danaan said:

CWBorne said:

My current treatment actually as Mother Skywalker as a bit of a quirky wrench wench engineer type who actually worked with and knew Anakin before he ever met Kenobi. Character wise, you can actually see a bit of their kids personalities in them: Anakin with his daughter's iron determination and son's passion towards being a Jedi, Mother Skywalker with Leia's warmth and Luke's wide eyed farm boy impression of the galaxy (and a shared knack for mechanical work).

That sounds really interesting, actually! Could turn out really well, depending on how it's done, of course ;P

Beyond hopefully having an interesting dynamic with Anakin, I'm honestly hoping to have Mother Skywalker acting as a symbol of an element of the Republic itself, specifically of the average, hardworking, common people. In fact all the main characters surrounding Skywalker would ideally do this.

-Prince Bail Organa as the hotheaded embodiment of the Republic military.

-Senator Darelda (future Queen Organa) as the slightly haughty representative of the Senate.

-The laid back Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi acting as the voice of the Jedi.

-Cynical droid HX-81 eventually evoking the feelings and actions of both the more pessimistic and disgruntled citizens seeing the Mandalorian Coalition as preferable to Republic rule.

If it could be pulled off, having both the viewer see aspects of the Republic through these characters, and how they all affect Anakin's eventual journey, could really be something.