I was trying to fall asleep the other night after having watched The Force Awakens again.
I was thinking to myself how much easier it is to believe that the universe ANH, ESB, ROTJ created work so much better with TFA, and that so many parts of TPM, AOTC, and ROTS simply feel like they don't belong. Most of it isn't even on the visual side but its deeper than that.
So I thought while falling asleep of ways to of made the prequels better, and less cheesy and I'm trying to do so in order that they show up in the movies so bare with me. I'd really like others' opinions on what I thought up... Who knows maybe someday the prequels will be remade.
1. The Separatists, Trade Fed. and the Droid Army
George Lucas tried to put bring some political story into Star Wars with the prequels... and of course he didn't do it right.
The Separatists should be made up of VARIOUS species including humans and the Separatists themselves shouldn't not have been as villainous. It should have been more of a Civil War situation than what we were given that a bunch of stupid aliens were trying to cause trouble.
As cool as it was, their army is a stupid massive flaw for story telling... and it happens twice in the prequels. An army of Droids... Droids that can be manufactured by the thousands, probably millions, for a galaxy as large and advanced as Star Wars it is essentially a unending army. And no GL did not do this so that his heroes could overcome such overwhelming odds. He did it cause at the time it was an easy idea. Can an army have droids? Sure, can an army be comprised of exclusively droids... No that's where the problems come in.
I would have made it so that their army was comprised of mostly the original Republic' Military Force. A Military Force who was led by the lead General who was a confed- A SEPARATIST. He would be a charismatic and powerful character capable of swaying an entire military force to the separatist cause even when that force was created by the opposing political philosophy. The "reveal" that Palpatine is manipulating it all make him even more powerful.
The forces combating this Separatist Force would be up to individual planet military which is what we see in The Phantom Menace anyways aside from the Gunguns... which I don't even have to get into.
2. Princess? Queen? Why?
Why does Padme need to be royalty of some sort? It's not because Leia is royalty. It is just stupid fan service which holds up for no reason. What I offer? Princess/Prince and even Queen/King can be titles for Senators, Ambassadors, and Governors from more traditional planets. Padme is just as important in this position and has just as much right for Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to be guarding her. I would take it a step further and say that Padme should not have even been in the position at the time because it is ****ing ridiculous that a pre-teen is gonna have that position.
Political families that descended from monarchies would keep such titles and still do in some places and it is an idea present in other stories.
Padme's mother should have been a powerful Senator/Princess/Ambassador/wtv from Naboo and she takes Padme with her. The story follows the same basic structure. They end up on Tatooine.
3. Skywalker...
I find it strange that neither Darth Vader or Palpatine in twenty years never find out that Uncle Owen LARS and Aunt Buru LARS are raising a Luke SKYWALKER.... This is a simple fix. Skywalker can be the name given to freed slaves or bastards. And Anakin is both so this makes sense and should of happened as going from a slave with no father to the most powerful individual in the galaxy is just such a statement to behold.
Next up is Anakin's relationship with Padme. GL has it start as a strained and almost child to babysitter relationship. It's weird and stupid. Instead Anakin and Padme should have hit it off right off that bat. It should have been Padme's mother who didn't want Padme and kept her away from him until they're older and Padme can make her own choices. This will also come into play later.
Anakin's attitude doesn't really reflect that of a hardened slave who doesn't understand his own power in the movie as it should have. We got a whiny Anakin who we don't really ever see using the Force until much much later. Instead we should have gotten a young kid who knew he was different and could do amazing things and understood that was power... and he knew he had to have more.
4. Qui-Gon's importance and ironic death.
Qui-Gon was a very different Master, and Obi-Wan was much more by the books. Qui-Gon served much more as a fatherly role as where Obi-Wan served much more as the older brother role. Because Qui-Gon was more of a "grey" Jedi he had a better understanding of the Force and that sort of teacher would have been better for Anakin. Anakin would be able to tap into the dark side but understand it and overcome it as Qui-Gon would teach him to do so and thus kept him from turning to the Dark Side and bring the galaxy to it's knees. This is why Qui-Gon's death is so important, because without that window to both's sides of the Force, Anakin would be bound for destruction. Obi-Wan understood that Qui-Gon was a good master but also that the rest of the order disrespected him for his "Grey Way".
