Originally posted by: vote_for_palpatine

Episode I - Anakin at 19-20 years old. As millions of fans have observed many times.

Indeed. That’s at the heart of the character development issues AND the primary source of many items that contradict the OT.

Originally posted by: Bissrok-Needed to pick an audience. If you begin a trilogy with fart jokes and silly droid antics you can't end it with the main character butchering children and having the flesh burned from his body.

I couldn’t have said it better myself. Here’s my suggestion for changes it’s long so feel free to glance at it or ignore it altogether.

- The series should’ve started with the Clone Wars in progress.
- The Jedi are devastated after years of war with few members left in their ranks.
- Obi-Wan does some impulsive and dangerous shit every once in a while.
- It is made clear that Yoda was once Ben’s master.
- Anakin should’ve been from some planet other than Tatooine.
- Establish that Anakin and Owen had some sort of relationship.
- Establish that Ben and Owen had some sort of relationship.
- Ben discovers Anakin, sees that he’s a great star pilot and is amazed at how strong the force is with him.
- Ben should convince the council to let him train Anakin. Yoda will object, but will be overruled by the rest of the council because they are running low on Jedi.
- Ben and Anakin both fall in love with Princess Padme of Alderan.
- Ben realizes the danger and stops making advances on Padme. He tries to convince Anakin to stop as well, but Anakin thinks Ben is trying to trick him.
- Anakin can’t seem to best Ben so he seeks out the dark side in order to win the love of Padme.
- Late in the trilogy Owen gets a land grant. It could be revealed that the grant is on Tatooine or it could remain secret until we see him in Episode4, but it is critical that Anakin doesn’t know where he went nor does he care where he went.
- Padme succumbs to Anakin’s advances and he knocks her up, but he doesn’t know it.
- In the duel with Ben Anakin causes a Star Destroyer or something to destroy the Alderan Royal Palace killing either the King or the Queen.
- Anakin thinks Padme and Ben are dead, Alderan swears off the use of weapons and turns isolationist for a while, cutting itself off from the rest of the GFFA.
- Anakin looses body parts over the course of the films becoming more like the Vader we know and love, but the accident on Alderan messes him up on a whole new level.
- Padme and Ben both survive the accident on Alderan and Vader wants to confirm their deaths, but Alderan’s isolation prevents him form gaining access to the planet.
- When the twins are born Ben immediately senses how strong in the Force Luke is. He thinks Leia might have potential as well, but the force just pours off of baby Luke. Ben convinces Padme to let him take Luke.
- When the trilogy ends Ben has taken off with Luke, Padme stays on Aldrean with Leia and Vader is hunting Jedi.