So I've been slowly developing an radical prequel edit idea in my head, and I think the concept is ready to share. (Who knows if I'll ever do it, though.) Features would include:
-Mixing events from all the prequels into one film of unknown length - as flashbacks (probably during The Duel) to tie them together and to add emotional depth to the duel, like an OT one.
-Naboo probably equals Alderaan.
-Obi-Wan is the main character.
-The title might refer to an interview Lucas gave shortly after the release of SW regarding the prequels, and/or the early "James Bond series" approach the saga could have taken.
-Stylistically it might ape Sergio Leone (westerns were an influence on the original films) - close ups and mismatching dialogue (both a stylistic choice and allowing for tracking dialogue from various places to refer to what I'd want it to).
-Little to no Yoda - he is a mystery for the OT (though this might be designed to be watched post-OT, or between ESB and ROTJ). And the Jedi could be edited to be more like the reclusive and/or multi-professioned Jedi the OT implied - some of the more strategic-minded ones just having come together to form a council, since the Clone Wars are so widespread.
-A title crawl, if used, would go back to an abandoned idea for ESB's crawl...
-Emphasize characters and situations from the OT whenever possible - Bail Organa and the Larses, Boba Fett, Alderaan, etc.
-Maybe Qui-Gon is Anakin's father? No virgin birth needed... but this also may screw up the Larses. But the scenes of QG and Shmi are actually pretty good, too...
-Include shots from the Clone Wars series of new-looking Y-Wings, if possible.
-Reconfigure Anakin's fall to emphasize his conscious desire for order after seeing the horrors of the Clone Wars - the poison apple/mind control dark side never really appealed to me.
I'm sure there are a couple things I forgot... I'll add them as necessary.
Does this sound worth watching/thinking about?