ben_danger said:i know this sounds utterly stupid, but one of my friends suggested TPM would have been better without anakin. i think he meant that the character wasnt that strong. but what IF ani wasnt even in it? what if he just appears in II onwards? i have no idea how and what it would entail, but perhaps the smarter forum members can ponder such an idea.
That's an idea that's so outrageous, that it just might work. Since the saga is generally considered "Anakin's story" by most, I don't think anyone (including me) has ever seriously considered cutting his story out of TPM. Visualizing it though, it's a definite possibility. I think it would work better in a "prologue" type arrangement though than in a standalone episode, but yeah, definitely something interesting to try.
--ID