NFB! I always love to see your posts because I think you have a really fresh and unique perspective! This is a great example, because you actually try to make the movies more campy rather than less, which is the route most edits take. Would love to check this out!

I think for what you’re trying to achieve, what you already have is good. Either in this or a future AOTC edit, I think it would be interesting if we could make it to where Anakin has to choose between going to help Obi-Wan or go find his mother. Duty vs love. Anakin chooses the Jedi over his mother, and he fails to save his mother. So in ROTS, when he must once again choose between duty or love, his decision to, in his mind, not make the same mistake twice, is a lot clearer.

It also hits harder because you know he could have prevented it. In this film as-is, he basically goes looking for his mother as soon as he tracks down her whereabouts. I guess you could say he blames Obi-Wan and the Jedi for telling him to just ignore his dreams. But I think him making a more distinct choice like this would be really effective.

Because in this version, it seems like he accepts his mother’s death, but then decides he can go back and find her. But like I said, I think this totally works for what your goal is with this edit.

So you did show this version to your cousin, right? What did they think about the movie?