i like the idea of the jedi being more misunderstood, for instance gunrays reaction could be

"Jedi? What are Jedi? They dont look like anything to worry about."

If they all appear to have crazy old fossil syndrome it could be amusing!

I always imagined luke and leia being toddlers in the prequels later on, so they would have a vague memory of things. Also ep III would be more like ESB, with the heores on the run from vader, culminating in the final duel between obi wan and anakin. Anakin's turn at the beginning of ep III would be much better, with ep II being the turning point perhaps.

If padme was actually called Leia, and leia was called something else, lets say Jill for now.During the events of episode II, in which the twins are born and "leia" (padme) is hurt somehow, like really badly brain damaged and crippled. the sight of that could cause anakin to turn out of rage (kind of like harvey dent). When bail organa decides to adopt Jill (leia) we assume he renames her in memory of her mother later on perhaps?