I'd totally dig that movie.
but.. I have to say.. the last 15-20 seconds or so? thought I was going to bust a seam laughing so hard :P
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They should have kept Darth Maul through out the whole series, that is the right thing to do. However, they should have developed Anakin's and Obi-Wan's relationship with each other in the second prequel a little deeper so that they would regard each other as brothers.
The 1st Prequel didn't need to be changed in relationship to Qui-Gon Jinn. He was the main character. However, the second and third prequel could have had Qui-Gon Jinn's Force Ghost to help guide Obi-Wan through the other two prequels. That would have referenced Obi-Wan's force ghost giving Luke Guidance.
Having watched The Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith, my favorite movies in the whole saga are 1, 3, and 5.
Darth Vader evolves from a simple Contagonist in the first film to something we care about in the second, the Empire Strikes Back. He becomes the main character in the 5th since everything Luke did was in reaction to his Father. His father chases him to Hoth, and then works to capture his daughter and Han Solo and proceeds to do terrible things to them in order to get Luke back.
What would make RotS better is that the cheeky dialogue would have been written; and that of course Hayden Christensen could have been directed to act much better. He should have been in shock when Padme Amidala told him that she was pregnant.
However, don't change the battle between the Emperor and Yoda; nor the battle between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader. Darth Sidious' and Yoda's battle was epic. It actually set firmly how mad the Emperor is and it brought the Emperor from RotJ out.
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But you have to remember the movies are made after the style of the Pulp Serials of the 40s and 50s. They were never meant to be oscar worthy all by themselves. I think they bridge the gap with the original trilogy just fine with a few holes in the plot between the two. The relationship between Owen Lars and Anakin could have been established and explored much deeper, for instance.
Of course they can be made better. That's the point. However, what kills Star Wars are the fans and their treatment of George Lucas. What you don't realize that the story of Star Wars has grown beyond the films. And it would be awesome if George Lucas would just let it go, since the films did their jobs and they can stand on their own two feet. And I mean, package them with a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License.
If any franchise deserves to be let go of it's creator, it's Star Wars. It's bigger than him. :)
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This guy had some good ideas. Since Lucas has such a penchant for redoing his films, maybe old George should hire him to redo Episodes I-III. He had me at "This is Obi-Wan's story." It's true. Obi-Wan Kenobi is a hero. Anakin is a villain in the making. Qui-Gon, while cool, is not the main character, he's the vehicle setting up Obi-Wan to be the hero, much like Obi-Wan is in the original trilogy.
In the original ending of Return of The Jedi, the whole Rebel Alliance was suppossed to get killed and a few more main characters. George changed the ending at the last minute to the one that we all know.