Bingowings said:

Leaving out Yoda from the PT is more of a problem, not unless he is replaced by an actor playing another Jedi and the references to him are somehow diverted.

I can't see how it could be made to work convincingly.

I think removing him from most of TPM would work quite well though... First time we see him would be him speaking to Obi-Wan in the throne room (or where-ever it was).

For fan edits, not sure it's possible to cut the complex battles effectively, I also like keeping the Space battle, with Anakin deliberately taking down the droid control ship personally; I think given the material to work with it's a necessity for Anakins charachter due to real lack of seeing his ace pilot skills.

My 2 cents; if possible having Maul carry over to Episode 2 would work really well. Not sure if it would be at all possible. Especially as Obi-Wan freaking changes hair so much between E1-3... But Maul could sneak off realising defeat in Naboo is inevitable, instead of staying to fight Obi-Wan. Or maybe just leave Obi-Wan dangling on the edge of the pit.

This would mean having have a duel between Obi-Wan and Maul at some stage in AotC (maybe Genosis) prior to the Dooku duel; Obi-Wan could possibly best him really quickly, to show how far he has come in his training. This could also work well in terms of them thinking Dooku is Maul's master, due to the whole 'rule of two' thing. Given Grevious doesn't have a voice, re-dubbing him isn't problematic, so could even have Maul as him for Episode 3 as they face off for a last time.