5. Darth Maul
Probably the most loved fan-favorite from the prequel trilogy. This is an easy one to write up. Simply, I would of had Obi-Wan "kill" him by cutting off his legs rather than through the torso. It would have been foreshadowing for later on when he does it to Anakin. It would also have opened up the door for Darth Maul's return without the ridiculous robotic half body. Like really? How does he use the bathroom? Sex? Properly function?
6. Because an infinite army of robots wasn't good enough
Yep. Infinite army of droids. Psh, infinite army of clones BITCHES! And no, this was not some symbolic philosophy from GL on what happens when an Unstoppable Force meets an Unmovable Object.
There are a multitude of problems wrong with the clones. Why ever use a different army again? Why even bother trying to fight? And my favorite of all.... no Jedi Order none of you can have families and loved ones. But yes we will ignore our values of life and ethics in order to have this massive infinite clone army. The Jedi are monks... Samurai Warrior Monk Knights of the Round Table. They would NOT support a clone army. They just would NOT.
BUT I am not saying remove the clone army. But some major changes need to be done.
First, clones should have terrible life-expectancy (and by that I don't mean the battles and such). They have a maximum age of 30-40. And those are the clones that aren't "programmed" to age faster so that an army can be created faster. Those guys should only live 15-20 years before they just kick it. This would add to the Jedi's moral objection to why a clone army can't be risked.
Secondly, WHY JANGO FETT? That is fan service if I have ever seen it... And WHY does Boba Fett have to be a clone of Jango? It is unnecessary and it even kills their characters a bit. I'm willing to adapt it.
Make Jango Fett be the famed and powerful General and Leader of the Separatists and have the army be cloned without his permission. Boba can simply be his son and someone who strives for revenge against Jedi when he witnesses Windu kill Jango. When the Empire rises and puts bounties on Jedi, Boba knows how to get his revenge and keeps with the life style.
Thirdly, who decided in the first place a Clone Army was a good idea? Syfo-Dias... a Jedi Master who we never even get to meet. Sorry buddy but you're scratched out. This would be where Count Dooku comes in.
Count Dooku WOULD still be Palpatine's second apprentice and second in charge but he would be smarter. Count Dooku is considerably older than Palpatine and even though being manipulated by him should be able to understand that he is not going to succeed him any time soon. Count Dooku would commission the clone army only for his plans to go southbound when the Jedi Council + Obi-Wan find out and ultimately are going to go stop the abomination but it is too late. There are too many clones already and the Jedi Council obviously won't kill the clones so they inform the Senate. Palpatine shouldn't be too surprised as he expected such a threat from Dooku and decides that it can be used. The Jedi Order including Yoda can't win this political fight against Palpatine and so the clone army continues and is used. Palpatine once again manipulating both sides.
The Jedi ultimately give their support for the clone army so that the Separatists can be defeated. They will go as far as leading the clones in battle during which time they will start to care about/love the clones which of course is traumatic as Order 66 is still going to happen.
7. Anakin vs Dooku
This more or less goes the same. Palpatine never punishes Dooku for the poor attempted coup. He purposely orchestrates a situation where Anakin and Dooku will face off again.
Let's rewind real quick, Dooku is supposed to be a GREAT fighter and so Anakin should have the upper hand for the duration of his first fight with Dooku just to showcase Anakin's power. Dooku attempts to kill Obi-Wan, Anakin loses his focus on Dooku to save Obi-Wan.... loses the arm, so on so forth. Yoda comes in and it ends in a draw with Dooku.
During the second fight, Dooku incapacitates Obi-Wan fairly easily and in a silly manner too, instead it should be made apparent to the viewer that Palpatine uses the Force to aid Dooku against Obi-Wan so that he could see Anakin fight Dooku. End of story. Anakin whoops his ass and still by taking both hands/arms (more foreshadowing for when Obi-Wan takes his). Palpatine says something about Anakin having the power to save his friends now (emphasis on power). Anakin kills Dooku right then and there.
