Originally posted by: Marvolo
Honestly, I hate the idea of working on I, because it is such a horrible film in its current state. I hadn't thought about Jedi but now that you mention it, I like the idea of doing Jedi more than III. Its up to you all, but I liked the discussions and ideas that were brought up a while back about Jedi, and since Jedi has already been discussed some, I vote for Jedi.

I think III would be the way to go. TM's SOTDS will still be the ranch Episode II right? So this is the logical place to continue. I honestly think it would be a big mistake to do them so out of order. If you work from the beginning to the end I think it will be easier to make them all snap together. If you do Jedi first, then you have to make Sith fit whatever changes were made in both II and VI. Episode I is nearly an impossible one to tackle, it would be good to get it out of the way, but it is in fact very minorly connected to the rest of the films and so there are not as many continuty problems to worry about but rather story problems, I think the difficulty of the edit would potentially be discouraging to the editors. Also since it is not as closely connected to the other five I don't think it is as important that this one be done in order as I think the others are.

Also as far as the ending, I agree with Erik, I don't feel the Yoda scene is that important. I kind of like the idea of not know what happened to him after ROTS until we get to ESB. Also while having Anakin literally die is an interesting idea, if the decision is not to go that way, the scene could still work with Obi-Wan watching in horror as his friend dies, Anakin could go limp and Obi and the audience assume he is dead, Obi turns and leaves to go save Padme. As their ship flies away we see another shot of Anakin's body, then a close up of his robotic hand and the fingers grasping the dirt letting us know that he is still alive. Fade to black. Next scene.

For my part I think it would be really cool to have that the very last we ever see of Anakin Skywalker until ROTJ. The audience will piece everything together when they hear about him being more machine than man and when they see his charred head in ESB. You get that he survived and was rescued, you don't get the details but from a story telling standpoint you do not need to.

Also the issue of Leia being called Organa won't give anything away. We meet Bail in ROTS so we will just connect the dots and realize that Leia is his daughter. If we only show Luke's birth and nothing of Leia at the end of ROTS. Then in ROTJ it does not matter if they are made to be twins or not, if they are to be twins then Obi-Wan's explaining that they were separated and hidden at birth will be the only explaination needed. We will figure that she had her right after Luke then died, then it is very easy to realize that Bail adopted her. He had loyalty to Padme and her cause, why not take care of and protect her daughter and raise her as his own. The editing out of the "Do you remember your mother, your real mother?" being clipped from Jedi will also fill a huge plot hole.