doubleofive said:
Obi-wan says that "[Owen] felt [Anakin] should have stayed here and not gotten involved." Tattooine needs to be a setting.
Good point. If I keep Tattooine, I think making it a staging point for refugees is a good idea, in that it still lets Bail be an active part of the refugee situation and that has an emotional effect on him. It also lets Obi-Wan intentionally go to Tattooine, instead of crash landing their like the droids in "Star Wars."
More changes
The barfight on Tattooine. A wacky Cantina scene on Tattooine is repetitive, and yet I want Anakin's entrance to show that he's a dude with some bad habits.
Possible replacement: Anakin is bringing in some medical supplies and booze into town, and runs afoul of some goons who already own both of those rackets, and they're beating him up in an alley when Obi-Wan meets him.
(I have another week to get the second draft done, then I'm on Summer vacation and will be focusing my creative juices on my own novel.)