I'm struggling with something right now that I'd like to get an opinion on.

Jar-Jar. Jar-Jar is a problem. If I could totally remove him that would be fantastic, but I can't. So I need to establish who he is for this edit.

The problem is, I don't really know who he is for this edit, as he has no purpose. Once I get beyond TPM, he's more or less completely removed, but while they are on Tattooine I can't get rid of him.

As it plays right now, the lead into TPM is a narrated piece that sums up what has been going on. The seperatists have invaded Naboo, Padme asks two Jedi to help her escape, and whammy, the ship flies away from Naboo. It works great and gets us into the important action quickly, but we have this weird frog guy wandering around with our Jedi. Because everything involving the Jedi getting to Theed has been removed, he's just kind of there when they reach Tattooine.

I've been toying with mentioning in the narration that he is a senator, or an aid to Padme, or an aid to the Jedi, but I don't really know. I can't think of a good way to make him work for this edit. Anybody have any ideas?

I've decided to split the edit into chapters, similar to what is done in recent Tarantino edits. They are as follows:

Part 1: Prophecy of the Force
Part 2: The Clone War
Part 3: Duel of the Fates

Obviously these chapters relate to the prequel that they contain. In addition there is also an overture, prologue, and intermission. There are two bookends of ANH era Vader. So basically the timeline jumps around a lot, and I feel having these chapter cards helps keep everything flowing right and reduces confusion. I mean in the first 15 minutes alone we go from The Sith was to 1000 years later with Vader in ANH era and then back to 40 years before that to the beginning of TPM. I don't want it to get too jumpy.

I'm going to post a rough clip of how things flow into TPM this afternoon, maybe that will help with my Jar-Jar conundrum.