The one I dislike Is Darth Maul alive. I still think he died in the Phantom Menace. Though its hard to see how it could be as bad as Disney’s return of Sidous. Somehow Palpatine returned. I don’t know if It could even enjoy the novelty of it if I wasn’t familiar with Dark Empire and aware how bad an adaption of that comic the film was.
Yeah, Lucas even re-shot/re-edited the Darth Maul death scene as to split the character in two to make sure fans realised Maul was dead in TPM. I think I remember Lucas describing Maul as something along the lines of a being a henchman, a ‘pawn’, not a main villain etc… at the time when he was being criticised by fans for killing Maul off with little screen time in TPM - given the heavy marketing, PR, and merchandising of Maul as a character.
Of course it makes perfect sense that would bring Maul back to be the main villain in his Sequel Trilogy… 😉
For me, that Lucas would still be making ‘The Chosen One’ prophecy a thing in his ST… was a little underwhelming. I’m glad we dodged that particular bullet.
I think the story should have been about Luke being a father. And the legacy of Vader.
Aye, that or Leia as a mother, could have made for some fertile ground from a storytelling perspective.
Was it Broom Kid that came up with a similar cracking idea that in a recent post? It may have been making the PT about Padme or Kenobi as the central characters? (I’ll try and find it).
Edit: found it here (it was an idea for the PT)- https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/What-do-you-think-of-The-Prequel-Trilogy-A-general-discussion/id/92975/page/25#1661214