Well, now that restructuring the final battle is a major goal again, I figure I might as well throw in my two cents on how the climax should play out.

I remember suggesting, way back when this thread was new, that I would like to cut out the Gungan portion of the final battle completely. That idea was almost immediately shot down, though, because the entire battle hinges on them using the Gungan diversion to sneak into the palace with minimal resistance. However, I still really dislike the Gungan battle, and would prefer to have as much of it cut out as possible. So, here’s my suggestion: have the majority of the battle take place offscreen.

I know that doesn’t sound like a good idea at first, but I think it could potentially work. We don’t really need to see any of the Gungan subplot between the droids advancing into the shields and the defeated Gungans surrendering. It’s clearly shown that the Gungan forces are woefully unprepared for the power of the droid army, so is it really essential to see them defeated on-screen in order for the audience to accept that they lost? That way, we get to focus on the plotlines that are actually pretty cool (Space battle, Duel of the Fates, palace infiltration), as well as bypass cutting around Jar-Jar’s obnoxiousness almost entirely.