xhonzi said:

If the Dark Jedi/Sith are the bad guys of the Clone Wars/PT, then why does no one apparently care that Vader and Palpatine are two extremely prominent/well known leaders/executors of the Gov't.

You might make a case that very few people in the OT know that Emperor Palpatine is a (Dark) force user, but Vader?

Does anyone else here read Marvel Comics? Mild Spoilers for anyone who does not:

The Skrull Secret Invasion ends when "apparently on the mend, but still a rather bad guy" Normon Osborn gets a kill-shot on the right Skrull and sends them packing. He's lauded as the hero that did what all of the Marvel superheroes (Ironman, S.H.I.E.L.D., the X-Men, etc.) couldn't, and he's given the keys to the kingdom for a while. He abuses them from day one, and controls his PR very well... but eventually it all catches up with him.

Back to the PT. What if the Dark Jedi/Sith are the conquerors of the Clone Wars? What if they drive out the enemy horde, and then the Republic is willing to try things their way for a span?

I think you have Mr. Osborn mixed up with some obscure Christian sect.

Interesting idea on perspective of the movies characters. I was just reading in Ady's ESB thread and it got me thinking. What if the Hoth invasion was told from General Veers perspective? If that was a self-contained story, could it have the same feel as Luke's descruction of the Death Star did? Imperial Walkers are falling left and right and Veers breaks through at the last second, shooting down an attacking speeder and manages to seize victory by destroying the shield generator of those terrorist rebels?