Sepharih said:
jonathan7 said:
Here's a question...
Do you think Tatooine could be entirely recut so that our first introduction to Anakin is the Podrace... i.e. Qui-Gon goes to Mos Eisley and ends up watching the Podrace and seeing Anakin win? Tatooine I think is one of the massive weaknesses of TPM; Could his Jedi mind trick on Watto be changed to work? (It is ridiculous that Republic credits aren't accepted; the Republic would surely of been a bit like America and it's dollar in that smaller countries many would accept the dollar as currency - especially gambling dens).
It's an interesting concept....but I don't know how you would best execute it....and it does have problems.
You could have watto imply that while credits are accepted, they don't quite have enough for a new hyper-drive. Somehow imply that It's not easy to get access to the queen and/or jedi's funds without drawing attention.....so they instead turn to betting on the podraces and qui-gon while there senses something special about the underdog in the race.....a little human boy with odds a 100 to 1 against him. Effectively the same plot as before....but trimming around the corners and removing the subplot with anakin and cutting to the chase.
It'd take a lot of tricky editing.....but you might be able to pull it off.
The biggest problem I foresee with this is that it might wind up removing whatever tension there is in the podrace since the viewer effectively has no idea who Anakin is as a character or why they should care about him.
Done correctly it could be a good introduction to the character.....but i'm just not sure that the material for it is there.
I think you'll still need some kind of moment between him and the other characters beforehand, and the podrace should be edited to focus less on the tension and danger anakin is in and more on demonstrating how daring and even crazy he is.
Ani could first appear in his pod on the way to the race. He could have a confrontation with Sebulba and encounter the refugees. Then they all go directly to the race. Or, They could encounter Watto on the way to the race and place a quick wager?;/