thanx much for the critique :)

Gunray does have a leading position with separatists but all of that is in the background..also I NEVER liked the idea of there can be only two Sith because it means the Sith Lord (palpatine) has to pull a ridiculous amount of strings using only one other person as muscle to pull it off..so in my version Dooku, Grevious, Maul and Palpatine are all Sith and working together sowing confusion on both sides.

for the final battle..yeah youre right about it being like AOTC..I thought about doing it in a different way but got writers block and frustrated with it..lol

Padme's role being decreased occurred to me too..but Lucas wanted an activist royal figure who engaged in action (much like leia) but I thought her position by its nature would take her away from the action. And alot of her life and job would consist of political talk and we all how boring that can get..But I'm not so comfortable with her just pining for Anakin either so I agree with you there.

Palpatine and Anakin have a growing relationship in Rise Of The DarK Lord...for sure.. which come to a head in Revenge Of The Sith (yes I have four movies in my prequels)