I really like most of your ideas, especially the one about getting rid of Jar Jar Binks… I think you should start with getting rid of him anywhere outside of Naboo (the only place he serves any purpose other than being an annoying comic relief) I am certain you know about it, but I already did a little clip where I removed Jar Jar : https://vid.me/9xx8

I think you shouldn’t remove Yoda, but I don’t really hate the idea.

By the way, in my opinion, prequels already have way too many camera cuts (camera turns to Anakin, then it turns to Jar Jar, then it turns to Obi-Wan, then it goes to Amidala and so on, so many times) and it feels like so many things happening at once (while nothing really happens at all) I think it would be a good idea to reduce that. Camera shouldn’t shift soooo many times. I think that could be fixed.

While I like your idea about expanding Darth Maul a bit, the scenes you added looks a bit bad, I know they are not final so I don’t have much to say about them. But I think some color correction and several filters could remedy that.