Dethryl said:

I think having a Jedi with a red lightsaber IS a pretty radical idea. The audience is not so simplistic that is needs these visual cues. Best part of the EU is that Leia has a red lightsaber.

Absolutely, I will agree that a Jedi having a red lightsaber is a very radical idea for a fanedit.

Personally, however, I am a fan of these visual cues, even such simplistic ones. It would solidify his character to the audience at the end of the movie and show that it's tragic the good guys are fighting "another good guy" without having to say it again. If he whipped out a red lightsaber, the average Star Wars audience member would think, "Oh, maybe he was bad this whole time..." Then their Star Wars guru friend (everyone has one) would have to explain that just because it's red it doesn't mean he's bad...

On that note, hypothetically, if you would keep the Episode 2 Geonosis arena with all of the Jedi, would you change some of their saber colors to red as well? Would it be a normal choice at that point for Jedi or would it be something rare in the films, to see a Jedi with a red lightsaber (during this period in the Republic)? I know the movies pretty well, but almost nothing of the EU so I don't know the details behind having red over the others - just curious.

Having said all that, fanedits aren't exactly for the average Star Wars audience member, are they, and this is the radical ideas thread... ;)

Your Rogue Jedi idea for Dooku; is it similar to what I remember reading before/wrote above or was it something different? I'd like to hear more about that if you have thought about it some more.