Burdokva said:
Not that much of a fan of younger Qui-Gon, though. Liam Neeson added a lot of depth and gravity to the movie. And we already have far too many action star Jedi characters in the prequels.
A younger Qui-Gon wouldn't have been able to be Obi-Wan's master, though, which would have preserved the whole "Yoda taught Obi-Wan" bit from the OT.
So, the Geonosians are the Neimodians for TPM pre-production ?
Yeah, the Geonosian design was originally the design for the Neimoidians. I think they changed it to the Duros-esque man-in-suit design due to SFX difficulties.