Chainsaw, what do you think of my "crazy jedi clone" idea? I think cutting back to the Alderaan occupation will give us a chance to focus a bit on the Mandalorians and understand their motivations. We will also get a bad guy we can hate (He's basically the Tarkin of this movie), but know there is still someone above him calling the shots back on Mandalor. (and we get a lightsaber battle in Ep1)

Boost, I see what you mean about getting too bogged down in the TECHY solution to the cloaks and the hit and run attacks by the Madalorians. The simple solution of course is if the jedi can sense clones, thena jedi could track a cloaked clone ship. Problem solved. I think I got stuck here, because I needed an arc for Obiwan. In my Ep2 outline, he was just where I needed him to be, but he (and Bail as well) was missing a story. For my Ep2, I was trying to use the AOTC and ESB idea of splitting the main characters up. In the end I want Obiwan to feel that HE failed Anakin. That he brought Anakin into this world, but he was not there when Anakin needed him. For example, when Anakin is conflicted on Cruscant (and he actually IS one of the Sith killers), when he asks Obiwan to protect NotPadme while he leaves to fight (Bail saves her), and Obiwan thinking that his failed Student killed Anakin. I still see the NPT as not so much about Anakin, as they are about Obiwan and his world changing around him. ALSO... I was saving the dark jedi/sith for Ep2, becasue I was diggin' the idea that Anakin's speech to Obiwan at the end of Ep1 that the jedi should not sit by but do what was neccessary and right infact INSPIRES the creation of the Sith.

I think I have a cool Star Wars-y idea for the Anakin battle with the Mandalorian secret base in my Ep2 outline. I'll try to post it tonight.