Awesome, it worked. Now for my basic-overall-skeleton-of-an-idea for the "new" trilogy:
Episode I should establish the galaxy as being a good place, peaceful and just. But as the film goes on, we start to understand that there's something terribly wrong bubbling beneath the surface. Anakin should be about Luke's age or older, and should be exactly as Obi-Wan described him in ANH (I like Bingowings' ideas here).
Episode II should show this darkness spreading, to the point where, while Anakin is learning the ways of the Force from Obi-Wan, he starts to realize that the utopian Republic he used to know isn't what it seems. Palpatine should start to be a force in Anakin's life here, and should start subtly manipulating him into thinking that the Jedi are the reason for this trouble.
Episode III should occur during the Clone Wars. Rumors of "Darth Vader," a Dark Jedi that no one has ever seen and lived to describe, should begin to circulate while Obi-Wan and Anakin fight in the Wars. At this time, Anakin is a Jedi Knight and Obi-Wan is training another, much more rash, impulsive and potentially dangerous student, who disappears and is presumed dead. Slowly, Obi-Wan should become aware that there's something wrong with Anakin. They confront one another, they fight, and it appears that Obi-Wan kills Anakin. Later, Darth Vader comes in, he and Obi-Wan fight, and Vader reveals that Obi-Wan was his master. (This way, we know Anakin was starting to become evil, but don't know which of Obi-Wan's students is Vader until ESB. In ANH, we believe that Obi-Wan is lying about Anakin because he doesn't want Luke to know that he killed him, but that he's telling the truth about the identity of Vader)
Naturally, this is just a very bare-bones sketch of my idea of where things should go, and doesn't yet take into account the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Empire, or Luke and Leia, or Palpatine, or Yoda, etc.
The fall of the Republic should be a very gradual thing over the course of the three films, and the birth of the Rebellion should occur in Episode III.
I think the clones in the Clone Wars should be treated the way clones were treated in Zahn's books (not just because I like the books, but because I think the idea of the presence of clones being like a void in the Force is very intriguing).
Threepio, if involved, should NOT be built by Anakin and should be presented throughout all 3 movies as being complete, not as a skeleton, then dirty as hell, then nice and shiny.
And that's all I have for now. I still think this is a great idea and I really hope something comes of it.