After seeing a bit of Trooperman's rough cut it struck me how changing little bits of dialogue could turn Anakin into a more interesting character.
When Obi-Wan complains that Zam's speeder went the other way Anakin could say something along the lines of.
"If we followed we would be behind him, now we are above him" and then he jumps out.
Saying he is taking 'a short cut' doesn't sound like the sort of person would one day be the Emperor's enforcer.
It sounds more like the sort of person who would get killed by the enforcer for losing a ship.
I also endorse the idea of Anakin pressuring his master to let him rescue his mother because of his dreams instead of leching after Padme.