I just noticed that, in this ordering, you could make a small change to the brief scene where Nute Gunray sees the footage of the fighting in the streets and says that he wasn’t expecting fighting here: You could conclude that scene with the line “Send in the droidekas!” (from the movie’s early scenes on the droid control ship). Droidekas are what stop the Gungan cavalry advance and shut down the Gungan shields (when cut this way), what nearly slows Padmé before Anakin shoots them, and then what ultimately captures Padmé. It makes the droidekas more of a badass tool that helps turn the tables, that Gunray was keeping in reserve, and makes Gunray active and villainous in turning the tide almost to his victory.

(Besides, I’d argue that the line doesn’t belong at the start, because the droidekas in the opening lead to the force speed escape, which I really dislike because it’s not used at the ending when it should have been. I’d cut the lot!)