Erikstormtrooper said:
Also, I think the beginning of the movie needs to happen much faster. It's too slow as is. What about starting the movie right off with the invasion of Naboo?

In the radical prequel edit thread, I seem to remember seeing a YouTube video in which the whole opening sequence is sped up nicely.

The Republic ship lands in the docking bay, one of the Neimodians orders the controller to fire on it, we cut back to the docking bay to see the ship get blown up, a group of droids approach a shut door, there's a beat and the doors open revealing a room full of smoke, the Jedi leap out of the smoke and attack the droids, we cut back to the control room and the Viceroy is informed that the Jedi escaped the blast. The battle then proceeds as normal until the Jedi stowaway.

That way, we cut through all scenes of the Jedi waiting around and drinking tea, then it's straight to the invasion sequence.