i like bingowings suggestion AGES ago of streamlining the film so there is less going back and forth. sadly to achieve this we will need the magic fan edit machine, that is slightly beyond our grasp.

is there any way that the film opens on tatooine, from anakin's perspective. there would also appraoch three parties who interact with him.

1) The Jedi, who have come to take him for training. Anakin would initially refuse as they will not free his mother. "They cannot intervene"

2) The Naboo, crash landed on tatooine, come looking for spaceship parts. They meet Anakin in the shop. Padme explains their dreadful predicament.

3) The Sith, a mysterious dark figure is also hunting Anakin, skulking around menacingly.

after many adventures on tatooine, anakin convinces the Jedi to help the Naboo, offering his training as a bargain.

just some scraps for thought, although no idea how it could be done, and how much would need to be scrapped. would be a shame to lose the pod race as its quite a chunk of the film.

I was also wondering how possible it would be, and if it would be a sound concept. Coruscant material would need to be editted significanlty. I'd love to see the new jedi introduction (ship exploding, jedi out of smoke etc) as an introduction to the naboo battle, with the jedi fighting maul on the main ship.

Killing qui gon on tatooine sounds interesting, how much of the rest of the film be adjusted to suit this?