Bingowings said:
What if Anakin's dreams get so strong he actually has seizures and passes out?
Maybe the awful "got ya" roll in the grass bit could be trimmed off and the sound from the deleted scene on the ship could be used to imply that Anakin has collapsed and is seeing his mother in peril.
This would help build sympathy for Anakin both from Padme and the audience and make their trip to Tatooine a little less reckless (seeing as he is supposed to be guarding her).
This would also help bolster the fugue state idea (that Vader is Anakin's subconscious Dark Side expressing itself during his unconscious moments).
This would be fairly easy to pull off by cutting from him struggling atop the creature to flashes of his dead mother. We would have to end with Padme rushing over to his limp body, at which point we'd cut back to the Obi Wan plotline. We already have a shot of Anakin tossing and turning in bed to cut back to after that. I wouldn't necessarily use it to set up the "fugue state" concept, but it could potentially expand on his justification for going to his Mother (though it really isn't in keeping with the OT for the viewer to see these visions, so I'm not sure it would be desirable, personally). My main problem is the horrible looking creature. If Anakin could be shown showing off bucking bronco style on something else it could be useful maybe.
Bingowings said:
Watching some of the arena battle again I was wondering if it would work better as a night scene. With the various monsters picked out by moonlight and flashes of lightning.
It might make the sabers look better too.
The clones could arrive eclipsing the full moon.
It would make the place look less generic PT desert planet and there has yet to be a Star Wars night battle.
I've always thought this, and not just because of the mockups we've had in the past. If they really wanted the seizure inducing amount of sabers they have in the Geonosis battle, then everything else needs to be toned down to sell it or it ends up far too busy. There's potential for some spectacular looking long shots of the battle where we can barely see the jedi or droids. Only their sabers and laser fire.
Here's an idea. What if, in the scene when the surviving Jedi are pushed into a tight circle, with their fallen comrades around them, they're illuminated by a sudden spotlight? At which point the voice of Dooku (or whoever) demands their surrender. The viewer wouldn't know until this point the extent of the Jedi losses but suddenly we see these are all that's left and we see the bodies just out of the spotlight, with the odd limp arm illuminated by it. It could be quite effective.