- I do think TPM benefits from going immediatly from meeting Jar Jar to the arrival on Theed, but I’d hate to lose the visuals of Otoh Gunga. At least the Submarine breaking down and the second pair of fish could be excised seamlessly.
Theoretically, you could still include the visuals of Otoh Gunga by placing them later in the film, once our group comes back to Naboo. After Obi-Wan tells Boss Nass that what happens to the Naboo will affect the Gungans, cut to a shot of Nass either stern or contemplatively stroking his chin, wondering what to do. Then, cut to the Naboo & Gungans meeting on the surface.