Tying together the Qui-Gon focus and a possible Anakin dream, it has become obvious to me what Anakin's dream should be about. In Episode II he has a dream early in the film about his mother dying. She dies. In Episode III he has a dream early in the film about Padme dying. She dies. I'm sure you can follow my logic from here. For now this isn't too specific, so if any of you like the idea of Anakin dreaming of Qui-Gon's death and and want to run with it, feel free to do so. Idealy it would end with Padme somehow to transition into her waking him up.
Darthpreston's character of Jar-Jar seems like a reasonable way to go. The Han Solo-esque Binks of "Balance of the Force" is always an option as well. Any definite thoughts n this? We're going to have to pin him down at some point. For the record I'm all for an alien language with subtitles.
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Thanks! Glad the Qui Gonn story seems to be getting approval. It's the most of what's there imho and I venture to guess it's closest to what we all wanted.
I like the idea of a dream now -- I wonder if another direction might be to go very surreal with the dream so that it's not clear what it means at first -- but (and this has to be a delicate balance of eidting and artistry) the dream is a foreshadow of his becoming Vader. Somehow it isn't clear until Episode III what the dream was referring to -- maybe volcanic imagery, weird shots from the rehab clinic... I don't know. The Qui Gonn idea has a lot of logic to it. Will it pick up the drama in Episode I? Maybe so...
Last, I agree that Jar Jar needs work, but I really liked him in BOTF. If it ain't broken..?