I got so excited I wrote an idea for an opening crawl :) As you can see it uses Lucas's basic good ideas while changing things to fit the OT more.

For thousands of years relative peace and prosperity has pervaded throughout the GALACTIC REPUBLIC. However, in a dark corner of the galaxy, a storm is brewing. Several star systems have seceded from the Republic and formed a GALACTIC CONFEDERACY. In a bold display of power, this warlike conglomerate has attacked the peaceful planet of Alderaan. Sensing a strange disturbance in the force, Jedi Knights OBI-WAN KENOBI and QUI-GON-JINN have been dispatched by the Jedi council to investigate the situation...