ben_danger said:

although this might not be that 'conservative' i'd love to see the ending completely changed so its not building up to ANH so much. SSWR did an edit ages ago of Obi-Wan just flying off into space with baby luke alone, which in tone reflected the beaten ending of ESB much more.

In an ideal trooperman edit i'd rather see ambitious and experimental than off the shelf quality edit.

Good idea- I'd like to do it that way.

I think the ending definitely needs some work. I was reading through somebody else's edit thread last night, and they had an interesting idea to intercut Padme's funeral with Anakin being masked (rather than with the children being born).

I like that because it drives home the point that killing his wife was his final step in turning to the dark side.

That actually reminds me of the major problem with this movie- the believability of Anakin's turn. Most of the story changes would be based around making it to where over the course of the movie, from the beginning up until he kills Padme, he is slowly choosing the dark path- not by accident, but in a deliberate way.