ben_danger said:all good ideas Monroville, though not too keen on coruscant/alderaan change. i would love to see the naboo/alderaan change, and renaming padme organa might not be too difficult as most people who call her 'amidalla' at some point also talk to bail organa, so a simple line swap may work?
Well, I would stick with the Naboo/Alderaan, and make "Alderaan" the capital and Coruscant the "economic hub" ala New York city.
The idea of the Emperor cutting Alderaan off and making the economic center of the new Empire the new capital I think would help to further illustrate the degree of Palpatine's effect on the entire STAR WARS culture, not to mention the visuals would help to further define the change as well (the former capital of the Republic being beautiful like an Italian villa; whereas the Empire's capital is all BLADE RUNNEResque: mechanical, dirty, industrial).
One of many ideas I had regarding the Jedi in the Prequels was to establish that they were more formal and eloquent. There "dress uniform" should be more colorful or at least color coded to a degree ala belt colors in martial arts, but with entire robes with Jedis. The true masters would have their unique robes to distinguish not just their mastery with the Force, but their own unique approach and connection to it (ie Wing Chun, Fung Shue, Karate, Aikido, etc - there is no ONE martial arts, but thousands of approaches).
The whole "brown robes" is a misnomer in that when BEN Kenobi and Yoda were wearing them in ANH and EMPIRE, they are regular clothes worn by those who were in exile simply living the rest of their lives in anonimity. Thus, the clothing Yoda and all other Jedi wear should be anything BUT drab - even Buddist monks wear bright orange robes.
Also, would it be possible to show groups of Jedi (say far away in the background of the Coruscant city shots) flying in groups or formations? If they can lift X-wings and other heavy objects (regardless of mass and weight) then they should be able to lift themselves quite effortlessly - at least the more skilled such as the masters.
Also also, the idea of the Jedi temple being a floating city (ala the hawkmen in FLASH GORDON) like this:
http://www.skyscraperlife.com/general-architecture/17548-concept-floating-lilypad-city.html (for more images)
not so much floating on water as in the air: it would also help establish the situation the Jedi are in with the rest of the culture (their heads are "in the clouds", lording it up above society, watching down upon them, who do they think they are?, detached and maybe becoming apathetic after having watched, observed, policed, meddled with, guided and forced the Republic for so long)
- someone mentioned in the EMPIRE AND JEDI WISHLIST: what if the Emperor's tower on the DS 2 looked like the Jedi temple? Well what if the Jedi temple/floating city looked like this?
In fact, to show the Jedi "temple" to be relatively pastoral like the capital of Alderaan/Naboo, and to have this pastoral city floating above a more dangerously looking, industrialized and ugly looking Coruscant could further visualize the disconnect with the rest of "modern" society and the "old fashioned" and "evangelically religious" Jedi.