I’d be interested to know from others here what combination of scenes from the first act would make the most compelling opening to the movie.
I suggested this before, and I still think that the fan film Darth Maul: Apprentice could have some usage here. Just start it with a bang and put a few scenes of Maul killing some jedis and make it seems like he is on Naboo. Soo, here, this could be a good reason why Qui Gon goes to Naboo in the forest area (since Maul fights the other jedi in the forest in the fan film), implying in the crawl that Qui Gon goes to Naboo seeking a jedi killer or something. Just an idea, though.