Good post, count. I agree. I was truly hating this midicholorians concept and the virgin birth, but now...having things come full circle and the immaculate conception be for evil, its at least got me thinking. My edit will be darker. I am working through this now. But I will be removing the silliness, slapstick, and corny CG scenes, extending scenes the darker scenes. The movie will have a more sinister tone...even ROTS which went more for the direction I will head the movies can be darker in tone and more moving. The story is also convoluted with characters and lines. The "roger, Roger" droids that guy flying the ship that is the worst actor EVER, that says "that little droid did it" about r2, etc. I am already working through the screenplay (and please if you have the final update of TPM, ATOC or ROTS PM me I have ones that are at various stages and are frustratingly different in spots...though enlightenly for research purposes). I have some new scenes I will add to. From some different films. One scene steals a shot from "The Village" where he is wearing a cloak in the tower surrounded by torches...jedi scene...obviously. I hate the indecisiveness of many of the characters too...umm, I think, ye...yes, well, I am not sure, etc. the PT is littered with it. It slows down the films makes the characters less driven, urgency is lost.