Don't know if this is against the forum rules. But considering I'm trying to develop an idea by parts (not that everything came to my mind in the same moment); with every improvement or new idea I have that's related to previous ones, I'm gonna post the whole chain of them, just to let anyone who steps in the thread get the idea and not to make him/her go backwards to look for the previous-chained idea.
General Idea: GOING TO A MORE OTISH PLOT in ROTS. (Character centred). I assume that one of the main differences between PT and OT is how cosmopolitan feels the new trilogy when opposed to the OT. So even if some character and situations are necessary, my goal here is to find a way to make the story of ROTS be driven by the main characters. So as far as in the OT we had this "trilogy" or characters Luke-Han-Leia, I think that the most close we have to that in the PT is Anakin-ObiWan-Padmé.
I had this idea in mind, which I think that could tie a little bit some things. Of course, it wouldn't preserve the WTF moment of ESB. But still, I find it (and hope you too) very interesting. Of corse I don't pretend that just by putting in excercise this only idea all the problems of the PT would be solved, but let's see.
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"He was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil" - "Annie was a good friend"
Well, immaginin' an all-PT-episodes fanedit saga, make it as if Obi Wan was not that impollute Jedi we see in the theatrical release, but someone more in line with the great guy, but yet tricky person we see in the OT, ala Qui Gonn. Someone who we know has great intentions however's a little rogue; a Master who could tolerate Anakin being married. Infact sharing the secret is an implicit way of showing how bonded they are as best friends. This is a process of "Han-izing" ObiWan a little, which I don't have any idea about how could it be pulled out.
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Anakin and his wife:
As I said many times before, making Anakin go right to Padmé's after Palpatine confessing he's the Sith Lord would be a hon-ron. By this, you add depth to the marriage relationship, and uncertainty, and perhaps even manipulative intelligence to Anakin's character.
To do this and yet not affect the development of the plot, we've to state how would the Jedi realize about Palpatine's identity. I've suggested that as "the dark side clouds everything" it could even be clouding the Jedi's minds so that they don't act specifically as they should. They'd rather be a little jerks here and convey in a council season (the one that there's Windu and almost the rest are holograms, which is not at the council chamber) that the Chancellor will be removed when Grievous is dead. This scene may need a little edition/tweakering to get moving though I suppose it's not a big deal.
POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF THE IDEA:
Once more, the dark side clouds everything, so considering there's a deleted scene that shows almost the same content that "the hologram council scene"; that deleted scene could make it to an edit since it shows only ObiWan, Yoda and Windu, and it'd lead us to think "hey, these are three Jedi that are making decissions as if they were even upper than the council". (This would make some of Anakins suspicions and angers be reasonable, after all he's not that wrong about the Jedi being a little jerks).
PRO:
Showing this "high command" of the Jedi order, even above the rest of the council
Giving more reasons to Anakin (and through him, till this point of the movie, to the spectator) to be unsure about the Jedi.
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So ObiWan's sent to Utapau Fights grievous, and in the meanwhile Anakin turns.
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Obi Wan's scape and afterwards.
The way I've immagined this, the message that Kenobi gets from bail's ship should be replaced. SINCE HE AND ANAKIN ARE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER the dialogue could be something like this.
Captain:"Captain Antilles here (fan service xd). This is Senator Organa's ship"
ObiWan: "Captain my clonetrooper fired at me...."
Captain:"...it seems that there's been a Jedi rebellion sir. The jedi are being hunted. We'll send you our cordenades"
(Comunication off)
OBI WAN (face gesture of "dammit"): ANAKIN!! (worried about him being murdered as the rest of the Jedi). (THIS IS THE TRICKY PART)
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Cut to ANYWHERE
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ObiWan reaches the Tantive
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Cut to Anywhere again
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Tantive's Cockpit:
The message again should be replaced by something like:
"His majesty (HERE is when you insert a quick shot of Obi and Yoda putting their best oh-shit faces) has requested you for a special season of the senate. We'll open the perimeter for you".
(The WTF faces ar mainly due to "his majesty"... Palpatine hasn't even declared the Empire yet. This is just a way to "inform" Yoda and ObiWan what's really happening, without giving it in the mouth, so once again, you make the characters more clever.
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HERE YOU CHOP OFF THE SCENE OF YODA AND OBIWAN COMING BACK TO ESTABLISH AN EMERGENCY CODE
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Padme's home:
The way I have this scene in my mind, I must say is very very cutted, reduced to a few lines. However I immagined it with lines that already are in ROTS, so depending on the editor's skill to include extra-movie dialogue, its lenght could be different.
ObiWan:"it appears that the chancellor's behing everything, including the war. Palpatine's the Sith lord we've been looking for. Padme, I need your help, he's in grat danger"
Padme:"from the sith??"
ObiWan: (Silence).
Padme: Not Anakin (tense silence)
ObiWan: Padme, I must find him.
Perhaps increase the lenght by adding establishing shots of Padme's building.
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Straight to Mustafar.
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EXPANSION/VARIATION II TO THE IDEA.
Even if the "best friends" plot line is a radical change, it came to my mind the idea of another possibility that could enhance or replace what I formerly suggested. Well besides being worried for his best friend... perhaps ObiWan thinks that Anakin's time has come...
I mean, APART from the friendship preocupation, ObiWan wants to find Anakin because he is considered "the chosen one", "the only one who could destroy the sith".... so they need to find him the same way you need to find a baseball bat when someone's punching you (bad methaphore). They need him as a weapon. And when ObiWan goes to mustafar and sees what happen... well, everything crumbles down.
How to do this??
Right after the Tantive's cockpit scene, cut to the Tantive's corridor scene, and alter the dialogue till it looks like this (once again with dialogue from the original footage)
ObiWan: Have we received any message from the "temple" (here change "temple" and put ANAKIN)? There's too much at stake master. He must know.
Yoda: (Silence)
ObiWan: With all of your respect master, isn't he the chosen one? We need him
Y: a prophecy that coulda been misunderstood
O: He is my best friend, I know he won't fail me (or something)
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Pretty radical ideas though most of the footage to do it is already out there. I'm looking to feedback to polish this up even more, so I'd be glad if you comment on this.