The only way I can imagine incorporating that idea would be in the opening crawl. But none of it would be backed up within the film itself.
You bring up some good ideas, but I don't think I'd be able to pull it off convincingly. These are not interesting villians, so I'm taking a conventional approach by downplaying them. This won't be a radical prequel re-edit by any means. Though it'll be much more thorough than my previous attempt.