About the colors. At first, I wanted the colors to be one represantation of Saga "unity". So it would be all in more or less one style. So you could always say that this is a Star Wars movie, so, for example, Coruscant in Ep1 would have the same lighting as in Ep3 and etc. But then I thought.... this would be bland. After all, colors ARE part of storytelling. On example of Coruscant, though I will update Ep1 buildings to be consistent with Ep3 ones (for example the view outside the Jedi Council), Ep1 Coruscant WILL look different than Ep3 one. I will try to make Ep1 look more like a magic and colorful metropolis, while Ep3 (being closer to being an Empire and being in a darker chapter of the Saga) is a gritty place losing it's colors (I do not like the idea of having the Empire as pure evil, but I do like the idea of Republic losing it's colors and diversity, because Empire is, after all, a dictatorship). So, each movie won't have the same feel (in terms of color representation) but I will try to make this look more natural and progressive than the mess we have right now. I will need consultation on that part, though, to make it all better.
In SW there's kind of a running gag "I have a bad feeling about this", and in Prequel Trilogy there's a kind of running music gag in form of Escape from Naboo music. I happen to like this music and am planning introduce it in the IV-VI Episodes.
Speaking about musical changes, I'm going to introduce litte Across the Stars cues in TPM, in two scenes: "Are you an angel?" (I like the question itself, I mean, the boy basically fell in love on the first sight and kept his feelings for 10 years without even seeing the one he loved, which thenr eally blossomed; but the dialogue following the question won't remain the same) and the scene where Anakin gives the gift to Padme. After all, the music drives the story too (a lot more than colors, of course), and since Across the Stars is their love theme, it's only logical to make it originate and hint at where their love is.
Anyway, I'm ready to start my TPM draft cut, which is, essentialy, a cut to mainly get the feel if I'm going in the direction I want. My draft cuts will use dvd as the source (because quality doesn't matter, I just need something to work with to get the idea), but in the end I would like to use HD sources, so I would be grateful if someone could tell me (PM, for example) where I can find the best quality possible (for all SW movies, preferably). Thank you in advance.
In that case, though, appears a problem with deleted scenes, their best quality is DVD quality, and there are some deleted scenes I would really like to get back (ESPECIALLY for Episode III to see the origins of the Rebel Alliance, which we will follow for the next three movies, and seed more distrust between Anakin and Padme; and the parent scene in Episode II which would replace the pointless meeting with the Queen).
Talking about seeding the Rebel Alliance reminded me. I'm planning to change a bit TPM backstory to make the Naboo blockade look more like seeds of the Separatist movement. Also, about Dooku. I gave it a good thought, and my original idea of having Dooku being a Sith who uses his position to turn Palpatine's plan against him... there's too little footage to make that noticable, so I think I'll go with the old and many-times-used rogue idea. He still will be a Dark Side user though, so it's good enough (and maybe even better than being Palpatine's apprentice) to start subtly showing the certain point of view in using the Dark Side to make greater good in your own way (which was and still remains the main idea).
And about the Separatists being controlled by Palpatine... well, in TPM Trade Federation is in league with Darth Sidious, of course, and then it will look like the Separatists don't have anything Palpatine (no dialouges between Dooku/Grievous and Sidious), but I will leave the scene where Nute Gunray on Mustafar says "Everything has gone according to plan, m'Lord" phrase (or how does it go?). It's one line, but I think it will make a pretty nice little "that ********** was with Palps all along, felt betrayed my ass!" impression, and I won't have to think up anything to justify Anakin's coming to Mustafar without nobody trying to kill him or anything in that manner. Plus, what Palpatine is Palpatine without his love of scheming devious plans?