8. Palpatine reveals himself to Anakin
Small change. Palpatine insists that only HE Darth Sidious has the power to save Anakin's family, Padme, and all those he cares about.
9. Palpatine vs Windu
Palpatine should have the upperhand throughout this fight. Anakin makes his return which is actually to Palpatine's surprise because he didn't foresee it (it won't be the first time Vader bypasses Palpatine's foreseeing powers). Palpatine disarms Windu and Anakin attacks Palpatine and defeats him in combat (this would be VERY important for the matter of power relationship between Anakin/Darth Vader and Palpatine). Windu regains control of the situation and wants to kill Palpatine. Anakin now knows that Palpatine has used him once before and wants to save him this time so he can expose him. Palpatine again mutters that he can save Anakin's loved ones. Anakin ignores this until Palpatine tells Anakin that he can GIVE Anakin the power to stop people from dying. Once again emphasis on power. Anakin then turns on Windu.
Palpatine never has the reverse lightning effect on him. It's stupid and forced. He is in his sixties here and by RotJ he is nearly 90. Its age and Dark Side corruption that make him look like a monster. Not Windu's saber deflecting the lightning.
Palpatine now has Anakin in his pocket with guilt and uses it to force Anakin to fall further to his guilt. Anakin still goes to the Jedi Temple and goes to town on the remaining Jedi all so that he can gain the power to save lives, a lie that will end up keeping Anakin by Palpatine's side for the remainder of the saga.
10. Anakin vs Obi-Wan
Padme follows Anakin after he tells her what has happened. She DELIBERATELY and knowingly brings Obi-Wan in order to try and save Anakin... Obi-Wan actually lied to Padme and knows that nothing can save Anakin now. Anakin gives a little monologue about power and saving people but Anakin now blinded by guilt/rage/power doesn't Force Choke Padme but simply throws her against something. Obi-Wan and Anakin fight and Anakin holds the upperhand until the end where Obi-Wan has the clear advantage.
11. Palpatine is Anakin's last "family"
Anakin as a man is now destroyed and in spirit is also destroyed. He can no longer defeat Palpatine when Palpatine tells him the power to save people from death can still be found and reveals that he was lying to Anakin. Palpatine saves Anakin's life providing him with the armor we all know. Palpatine is the last relationship Anakin has left. He doesn't know what else to do.
Subtle changes through-out the trilogy
1. Anakin witnesses death and doesn't have the power to stop it.
-Qui-Gon Jinn (very important for Anakin to have been present some how when Maul kills him)
-Countless Clones in battle
-Countless Jedi in battle
-Countless civilians in battle
-His mother's death (very important, marks Anakin's negligence of the past because of painful memories)
-Padme's perceived death (most important cause it's Anakin's fault)
2. Anakin and Padme
-Relationship is forbidden by Padme's mother
-Relationship seems impossible because Padme is high class aristocratic and Anakin is a slave turned monk
-Relationship is ultimately solidified by what they go through in AotC allowing them to overcome barriers. Oh and plus marriage and pregnancy (thanks GL marriage is always the key to a strained relationship)
Lastly just a little change I would have liked to of added now that the new trilogy is in the making.
If there was HUGE foresight on part of the creators of Star Wars, during the birth of Luke and Leia, it is revealed there are actually triplets. The third one is "dead" and left on the asteroid with the medical personnel. As Darth Vader is saved by Palpatine with the armor and starts breathing, on the final famous breath before fading to black, the "dead" newborn opens his eyes. Supreme Leader Snoke. But then again this might make guessing who Snoke is too easy.
ONE last thing I think they should have done is a stronger hint that Darth Plagueis might have been involved in Anakin's conception with his ability to manipulate the Force to create life.
AND on the more unlikely side is that Darth Plagueis may actually be Snoke which of course goes against Snoke being the survived Skywalker triplet.
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