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Post #920591

Author
NeverarGreat
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Idea: Ecanem Motnahp Eht - The Phantom Menace Reversed Fanedit
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Date created
24-Mar-2016, 6:18 PM

I really like the idea of opening the film with the escape from Naboo, as you illustrate with your video, but I feel like it cuts too much action from the film. For example, with your version of events there is no place for the Jedi attempting to cut through the Federation Ship, which is one of my favorite uses of the lightsaber and a good introduction to the Jedi as warriors.

Furthermore, I’m still left with the problem of Anakin being included on Coruscant, which requires showing the Jedi Council. I believe that showing the Jedi (including Yoda) to be boring and ineffectual is one of the worst problems of the prequels universe. And if Anakin never goes to Coruscant, I don’t have to explain why they didn’t leave him there instead of dragging him into a war zone later on.