ben_danger said:
i love theodos dialogue, it brings some decent character to the federation goons, and calling to 'legends' of the jedi, makes them sound that extra bit more unknown that we need for suggestions that they are in the OT.

i would love it if the whole 'sith' concept could be written out. sith are one of my favourite things in star wars, but as they ernt invented until after the OT, it would be good perhaps to just have it that palpatine is a force user who indulges in the dark side, and anakin falls to the dark side. the 'sith' in this context may over complicate things perhaps? unless the term 'sith' could somehow be slipped into the OT.

the big jedi battle from AOTC would be really cool in TPM, for a climax in the centre of theed. it could perhaps eliminate the need for the gungan battle, and maybe the gungans altogether. perhaps as the republic refuse assistance, the jedi take it upon themselves to do so?

They had the sith in the OT, they just never made it into the movies. They were in the script of Star Wars and in the novel. The scenes that mentioned Vader was a sith lord were cut. It never established exactly what a sith was however. The EU came along and expanded it in the 80's, then it was really expanded in the 90's, and sort of reigned in for the prequels. It has always been sort of a mess.

Palpatine was invented as a senator who became Emperor through manipulating the system. And he was a force user, but originally, he never really was associated with the Jedi or Sith.