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The first thing that comes to mind is, a different director. Second, a different producer. Rick McCallum is too much of an ass kisser and doesn't have the guts to stand up for quality control.
A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em
"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape
I never found the secret identity of Padme in TPM a compelling subplot.
It's clearly a nod to Kurosawa and should have been a nice mirror to what Palpatine was doing but at no point was I convinced or even remotely interested. It added very little to the plot dynamic.
Recently I rewatched Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970).
FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN"T SEEN IT BEFORE
SPOILERS*****************************************************
Clint Eastwood is really a Ninja Monk.
We get like his adopted persona and how it copes with new situations but the sudden reveal not only makes sense but brings closure to the film.
Perhaps we should have been more focused on 'the queen' than the handmaiden and then find out she is just a lowly handmaiden after all.
Or maybe one of the 'Jedi' was really the monarch in disguise (or even Jar-Jar).
I would have put this in the fan edit section but I can't see how it could be introduced without starting the films from scratch.
Bingowings said:
I never found the secret identity of Padme in TPM a compelling subplot.
Especially when AOTC reveals that Padme's her real name and not an alias, making the scenario completely ludicrous in retrospect.
What could have made the PT better? Greater focus on Anakin Skywalker..seeing the proper training, chambers, disciplines and philosophy of the Jedi Knights through Anakin's eyes.
Forget the whole immaculate conception thing and the whole myth of "the one who will bring balance to the Force"..it was not something that was mentioned or even hinted at in the second trilogy and it literally produced groans in the theater when Mace Windu said it. I get the whole fantasy/mythological aspect of the Star Wars stories but that was so cliched it was cringe inducing.
What Lucas forgot and what Abrams needs to remember is that the Star Wars nine episode series is about the Skywalker clan. That's it. That's who we focus on, that's who we follow. No Skywalker, no care! Lucas himself established this pattern and theme with 4, 5, and 6. When A New Hope starts off we see Vader and Leia, then we go to Luke, then back to Leia, then Luke again, some stuff with Vader and back to Leia and so it goes. Thats it. We see the same pattern in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. All the major points of all the films deal with a Skywalker. So the PT should be more focused on Anakin's rise and fall as a Jedi knight. The clone wars should be in the background of that much like the rebel/empire clash was in the background of the OT.
Not putting so much focus on the clones. I think the Clone Wars are mentioned twice in ANH but I always took it was one of many wars that Anakin and Obi-Wan could have fought in.
Seeing an army of Temura Morrison's and the minor mystery of who ordered their creation didn't catch my interest at all. There's no mention or sight of any modern day clones in the OT so it feels weird to see such importance placed upon them in the PT.
Having a recurring villain in the PT would have helped it a lot too. Having a new arch villain in each film didn't work well. Darth Maul is cool and mysterious but that doesn't go anywhere because he gets killed.
Count Dooku is kind of interesting at first because he's initially portrayed as this character who is in the middle of battle. He believes the Jedi are corrupted, but he also fears the Sith and this Darth Tyranus guy...but then it turns out he is Darth Tyranus and he was just BSing Obi-Wan. Also, I get Lucas is going for meta symmetry with the OT and PT by having the Hammer version of Van Hesling and Dracula but I think that's a poor excuse to to cast Christopher Lee as a Jedi/Sith and all him "Count." Takes me out the movie for a minute.
And I never would have put in a cyborg Sith with breathing problems as a villain in the same movie that Anakin becomes Darth Vader. Darth Vader is supposed to be unique, so it takes a little bit away from him when you see a proto-Vader just before.
More screentime for Palpatine. It's he who's turning a Republic into an Empire and Anakin into Vader, and he's Chancellor of the Republic and later Emperor of the Empire.
What would make the PT better? ANYTHING! I shutter at the thoughts of watching the prequels...
All that CGI is so weak. Those movies look way more outdated than the SFX of the original theatrical trilogy. When I watch a movie, I wanna watch a movie, not a damn ps2 game for 2 hours.
The original theatrical trilogy is beyond epic, the prequels are beyond shit. My opinion... take it or leave it.