I watched your Ep2 edit (read my posts please before firing turbolasers). The underlined argument you point at is of Ep3 (I have not yet seen BKR).

1. You made my point in AOTF: the Federation IS in league with Darth Sidious, by TOTR Dooku makes the point that the Federation turned from Sidious and seeked him out, why would they do that? why would the be angry at the Republic in Ep1? taxation? so because of Taxation they ally themselves with the Sith, and after AOTF they cut off the Sith deal and seek Dooku? for what? to continue to argue against taxation or because now the Sith allegedly control The Republic? motivation is not explained, we have to just assume. Ok you want to leave Dooku and the separatists as acting by themselves? fine (it's your edit) but then the question is why break off? because of the Sith? how do the separatists know a Sith is bad? Dooku could know, but the rest wouldn't, or are they breaking off because of taxation? corruption in the senate? The separatists have a great influence in the Senate (in AOTF the Federation Senator has a good point in the senate diminishing Amidala's request and having the rest agree with him) why would they be angry at the corruption in the Senate?

2. So just because it's not called sith lightning in the movies specifically you dismiss it? maybe you want Rick Ollie saying "look there's sith-lightning, he must be a Sith! and it looks painful" you want that level of exposition in the movie? oooook! I though you hated it and that's why you edited in AOTF (good call btw). How about Yoda NEVER using it, are we to assume then that the Emperor is more powerful than Yoda? or that Yoda simply doesn't want to use it (because it's painful - look at Luke's/Anakin's face, IT hurts)?

3. I hate EU too, but the notion that Jedi can leave the Republic and be Dark/Rogue/Independent/Purple/Freelance Jedi or any of that non-sense is EU too. BTW.