The easiest thing to do with Sydo-Dyas/Syfo-Dyas is to (with a bit of tinkering) make him into Qui-Gon (or at least the references to him).
So when the Geonosians claim to be working for a Jedi who died 10 years before it fits with what we already know.
In reality it could be Sidious using Qui-Gon's good name to get up to some nasty work behind the scenes which would leave the Jedi scratching there heads.
Was Qui-Gon going rogue like his former master?
Did he know what his former master was up to and prepare for the coming storm?
Is Dooku the Sith Master and Qui-Gon was trying to counter his moves from behind the scenes because he knew how far up the conspiracy went?
With all this talk of changing the fighter craft and the like it might be useful to look at some of the strange aircraft designs of yesteryear (as any attempt to do this would need new models).
Here is a nice web site with some very bizarre and often Star Warsian looking real life aircraft.