DominicCobb said:

ben_danger said:

someone not so long ago suggested cutting the obi-wan/vader duel from ANH, so we just see the beginning and the climax. a fair point if we consider that in a I-VI running order, duels may at this point become somewhat tiresome.

this got me thinking, has anyone ever considered completely cutting the palp/windu duel out in the same fashion? we see them exchange words, then we follow anakin rushing to the scene, then enstead of expecting a civilised arrest going on, the entire suete has been trashed and there is a jedi about to assassinate the chancellor. could create some much needed empathy to anakin and some ambiguity to the events. and would eliminate the whole lightsabre too.

some additional still shots could be inserted of the other jedi dead in various places with smoke rising from them, later suggeting they were just zapped to death.

I had a similar thought not too long ago. I think having the scene focus only on Anakin would create much more suspense.

I agree, it sounds like a better idea, but I'm sure it would require some additional footage to provide enough information to understand Anakin's POV when he enters the room. See the Jedi laid all over the floor in the main room where Mace has his saber trained at Palpatine's neck. It would be even cooler if while you had a shot of anakin's face taking the scene in you could hear Palpatine's voice off camera saying something like, "Master Windu killed them all to get to me!"