vote here: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgztgLwopiUFo13qmop4AaABCQ

Hmmm... interesting vid here but yeah I would like to see the return of Axis to the Earth Sphere during the Gryps War.

It's kind of hilarious that Maharaja Karn was portrayed as a moderate in CDA, when older anime-compliant sources imply a very different stance.

In char deleted affair manga, one reason why char leave axis. During his stay at axis, char has romantic relantionship with haman close friend (forgot her name). In fit of jelousy (also influenced by her unstable newtype ability) made a scheme that cause the death of char girlfriend which at that time pregnant with char child. This also why char really hate haman

Have a great day, kakarot.

Man this is depressing

Pilots with the top scoring kill count of the one year war on both sides Zeon and the Earth Federation Forces. 193 MS & 8 ships Breniff Oguz, 191 MS & 4 ships Nordit Bauer, 185 MS & 6 ships Johnny Ridden, 156 MS & 3 ships Eric Mansfield, 141 MS & 6 ships Shin Matsunaga, 138 MS & 2 ships Gabby Hazard, 115 MS & 6 ships Robert Gilliam, 103 MS &12 ships Grennis Escort, 149 MS & 3 ships Tenneth A. Jung, MS & 4 ships Lydo Wolf, MS & 2 ships Charles Kissingham, 43 MS 3 ships Lon Kou, 41 MS & 1 ships Franklin Novotny, 37 MS & 2 ships Heinz Baer, 32 MS & 0 ships Dellis Hanover. Gato had a score of around 200 M.S. but they weren't all recorded because of the chaos on the battlefield, Breniff Oguz would often give credit to his stubbornness and fellow soldiers for a kill yet he was still the top scoring ace on both sides of the one year war, this man was literally called the one shot killer. To put this into prospective Amuro had a kill score of 142 MS & 9 ships during the one year war. Char spent the majority of his time chasing the White base so his kill score was extremely low. We can't pretend not a single one of these pilots, some even being better than Amuro who had the Gundam, new type powers and many of these pilots didn't but they still have out scored him and a few are his age or younger; would have joined the A.E.U.G. or even Neo Zeon. It is highly believed as Cannon by most fans that Shin Matsunaga a man with 141 M.S. and 6 Ships kill score during the one year war was a member of the A.E.U.G. and this man was worlds better than Char as a pilot. Even LaLa was a better pilot than Char. In Gundam Evolve: 09, there is a character code-named Gray Wolf who pilots a yellow Zeta Gundam. While his name is never specifically stated, his physical appearance matches that of Matsunaga. In addition, he is referred to as a former Zeon ace pilot and a Gray Wolf emblem similar to Matsunaga's White Wolf emblem is located on the Zeta's shield. If Char, Amuro, Kamille, & Judau didn't become pilots I'm sure one of these aces or many other people out there could have taken their roles and done the same if not better than they did. It's selfish to assume these characters are the only people in an entire universe who could have done the things they did. Hathaway Noa is an exceptional pilot and new Type who didn't really come into his own till U.C. 0105 which is 12 years after both Char and Amuro died in U.C. 0093. Kamille is a very unique character and he would be more difficult to replace by anyone as it is confirmed by the creator of gundam that he is the most powerful Newtype in all of the U.C. time line. If it wasn't for Kamille lending his powers to Juda Neo Zeon would have won their first war is U.C. 0088/0089 and Haman would have conquered the world, just one of his many achievements the actually decided the entire outcome of a war.

Also Char only recommends Haman as the next leader of Neo Zeon to the Committee. It was Haman that united to Zabi hardliners under her not Char. She assisted in Operation Stardust which won the support of Gieran Zabis supporters. If Char hadn't recommend her as the leader than she would most likely have been mentioned by someone else. He younger sister was a traitor and even though her older sister who was Dozals second wife was there she was never even considered.  Hammans Neo Zeon would have destroyed the Titans after their little Civil war. The Quiblay destroys the O everyday of the week. Haman actually grew apart from Char and was serious about her plans it came to a head when Char abandoned Axis and Haman but she would go on to build one of the most powerful armies the U.C. ever saw. How ever it could be argued Char did recommend her and either out that she wouldn't have come into power over Axis. If this happens she dose not lend units or man power to Operate Stardust and it most likely is stopped before eit even starts. Remember Gato got his mobile armor from Axis. So now that Operation Stardust is stopped the Titans are not formed and you have the normal zeon hunter units remain. You can argue that Axis and the Gato fleet, "can't remember the guy's name. Delzu or something." Are the reason the Titans are even formed.

I would say you ahould do the return of axis simply because the events of ZZ, CCA, and Unicorn would never happen leading to the next major event being F91.