As far as the arena (are you talking just the monster battle, or the whole Battle of Geonosis?), my biggest concern is whether or not you will be reinserting "The Arena" from the AOTC soundtrack. I think it will be great for this project to finally have the cue in its proper place, instead of being used seemingly everywhere BUT there. Maybe I'm a bit biased here, but I think one of the biggest things for the whole sequence, from the arena to the actual battle, will be the music. Once you take out Threepio, that's gonna have very possibly some of the biggest impact, to have exciting, relevant music, as opposed to the pretty blatant "this sounds cool" method used in the original. It's been a little while since I've seen the original, but I think it would be nice to have some statements of the title theme if it's appropriate. Maybe something a la "Chasm Crossfire." In Episode I, Anakin, Padme, and Obi-Wan were secondary characters, in Episode III, everything's going totally downhill. It seems like this would be an ideal place to musically show a sense of fun and heroism, even in the midst of danger, at least when they're really shining in battle. It doesn't have to be like that the whole time, but that's been kind of a wish of mine for a little while. I've got some other potential ideas, but that's the big stuff as far as I'm concerned. Things are looking good!
As far as the arena (are you talking just the monster battle, or the whole Battle of Geonosis?), my biggest concern is whether or not you will be reinserting "The Arena" from the AOTC soundtrack. I think it will be great for this project to finally have the cue in its proper place, instead of being used seemingly everywhere BUT there. Maybe I'm a bit biased here, but I think one of the biggest things for the whole sequence, from the arena to the actual battle, will be the music. Once you take out Threepio, that's gonna have very possibly some of the biggest impact, to have exciting, relevant music, as opposed to the pretty blatant "this sounds cool" method used in the original. It's been a little while since I've seen the original, but I think it would be nice to have some statements of the title theme if it's appropriate. Maybe something a la "Chasm Crossfire." In Episode I, Anakin, Padme, and Obi-Wan were secondary characters, in Episode III, everything's going totally downhill. It seems like this would be an ideal place to musically show a sense of fun and heroism, even in the midst of danger, at least when they're really shining in battle. It doesn't have to be like that the whole time, but that's been kind of a wish of mine for a little while. I've got some other potential ideas, but that's the big stuff as far as I'm concerned. Things are looking good!