Good thinking with Anakin. It may well be possible to still have him destroy the control ship AND remove any reference to taking down the droids...The ships would still need to pose a threat at this point tho - just as the blockade i guess...
I agree he needs something to do but I still dont like that he destroys the ship but random button mashing [and trigger pulling] alone tho. Having him convincingly plan to do it would be nice if possible. maybe cut and paste some dialogue?
He's only a kid afterall anyway and doesn't belong in the battle.
You could say the same about Luke.
The trade federation might seem sinister if given an actual purpose [that will be one of my goals]. not just blockading cuz a guy in a robe told them to. I the the idea of them attempting to enslave the gungans - has more of a gritty, real world feel to it. The droids DID seem effective at rounding up civilians.
I'd love for the film to end on Palpatine. but i'm not sure how well that would work. we all know there's sequels to the story so there's really no need to wrap things up neatly at the end. At the end of ANH they were celebrating the heroes that stopped the imperial death star on their doorstep. in TPM the only reason seems to be the newfound unity between the races...That doesn't really seem to fit anymore i guess.
I wonder if it would be possible to paint the gungans out of the city. maybe its desserted when the jedi arrive since they are on the battlefield?