ChainsawAsh said:
I think your ideas retain too many current prequel elements - Anakin, Owen and Obi-Wan should NOT live on Tattooine, Anakin should NOT have anything to do with Threepio's "origin," though your ideas are indeed better than those in TPM (I do like your Artoo idea, though), and the whole Lars family thing just feels too clunky. I think Owen is the only member of the Lars family that should be seen in the prequels.

Erikstormtrooper's ideas I like. I don't know about the last name thing, but it's interesting - I just think you're taking the "no longer has any meaning to me" thing a little too literally. And I don't think Luke/Leia's mother should die. In fact, it might be a good idea for her to be an Organa, or at least a member of Alderaan's royal family. And Alderaan should be a major location in the trilogy, NOT TATTOOINE. There's already plenty of time spent on that planet in the OT.

Well I could eliminate Anakin's mother by making Anakin an adopted child. Then Owen, Anakin and Owen's father (who would die at some point in the trilogy) would be the only members of the Lars family. Again, I don't think George's ideas are all bad and have far less issue with the prequels "coincidences" than most people do. I think making 3PO start out with the Lars family and eventually be brought there again by the will of force (or at least I consider it that) is an interesting story arc. I might revise and simplify my ideas for the purpose of story clarity. I also see no problem with more time on Tatooine in the PT. I like the idea of things coming around full circle and the PT and the OT paralleling each other. We would still see other planets, Aldeeran, Coruscant and more. In fact, there could be tons of planet hopping in Episodes 2 and 3 with the wars going on.