I meant to say that the Separatists didn’t actually have a Death Star in EP II, just the plans.

Perhaps the opening of Episode III could then be shifted to a battle around a heavily incomplete Death Star that would fall into Imperial hands by the end of the first scene. Then the Vader scene of him and Palpy looking off at the Death Star would make a little more sense within the film.

Maybe with a dub Anakin’s character could be improved. Maybe after Padme’s assassination attempts he’s assigned to be her protector, while Obi-Wan is assigned to investigate rumors of a Separatist super weapon being in development. Anakin feels that he should be there with Obi-Wan, seeing as the fate of the galaxy potentially falls with his success.

At first, Obi-Wan’s only link to the Separatists is Jango’s dart, seeing as he knows that he’s working for them. He goes to Kamino, all that stuff happens, he then gets lead to Geonosis, the place he’s been after all along.