I've been trying to find a way to have "episode 1" use a heavily trimmed phantom menace, AND half of attack of the clones. Hopefully ending with anakin burying his mother.

I've thought about having the 10 year gap after young anakin meets Obi wan.

But, this means I lose a lot of plot threads involving everything after tattooine, the return to naboo, darth maul, the revelation that padme is the queen.

Not that they're needed, the only thing I miss isn't even the darth maul duel, but the death of qui gon. I've thought about cutting back and forth between events of the phantom menace and attack of the clones, but have had little luck.