Monster Mash is spot on! 😆 This bothers me as well, but Hal’s edit seems to me the most this ghoulish bit with Palpatine can be reduced.

The more I think about your idea the more sense it makes. It should be simple enough in terms of edits, but it’s a radical cut in terms of plot. Especially by removing the child killing, since up to the confrontation on Mustafar the audience should still believe (with Padme) that Anakin can be redeemed.

If it’s ok with you, I may give this idea a shot when my editing setup is running again? Won’t be soon, but I’ll let you know.