Interesting thoughts. I just came up with some of my own. They are very rough and don't take pacing or anything like that into account. I just wrote what came to me. Not sure it could ever work.
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Battle over Coruscant, Shaak Ti and other extended opening scenes, but remove any mention of Dooku or Palpatine.
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Return from battle
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Padme tells him she’s pregnant
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Anakin is taken in as agent of the Emperor, “eyes and ears of the Republic.” Not appointed to council.
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Opportunity to catch Dooku (just a rogue Jedi), not Grievous during opera, and on Mustafar, not Utapau.
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Seeds of Rebellion scenes.
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Anakin learns that Emperor can help him with Padme, not from birth, but from Dooku (dreams about Dooku killing her, maybe Force lightning from Ep II and Padme screaming)
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Anakin swears allegiance to save Padme.
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Emperor orders Anakin (not Lord Vader) to take out Separatist leadership on Mustafar
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Defeats Dooku, no Palpatine present, no Obi-Wan on Mustafar (change windows to show Mustafar exterior instead of space battle)
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Then Anakin takes out Separatists leadership.
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Palpatine gives some order to destroy Anakin by hologram to cloaked figure (who really is Anakin).
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Obi-Wan talks to Padme so he can help Anakin.
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Obi-Wan arrives on Mustafar.
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“Anakin Skywalker is no more, my master,” by hologram to cloaked figure.
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We see a scorched Anakin on the lava bank and Obi-Wan looking at his body.
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He then pilots the ship away, obviously distraught.
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Order 66.
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Jedi temple is attacked by an armored Vader.
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Yoda exile.
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Padme gives birth.
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Padme survives—Boleyn Girl
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One twin goes to Lars homestead.
Make sure Emperor’s face is never damaged.
A few changes would need to be made to the OT to smooth out the wrinkles, as I've mentioned before, specifically removal of the line that Vader was Obi-Wan's pupil and anything related, as well as significant and lengthy flashback during ROTJ to fill in how Obi-Wan fought him, etc.
I really am not saying this is a solution. These are just ideas that perhaps can be fleshed out.