You see, I personally don't have an issue with Luke and Anakin's journeys beginning the same way. I'm torn on the whole protagonist issue. On the one hand, Obi-Wan as the protagonist would better lead into the OT without ruining the mystery of Vader, however Anakin as a protagonist just seems more interesting to me. I've pretty much decided I'm going to do a re-write, and I'm thinking right now that they would both kind of share the role of protagonist, but then that was a big problem of the Lucas prequels. There wasn't a clear protagonist. So I'm torn. The idea of it ending with the meeting of Obi-Wan and Anakin intrigues me. It could be a good story without ruining any of the key moments of the OT. But, at the same time I can't help but feel like we'd be missing a huge part of the overall story. I mean, when it all comes down to it, you should be able to go from one chapter of the story to the next without feeling like you've missed anything of major importance. To have Obi-Wan be this triumphant hero and then all of a sudden he's some old hermit on Tatooine and the Jedi are extinct and there's some kid named Luke and Obi-Wan's new friend Anakin is nowhere to be found. To me it just seems like it would be too jarring and take you out of the story. In my mind it should just be assumed that people are watching them in release order and that anyone watching in chronological order has already seen the OT. It's an interesting idea that I won't completely dismiss yet, but I'm not 100% on it.