The Nemoidians are hypnotic. I just keep watching it. Those shots of Amidala listening to them are just radiant - everything I wanted from the Prequels.
Nute sounds so smart, so powerful and confident in this edit. He deserves great dialogue. I will do my best and see what I can do to honor what you've put together.
The story, as I see it, HAS to involve the slave trade as MagFan introduced. That Padme says "I can't believe they still have slaves" can be handled a couple ways -- maybe she's just speaking figuritively, as in "I can't believe people still smoke cigarettes" -- is she expressing her total opposition as opposed to her ignorance? Anyway, worse comes to worse, the line can go because Slave Trading Nemoidians are a must.
So they've got Naboo under their thumb, the Jedi arrive and Nute doesn't care. He blasts their ship and is eager to face them mano-a-mano. His assistant is more cautious and orders blast shields and destroyer droids-- shooing the Jedi into the vent shafts. Nute orders the invasion to begin.
I don't think Qui Gon should refer to these Federation types as cowards. The more respect he shows them, the more we'll feel for them.
I'll have to paste together all the Episode I ideas that came up in the SOTD thread and sift through to create a document to add to the Bible here. I can't decide which new edit I'm most excited about. First it was ANH, then ROTJ and now TPM. What's next?