Maybe I'm just burned out from trying to map out this movie for so long on the Ranch, but I really don't see how you can remove the Gungan/Droid battle and still have a reason for the space battle. This gets even more confusing without the brefing scene, which in theory could be edited around mention of the ground battle. Don't get me wrong, I like the ideas here of reshuffling the Gungans scenes and omitting "I am Queen Amidala" all together, but I don't see how it is possible with the footage available. More power to you if you can figure all that out.