Breathe, ChainsawAsh, It's all good. It may just take some time to get everyone on the same page. Patience is a virtue. I'm with ya, man. Like you and Erik said, if we pay too much attention to the prequels or the EU or the old scripts we have already blown the CONCEPT we were going for. A few pages back I posted THE FACTS as SHOWN in the OT. Those are really the ONLY things we need to stick to. As someone previously said, this PT should be exciting whether you watch it 4-6, 1-3 or 1-6. If we only stick to the facts, it will make the whole project more exciting for the viewer, because they won't know what to expect.
Erik... I like some of your ideas, but i don't think we have the time to spend an entire movie on just Obiwan's development. AND I think we really need to try to make Yoda a PRESENCE without being PRESENT. He should be built up as being, frankly, the most powerful Jedi, but not seen on screen to make his appearance in ESB that much more of a surprise. Luke was surprised...after all the build up, so should we.
Still curious about people's ideas for the wars.