Ryan McAvoy said:

Hey, it's me. said:

Yeah supposedly all tied up in a nice little bundle. Like, there you go that's for the 'older' fans. Total disrespect for the intelligence of the 'original' fan. And it wasn't just the final 10 minutes. The seeds were sown in the abomination that was AOTC with the Anakin- Lars connection that was alluded to in ANH, or Star Wars as some would prefer to say.

That was a HUGE missed oportunity.

I was looking for Owen and Anakin to actually be half-brothers who grew up together. Perhaps Anakin could've been the slightly older Son of his mothers rich and powerful first husband. When he died she was left with nothing and married the poor but honest farmer Lars. This would give the two brothers a strong family bond but it could also be used to set Anakin apart as ambitious, even arrogant believeing that he was literally born for better things. Owen on the other hand was content with the modest life he had.

Queue Anakin striding off to Join the Academy (Like Luke would want to do against the wishes and fears of his Aunt and Uncle). He becomes the best starpilot in the galaxy, meets Obi-Wan who is a rogueish young Jedi who (With no small part of his own arrogance) sees potential in him and decides to train him "JUST AS WELL AS YODA"

etc etc

Was that so difficult George? I just thought of that in about 90 seconds and it's better than the sh*t it took you a quarter century to write!

^THIS^