xhonzi said:

Señor Spielbergo said:

I've just written a treatment. It's here for all to read: http://kinoflim.blogspot.com/2012/02/alternate-star-wars-prequels-first.html

Truth be told, as soon as I read Maul, I almost bailed. And then I read Amidala and I totally bailed.

I started to take a look and liked the intro, but I have to offer the same advice I've offered many times before.

Offered many times before:
Please, for the love of Mike, don't reuse Prequel specific names!

Especially when the entire character has been changed. It is so very distracting.

Also, many people will be reading your work to forget the offical Prequels, so don't jump right in and remind them of them.

It is a rewrite. IMHO, even if the characters are different, I'd rather not have to ingest a bunch of made-up names of characters and planets. I'm working around the source material, not completely throwing it out. Familiar character names are for convenience and context.

I hope you can get past your initial presumptions and give my treatment a second chance. I think you'll find that there's some intriguing ideas.