mrbenja0618 said:

Oh yeah, I know. You basically have to try and make it stronger somehow. That's why many were trying to make Grevious actually be a restructured Maul, because then you have a back story for Obi-Wan. The man who killed his master lives. Gives it purpose. But that would require an eye change.

What if his eyes weren't changed but he was still made out of pieces of Darth Maul? Maybe all of his facial tattoos got seared off. I don't know if we would actually get into all of that.

I know that Maul was a man of few words in Episode I. I wish the Grievous character were not so flamboyant and over-the-top, although that could probably be edited down. Turn him into a killing machine who only has a couple dozen lines in the movie.

We discussed this a long time ago, but what would really be great to sell this would be a scene between Palpatine and Grievous, possibly a recut combining Hayden's Frankenstein scene and some Grievous close-ups.

Wait, I just had an idea. Remember in "Empire Strikes Back" when Vader and Luke have this long, telepathic conversation?

They were in two completely separate locations but they were calling out to each other. Irvin Kershner did it with these really short fades.

Could something similar be done here at the beginning of the movie?

Palpatine: Darth Maul.....

Grievous: Lord Palpatine

Palpatine: My apprentice....

Grievous: My master.....