McFlabbergasty, I'm also intending for Anakin to meet his fate at the end of EpII, although everyone will seem to believe he is dead. EpIII will show further development of the Empire and allow for a young Obi/Vader duel. Speaking of LOTR parallels...I almost had Owen as Samwise Gamgee for awhile :P

xhonzi, good example. It will take great care to make Anakin an admirable hero who gives into evil temptations and violence. Lucas really took things to extremes, I mean how can one not love a little kid? (Obviously it's easier than one might think :p)

When Anakin turned evil, it was only because he was so troubled and maybe we were supposed to sympathize with his slaughter of Tusken younglings. And he slid completely into evil because he just loved way too much.

To get to know him, like him, and understand his descent is a tall order. I suspect it is less troublesome to dispatch Anakin if he is more on the scale of Han than Luke. If Luke had suffered an uncertain fate aboard DSII and then we had a sequel trilogy in which Leia fought evil forces only to find out at the end that Luke was the villain all along...I don't know how that would play. Or whether that is really analogous. I must continue to ponder.

Part of my difficulty for Bail is that he is involved in government, while Obi Wan is not. Obi Wan is out forging a relationship with Anakin, and Anakin with Mother Skywalker. I'm not sure how to insert Bail into that situation and take him away from his role as diplomat and policy-shaper. Maybe it's fine to have him mostly stay in his own realm, until needed to lead military efforts.

One thing I'm doing is using R2 and 3PO (owned by Bail), which causes me the issue of keeping them away from Obi Wan without it being a ridiculous inside joke of near-meetings.

O: What if Bail Organa were a Bothan! That could clear up all kinds of issues ;D