hmm intriguing... I think that would have been cool, now that I think of what I said! (albeit just for fun)

how would it work (in plot logistics and what kind of a group would these Jedi be)?

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Just playing. This have been posted over and over, but you're new here so it is forgivable

Seriously, when I read your question the words, "plot", "story", "directing" and "acting" come to mind.

bkev, some of what you are reading in the RPG thread is just nonsense, but a lot of it is actually references to what was speculated about for many years. We have known pretty much nothing of the Clone Wars for over 20 years other than its name and the suggestion that it involved cloning. It had always been said that Boba Fett's armour was left over from the clone wars, and that Boba Fett may have even been a surviving clone. So, many of us had this image of all these guys in Boba Fett style armour fighting against the republic, with maybe the Jedi participating on the Republic's side, or trying to mediate and make peace. Some have even thought that there might have been Jedi cloning going on as well. I myself always believed the reason cloning was involved was to duplicate the best fighters. This was way before Dolly the sheep, back when cloning seemed so much more like a sci-fi sort of idea than a scientific one. Back then when we thought of cloning in a scifi context, I don't think too many of us thought of needles and embryos and babies in test tubes. I imagined they would have machines you would step into, and out would step two of you. And in this way both sides would be able to produce ridiculously large quantities of troops. Imagine how chaotic that would be? A war like that could go on literally forever. No matter how many casualties each side has they would just keep cloning new troops. It would be terrible, the whole galaxy becoming a war zone, innoccent people getting caught up in the cross fire and no end to the war in sight. Just endless destruction. If it was something like that it would make a ton of sense for the Jedi to have to step in and say, "Uh, this has to stop..."

To get down to just the bare bones of the whole thing, for me, I would of just been happy if there were three well written characters that become good friends that continued through all the 3 films. I tend to watch movies over and over more of the ones with the characters that are fun to watch. I love the bickering friendship of Val and Earl in 'Tremors'. I don't care if the shark in 'Jaws' looks fake, I watch it for those guys on the boat. Or the layered characters in a Tarantino film. Then humor comes out of desperate situations from how well these characters know each other.
Who knew the 'Pirates' films would do so well, since in the past those type movies all failed. But you can tell this director is having a good time. And Johnny Depp is enjoying himself along with everyone else. Who cares what the story is about, audiences respond to the fun adventure ride these characters are on. Then after that, any story can support the characters no matter how lame and plot hole full.
Even in Georges own 'American Graffiti', the story can be summed up in one quick short sentence. But to explain the people and friendships that develop could take pages.
But when it comes to the PT, It's 'Master' this, or 'Padawan' that ,-over and over. Council meetings and Senate debates that seem to endlessly go on and on. Secret conversations, and duel identities. And it appears that none of the actors cares about whats going on or who they were with.

I think George has no clue on how to write a friendship because he has forgotten how to have one. He has surrounded himself by kiss-butts for too long. Nothing comes close in the PT as do the moments of when OBwan was guiding Luke. You can see the bond grow between them scene by scene, and they are only physically together in Star Wars for roughly 30 minutes of screen time.
But of coarse, George had much help and real friends developing the scripts back then.

There may be something to that. There isn't a series of checks and balances in his world anymore, nor has there been for quite some time. That's not usually a good thing.

There is something to this, in just about every industry I must add. Look at people in the music industry and compare their newer to the stuff they recorded years ago. For example George Strait, his 80's stuff was, and is, the best example of country music there can ever be. Then fast forward to now when he is a confirmed multi-million dollar earner, sells out every show, and gets anything he wants. He walks into a studio, records crap, and 30 people tell him how great it is because they don't want him hearing any less. It would have been nice if Lucas would have walked into a boardroom full of writers and a top notch director and said "Alright, I want three prequels about the rise of the Empire, the relationship between Anakin and Obi-Wan, and the creation of Vader" Then he should have walked out and had nothing further to do with the project until he watched it on the night of the premier. I think if that would have happened, we would have had such a great story because all those writers would know the impact they would have, whereas, Lucas just looked at it as an opportunity to show off his super duper digital effects powerhouse.

What could have made the PT better? A new wave soundtrack. Imagine any of the duels set to X Offender.