One thing Ive thought is having nearly the whole federation thing take place in one episode, droids and all.

Here's a question to ask:

In Star Wars, Lucas dropped us right into the middle of an ongoing battle. There was all this stuff before that happened off screen before the start, yet the part where we started made us not worry about all that stuff.

We didn't see the first major victory by the rebels. We didn't see the stealing of the plans, etc.

So, at what point should TPM start? In my opinion it should start after the invasion is over. It's nonviolent anyway(at least in the final cut). So what did we miss?

I like the idea of mirroring,not copying Star Wars. Then you have Episode 3 mirror ROTJ by inverting that whole story.