I’ve said this before, but it also helps a lot with Anakin complaining about Obi-Wan later in the film, both in Padme’s apartment but also in the garage scene. The original movie completely fails the “show, don’t tell” test. That’s why I would love to see this scene in a super extended cut, because it actually allows the audience to empathize with Anakin. In the original, we have to just take him at his word about Obi-Wan even though he’s emotionally unstable at the time.
So not an “extended cut” per se, but I’m cooking something. I’ve tackled this movie twice in the past and never been happy with it, but between the serious picture improvement of the deleted scenes via AI, the material from the Kenobi show, and my own improvement as an editor, I think I’m ready to give it another go.
I’m interested! I personally think the best cut would keep some of Anakin’s “whiney” scenes, include a lot of the deleted scenes along with this scene, while removing the cringe love scenes in a similar way to Hal 9000’s TAS.